Question 1Who founded the Indian Home Rule League in April 1916?
Question 2What was the main objective of the Home Rule Movement?
Question 3Why did the leaders of the Home Rule Movement choose the term 'Home Rule' instead of 'Swaraj'?
Question 4Which two factions of Congress were reunited by the Lucknow Pact of 1916?
Question 5In the Lucknow Pact, what major compromise did the Congress make regarding its secular character?
Question 6Where was Mahatma Gandhi born?
Question 7What event in South Africa motivated Gandhiji to lead the struggle for justice?
Question 8What was the 'Tinkathia system' in Champaran?
Question 9Why did Gandhiji lead a strike in Ahmedabad in 1918?
Question 10The Kheda Satyagraha was organized because:
Question 11What power did the Rowlatt Act give to the British government?
Question 12On what date did the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy occur?
Question 13Who ordered the troops to open fire on the unarmed crowd at Jallianwala Bagh?
Question 14The Khilafat Movement was started to support the Sultan of which country?
Question 15Which brothers were the primary leaders of the Khilafat Movement in India?
Question 16What slogan did the Home Rule League raise?
Question 17Why did Gandhiji withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922?
Question 18How many policemen were killed in the Chauri Chaura incident?
Question 19What title did Gandhiji renounce during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
Question 20Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by Indians?
Question 21Which leader died as a result of a lathi charge while protesting the Simon Commission?
Question 22At which session did the Congress declare 'Purna Swaraj' (Complete Independence) as its objective?
Question 23Who presided over the historic Lahore Session of 1929?
Question 24When was the first 'Independence Day' observed before 1947?
Question 25The Dandi March marked the beginning of which movement?
Question 26Why did Gandhiji choose to break the Salt Law specifically?
Question 27What was the 'Eleven Point Ultimatum'?
Question 28During World War II, who described the Cripps proposals as a 'post-dated cheque on a failing bank'?
Question 29What slogan did Gandhiji give during the Quit India Movement?
Question 30Subhas Chandra Bose resigned from the Congress in 1939 to form which party?
Question 31Who first conceived the idea of the Indian National Army (INA)?
Question 32Where did Subhas Chandra Bose set up the Provisional Government of Free India in 1943?
Question 33What were the battle-cries of Subhas Chandra Bose?
Question 34The Cabinet Mission was sent to India to:
Question 35According to the Mountbatten Plan, when was India to be partitioned?
Question 36Who was the first President of the Indian Republic?
Question 37Who was the first Governor-General of Pakistan?
Question 38The 'Tryst with Destiny' speech was delivered by whom?
Question 39When did India become a Republic?
Question 40Which Japanese-occupied islands were handed over to the INA and renamed Shaheed and Swaraj?
Question 41The movement that transformed the National Movement into a 'people's movement' for the first time was:
Question 42Which Secretary of State announced the policy of developing self-governing institutions in India in 1917?
Question 43In which city did both Congress and Muslim League hold sessions in 1915 and 1916?
Question 44The 'Natal Indian Congress' was formed by Gandhiji in which country?
Question 45The technique of non-violent resistance used by Gandhiji is known as:
Question 46What percentage of wage increase did Ahmedabad mill-owners finally agree to?
Question 47Who were the leaders whose arrest led to the Jallianwala Bagh protest?
Question 48What was General Dyer's stated motive for the firing at Jallianwala Bagh?
Question 49The word 'Satyagraha' is based on which two principles?
Question 50Which movement was merged with the Non-Cooperation Movement to foster Hindu-Muslim unity?
Statement 1Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant started the Home Rule League in 1916.
Statement 2The Home Rule Movement aimed for complete independence from the British Empire immediately.
Statement 3The British considered the word 'Swaraj' to be seditious and dangerous.
Statement 4Annie Besant started her Home Rule League five months before Tilak started his.
Statement 5The Home Rule Movement helped transform the national struggle into a people's movement.
Statement 6The Lucknow Pact was an agreement between the Congress and the British Government.
Statement 7The Lucknow Pact brought unity between the Early Nationalists and the Assertive Nationalists.
Statement 8In the Lucknow Pact, the Congress accepted separate electorates for Muslims.
Statement 9The Muslim League accepted the principles of election and majority rule in the Lucknow Pact.
