Modern Indian History & Freedom Struggle MCQs
Multiple choice questions on Modern Indian History & Freedom Struggle for General Studies and GK preparation of SSC, NDA, CDS, UPSC, UPPSC and State PSC Examinations.
11. Which of the following was the primary objective of the Cripps Mission?
[A] To prevent the launch of Quit India Movement
[B] To persuade Indian Leaders to support the British War Efforts
[C] To Convince the Congress Ministries to withdraw their resignations
[D] To set up a Constitution making body
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Correct Answer: B [To persuade Indian Leaders to support the British War Efforts]
Notes:
The Cripps mission was an attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. The mission was headed by Sir Stafford Cripps, a senior left-wing politician and government minister in the War Cabinet of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The mission proved a failure.
12. The policy announcement of “progressive realization of responsible Government in India as an integral part of the British Empire” was embedded in __:
[A] Montagu-Chelmsford Report
[B] Motilal Nehru Report
[C] Hartog Committee Report
[D] Cabinet Mission Report
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Correct Answer: A [Montagu-Chelmsford Report]
13. Who among the following poet and dramatist pioneered the Bengali drama ?
[A] Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
[B] Michael Madhusudan Dutta
[C] Rajnarayan Dutt
[D] Aurobindo Ghosh
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Correct Answer: B [Michael Madhusudan Dutta]
Notes:
Michael Madhusudan Dutta was a popular 19th-century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was a pioneer of Bengali drama. His famous work Meghnad Bodh Kavya is a tragic epic.
14. The famous book “Ghulamgiri” was written by__:
[A] B. R. Ambedkar
[B] Narayan Guru
[C] Jyotiba Phule
[D] M. P. Pillai
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Correct Answer: C [Jyotiba Phule]
Notes:
Jyotirao Govindrao Phule (Mahatma) was born in Pune,was a great social reformer. He dedicated his book Gulamgiri to the American movement to free slaves, he linked the conditions of the black slaves in America with those of the lower castes in India. This comparison contains an expression of hope that one day, like the end of slavery in America, there would be an end to all sorts of caste discriminations in Indian society
15. 100 years ago, the Hindustan Gadar Party was launched in which among the following cities in United States?
[A] Chicago
[B] San Francisco
[C] Oregon City
[D] New York
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Correct Answer: B [San Francisco]
Notes:
To mark the centenary of the Gadar movement, the Indian Government is planning to fund the conversion of the Gadar Memorial in San Francisco into a museum and library. The Hindustan Gadar Party, when founded in 1913, begun its operation from 436 Hill Street of the northern Californian city. It came to be known as ‘Yugantar Ashram’ and it was from here that the freedom fighters were active from 1913 to 1917. From this place they published a weekly magazine called Gadar to propagate the cause of Indian independence.
16. The name of the operation started by the British Government to arrest the leaders of Quit India Movement was__?
[A] Operation Reander Paste
[B] Operation Zero Hour
[C] Operation Thunderbolt
[D] Operation Blue Star
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Correct Answer: C [Operation Thunderbolt]
Notes:
The Quit India Movement , or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi’s call for immediate independence.
17. Who among the following is known as Mother of Indian Revolutionaries ?
[A] Annie Besant
[B] Sarojini Naidu
[C] Madam Cama
[D] Usha Mehta
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Correct Answer: C [Madam Cama]
Notes:
Bhikaiji Rustom Cama,or Madam Cama was born on 24 September 1861 in Bombay. She was an outstanding lady of great courage, fearlessness, integrity, perseverance and passion for freedom.and is considered as the mother of Indian revolution because of her contributions to Indian freedom struggle. She was credited with designing India’s first tricolour flag with green, saffron and red stripes bearing the immortal words – Vande Matram. After fighting tirelessly for India’s freedom struggle on foreign land for several years, she came back to India and died on August 13, 1936.
18. The Hindu Mahasabha was organized for the first time in 1914 at ___:
[A] Haridwar
[B] Allahabad
[C] Varanasi
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Haridwar]
Notes:
Hindu Mahasabha was founded in 1914 by Madan Mohan Malviya.It worked with Arya Samaj and other Hindu organizations. It was directly link with Rashtriya Swam Sevak Sangh founded in 1925 at Nagpur by K.B.Hegewar.The first All India Hindu Mahasabha Conference was organized at Hardwar in 1915. The Sabha ecame more aggressive after 1929 and started propagating Hindu Rashtra which was totally differ from Gandhiji’s Ram Rajya.
19. The Two Nation Theory was propounded in which session of the Muslim League?
[A] Lahore Session, 1940
[B] Bombay Session, 1915
[C] Delhi Session, 1918
[D] Calcutta Session, 1917
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Correct Answer: A [Lahore Session, 1940]
Notes:
Fazlul Haq, the premier of Bengal, who along with Muslim League had formed the government of Bengal Province ,moved a resolution ,which was passed by Muslim League. In this session ,Jinnah in his presidential address gave the famous Two.Nation Theory as fellows: “India cannot be assumed today to be Unitarian and homogeneous nation,but on the contrary ,there are two nations in the main- the Hindus and Muslims”. The term Pakistan was not used in this session. Gandhiji rejected the two nation theory.
20. Who was the President of the “Flag Committee”?
[A] B. R. Ambedkar
[B] J. B. Kriplani
[C] Hakim Ajmal Khan
[D] Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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Correct Answer: D [Dr. Rajendra Prasad]
Notes:
Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the head of the Ad hoc committee on National Flag in the constituent assembly. The flag of the congress party was accepted as the National Flag with few changes on July 22, 1947. The new flag code of India gives freedom to individual to hoist the flag on all days, but with due respect to the flag.
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