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RRB NTPC TOP 100 INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT QUESTIONS

1. The Hindu Widows Remarriage act was Explanation: was the first woman enacted in which of the following year? President of . She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the A. 1865 Indian National Congress. B. 1867 C. 1856 4. In which of the following movement, all the D. 1869 top leaders of the Congress were arrested by Answer: C the British Government?

Explanation: The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act A. Quit Movement was enacted on 26 July 1856 that legalised the B. remarriage of Hindu widows in all jurisdictions of C. Movement D. Agitation India under rule. Answer: A 2. Which movement was supported by both, The as well as The Royal Explanation: On 8 August 1942 at the All-India Indian Navy? Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand launched the A. Khilafat movement 'Quit India' movement. The next day, Gandhi, B. Home-Rule movement Nehru and many other leaders of the Indian C. August Kranti National Congress were arrested by the British D. Non-cooperation movement Government. Answer: C 5. The was started from Explanation: Quit India Movement or August which city and in which year? Kranti was a civil disobedience movement launched in India on 8 August 1942 by Mohandas A. , 1950 Karamchand Gandhi. The movement was B. , 1942 supported by the Indian National Army and The C. , 1935 D. , 1940 Royal Indian Navy. Answer: B 3. Who among the following was the first women President of the Indian National Explanation: The Quit India Movement, or the Congress? August Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress A. Committee by Gandhiji on 8 August 1942, during B. Annie Besant World War II, demanding an end to British Rule C. ArunaAsafali of India. It was a movement in which Gandhiji D. SuchetaKriplani adopted a stern attitude to pressurize the British Answer: B Government to quit India.

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6. Who among the following was the founder of Answer: A the Indian National Congress? Explanation: Quit India became the most A. powerful movement in the struggle. B. Thousands of freedom fighters were killed or C. Allan Octavian Hume injured by police gunfire, and hundreds of D. Womesh Chandra Banerjee thousands were arrested. He called on all Answer: C Congressmen and Indians to maintain discipline via and KaroYaMaro (Do or Die) in Explanation: Indian National Congress was order to achieve ultimate freedom. founded in 1885 under the guidance of British civil servant Allan Octavian Hume. A.O. Hume 9. The was passed by the Britishers established the Indian National Congress to in which year? obtain greater share of Indians in the British A. 1917 government. B. 1920

7. Which of the following was published by C. 1919 D. 1922 Gandhiji during his stay in South Africa? Answer: C A. NavJivan B. Explanation: The Anarchical and Revolutionary C. Crimes Act of 1919, popularly known as the D. India Gazzete Rowlatt Act also known as Black Act, was a Answer: B legislative act passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on March 18, 1919. Explanation: The Indian Opinion was a newspaper established by Indian leader 10. Which of the following commission was Mohandas Gandhi. The publication was an formed after the incidence of JallianwalaBagh important tool for the political movement led by Massacre? Gandhi and the Indian National Congress to fight A. Reading commission racial discrimination and win civil rights for the B. Montague commission Indian immigrant community in South Africa. C. Hunter commission D. 8. ‘Do or Die’ is associated with which of the following movement in India’s Freedom Answer: C Struggle? Explanation: A Committee named Hunter A. Quit India Movement Committee was set up to investigate the B. Khilafat Movement JallianwalaBagh incident. It was led by Lord C. Non-Cooperation Movement William Hunter and assisted by five Englishmen D. Dandi March and four Indians.

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11. Which among the following was not the Explanation: The 82-Year-old economic cause of the Revolt of 1857? was declared as the Emperor of India by the sepoys. Bahadur Shah Zafar, also known as A. Heavy taxation Bahadur Shah II, was the last Mughal emperor of B. Discriminatory tariff policy against Indian India who reigned from 1837 to 1857 for a period products of 20 years. C. Increased availability of market for Indian Cotton D. Destruction of tradition handicrafts 14. Which of the following personalities led the Answer: C Revolt of 1857 at Kanpur? Explanation: Heavy taxation, forcibly evictions, A. Begum HazratMahal discriminatory tariff policy against Indian B. Nana Sahib products, destruction of Indian Handicrafts were C. Rani LaxmiBai the economic causes of the Revolt of 1857. D. Kuer Singh 12. Which of the following British officer Answer: B defeated Rani LaxmiBai of Jhansi during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857? Explanation: In Kanpur the revolt was led by , the adopted son of PeshwaBajiRao A. Huge Rose II. He joined the revolt primarily because he was B. Colin Campbell deprived of his pension by the British. He C. Colonel Neil captured Kanpur and proclaimed himself the D. John Nichols Peshwa. But his victory was short-lived as Kanpur Answer: A was again captured by the Britishers.