Statement 10The Gandhian Era in Indian history is generally considered to be from 1917 to 1947.
Statement 11Mahatma Gandhi was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Statement 12Gandhiji practiced law in South Africa before returning to India.
Statement 13The Natal Indian Congress was formed by Mahatma Gandhi in India.
Statement 14Satyagraha is a non-violent resistance technique based on truth and non-violence.
Statement 15Gandhiji's first experiment with Satyagraha in India was in Champaran, Bihar.
Statement 16The 'tinkathia' system required peasants to grow indigo on 5/20th of their land.
Statement 17The Ahmedabad Satyagraha was a strike led by mill-workers against mill-owners.
Statement 18The Kheda Satyagraha was organized because of a plague epidemic.
Statement 19The Rowlatt Act allowed the British to arrest people without trial.
Statement 20The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on April 13, 1919.
Statement 21General Dyer ordered the troops to fire on the crowd after giving them a 10-minute warning.
Statement 22The Jallianwala Bagh had multiple exits that were blocked by the British.
Statement 23The Khilafat Movement was led by the Ali Brothers.
Statement 24The Sultan of Turkey was looked upon by many Muslims as their religious head, the Caliph.
Statement 25Gandhiji opposed the Khilafat movement because it was a religious issue.
Statement 26October 17, 1919, was observed as 'Khilafat Day' on an all-India scale.
Statement 27The Non-Cooperation Movement sought to remedy the 'Punjab wrong'.
Statement 28Boycott of foreign goods was a major program of the Non-Cooperation Movement.
Statement 29Motilal Nehru gave up his legal practice to join the Non-Cooperation Movement.
Statement 30Gandhiji held the title of 'Kaiser-i-Hind' and renounced it in 1920.
Statement 31The Chauri Chaura incident occurred in Bihar.
Statement 32The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn because it became violent.
Statement 3322 policemen were killed in the Chauri Chaura incident.
Statement 34The Simon Commission was appointed in 1927.
Statement 35The Simon Commission included three Indian members of Parliament.
Statement 36Lala Lajpat Rai died due to lathi blows during a protest against the Simon Commission.
Statement 37The Lahore Session of 1929 declared 'Purna Swaraj' as the goal of the Congress.
Statement 38Jawaharlal Nehru was the President of the 1929 Lahore Session.
Statement 39The tricolour flag was hoisted on the banks of the river Ganges in 1929.
Statement 40January 26, 1930, was observed as the first Independence Day.
Statement 41The Dandi March started from Sabarmati Ashram.
Statement 42The Dandi March began on March 12, 1930.
Statement 43The Civil Disobedience Movement started by violating the Forest Laws.
Statement 44Gandhiji chose salt to protest because the tax on it affected the poor.
Statement 45Prabhat Pheris were morning processions used as a method of propaganda.
Statement 46The Cripps Mission was sent to India during the First World War.
Statement 47The Cripps Mission proposed immediate full independence for India.
Statement 48Gandhiji described the Cripps proposals as a 'post-dated cheque'.
Statement 49The Quit India Movement was launched in 1942.
Statement 50The slogan 'Do or Die' was given by Subhas Chandra Bose.
Question 1During the First World War, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and ______ infused a new life in the national movement.
Question 2Tilak founded the Indian Home Rule League in April ______.
Question 3The Home Rule League raised the slogan of Swadeshi, ______, and Home Rule for India.
Question 4The ______ of 1916 brought about unity between the Early Nationalists and the Assertive Nationalists.
Question 5In 1917, the Secretary of State, ______, announced the policy of developing self-governing institutions in India.
Question 6The period from 1917 to 1947 in Indian history is popularly known as the ______.
Question 7Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869 at ______ in Gujarat.
Question 8In South Africa, Gandhiji formed the ______ Indian Congress to struggle against racial injustice.
Question 9Gandhiji's technique of non-violent resistance based on truth and non-violence is called ______.
Question 10The indigo cultivators of ______ in Bihar were the subject of Gandhiji's first Satyagraha in India.
Question 11The ______ system required Champaran peasants to grow indigo on 3/20th of their land.
Question 12In 1918, Gandhiji led the mill-workers of ______ in a strike for higher wages.
Question 13The mill-owners of Ahmedabad eventually agreed to a ______ per cent wage increase.
