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Indian National Movement MCQs

Indian National Movement: Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress (INC)?

    • A) Dadabhai Naoroji
    • B) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
    • C) A.O. Hume
    • D) Surendranath Banerjee
  2. The partition of Bengal was announced by Lord Curzon in which year?

    • A) 1904
    • B) 1905
    • C) 1906
    • D) 1907
  3. Who founded the Swaraj Party after the suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement?

    • A) Mahatma Gandhi
    • B) Jawaharlal Nehru
    • C) Chittaranjan Das
    • D) Motilal Nehru
  4. The Rowlatt Act, which allowed detention of political prisoners without trial, was passed in which year?

    • A) 1917
    • B) 1919
    • C) 1920
    • D) 1922
  5. Who organized the Dandi March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, in 1930?

    • A) Jawaharlal Nehru
    • B) Subhas Chandra Bose
    • C) Mahatma Gandhi
    • D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  6. The famous "Jai Hind" slogan was popularized by which freedom fighter?

    • A) Bhagat Singh
    • B) Subhas Chandra Bose
    • C) Chandrasekhar Azad
    • D) Lala Lajpat Rai
  7. The Lahore Resolution, which demanded a separate nation for Muslims, was passed in which year?

    • A) 1938
    • B) 1940
    • C) 1942
    • D) 1946
  8. Who was the first woman president of the Indian National Congress?

    • A) Sarojini Naidu
    • B) Annie Besant
    • C) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
    • D) Indira Gandhi
  9. Who founded the All India Muslim League in 1906?

    • A) Liaquat Ali Khan
    • B) Aga Khan III
    • C) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    • D) Nawab Salimullah Khan
  10. The Kakori Conspiracy Case was associated with which revolutionary group?

    • A) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA)
    • B) Indian National Congress (INC)
    • C) Ghadar Party
    • D) Anushilan Samiti
  11. Who was the founder of the Ghadar Party, which aimed at Indian independence from British rule?

    • A) Lala Hardayal
    • B) Bhagat Singh
    • C) Chandrasekhar Azad
    • D) Ram Prasad Bismil
  12. The Simon Commission was boycotted by the Indians because it did not include any Indian members. In which year did the commission arrive in India?

    • A) 1920
    • B) 1922
    • C) 1927
    • D) 1930
  13. The Chauri Chaura incident led Mahatma Gandhi to withdraw which movement?

    • A) Quit India Movement
    • B) Non-Cooperation Movement
    • C) Civil Disobedience Movement
    • D) Khilafat Movement
  14. Who was the viceroy of India during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919?

    • A) Lord Curzon
    • B) Lord Hardinge
    • C) Lord Chelmsford
    • D) Lord Ripon
  15. Who coined the term "Sampoorna Swaraj" (Complete Independence) for the first time?

    • A) Subhas Chandra Bose
    • B) Jawaharlal Nehru
    • C) Mahatma Gandhi
    • D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  16. The Bardoli Satyagraha, a peasant movement against increased land revenue, was led by whom?

    • A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    • B) C. Rajagopalachari
    • C) Bhagat Singh
    • D) Jawaharlal Nehru
  17. The Poona Pact was signed in 1932 between B.R. Ambedkar and which other leader?

    • A) Mahatma Gandhi
    • B) Jawaharlal Nehru
    • C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    • D) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
  18. Who was the leader of the revolutionary group "Anushilan Samiti"?

    • A) Lala Lajpat Rai
    • B) Bipin Chandra Pal
    • C) Ram Prasad Bismil
    • D) Aurobindo Ghosh
  19. Who was the first Indian to become the President of the Indian National Congress?

    • A) Dadabhai Naoroji
    • B) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
    • C) A.O. Hume
    • D) Surendranath Banerjee
  20. The famous slogan "Inquilab Zindabad" (Long Live the Revolution) was associated with which freedom fighter?

    • A) Bhagat Singh
    • B) Subhas Chandra Bose
    • C) Chandrasekhar Azad
    • D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answers to the MCQs

  1. B) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
  2. B) 1905
  3. C) Chittaranjan Das
  4. B) 1919
  5. C) Mahatma Gandhi
  6. B) Subhas Chandra Bose
  7. B) 1940
  8. A) Sarojini Naidu
  9. B) Aga Khan III
  10. A) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA)
  11. A) Lala Hardayal
  12. C) 1927
  13. B) Non-Cooperation Movement
  14. C) Lord Chelmsford
  15. C) Mahatma Gandhi
  16. A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  17. A) Mahatma Gandhi
  18. D) Aurobindo Ghosh
  19. B) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
  20. A) Bhagat Singh