Indian National Movement Phase-III (1919-1947) Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question 1. The first mass movement started by Mahatma Gandhi was [WBCS 2019]

(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Quit India Movement
(c) Indigo Movement
(d) Salt Movement

Solution: c

Question 2. Which of the following was the first Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi in India? [BPSC 2019]

(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Bardoli
(c) Champaran
(d) Individual

Solution: c

Question 3. Who drew Mahatma Gandhi’s attention towards the exploitation of the peasants by the European Indigo planters? [BPSC 2018]

(a) Baba Ram Chandra
(b) Raj Kumar Shukla
(c) Swami Sahajananda Saraswati
(d) Sri Krishna Sinha

Solution: b

Question 4. Who invited Gandhiji to Champaran? [BPSC 2018]

(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) Raj Kumar Shukla
(c) Mazharul Huq
(d) Krishna Sahay

Solution: b

Question 5. At which place in Bihar Gandhiji had his first Satyagraha? [BPSC 2015]

(a) Champaran
(b) Chhapra
(c) Bettiah
(d) Patna

Solution: a

Question 6. Champaran Satyagraha was related to [BPSC (Pre) 1994]

(a) Izaredari
(b) Tinkathia
(c) Jenmis
(d) None of these

Solution: b

Question 7. The system of Tinkathia in the district of Champaran meant [UPPSC (Pre) 2003]

(a) cultivation of Indigo by the peasant on 3/20 part of the land.
(b) cultivation of Indigo by the peasant on 3/21.
(c) cultivation of Indigo by the peasant on 3/19.
(d) None of the above

Solution: a

Question 8. Which one of the following is associated with the Champaran Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi? [UPPSC (Mains) 2006]

(a) Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Madan Mohan Malviya
(c) Shaukat Ali
(d) Raj Kumar Shukla

Solution: d

Question 9. Those who Joined Mahatma Gandhi during the Champaran Satyagraha included [UPPSC (Pre) 1999]

(a) Vallabhbhai Patel and Vinoba Bhave
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad
(c) Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha Narain Sinha
(d) Mahadev Desai and Maniben Patel

Solution: c

Question 10. The person not connected with Champaran Movement was [BPSC (Pre) 1997]

(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) Anugrah Narayan Sinha
(c) JB Kripalani
(d) Jai Prakash Narayan

Solution: d

Question 11. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Champaran Satyagraha? [UPPSC (Mains) 2011]

(a) It was connected with the peasants.
(b) It was launched against Tinkathia system.
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and JB Kripalani cooperated with MK Gandhi in it.
(d) It was the first movement launched by MK Gandhi on all India level.

Solution: d

Question 12. Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of Champaran Satyagraha? [IAS (Pre) 2018]

(a) Active all India participation of lawyers, students and women in the National Movement
(b) Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal communities of India in the National Movement.
(c) Joining of Peasant urest to India’s National Movement.
(d) Drastic decrease in the cultivation of plantation crops and commercial crops.

Solution: c

Question 13. Who had opposed the Champaran Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi? [UPPSC (Mains) 2007]

(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) NG Ranga
(c) Raj Kumar Shukla
(d) Rajendra Prasad

Solution: b

Question 14. Consider the following statements.

I. Dr Rajendra Prasad persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come to Champaran to investigate the problem of peasants.
II. Acharya JB Kripalani was one of Mahatma Gandhi’s colleagues in his Champaran investigation.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2010]

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Solution: b

Question 15. Which of the statements given below about the Champaran Satyagraha is/are correct?

I. It was related to Indigo plantations.
II. It started because the European planters oppressed the Zamindars.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below. [CDS 2011]

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Solution: a

Question 16. Consider the following statements

I. The Champaran Satyagraha marked Gandhiji’s second appearance in Indian politics as a leader of the masses.
II. The Champaran Satyagraha was launched to address the problems faced by Indigo plantation workers.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [NDA 2011]

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Solution: b

Question 17. Consider the following statements with regard to Champaran Satyagraha (1917). [NDA 2009]

I. The Champaran Satyagraha marked Mahatma Gandhi’s first appearance in Indian politics as a leader of the masses.
II. Young nationalists like Rajendra Prasad and JB Kripalani had worked with Mahatma Gandhi at Champaran.
III. It was during this movement that Mahatma Gandhi formulated his philosophy of Satyagraha.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only III
(b) I and II
(c) II and III
(d) I and III

Solution: b

Question 18. For whom among the following was Ahmedabad Satyagraha launched?