Question 14The ______ Satyagraha was organized because crops failed and peasants could not pay land revenue.
Question 15The ______ Act authorized the British government to arrest and imprison anyone without trial.
Question 16The Jallianwala Bagh tragedy took place on April 13, ______.
Question 17The people of Punjab gathered at Jallianwala Bagh to protest the arrest of Dr. Satyapal and ______.
Question 18General ______ ordered his troops to open fire on the unarmed crowd at Jallianwala Bagh.
Question 19The ______ Movement was started by Indian Muslims to support the Sultan of Turkey.
Question 20The Khilafat Movement was led by the ______ brothers, Mohammed Ali and Shaukat Ali.
Question 21Mahatma Gandhi was elected as President of the All-India ______ Conference in November 1919.
Question 22The Non-Cooperation Movement aimed to remedy the '______ wrong' and the 'Khilafat wrong'.
Question 23Gandhiji renounced the title of ______ during the Non-Cooperation Movement.
Question 24The Chauri Chaura incident occurred on February 5, ______.
Question 25In the Chauri Chaura incident, ______ policemen were killed when a police station was set on fire.
Question 26The Chauri Chaura village is located in the state of ______.
Question 27The ______ Commission was appointed in 1927 to investigate the need for constitutional reforms.
Question 28The Simon Commission was boycotted because it had no ______ member.
Question 29The slogan used against the Simon Commission was '______'.
Question 30______ lost his life as a result of lathi blows received during a protest against the Simon Commission.
Question 31The historic ______ Session of 1929 passed the resolution for Purna Swaraj.
Question 32______ was the President of the Congress during the Lahore Session of 1929.
Question 33Purna Swaraj means ______.
Question 34The Congress decided to observe January 26 as ______ Day every year.
Question 35The ______ March started on March 12, 1930, to violate the Salt Laws.
Question 36Gandhiji started the Dandi March from the ______ Ashram.
Question 37The breaking of the Salt Laws marked the beginning of the ______ Movement.
Question 38New methods of propaganda during the Civil Disobedience Movement included ______ and pamphlets.
Question 39The ______ Mission, headed by Sir Stafford Cripps, was sent to India in March 1942.
Question 40Gandhiji described the Cripps proposals as a '______ on a failing bank'.
Question 41The ______ Movement was launched by Gandhiji in August 1942.
Question 42The famous slogan given by Gandhiji during the Quit India Movement was '______'.
Question 43During the Quit India Movement, parallel governments were set up in Ballia, Tamluk, and ______.
Question 44Subhas Chandra Bose formed a new party called the ______ in 1939.
Question 45The idea of the Indian National Army (INA) was first conceived in Malaya by ______.
Question 46Subhas Chandra Bose took charge of the INA in July ______.
Question 47The women's regiment of the INA was called the ______ Regiment.
Question 48The Rani Jhansi Regiment was commanded by Captain ______.
Question 49Subhas Chandra Bose set up the Provisional Government of Free India in ______.
Question 50Bose renamed the Andaman and Nicobar islands as ______ and Swaraj Islands.
Question 1
Who founded the Indian Home Rule League in April 1916?
Question 2
In which month and year did Annie Besant start her Home Rule League?
Question 3
What was the main objective of the Home Rule Movement?
Question 4
Which term did Tilak and Besant use instead of the 'seditious' word Swaraj?
Question 5
In which city did the Congress and Muslim League hold simultaneous sessions in 1916?
Question 6
What is the 1916 agreement between the Congress and the Muslim League called?
Question 7
Which British Secretary of State announced a policy of gradual self-governing institutions in 1917?
Question 8
What did the Lucknow Pact achieve between the two wings of the Congress?
Question 9
What period of Indian history is known as the Gandhian Era?
Question 10
In which year was Mahatma Gandhi born?
Question 11
Where was Mahatma Gandhi born?
Question 12
Which organization did Gandhiji form in South Africa to fight racial injustice?
Question 13
What is the term for Gandhiji's technique of non-violent resistance?
Question 14
Where did Gandhiji first experiment with Satyagraha in India?
Question 15
What crop were the peasants of Champaran forced to grow?
Question 16
What was the name of the exploitative indigo system in Champaran?
Question 17
In 1918, Gandhiji led a strike for mill-workers in which city?
