Struggle for Independence of India MCQs

Question 1

Why was the Khilafat Movement started?

Accepted Answer

To protest against the injustice done to Turkey

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To protest against the injustice done to Egypt

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To protest against the injustice done to Arabia

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To protest against the injustice done to Persia

Question 2

The Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Why did the Congress decide to resume the movement In January 1932?

Accepted Answer

All the above

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Failure of the Second Round Table Conference

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Repudiation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact by the British Government

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British policies of repression

Question 3

The Khilafat Movement of the Indian Muslims related to

Accepted Answer

restoration of the Sultan of Turkey who was Caliph of the Muslim World

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provision of separate electorate for the Muslims in the Act of 1919

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restoration of territories to Turkey captured by Britain in the First World War

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lifting of martial law in Punjab

Question 4

Which of the following brought Aurobindo Ghose into the fold of the Indian National Movement?

Accepted Answer

The partition of Bengal

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The famines of 1896-97 and 1899-1900

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The Surat Split

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The Jallianwala Bagh episode

Question 5

Which of the following leader given the term 'insenate waste' on the burning of the foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement?

Accepted Answer

Rabindra Nath Tagore

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Lord Reading

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Motilal Nehru

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Mohammad Ali

Question 6

Which of the following event was the reason for suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement?

Accepted Answer

Chauri Chaura incident

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The non Co-operators were not enthusiastic

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The leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose were against it

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Gandhiji bowed to the pressure of the British government

Question 7

Which of the following tribes is associated with the "Tana Bhagat" movement?

Accepted Answer

Uraon

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Munda

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Santhal

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Konadora

Question 8

I. The Amritsar Session of the INC gave a great fillip to the Khilafat agitation. II. Khilafat conference held in Calcutta under Presidentship of Jinnah. III. Khilafat Movement was started to support Ottoman Empire. Which of the above statement (s) is/are correct regarding Khilafat Movement?

Accepted Answer

Both I and III

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Only I

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Both I and II

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I, II and III

Question 9

The Wahabi Movement named after its founder Abdul Wahab originated in . . . . . . in the 18th century with a view to restoring Islam to its pristine purity and order

Accepted Answer

Arabia

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Manipal

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America

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Africa