MCQ- HISTORY OF INDIA

History of Modern India (Part-II)

26. The number of members in the Simon Commission was ________.

a) 10
b) 20
c) 7
d) 12

27. Of the following who died as political prisoner in Lahore prison?

a) Bhagat Singh
b) Batukeshwar Dutt
c) Jatin Das
d) Sukh Dev

28. Purna Swaraj was declared as the goal of the Congress in the Congress session held at Lahore under the Presidentship of

a) Jawaharala Nehru
b) CR Das
c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
d) Gokhale

29. Dandi March started on ________ 1930.

a) 12th March
b) 12th April
c) 12th February
d) 12th May

30. Dandi March Started from ________ in 1930.

a) Surat
b) Sabarmati Ashram
c) Delhi Durbar Hall
d) Vedaranyan

31. When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was

a) Salisbury
b) Curzon
c) Wedgwood Benn
d) Montagu

32. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on 5th March ________.

a) 1928
b) 1930
c) 1931
d) 1935

33. The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special session of Congress held at Calcutta in

a) September 1920
b) December 1922
c) October 1924
d) November 1925

34. The Swaraj Party was organised by

a) Lala Lajapat Rai and Feroze Shah Mehta
b) Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
c) CR Das and Motilal Nehru
d) C Rajagopalachari and CY Chintamani

35. In what session did Congress declared complete Independence (Poorna Swaraj) as its goal?

a) Lahore session held in 1929
b) Madras session held in 1927
c) Ahmadabad session held in 1921
d) Gaya session held in 1922

36. When was the first Independence day unofficially celebrated before Independence?

a) On 26th January 1929
b) On 26th January 1931
c) On 26th January 1935
d) On 26th January 1930

37. Who was the Birtish Prime Minsiter who convened the First Round Table Conference in London?

a) Churchill
b) Ramsay McDonald
c) Chamberlain
d) Disraeli

38. Who among the following did not attend the First Round Table Conference?

a) MK Gandhi
b) Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
c) Dr Ambedkar
d) C V Chintamani

39. Who opened the First Round Table Conference?

a) King George V
b) MK Gandhi
c) Lord Irwin
d) Ramsay McDonald

40. The historic fast by Gandhi came to an end as a result of the

a) Poona Pact
b) Issue of White Paper
c) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
d) Arrival of Simon Commission

41. ‘My strongest bulwark is gone’ lamented Gandhiji on the death of

a) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
b) Motilal Nehru
c) Pheroze Shah Mehta
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

42. When was the First Round Table Conference held?

a) 1933
b) 1931
c) 1930
d) 1903

43. Mahatma Gandhi participated in the Second Round Table conference after

a) signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of March 1931
b) refusing to hold direct talks with the Muslim League

c) being permitted by the Congress

d) receiving assurance that independence was fast coming

44. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement from

a) Wardha
b) Sevagram
c) Sabarmati
d) Dandi

45. The idea of incorporating safeguards in the Indian Constitution was inspired by the

a) Third Round Table Conference
b) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
c) Visit of Simon Commission
d) Poona Pact

46. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List-I                                             List-II
A. Dadabhai Naoroji                1. Home Rule
B. Annie Besant                        2. Servants of India Society
C. Gopalakrishna                      3. Thrice President Gokhale of Indian National Congress
D. Sri Aurobindo                      4. Extremist Turned Spiritualist
Codes:
      A             B             C             D
a)  1              3              4             2
b)  1              3              2            4
c)  3              1              2            4
d)  3              1             4             2

47. Who founded the ‘All India Harijan Samaj’ in 1932?

a) B R Ambedkar
b) Acharya Narendra Dev
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Jagjivan Ram

48. To which personality Gandhiji gave the title “Deen Bandhu”?

a) Sri Aurobindo
b) CF Andrews
c) Vinoba Bhave
d) CR Das

49. Which of the following leaders died as a result of injuries sustained during a protest demonstration against Simon Commission?

a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Goplakrishna Gokhale
d) Lala Lajpat Rai

50. Who gave the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’?

a) Bhagat Singh
b) Subhash Chandra Bose
c) Md Iqbal
d) Chandra Shekhar Azad

ANSWER

26. c	27. c	28. a	29. a	30. b
31. c	32. c	33. a	34. c	35. a
36. d	37. b	38. a	39. a	40. a
41. d	42. c	43. a	44. c	45. c
46. c	47. c	48. b	49. d	50. a

MCQ-History of India(Part-I) Click Here

MCQ-Indian Polity and Constitution(Part-I) Click Here

MCQ-Indian Polity and Constitution(Part-II) Click Here

MCQ-Indian Polity and Constitution(Part-III) Click Here