Explanation: Lakshmi Bai, the Queen of Jhansi 15. What was the increase in the members of province, was a leader in the Indian Rebellion of the Legislative Council at the centre during The 1857. She was defeated by Sir Huge Rose who Indian Councils Act, 1909? was the British field Marshal and one of the A. 55 ablest commanders during the Indian Mutiny B. 20 (1857-58). C. 16 13. Who was proclaimed as the Emperor of D. 60 India by the Sepoys during the Revolt of 1857? Answer: D

A. Nana Sahib Explanation: Indian Councils Act of 1909, also B. Begum HazratMahal called Morley-Minto Reforms, series of reform C. Bahadur Shah Zafar measures enacted in 1909 by the British D. Liyaqat Ali Parliament, the main component of which Answer: C directly introduced the elective principle to

RRB NTPC TOP 100 INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT QUESTIONS membership in the imperial and local legislative 18. During the Movement in , councils in India. During the reforms, the number farmers were forced by Britishers to grow which of members of the legislative councils at the plant? centre was increased from 16- 60. A. Barley 16. Who among the following founded the B. Indian Home Rule Movement on 28 April, 1916? C. Jute D. Opium A. Annie Besant B. BalGangadharTilak C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale D. Frank Besant Answer: B Answer: B Explanation: During the Champaran movement, Explanation: The Indian Home Rule movement Indigo was forcibly grown by the British in North was a movement in British India on the lines of India since 1750 to extract opium for the British Irish Home Rule movement and other home rule trade to China, and thence smuggled to USA. movements. It was founded by When Gandhiji returned to India from South BalGangadharTilak on 28 April, 1916. It is Africa in 1915 and saw peasants in Northern believed to have set the stage for the India oppressed by indigo planters, he tried to independence movement under the leadership use the same methods that he had used in South of Annie Besant all over India whereas B. G. Tilak Africa to organize mass uprisings by people to participation was limited to the educated protest against injustices. English-speaking upper-class Indians. 19. Kheda in which Gandhiji was the 17. Who among the following was the Governor spiritual head of the struggle took place in General of India during which state? of 1917? A. Bihar A. Lord Chelmsford B. Madhya Pradesh B. Lord Reading C. C. Lord Irwin D. Gujarat D. Lord Hardinge Answer: D Answer: A Explanation: Kheda Satyagraha was led by Explanation: The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 Gandhiji in Gujarat in 1918. In Gujarat, Gandhi was the first Satyagraha movement inspired by was chiefly the spiritual head of the struggle. His Gandhi and a major revolt in the Indian chief lieutenant, SardarVallabhbhai Patel and a Independence Movement. Lord Chelmsford close coterie of devoted Gandhians, namely served as Governor General and Viceroy of India , MohanlalPandya and Ravi during Champaran Satyagraha, 1917.

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Shankar Vyas toured the countryside, organised 22. Which act provided for the establishment of the villagers and gave them political leadership the Public Service Commission in India for the and direction. first time?

20. Which of the following statement is not true A. Act, 1935 regarding Rowlatt Act 1919? B. Rowlatt act,1919 C. The Indian Councils Act, 1909 A. This act gave unbridled powers to D. Government of India Act, 1919 government to imprison suspects B. It was passed by Imperial Legislative Answer: D council in Delhi Explanation: The Government of India Act 1919 C. Lord Canning was the viceroy during the was an Act of the Parliament of the United Rowlatt act Kingdom. It was passed to expand participation D. The maximum period of imprisonment was two years of Indians in the government of India.This Act provided for the establishment of a Public Answer: C Service Commission in India for the first time.

Explanation: Lord Chelmsford was the viceroy of Indian during the Rowlatt Act 1919. Hence, all the above statements are true except c). 23. Diarchy or the Dual set of Government was introduced at the provincial level under which 21. In which of the following movement of the following act? Gandhiji for the first time used hunger strike as a weapon to get ? A. Rowlatt Act, 1919 B. Government of India Act, 1919 A. Kheda Satyagraha C. Government of India Act, 1935 B. Rowlatt Act D. The Indian Councils Act, 1892 C. Khilafat Movement D. Ahmadabad Mill strike Answer: B Answer: D Explanation: Diarchy means a dual set of governments. It was introduced under Explanation: Ahmedabad Mill Strike, 1918 was Government of India Act, 1919 in whichsubjects one of the initial movements led by Gandhi in the of provincial government were divided into two beginning of 20th century after his return from groups. One group was reserved, and the other South Africa. In this strike Gandhiji used hunger group was transferred. The reserved subjects strike as a weapon to provide justice to the were controlled by the British Governor of the workers of the cotton mill. The result was that province; the transferred subjects were given to the strike was successful, and the workers got a the Indian ministers of the province. 35% wage increase. 24. Who among the following started the Khilafat Movement in the year 1919?

