Freedom Struggle Quiz: Modern Indian History Practice

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1. Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress in Bombay in 1885?

   • W. C. Bonnerjee
   • Dadabhai Naoroji
   • A. O. Hume
   • Surendranath Banerjee

   Answer: W. C. Bonnerjee. Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee presided over the first session (Bombay, 1885). A. O. Hume was a founder; Naoroji presided in 1886.

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2. The Partition of Bengal (1905) was carried out under which Viceroy?

   • Lord Minto
   • Lord Hardinge
   • Lord Ripon
   • Lord Curzon

   Answer: Lord Curzon. Lord Curzon announced the partition, which took effect on 16 October 1905. It was annulled in 1911 under Lord Hardinge.

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3. In which year did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place in Amritsar?

   • 1920
   • 1919
   • 1917
   • 1921

   Answer: 1919. On 13 April 1919 troops under General Dyer fired on an unarmed gathering at Jallianwala Bagh.

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4. Gandhi's first satyagraha in India, in 1917, was launched at:

   • Kheda
   • Ahmedabad
   • Champaran
   • Bardoli

   Answer: Champaran. Champaran (Bihar, 1917) was for indigo farmers. Kheda and the Ahmedabad mill strike followed in 1918; Bardoli (1928) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel.

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5. Gandhi called off the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922 after which incident?

   • Jallianwala Bagh
   • Kakori train action
   • Moplah uprising
   • Chauri Chaura

   Answer: Chauri Chaura. After a mob burned a police station at Chauri Chaura (Gorakhpur) in February 1922, Gandhi withdrew the movement because it had turned violent.

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6. From where did Gandhi begin the Dandi March on 12 March 1930?

   • Sabarmati Ashram
   • Sevagram Ashram
   • Wardha
   • Porbandar

   Answer: Sabarmati Ashram. The 24-day salt march started at Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad, and reached Dandi on the Gujarat coast on 6 April 1930.

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7. Who presided over the 1929 Lahore session of the Congress that adopted 'Purna Swaraj' as its goal?

   • Motilal Nehru
   • Subhas Chandra Bose
   • Jawaharlal Nehru
   • Vallabhbhai Patel

   Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru. Jawaharlal Nehru presided at Lahore in December 1929; the Purna Swaraj resolution led to 26 January 1930 being observed as Independence Day.

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8. Gandhi's call of 'Do or Die' is associated with which movement?

   • Quit India Movement
   • Civil Disobedience Movement
   • Non-Cooperation Movement
   • Khilafat Movement

   Answer: Quit India Movement. Gandhi gave the 'Do or Die' call in August 1942 when the Congress passed the Quit India resolution in Bombay.

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9. Who gave the slogan 'Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it'?

   • Lala Lajpat Rai
   • Bal Gangadhar Tilak
   • Bipin Chandra Pal
   • Gopal Krishna Gokhale

   Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Bal Gangadhar Tilak popularised the slogan during the Home Rule movement (1916).

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10. Which 1946 mission proposed a Constituent Assembly and a three-tier structure for a united India?

    • Cripps Mission
    • Simon Commission
    • Wavell Plan
    • Cabinet Mission

    Answer: Cabinet Mission. The Cabinet Mission (Pethick-Lawrence, Cripps, Alexander) came in 1946; its plan led to elections for the Constituent Assembly.

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