Question 18
What wage increase percentage did the Ahmedabad mill-workers receive?
Question 19
In which Gujarat district did Gandhiji organize a Satyagraha against land revenue in 1918?
Question 20
Which act allowed the British to imprison Indians without trial after WWI?
Question 21
On what date did the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy occur?
Question 22
In which city is Jallianwala Bagh located?
Question 23
Who was the British General responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh firing?
Question 24
Which movement was started to support the Caliph of Turkey?
Question 25
Who were the primary leaders of the Khilafat Movement?
Question 26
When was Khilafat Day observed in India?
Question 27
Who was elected President of the All-India Khilafat Conference in 1919?
Question 28
What was the primary goal of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
Question 29
Which title did Gandhiji surrender during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
Question 30
Who renounced his knighthood after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
Question 31
On what date did the Chauri Chaura incident happen?
Question 32
How many policemen died in the Chauri Chaura incident?
Question 33
Why did Gandhiji withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922?
Question 34
In which state is Chauri Chaura located?
Question 35
In which year was the Simon Commission appointed?
Question 36
Why did Indians boycott the Simon Commission?
Question 37
Who was the Chairman of the Simon Commission?
Question 38
Which leader died after being injured in a protest against the Simon Commission?
Question 39
Who was the President of the 1929 Lahore Session of Congress?
Question 40
What objective was declared at the 1929 Lahore Session?
Question 41
On which day was the first Independence Day celebrated by Congress?
Question 42
On the banks of which river was the tricolour flag hoisted in 1929?
Question 43
What movement did Gandhiji start with the Dandi March?
Question 44
From which ashram did the Dandi March begin?
Question 45
What was the specific target of the 1930 Civil Disobedience Movement?
Question 46
What were the morning processions during the Civil Disobedience Movement called?
Question 47
Who headed the mission sent to India in March 1942?
Question 48
What status did the Cripps Mission offer India after the war?
Question 49
What movement was launched after the failure of the Cripps Mission?
Question 50
What was the slogan of the Quit India Movement?
Question 1
What were the main objectives of the Home Rule Movement led by Tilak and Annie Besant?
Question 2
Discuss the impact of the Home Rule Movement on the history of the National Movement in India.
Question 3
State the main clauses of the Lucknow Pact of 1916.
Question 4
Explain the significance of the Lucknow Pact in the context of the freedom struggle.
Question 5
Describe Gandhiji's early experiment with Satyagraha in Champaran.
Question 6
What led to the Ahmedabad Satyagraha and what was its outcome?
Question 7
Explain the causes and result of the Kheda Satyagraha.
Question 8
What was the Rowlatt Act and why was it termed as a 'sudden blow' to Indians?
Question 9
Describe the Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy and the measures taken by General Dyer.
Question 10
What were the main demands of the Khilafatists?
Question 11
State the three most important causes that led to the Non-Cooperation Movement.
Question 12
Detail the constructive programs included in the Non-Cooperation Movement.
Question 13
What was the Chauri Chaura incident and how did it affect the Non-Cooperation Movement?
Question 14
Analyze the long-term gains of the Non-Cooperation Movement.
Question 15
Why did the Congress decide to boycott the Simon Commission?
Question 16
Describe the events of the historic Lahore Session of the Congress in 1929.
Question 17
What was the 'Eleven Point Ultimatum' served by Gandhiji in 1930?
Question 18
Explain the significance of the Dandi March and the Salt Laws.
Question 19
What was the impact of the Civil Disobedience Movement?
Question 20
Explain the Cripps Mission's proposal and why Gandhiji rejected it.
Question 21
Discuss the reasons that led Gandhiji to launch the Quit India Movement.
Question 22
How did the British government respond to the Quit India Movement?
Question 23
What were the objectives of the Forward Bloc founded by Subhas Chandra Bose?
Question 24
Describe the formation and composition of the Indian National Army (INA).
Question 25
What were the main objectives of the INA under Subhas Chandra Bose?
Question 26
Explain the significance of the Rani Jhansi Regiment.
Question 27
Discuss the proposals of the Cabinet Mission Plan 1946.
Question 28
Why did the Congress and the League react differently to the Cabinet Mission Plan?
Question 29
Outline the main provisions of the Mountbatten Plan.
Question 30
List the main provisions of the Indian Independence Act of 1947.