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A. Explanation: The Non-cooperation movement B. Maulana was a reaction to the oppressive policies of the C. MaulanaShaukat Ali British Indian government such as the D. Both b and c RowlattAct, TheJallianwalaBagh massacre that Answer: D led to thousands of unrests and the khilafat movement. Explanation: The Khilafat Movement (1919-20) was essentially a movement to express Muslim 27. Mahatma Gandhi withdrew the Non- support for the Caliph of Turkey against the allied Cooperation Movement on Feb, 12 1922 powers. This movement was started by Maulana because of which of the following incident? Mohammad Ali Jauhar and his brother A. JallianwalaBagh Massacre MaulanaShaukat Ali in India by joining hands B. with some other Muslim leaders. C. ChauriChaura incident D. Gandhi Imprisonment 25. Which movement was led by Gandhiji after JallianwalaBagh Massacre that lasted from Answer: C 1920- 1922? Explanation: The Non-cooperation movement A. Civil Disobedience Movement was withdrawn because of the ChauriChaura B. Khilafat movement incident. On 5 February 1922 a clash took place C. Non-Cooperation Movement at ChauriChaura, a small town in the district of D. Home Rule Movement Gorakhpur, . Although Gandhiji Answer: C had stopped the national revolt single- handedly, on 10 March 1922, he was arrested. On 18 March Explanation: The Non-Cooperation Movement 1922, he was imprisoned for six years for was a significant but short phase of the Indian publishing seditious materials. This led to independence movement from British rule. It suppression of the movement and was followed was led by Mahatma Gandhi after the by the arrest of other leaders. JallianwalaBagh Massacre and lasted from 1920 to February 1922.It aimed to resist British rule in 28. Who was the viceroy of British India during India through non-violence. the Non-cooperation movement launched under the leadership of Gandhiji? 26. Which of the following factor did not led to the of Non-Cooperation Movement by A. Lord Minto Gandhiji in 1920? B. Lord Irwin C. Lord Canning A. Partition of D. Lord Chelmsford B. Rowlatt act Answer: D C. Khilafat movement D. JallianwalaBagh Massacre Explanation: Lord Chelmsford was the viceroy Answer: A during non- cooperation movement which was

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India's first nationwide mass movement that was 31. The Party greatly weakened and launched by Mahatma Gandhi to resist British broke up in which year? rule in India. A. 1927 29. The ChauriChaura Incident, one of the most B. 1925 prominent incident of pre-independent India C. 1928 took place in? D. 1926 Answer: D A. Delhi B. Gujarat Explanation: With the death of Chittaranjan C. Gorakhpur in 1925, and with 's return to the D. Lucknow Congress the following year, the Answer: C was greatly weakened. This led to dissension and the party broke up in 1926. Explanation: The ChauriChaura incident occurred at ChauriChaura in the Gorakhpur district of the 32. Who was the president of the Ghadar Party, United Province (modern Uttar Pradesh) in an Indian revolutionary organization founded British India on 5 February 1922. It is considered by Indians? as one of the most prominent incidents of pre- A. independent India. B. Bhagwan Singh Gyanee C. GulabKaur D. 30. Who among the following was the Answer: D president of the Congress-KhilafatSwaraj party which was laid down in 1923? Explanation: The Ghadar Party was an Indian revolutionary organisation primarily founded by A. Motilal Nehru B. Mahatma Gandhi Indians in the year 1913. The party was multi- C. ethnic and had Sikh, Hindu and Muslim leaders. D. NarsimhaChintamanKelkar Sohan Singh Bhakna was the President of the Ghadar Party. Answer: C 33. The Delhi Conspiracy Case of 1912 was Explanation: The Swaraj Party was established as meant to assassinate which of the following the Congress- KhilafatSwaraj Party. It was a viceroy of India? formed in India in January 1923. It was inspired by the concept of Swaraj which A. Lord Willingdon means "independence" or "self-rule." The two B. Lord Hardinge most important leaders were Chittaranjan Das, C. Lord Curzon who was its president and Motilal Nehru, who D. Lord Reading was its secretary. Answer: B

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Explanation: The Delhi Conspiracy case, also A. It was laid under the chairmanship of Sir known as the Delhi- Lahore Conspiracy, refers to John Simon a conspiracy in 1912 to assassinate the then B. Simon Commission came to India in the Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge, on the occasion year 1926 of transferring the capital of British India from C. Commission was strongly opposed by Calcutta to . Although injured in the many in India D. LalaLajpatrai died after police beating attempt, the Viceroy escaped with flesh wounds, during the protest but his Mahout was killed in the attack. Answer: B 34. Which of the following statement is incorrect with regard to Simon commission? Explanation:

The Indian Statutory Commission, commonly A. Allan Octavian Hume referred to as the Simon Commission, was a B. BalGangadharTilak group of seven British Members of Parliament C. Womesh Chandra Banerjee under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon. The D. Mahatma Gandhi commission arrived in British India in 1928.The Answer: C Commission was strongly opposed by many in India.Prominent Indian nationalist LalaLajpatRai Explanation: The Indian National Congress is a led a protest in Lahore. He suffered a police broadly-based political party in India founded in beating during the protest, and died of his 1885. Womesh Chandra Banerjee was the first injuries on 17th November, 1928. president of Congress and the first session was attended by 72 delegates. 35. Which of the following act was the outcome of the Simon Commission, 1928?

A. Government of India Act, 1935 37. Who among the following personalities was B. Rowlatt act, 1919 the founder of The AryaSamaj? C. Government of India Act, 1919 A. Vivekananda D. The Indian Council act, 1909 B. Annie Besant Answer: A C. DayanandaSaraswati D. Raja Explanation: The outcome of the Simon Commission was the Government of India Act Answer: C 1935, which called for "responsible" government Explanation: AryaSamaj is an Indian Hindu at the provincial level in India but not at the reform movement that promotes values and national level—that is a government responsible practices based on the belief in the infallible to the Indian community rather than . authority of the Vedas. The Samaj was founded 36. Who among the following was the First by the sannyasiDayanandSaraswati on 10 April president of the Indian National Congress? 1875.

