KEY TO CRACK EXAMS SECTION-1 1. Who founded the Banaras Hindu University? a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Madan Mohan Malaviya c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) None of the above 2. Who conceived the idea of Pakistan? a) Asaf Ali b) Chowdhary Rahmat Ali c) Mohd. Ali Jinnah d) H.S. Suharwardhy 3. A series of articles by Aurobindo Ghosh known as ‘Doctrine of Passive Resistance’ are associated with which one of the following movements? a) Swadeshi and Boycott movement b) Civil Disobedience movement c) Non-Cooperation movement d) Young Bengal movement 4. Who was the President of Lahore session of INC at which the resolution of ‘Complete Independence’ was passed? a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Badruddin Tyabji c) Dadabhai Naoroji d) S.N. Banerjee 5. The Home Rule League Movement in India was started by : a) S.N. Banerjee and W.C. Banerjee b) Annie Basant and Tilak c) Mahatma Gandhi and Motilal Nehru d) Annie Besant and Gokhale 6. Who of the following was the first President of the Indian Trade Union Congress in 1920? a) Bipin Chandra Pal b) Chittaranjan Das c) Lala Lajpat Rai d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad 7. Who among the following were popularly known as Red Shirts? a) Congress socialists b) Khudai Khidmatgars c) Members of the Azad Hind Fauj 2 MCQs FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS KEY TO CRACK EXAMS d) People led by Rani Gaidinliu 8. The Interim Government formed by INC in 2nd September 1946 was headed by: a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad c) Mahatma Gandhi d) C. Rajgopalachari 9. Who among the following annulled the Partition of Bengal? a) Lord Chelmsford b) Lord Curzon c) Lord Minto d) Lord Hardinge 10. The radical wing of the Congress Party, with Jawaharlal Nehru as one of main leaders, founded the ‘Independence for India League’ in opposition to: a) the Nehru Report b) the Montford Reforms c) the Home Rule Movement d) the Gandhi-Irwin Pact 11. To promote the cause of Indian independence, Home Rule society, an informal nationalist organization popularly called ‘India House’ was established in London between 1905 and 1910 by: a) Madan Lal Dhingra b) V.D. Savarkar c) Shymaji Krishna Varma d) Lala Hardayal 12. With how many volunteers did Gandhi led his famous Dandi march on March 12, 1930 from his base Sabarmati Ashram? a) 12 b) 58 c) 78 d) 108 13. Who among the following opposed Mahatma Gandhi’s association with the Khilafat movement? a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan b) Fazlul Haque c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah d) Abdul Kalam Azad 14. Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of the Second Round Table Conference? a) Ramsay Macdonald b) Clement Attlee c) Neville Chamberlain 3 MCQs FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS KEY TO CRACK EXAMS d) None of the above 15. Who was the Viceroy during the time Mr. Attlee of England declared the British intention to transfer power to Indians? a) Lord Irwin b) Lord Mountbatten c) Lord Wavell d) Lord Linlithgow 16. The first Civil Disobedience Movement started before: a) Dandi march b) Gandhi Irwin pact c) the adoption of a resolution declaring Poorna Swaraj as the objective of the Congress d) the failure of Cripps Mission 17. The Indian National Congress represented the views of the microscopic minority in India. The contention was maintained by: a) Lord Dufferin b) Lord Lansdowne c) Lord Elgin II d) Lord Curzon 18. Mahatma Gandhi was referred to ‘Father of the Nation’ first by: a) Vallabhbhai Patel b) C. Rajagopalachari c) Subhash Chandra Bose d) Jawaharlal Nehru 19. The All India Muslim League was formed in December 30, 1906 at: a) Aligard b) Dhaka c) Lukhnow d) Lahor 20. Who among the following had founded the Theosophical Society in the United States of America? a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati b) Madam Blavatsky and Olcott c) Madam Camas d) Lala Hardayal 21. Mahatma Gandhi entered into freedom struggle in India in the year: a) 1911 b) 1915 c) 1917 d) 1919 4 MCQs FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS KEY TO CRACK EXAMS 22. “At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom” was said by: a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad b) Lord Mountbatten c) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru d) None of the above 23. With which one of the following did the Civil Disobedience Movement in India commence? a) The Dandi March b) No Tax campaign by Sardar Patel c) The unfurling of the national flag by Nehru d) Mahatma Gandhi’s going on fast 24. Of the following, whose ideas had influenced Mahatma Gandhi’s thought? a) Karl Marx b) Hitler c) Tolstoy d) Lenin 25. The Viceroy upon whom a bomb was thrown but he did not change his attitude towards the Indians, was: a) Lord Hardinge b) Warren Hastings c) Lord Curzon d) Lord Chelmsford ANSWERS 