Objective questions with answers for practice for B.A-III(History Hons, Paper VI) 1.Who among the following launched the Home rule Movement? a) Frank Besant. b) Helana Blavatsky c) Annie Besant d) Charles knowton. 2. The first Indian woman to preside a session of the Indian National Congress was ? a) Sarojini Naidu b) Aruna Asaf Ali. c) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit. d) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur 3. The Indian National Association formed in Calcutta by whom among the following ? a) Devendra Nath Tagore. b) Dwarkanath Tagore. c) Surendranath Banerjee. d) Prassono Kumar Tagore. 4. Who among the following presided over the Surat session of the Indian National Congress? a) Ras Bihari Ghosh. b) Dada Bhai Naoroji c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale d) Madan Mohan Malviya. 5. Indian National Congress was founded during whose term among the following in 1885? a) Lord Canning. b) Lord Curzon. c) Lod Dufferin. d) Lord Benetick 6. During which of the following events, Bal Gandhar Tilak was given the title of Lokmanya? a) Swadeshi Movement. b) Home Rule Movement. c) Surat Split. d) Lucknow Pact. 7. Moderates and Extremists split in the Indian National congress in 1907 at ? a) Surat. b) Calcutta c) Nagpur. d) Madras. 8. Which among the following leaders was instrumental in bringing the Extremists and Moderates together at the Lucknow session of Congress in 1916? a) Mahatma Gandhi. b) Bal Gandhar Tilak c) Annie Besant. d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale 9. Which among the following events took place immediately before the massacre at Jallianwalla Bagh? a) Partition of Bengal b) Ilbert Bill. c) Passage of the Rowlatt Act. d) Morley- Minto Reforms. 10. Which act provided for Public Service Commission in India for the first time? a) Indian Council Act of 1919. b) Government of India Act 1935. c) Indian Council Act of 1909. d) Government of India Act 1858. 11. Who among the following presided over the first Indian National Congress 1885? a) W.C.Banerjee. b) Dadabhai Naoroji c) Badruddin Tyabji d) George Yule 12. The only session of the Indian National Congress which was presided by Mahatma Gandhi was held at a) Allahabad. b) Karachi. c) Faizpur d) Belgaum 13. Rowlatt Act which authorised the Government to detain people without trial for an indefinite period was passed during the tenure of ? a) Lord Chelmsford. b) Lord Irwin c) Lord Hardinge d) Lord Reading 14. Who was the last British Viceroy of India? a) Lord Irwin. b) Lord Mountbatten. c) Lord Wavell. d) Lord Lingthow 15. Who was the Governor General of India during the launch of Civil Disobedience Movement ? a) Lord Irwin b) Lord Reading c) Lord Chelmsford d) Lord Wavell .