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38. Who was the first Muslim President of The A. AbaasTyabji Indian National Congress? B. C. SardarVallabhai Patel A. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan D. C. Rajagopalachari B. AbulKalam Azad C. BadruddinTyabji Answer: A D. Muhammed Ali Jinnah Explanation: When Mahatma Gandhi chose a Answer: C nationwide non-violent protest against the British salt tax. Congress officials were convinced Explanation: BadruddinTyabji was the first that Gandhi would quickly be arrested and chose Muslim president of Indian National Congress Tyabji as Gandhi's immediate successor to lead elected in its 1887 Madras session. the Salt Satyagraha in case of Gandhi's arrest. 39. Which of the following statement is 41. The First Table Conference held on incorrect with respect to , 1928? November 12, 1930 was chaired by whom? A. It was prepared by Committee of the All A. Lord Sankey Parties Conference B. Arthur Henderson B. The Committee was chaired by C. George V Jawaharlal Nehru D. Ramsay MacDonald C. The report contained Bill of Rights D. Federal form of government vested in the Answer: D centre Explanation: First Round Table Conference was Answer: B first among the three such conferences organized between 1930 and 1932 by British Explanation: The Nehru Report of 28–30 August, government.It was officially inaugurated on 1928 was a memorandum outlining a proposed November 12, 1930 at House of Lords at London new dominion status for the constitution for by the British King (George V) and was chaired by India. It was prepared by a committee of the All then British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. Parties Conference chaired by Motilal Nehru with his sonJawaharlal Nehru acting as 42. How many delegates from India attended secretary.Unlike the eventual Government of the First round Table Conference held in India Act 1935, the reportcontained a Bill of London? Rights. It also proposed federal form of government with residuary powers vested in the A. 74 delegates centre. B. 58 delegates C. 52 delegates 40. Which leader took over the Leadership of D. 77 delegates the Salt Satyagraha when Gandhiji was arrested Answer: A during the movement?

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Explanation: During the First Round Table B. The Indian National Congress Conference, the three British political parties C. The Conservative Party were represented by sixteen delegates. There D. Both a and b were fifty-eight political leaders from British Answer: D India and sixteen delegates from the princely states. In total 74 delegates from India attended Explanation: The third and last session the Conference. assembled on November 17, 1932. Only forty-six delegates attended since most of the main 43. Who among the following personalities was political figures of India were not present. The the President of The Karachi Session of 1931? Labour Party from Britain and the Indian National A. Jawaharlal Nehru Congress refused to attend the conference. B. Mahatma Gandhi 46. The Demand for PoornaSwaraj or complete C. Mohammad Ali Jinnah freedom was accepted as an aim by the D. Sardar Valla Bhai Patel congress in which session? Answer: D A. Nagpur Explanation: The Karachi session of Indian B. Madras National Congress was held on March 31, 1931 C. Lahore under the presidentship of SardarVallabhbhai D. Delhi Patel. Answer: C

44. Who among the following was the Indian Explanation: It was the Madras session of 1927 woman representative in the Second Round that for the first time the Congress called for Table Conference held in 1931? PoornaSwaraj, or complete freedom, with A. Indira Gandhi Jawaharlal Nehru moving the Independence B. Resolution and the demand for 'Poornaswaraj' or C. SuchetaKriplani complete independence was adopted at Lahore D. Usha Mehta session of Congress in December 1929.

Answer: B

Explanation: The Second Round Conference was 47. The provision for the establishment of a held on September 7, 1931. Gandhiji federal court was introduced under which of the represented Indian National Congress and below mentioned act? Sarojini Naidu represented Indian women. A. Indian councils act, 1892 45. Who among the following refused to attend B. Minto-Morley Reforms of 1909 the Third-Round table Conference assembled C. Government of India act, 1919 on November 17, 1932? D. Government of India act, 1935

A. The Labour Party from Britain Answer: D

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Explanation: The Government of India Act, 1935 B. Francisco Franco provided for the establishment of Federal Court C. Benito Mussolini to interpret the Act and adjudicate disputes D. Both a and c relating to the federal matters. It provided that Answer: B the Federal Courts should consist of one Chief justice and not more than six judges. Explanation: At the time of World War II there were three dictators in Europe. Two were Adolf 48. What was the name of the party formed by Hitler and Benito Mussolini. The third dictator Subhash Chandra Bose in 1939 after leaving the was Francisco Franco who did not take part in Congress? World War II.

A. Revolutionary socialist Bloc 51. The Partition of Bengal was announced by B. Forward Bloc which viceroy of India on 19 July, 1905? C. Socialist Bloc D. Fauj A. Lord Curzon B. Lord Irwin Answer: B C. Lord Willingdon Explanation: The (AIFB) D. Lord Hardinge was a left-wing nationalist political party in India Answer: A which emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Explanation: Partition of Bengal, (1905), division Chandra Bose. of Bengal carried out by the British viceroy in India, Lord Curzon, despite strong Indian 49. Who among the following personalities was nationalist opposition. Lord Curzon partitioned the first Indian Governor General of India? Bengal into two provinces Bengal (proper) and A. Dr. and Assam.