(a) Farmers
(b) Cotton mill workers
(c) Jewellery artisans
(d) Press Freedom

Solution: b

Question 19. Which among the following stuggles, based on Gandhi’s philosophy of Satyagraha, involved the industrial working class? [NDA -2019]

(a) Champaran
(b) Kheda
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Bardoli

Solution: c

Question 20. Which of the following struggles of Mahatma Gandhi was related to industrial workers? [UPPSC (Pre) 2002]

(a) Champaran Satyagraha
(b) Ahmedabad Satyagraha
(c) Kheda Satyagraha
(d) None of the above

Solution: b

Question 21. In which of the following movement did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of Hunger stike as a weapon? [UPPSC (Pre) 2010]

(a) Non – Cooperation Movement
(b) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(c) Ahmedabad Strike
(d) Bardoli Satyagraha

Solution: c

Question 22. Who participated in ‘Satyagraha’ started by Gandhiji at Ahmedabad in 1917-18? [BPSC (Pre) 1994]

(a) Cultivation class
(b) Industrial workers
(c) Public
(d) Labourers

Solution: b

Question 23. Who of the following founded the Ahmedabad Textile labour Association? [IAS (Pre)2009]

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) NM Joshi
(d) JB Kriplani

Solution: a

Question 24. Consider the following statements about the Ahmedabad Mill Strike of 1918.

I. It was related to a dispute between the workers and the European mill owners regarding hours of work.
II. Gandhiji advised the workers to go on strike.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [CDS 2011]

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Solution: b

Question 25. Kheda Satyagraha is related to which of the following state?

(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu

Solution: b

Question 26. Which one of the following did not join Mahatma Gandhi when he visited Kheda?

(a) Mahadev Desai
(b) Indulal Yagnik
(c) Asaf Ali
(d) None of the above

Solution: c

Question 27. What was the reason for Mahatma Gandhi to organise a Satyagraha on behalf of the peasants of Kheda?

I. The Administration did not suspend the land revenue collection inspite of a drought.
II. The Administration proposed to introduce parmanent settlement in Gujarat.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2001]

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Solution: a

Question 28. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed? [IAS (Pre) 2008]

(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Reading
(c) Lord Chelmsford
(d) Lord Wavell

Solution: c

Question 29. The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year [WBCS 2019]

(a) 1917
(b) 1919
(c) 1921
(d) 1923

Solution: b

Question 30. The Rowlatt Act was passed to [JPCS 2013]

(a) bring about Agrarian reforms.
(b) curtial the national and revolutionary activities.
(c) have a favourable balance of trade.
(d) Put second world war criminals on trial.

Solution: b

Question 31. During the Indian freedom struggle, why did Rowlatt Act arouse popular indignation? [IAS (Pre) 2009]

(a) It curtailed the freedom of religion.
(b) It suppressed the traditional Indian education.
(c) it authorised the government to imprison the people without trial.
(d) It curbed the trade union activities

Solution: c

Question 32. Who suggested launching of no tax campaign as a protest against Rowlatt Act? [UPPSC (Mains) 2008]

(a) Abul kalam Azad
(b) Gandhiji
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Swami Shraddhanand

Solution: d

Question 33. Which Act was known as Black Bill? [WBCS 2019]

(a) Rowlatt Act
(b) Pitt’s India Act
(c) The Regulating Act
(d) Indian Council Act

Solution: a

Question 34. The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crime Act (1919) was popularly known as the [IAS (Pre) 1996]

(a) Rowlatt Act
(b) Pitt’s India Act
(c) Indian Arms Act
(d) Ilbert Bill

Solution: a

Question 35. Which important event immediately preceded Jallianwala Bagh Massacre? [UPPSC (Mains) 2012]

(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Enactment of Rowlatt Act
(c) Communal Award
(d) Arrival of Simon Commission

Solution: b

Question 36. Indian National Congress opposed the Rowlatt Act because it aimed [BPSC (Pre) 1996]

(a) to Limit the individual liberty.
(b) to ban on Indian National Congress.
(c) to enlarge the communal delegations.
(d) to imprison national leaders charging the traitors to the nation.