1. b 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. b 6. c 7. b 8. a 9. d 10. a 11. c 12. c 13. c 14. a 15. c 16. b 17. a 18. c 19. b 20. b 21. b 22. c 23. a 24. c 25. a 5 MCQs FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS KEY TO CRACK EXAMS SECTION-2 26. With reference to Indian freedom struggle which one among the following events occurred earliest? a) Gandhi-Irwin Pact b) Lucknow Pact c) Cripps Mission Proposals d) August Offer 27. The capital of India was shifted to Delhi during the reign of: a) Minto b) Chelmsford c) Curzon d) Hardinge 28. Before Delhi, where was the capital of India during the British India? a) Lucknow b) Bombay c) Calcutta d) Patna 29. Lord Mountbatten came to India as Viceroy along with specific instruction to: a) balkanize the Indian sub-continent b) keep India united if possible c) accept Jinnah’s demand for Pakistan d) persuade the Congress to accept partition 30. When the Indian Muslim League was inducted into the interim government in 1946, Liyaquat Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of: a) foreign affairs b) home c) finance d) defence 31. During India’s Freedom Struggle, which one of the following led to the first ‘All India Hartal’ on April 6, 1919? a) Protest against Rowlatt Act b) Protest against Jallianwala Bagh massacre c) Trial of Mahatma Gandhi d) Arrival of Simon Commission 32. According to Mountbatten Plan, which of the following provinces was not to be included in the Indian dominion? a) Bihar b) Sind 6 MCQs FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS KEY TO CRACK EXAMS c) Bombay d) Madras 33. The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was made between: a) the moderates and extremists b) the British and the Indians c) the Hindus and the Muslims d) the Congress and the Muslim League 34. Quit India Movement started after the failure of: a) Cripps’ Mission b) Simon recommendations c) Cabinet Mission d) None of the above 35. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact proclaimed the suspension of: a) Non-Cooperation Movement b) Dandi March c) Civil Disobedience Movement d) None of the above 36. On which one of following dates did Jawaharlal Nehru unfurl the tri-color national flag on the banks of the Ravi as the clock struck the midnight? a) 31st December, 1929 b) 26th January, 1930 c) 31st December, 1931 d) 26th January, 1933 37. Which of the following revolutionary leaders organized an attack on the armoury of Chittagong? a) Jatin Das b) Chandrashekhar Azad c) C.R. Das d) Surya Sen 38. General Dyer who was responsible for Jallianwala Bagh massacre was shot dead by: a) Sohan Singh Bhakna b) V.V.S. Iyer c) Hasrat Mohani d) Udham Singh 39. When Mahatma Gandhi set out on the Dandi march, he was accompanied, among others, by: a) Vallabhabai Patel and Sarojini Naidu b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Sarojini Naidu c) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad d) Rajendra Prasad and Sarojini Naidu 40. The word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by: 7 MCQs FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS KEY TO CRACK EXAMS a) B.R. Ambedkar b) Mahatma Gandhi c) Jyotiba Phule d) Thakkar Bappa 41. Annie Besant enjoyed the Presidentship of the INC at its session held in: a) 1916 b) 1917 c) 1918 d) 1920 42. Who was known as the political guru of Gandhiji? a) Dadabhai Naoroji b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak c) Gopal Krishna Gokhle d) Lala Lajpat Rai 43. On the death of Gandhiji, who said that “The light has gone out of our lives”? a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad b) Jawaharlal Nehru c) Dr. S. Radhakrishna d) Lord Mountbatten 44. Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led to the massacre by the British at Jallianwala Bagh? a) The Arms Act b) The Public Safety Act c) The Rowlatt Act d) The Vernacular Press Act 45. Swaraj was declared as the goal of the Congress at its session held in 1906 at: a) Bombay b) Calcutta c) Lucknow d) Madras 46. Who coined the slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”? a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Jawaharlal Nehru c) Lal Bahadur Shastri d) Sadar Patel 47. In the history of the freedom movement of India, the year 1930 is associated with: a) Partition Bengal b) Dandi March c) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre d) Chauri Chaura incident 8 MCQs FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS KEY TO CRACK EXAMS 48. Who among the following was not the member of the Cabinet Mission which visited India in 1946? a) Sir Stafford Cripps b) Lord Mountbatten c) A.V. Alexander d) Lord Pethick Lawrence 49. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru had fundamental difference of opinion regarding: a) mass mobilization b) non-violence as state policy c) need for rapid industrialization of India d) protection of minorities and weaker sections of society 50.