B. C. Rajagopalachari 52. Which movement proved to be strongest in C. B.R Ambedkar Bengal and also known as Vandemataram D. SardarVallabhbhai Patel Movement? Answer: B A. Non-Cooperation Movement Explanation: C. Rajagopalachari was an Indian B. Civil Disobedience Movement lawyer, independence activist, politician and C. Quit India Movement writer. He was the first and last Indian Governor General of India after Lord Mountbatten left India in 1948. D.

50. Who among the following dictator did not Answer: D take part in the World War II 1939? Explanation: The second Swadeshi movement A. Adolf Hitler started with the partition of Bengal by the

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Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon in 1905 and Lucknow session on December 29 and by the continued up to 1911. It was the most successful league on Dec. 31, 1916. It aimed at achieving of the pre-Gandhian movement. It was strongest unity between and . in Bengal and was also called vandemataram 55. Gandhiji founded in movement. which year to preach the idea of Truth and Non- 53. Who was the President of the First Session Violence? of the Muslim League, 1907 which was held at A. 1916 Karachi? B. 1918 A. NawabSalimullah C. 1919 B. NawabMohsin-ul-Mulk D. 1920

C. Viqar-ul-Mulk Answer: A D. AdamjeePeerbhoy Explanation: Sabarmati Ashram is located in the Answer: D Sabarmati suburb of Ahmedabad, Explanation: Sir AdamjiPeerbhoy was an Indian Gujarat.GandhiJi founded Sabarmati Ashram at business magnate, philanthropist and of Ahmadabad (Gujarat) in 1916 to preach the idea DawoodiBohra community based at Bombay in of truth and non-violence. British India. First session of the League was held 56. The All India Trade Union Congress which at Karachi on December 29 & 30, 1907 with was founded in the year 1920 was presided by AdamjeePeerbhoy as its President. whom? 54. Which of the following statement is A. N.M Joshi incorrect with respect to - B. Ray Chaudhary Congress-League Pact? C. DiwanChamanLall A. Session was held at Lucknow in 1916 D. LalaLajpatRai B. Aimed to separate Hindu community Answer: D from Muslims C. Demanded dominion status for the Explanation: The All India Trade Union Congress country (AITUC) is the oldest trade union federations in D. Indian national congress was headed by India. In October 1920 All India Trade Union BalGangadharTilak Congress was founded in Bombay by N. M Joshi, Answer: B Ray Chaudhary and presided over by LalaLajpat Ray. DiwanChamanLall was the first general Explanation: Lucknow Pact was an agreement secretary. made by the Indian National Congress headed by Maratha leader BalGangadharTilak and the All- India Muslim League led by Ali Jinnah; it was adopted by the Congress at its

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57. , Rajguru and Sukhdev were C. B.R Ambedkar and LalaLajpatrai hanged to death on 23 March, 1931 due to D. BalGangadharTilak and Mahatma Gandhi which conspiracy? Answer: B

A. Alipore Bomb Case, 1908 Explanation: The refers to an B. Delhi Conspiracy case, 1912 agreement between B. R. Ambedkar and C. Lahore Conspiracy case, 1931 Mahatma Gandhi on the reservation of electoral D. Ghadar Conspiracy, 1915 seats for the depressed classes in the legislature Answer: C of British India government. It was made on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Explanation: Bhagat Singh and two of his Poona, India and was signed by Mahatma Gandhi associates Rajguru and Sukhdev were sentenced and B.R Ambedkar. to death at the Lahore Central Jail in Lahore conspiracy case on 23 March, 1931. 60. August Offer, 1940 was announced by which viceroy to get the support of the Indians in the 58. Which of the following movement was Second World War? started together with Dandi March in the year 1930? A. Lord Lawrence B. Lord Mayo A. Non-Cooperation Movement C. Lord Ripon B. Civil Disobedience Movement D. Lord Linlithgow C. Quit India Movement D. Champaran Movement Answer: D

Answer: B Explanation: The August Offer was a proposal made by the British government in 1940 Explanation: Civil disobedience movement promising the expansion of the Executive Council startedwas started with DandiMarchby of the Viceroy of India to include more Indians, Mahatma Gandhi on 12th March, 1930. On 12 the establishment of an advisory war council, March, 1930 he along with his 78 followers giving full weight to minority opinion, and the began a march from the Sabarmati Ashram to recognition of Indians' right to frame their own “Dandi” on the Gujarat coast. It was a distance of constitution. August Offer was announced by 200 miles. At Dandia few days s later they Lord Linlithgow on 10 August, 1940 to get the violated the salt laws by making salt from sea- support of Indians in the Second World War. water. This led to the beginning of the civil disobedience Movement. 61. The that was a failed attempt by the British Government to get full Indian co- 59. Poona pact 1932 that granted new rights to operation came to India in which year? the untouchables was signed between whom? A. 1942 A. Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi B. 1935 B. B.R Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi C. 1940