Solution: a

Question 37. The first venture of Gandhi in all India politics was the [IAS (Pre) 1999]

(a) Non Cooperation Movement
(b) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(c) Champaran Movement
(d) Dandi March

Solution: b

Question 38. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre happened in the context of which Gandhian Satyagraha? [BPSC 2018]

(a) Swadeshi Satyagraha
(b) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(c) Bardoli Satyagraha
(d) Individual Satyagraha

Solution: b

Question 39. Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led to the massacre by the British at Jallianwala Bagh? [APSC 2017]

(a) The Arms Act
(b) The Public Safety Act
(c) The Vernacular Press Act
(d) The Rowlatt Act

Solution: d

Question 40. The government took determined action to suppress the mass agitation and crowned its achievements with the massacre of an unarmed crowd, at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar (13th April, 1919). Why had the crowd gathered at Jallianwala Bagh?

(a) To protest against the passing of the Rowlatt Act.
(b) To organise a Satyagraha against the generally rude behaviour of General Dyer.
(c) To protest against the arrest of their popular leaders, Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr Satyapal.
(d) To mourn the death of a local leader in police custody

Solution: c

Question 41. When and where did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place? [WBCS 2017]

(a) 1906, Amritsar
(b) 1906, Lahore
(c) 1919, Karachi
(d) 1919, Amritsar

Solution: d

Question 42. General Dyer’s name is associated with which of the following event? [MPPSC (Pre) 1993]

(a) Black hole of Calcutta
(b) Battle of Rani Durgavati
(c) Battle of 1857
(d) Jallianwala Bagh

Solution: d

Question 43. Who from the following killed General Dyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh massacre? [UPPSC (Pre) 1994]

(a) Prithvi Singh Azad
(b) Sardar Kishan Singh
(c) Udham Singh
(d) Sohan Singh Josh

Solution: c

Question 44. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in 1919? [UPPCS (Pre) 1990]

(a) Lord Chelmsford
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Canning

Solution: a

Question 45. Which one of the following events, was characterised by Montague as Preventive Murder? [UPPSC (Pre 1998)]

(a) Killing of INA activities.
(b) Massacre of Jallianwala Bagh.
(c) Shooting of the Mahatma.
(d) Shooting of Curzon Wythe.

Solution: b

Question 46. Which massacre is known as Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy of Madhya Pradesh? [MPPSC 2018]

(a) Charan Paduka Massacre
(b) Jhabua Massacre
(c) Mandla Massacre
(d) Amjhera Massacre

Solution: a

Question 47. Rabindranath Tagore gave up his ‘knighthood’ because of [BPSC 2019]

(a) brutal suppression of Civil Disobedience Movement.
(b) execution of Bhagat Singh.
(c) Jallianwala Bagh tragedy.
(d) Chauri Chaura incident.

Solution: c

Question 48. The name of the famous person of India who returned the knighthood conferred on him by the British Government as a taken of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was [UPPSC 2004]

(a) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(b) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Syed Ahmed Khan

Solution: c

Question 49. Consider the following declaration and identify the person who made it using the codes given below. The time has come when badges of honour make our shame glaring in their incongruous context of humiliation and I, for my part, wish to stand shorn of all special distinction, by the side of my countrymen who, for their so-called insignificance are liable to suffer degradation not fit for human beings . [NDA 2011]

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Rabindranath Tagore

Solution: d

Question 50. Why did Rabindranath Tagore refuse Knighthood? [WBCS 2020]

(a) Due to Partition of Bengal.
(b) In protest of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
(c) Withdrawal of Non-Cooperation Movement.
(d) In protest of Alipur Conspiracy Case.

Solution: b

Question 51. Which one of the following Commissions/Committees was appointed by the British Government to investigate into the massacre in Jalianwalla Bagh? [CDS 2010]

(a) Welby Commission
(b) Hunter Committee
(c) Simon Commission
(d) Butler Committee

Solution: b

Question 52. The task of drafting Congress Inquiry Committee report on Jallianwala Bagh massacre was entrusted to [UPPSC (Pre) 2014]

(a) Jawaharlal Nahru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) CR Das
(d) Fazlul Haq

Solution: b

Question 53. Consider the following statements.

I. Rowlatt Committee was appointed to investigate the nature and extent of revolutionary activities.
II. On the basis of the recommendations, Government of India passed the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act in 1919 in the Imperial Legislative Council.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) None of the above

Solution: c

Question 54. With reference of Rowlatt Satyagraha, which of the following statements is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2015]

I. The Rowlatt Act was based on the recommendations of the ‘Sedition Committee.’
II. In Rowlatt Satyagraha, Gandhiji tried to utilise the Home Rule League.
III. Demonstrations against the arrival of Simon Commission coincided with Rowlatt Satyagraha.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) Only I
(b) I and II
(c) II and III
(d) I, II and III

Solution: b

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