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Answer: B

Explanation: Indian National Army was structured in a way that lodged active D. 1920 participation from women.On 12 July 1943, Bose Answer: A announced the formation of the Women's Regiment, naming it " Regiment" Explanation: The Cripps Mission was a failed which in later years was a special characteristic attempt in late March 1942 by the British of the INA. government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War 64. Which mission envisaged the establishment of a constituent assembly to frame the II. The mission was headed by a senior minister constitution as well as an interim government? Sir . A. Wavell plan ,1945 62. The first Indian National Army under Mohan B. Mountbatten plan ,1947 Singh that collapsed was again revived under C. Cabinet Mission plan ,1946 the leadership of whom? D. None of these A. Mahatma Gandhi Answer: C B. LalaLajpatRai C. BalGangadharTilak Explanation: The Cabinet Mission, 1946 D. Subhash Chandra Bose envisaged the establishment of a Constituent Assembly to frame the Constitution as well as an Answer: D interim government. The Muslim League Explanation: The Indian National Army was an accepted the plan, but it was partially accepted armed force formed by Indian nationalist Rash by the Congress. Behari Bose in 1942 in Southeast Asia during 65. Which of the following act granted World War II. Its aim was to secure Indian autonomy to the provinces in India? independence from British rule.The INA was initially formed under .However, A. Government of India act, 1919 the first INA under Mohan Singh collapsed and B. Government of India act, 1935 finally it was revived under the leadership of C. Indian Council act, 1909 Subash Chandra Bose in 1943. D. Indian Council act, 1892 Answer: B 63. Women’s Regiment known as ‘Rani of Jhansi Regiment’ was formed in which year? Explanation: Government of India Act 1935 was essentially aimed at providing a greater degree A. 1944 B. 1943 of autonomy to provinces and giving the Indians C. 1942 a greater role in administration. D. 1947

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66. Who among the following was not the Independence Movement through which he member of the constituent assembly formed in entered into the Indian Politics. the year 1946? 69. Who among the following described Rani A. LaxmiBai as the ‘best and the bravest military B. Jawaharlal Nehru leader of the rebel’ during the revolt of 1857? C. Mahatma Gandhi D. KM Munshi A. Sir Hugh Rose B. Colin Campbell Answer: C C. John Seeley D. William Taylor Explanation: Mahatma Gandhi was not the member of the constituent assembly formed on Answer: A 6 July, 1946. Explanation: Sir Huge Rose paid a tribute to the 67. Which of the following act gave valour of Rani LaxmiBai when he said, "LaxmiBai representation to the Indians for the first time was the bravest and the best of military leaders in the Legislation? of the rebels."

A. Government of India Act, 1935 70. What was the objective of the Morley-Minto B. Government of India Act, 1919 Reforms passed in the year 1909? C. Indian Councils Act, 1892 D. Indian Councils Act, 1909 A. Participation of Women In politics B. Increasing participation of Indians in the Answer: A assembly C. Implementation of Separate Electoral Explanation: The Government of India act 1935, System gave representation to the Indians for the first D. Co-operation in World War II time in the Legislation. Answer: C 68. with which of the following movement, Mahatma Gandhi entered into the Explanation: The Indian Councils Act 1909 Indian Politics? commonly known as the Morley-Minto was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that A. Champaran Satyagraha brought about a limited increase in the B. Dandi March involvement of Indians in the governance of C. Civil-Disobedience Movement British India. A momentous introduction in the D. Quit India Movement reforms were the separate electorates where Answer: A seats were reserved for Muslims and in which only Muslims would be polled. Explanation: The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first Satyagraha movement inspired by 71. Which governor general was nicknamed as Gandhiji and a major revolt in the Indian ‘Desert Fox’ during the Second World War?

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A. General Erwin Rommel He was the viceroy during the formation of the B. General Nelson Indian National Congress. C. Adolf Hitlar D. General Hans Speidel 74. and PrafullaChaki are well- known for which of the following incident? Answer: A A. Delhi Conspiracy case Explanation: Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel (15 B. Lahore conspiracy case November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was a C. Kakori Incident German general and military theorist. Popularly D. Alipore Bomb Case known as the Desert Fox, he served Answer: D

Explanation: The 'Alipore Bomb Case' was "the as field marshal in the Defence Force of Nazi first state trial of any magnitude in India". Germany during World War II. Khudiram, along with PrafullaChaki, attempted to assassinate a British judge, Magistrate 72. Who was the Governor-General of India Kingsford, by throwing bombs in the carriage during the Revolt of 1857? they suspected the man was in. Magistrate A. Lord canning Kingsford, however, was seated in a different B. Lord Irwin carriage, resulting in the deaths of two British C. Lord Reading women. D. Lord Mayo 75. Who was the freedom fighter who died in Answer: A Lahore jail due to the hunger-strike?

Explanation: Charles John Canning, known as The A. Bhagat Singh Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an B. BalGangadharTilak English statesman and Governor-General of India C. Jatin Das during the . D. LalaLajpatRai

73. Who among the following was the viceroy of Answer: C India during the formation of the Indian Explanation: JatindraNathDasalso known as National Congress? JatinDas, was an Indian independence activist A. Lord Dalhousie and revolutionary. He died in Lahore jail after a B. Lord Curzon 63-day hunger strike. C. Lord Dufferin 76. How among the following was one of the D. Lord Rippon founders of Hindustan Socialist Republic Answer: C Association?

Explanation: Lord Dufferin served as Governor A. Subhash Chandra Bose General of India and Viceroy from 1884 to 1888. B. Bhagat Singh

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C. Mahatma Gandhi was a Gandhian socialist, environmentalist, D. Jawaharlal Nehru mystic and independence activist.

Answer: B 79. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact, to suspend the Civil- Explanation: Hindustan Socialist Republican Disobedience movement was signed in which Association (HSRA) was a revolutionary year? organisation, also known as Hindustan Socialist A. 1932 Republican Army established in 1928 at Feroz B. 1933 Shah Kotla New Delhi by Chandrasekhar Azad, C. 1931 Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and others. D. 1930

77. Which session of the Indian National Answer: C Congress was presided by Mahatma Gandhi? Explanation: Gandhi-Irwin Pact, agreement A. Delhi signed on March 5, 1931, between Mohandas K. B. Surat Gandhi, leader of the Indian nationalist C. Lahore movement, and Lord Irwin British viceroy of D. Belgaum India. It marked the end of a period of civil Answer: D disobedience (Satyagraha) in India against British rule that Gandhi and his followers had initiated Explanation: The Indian National Congress held with the (March–April 1930) and its thirty-ninth session at Belgaum on the 26th & participation in the second-round table 27th Dec,1924.Gandhiji was the president of the conference in London. Congress only on one occasion and the session was held in Belgaum. 80. The ideas of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity which influenced the Indian National 78. Who among the following personalities was Movement was taken from which of the the President of the Indian National Congress following revolution? during Indian Independence (1947)? A. French Revolution A. Mahatma Gandhi B. Chinese Revolution B. Abulkalam Azad C. Russian Revolution C. J.B Kriplani D. American Revolution D. Sarojini Naidu Answer: A Answer: C Explanation: The ideas of Liberty, Equality and Explanation: JivatramBhagwandasKripalani, Fraternity was taken from the French Revolution popularly known as AcharyaKripalani, was an as at the time of the French Revolution, "Liberty, Indian politician, noted particularly for holding Equality, Fraternity" was one of the many mottos the presidency of the Indian National Congress in use. during the transfer of power in 1947. Kripalani

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81. General Dyer, who was responsible 84. Who among the following Indian women for JallianwalaBagh Massacre was shot dead by led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with whom? Gandhiji?

A. VirSarvakar A. Annie Besant B. Bhagat Singh B. Sarojini Naidu C. Jatin Das C. Muthu Lakshmi D. Udham Singh D. Mridula Sarabhai Answer: D Answer: B

Explanation: Udham Singh was a revolutionary Explanation: The Salt March, also known as the belonging to the Ghadar Party best known for his Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an assassination in The Individual Satyagraha was act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial not to seek London of Michael O' Dwyer, the India led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to former lieutenant governor of the Punjab in produce salt.One of the major aspects of Sarojini India, on 13 March 1940. The assassination was Naidu’s role in India’s freedom struggle was in revenge for the JallianwalaBagh massacre in during Salt Satyagraha, where she participated in 1919. with many women protesters at Dharsana Salt Works in Gujarat.

85. AcharyaVinobaBhave started Individual 83. Who among the following was the leader of Satyagraha in the year 1940 from which place? the of 1928? A. Paunar, Maharashtra

A. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru B. Nadiad, Gujarat B. Mahatma Gandhi C. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

C. SardarVallabhbhai Patel D. None of these D. Dr.Rajendra Prasad Answer: A Answer: C Explanation: The Individua Satyagrahawas Explanation: The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928, in not to seek Independence but to affirm the right the state of Gujarat, India during the period of of speech.On October 17, 1940, the Father of the the , was a major episode of civil Nation, Mahatma Gandhi had chosen disobedience and revolt in the Indian AcharyaVinobaBhave as the first satyagrahi to Independence Movement. The movement was start personal satyagraha movement at Paunar, eventually led by Vallabhbhai Patel, and its Maharashtra. success gave rise to Patel becoming one of the main leaders of the independence movement. 86. Who among the following personalities is known as the’ Father of the Indian National Congress’?

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A. LokmanyaTilak Explanation: The Simon Commission was formed B. Dr.Rajendra Prasad in 1928 to gauge the progress of constitutional C. Jawaharlal Nehru reform in India. The main reason behind the D. A.O Hume boycott of Simon Commission was that the Answer: D commission did not have a single Indian member. They were all British. Explanation: The Indian National Congress was considered to be the largest and most prominent 89. Who among the following was the President Indian public organization, as well as the central of the Indian National Congress when the and defining influence of the long Indian Mountbatten Plan of Independence was Independence Movement. A.O Hume is known accepted? as the father of the Indian national congress who A. Jawaharlal Nehru laid its foundation in the year 1885. B. SardarVallabhbhai Patel

87. Who among the following personalities was C. Maulana Azad D. J.B Kriplani the advocate at the famous INA Trials? Answer: B A. Dr.Rajendra Prasad B. Explanation: Mountbatten Plan was a C. Subhash Chandra Bose declaration of the government of Great Britain D. Jawaharlal Nehru on June 3, 1947, that provided for the partition Answer: B of India into two states that were granted the rights of dominions. SardarVallabhbhai Patel was Explanation: Bhulabhai Desai was an Indian the President of INC when Mountbatten Plan was independence activist and acclaimed lawyer. He accepted. is well-remembered for his defence of the three Indian National Army soldiers accused of treason during World War II. Thus, he advocated the 90. Which of the following personalities is famous INA Trial. known for attending all the three Round Table 88. The Simon Commission which came to India Conferences? in the year 1928 was boycotted because of A. M.M Malavia which of the following reason? B. SardarVallabhbhai Patel A. Sir John Simon who started it was very C. B.R Ambedkar

unpopular D. Jawaharlal Nehru B. Failure of Montague-Chelmsford Reforms Answer: C C. Large number of Nationalists in Prison D. All its members were Englishmen Explanation: BhimraoRamjiAmbedkar, popularly known as BabasahebAmbedkar, was an Indian Answer: D jurist, economist, politician and social reformer

RRB NTPC TOP 100 INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT QUESTIONS who is known for attending all the three Round 93. Who among the following termed Cripps Table Conferences. Proposal as ‘a post-dated cheque in a crashing bank’? 91. The , which was a train robbery took place between Kakori and A. Annie Besant Lucknow in which year? B. Sarojini Naidu C. Mahatma Gandhi A. 1919 D. B.R Ambedkar B. 1925 C. 1929 Answer: C D. 1931 Explanation: Cripps Mission which was sent by Answer: B the British Government in March 1942 to India with key objective to secure Indian cooperation Explanation: The Kakori Conspiracy was a train and support for British War Efforts was termed robbery that took place between Kakori and, as a post-dated cheque in a crashing bank by near Lucknow, on 9 August 1925 during the Gandhiji. Indian Independence Movement against the British Indian Government. The robbery was 94. Which of the following Governor-General is known for abolishing the Sati System in the year Organised by Hindustan Republican Association 1829? (HRA).The robbery was conceived by and Ashfaqullah Khan who belonged to A. Lord Curzon the HRA. B. Lord Reading C. Lord Wellesley 92. Who among the following was the founder D. of the ‘Ramakrishna Mission’? Answer: D A. B. Jawaharlal Nehru Explanation: Sati is an obsolete funeral custom C. SardarVallabhbhai Patel where a widow immolates herself on her D. Mahatma Gandhi husband's pyre or takes her Answer: A Own life in another fashion shortly after her husband's death. It was abolished by Lord Explanation: Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a William Bentinck in the year 1829. Hindu religious and spiritual organisation which forms the core of a worldwide spiritual 95. Which of the following act authorised the movement known as the Ramakrishna British Government to imprison any person Movement.The mission is named after and without trial and conviction in a court of law? inspired by the Indian saint Ramakrishna A. Indian councils act, 1909 Paramahamsaand founded by Ramakrishna's B. Government of India act, 1935 chief disciple Swami Vivekananda on 1 May 1897. C. Rowlatt Act, 1919

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D. Government of India act, 1919 Explanation: The Indian flag is based on the Swaraj flag, a flag of the Indian National Congress Answer: C designed by PingaliVenkayya.It was adopted in Explanation: Rowlatt Acts, (February 1919) was its present form during a meeting of the a legislation passed by the Imperial Legislative Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947. Council. The acts allowed certain political cases 98. Under Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909 the to be tried without juries and permitted seats were reserved for which of the following internment of suspects without trial. This act community? effectively authorized the government to imprison any person suspected of terrorism A. Hindus living in British India for up to two years without B. Sikhs a trial and gave the imperial authorities power to C. Jews deal with all revolutionary activities. D. Muslims

96. Who among the following personalities has Answer: D been nick-named as ‘Frontier Gandhi’? Explanation: The Indian Councils Act 1909 A. Khan Saheb commonly known as theMorley-MintoReforms, B. Maulana Azad was an Act of the Parliament of the United C. Kingdom that brought about a limited increase in D. Khan the involvement of Indians in the governance of British India. A momentous introduction in the Answer: D reforms were the separate electorates where Explanation: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a seats were reserved for Muslims and in which independence activist and a spiritual leader only Muslims would be polled. Minto welcomed nicknamed as “Frontier Gandhi” due to his their 'representative character' and political activities and close association with the acknowledged and promoted the separate Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi. He was a devout Muslim politics. Muslim with an unwavering faith in the 99. Who was the National leader who wrote the compatibility of and nonviolence. on the walls of the Andaman Cellular-Jail?

97. Who among the following designed the A. B.R Ambedkar National Flag of Independent India? B. Bhagat Singh C. VirSarvakar A. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee D. Nandanlal Bose B. Rabindranath Tagore C. PingaliVenkaiah Answer: C D. Jawaharlal Nehru Explanation: Veer Savarkar occupies a unique Answer: C place in the history of Indian freedom

RRB NTPC TOP 100 INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT QUESTIONS struggle.Savarkar was charged with serious offences of illegal transportation of weapons, provocative speeches and sedition and was sentenced to 50 years of jail and deported to the Kalapani (Blackwaters) at Andaman cellular jail where he wrote the history of India and described the condition of India under British rule at that time.

100. The Tricolour was unfurled for the first time in which session of the Indian National Congress?

A. Nagpur Session, 1920

B. Lahore Session, 1929 C. Haripura Session, 1938 D. Calcutta Session, 1920

Answer: B

Explanation: The Lahore session of the Indian National Congress was held in 1929 under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru. The tricolour flag of India was unfurled for the first time in Lahore Session.

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