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Chapter 7 Movements Organized By Women, Students, And Marginal People In 20th Century India: Characteristics And Analyses MCQs

Question 1.’Sakhi Samity’ was formed by
1. Swarna Kumari Debi
2. Sarala Debi
3. Kadambari Debi
4. Mrinalini Debi

Answer: 1. Swarna Kumari Debi

Question 2. Who was ‘Gandhi Buri’?
1. Matangini Hazra
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Bina Das
4. Kasturba Gandhi

Answer: 1. Matangini Hazra

Question 3. ‘Deepaii Sangha’ was formed by
1. Anil Roy
2. Leela Nag
3. Shanti Das
4. Bina Das

Answer: 2. Leela Nag

Question 4. The first woman martyr of pre-independence India was
1. Bina Das
2. Pritilata Waddedar
3. Kalpana Dutta
4. Lakshmi Swaminathan

Answer: 2. Pritilata Waddedar

Question 5. Who was the first student martyr of Punjab?
1. Khushiram
2. Bhagat Singh
3. Ajit Singh
4. Lajpat Rai

Answer: 1. Khushiram

Question 6. The founder of ‘The anti-Circular Society’ was
1. Sachindra Prasad Basu
2. Satyendranath Tagore
3. Satish Chandra Mukherjee
4. Rabindranath Tagore

Answer: 1. Sachindra Prasad Basu

Question 7. Bengal Volunteers was formed by
1. Hemchandra Ghosh
2. Khagen Das
3. Satya Gupta
4. Suren Barman

Answer: 1. Hemchandra Ghosh

Question 8. There was a killing attempt on Stanley Jackson by
1. Pritilata
2. Kalpana Dutta
3. Bina Das
4. Urmila Debi

Answer: 3. Bina Das

Question 9. Who formed the ‘Satya Shodhak Samaj’?
1. Jyotiba Phule
2. Veersalingam
3. Ranade
4. Gopalhari

Answer: 1. Jyotiba Phule

Question 10. Where is Namasudra Samity located?
1. Faridpur
2. Dhaka
3. Khulna
4. Calcutta

Answer: 1. Faridpur

Question 11. Who among the following visited house to house encouraging women to join the Swadeshi cause?
1. Nabashashi Sen
2. Hemantakumar Chaudhuri
3. Saraladebi Choudhuri
4. Ashalata Sen

Answer: 4. Ashalata Sen

Question 12. The 73-year-old widow who gave the lead in capturing the court and the police station of Tamluk was:
1. Usha Mehta
2. Matangini Hazra
3. Kumudini Bose
4. Latika Ghosh

Answer: 2. Matangini Hazra

Question 13. The person who first used the term Dalit to mean Depressed Class or Scheduled Caste was:
1. Ambedkar
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Jyotiba Phule
4. Harichand Thakur

Answer: 3. Jyotiba Phule

Question 14. Who founded Hindu Widow Ashram in South India?
1. Sri Ganga Ram
2. D. K. Karve
3. Ishwarchandra
4. Vidyasagar

Answer: 2. D. K. Karve

Question 15. When was the All India Women Conference established?
1. 1920 A.D.
2. 1925 A.D.
3. 1927 A.D.
4. 1930 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1927 A.D.

Question 16. When was Rakhi Diwas observed?
1. During the partition of Bengal
2. During Non-Cooperation Movement
3. During partition of India
4. During Quit India Movement

Answer: 1. During the partition of Bengal

Question 17. Who was elected as the President of Bengal Provincial Congress in 1922 A.D.?
1. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
2. Basanti Devi
3. Urmila Devi
4. Suniti Devi

Answer: 2. Basanti Devi

18.Who organised Kumari Sabha?
1. Basanti Devi
2. Urmila Devi
3. Suniti Devi
4. Rameshwari Nehru

Answer: 4. Rameshwari Nehru

Question 19. When was Sharda Act passed?
1. 1927 A.D.
2. 1928 A.D.
3. 1929 A.D.
4. 1930 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1928 A.D.

Question 20. To which of the following subjects is Sharda Act related with?
1. Women’s Education
2. Child Marriage
3. Sati System
4. Widow Remarriage

Answer: 2. Child Marriage

Question 21. By whose efforts was Sharda Act passed?
1. D. K. Karve
2. Sri Gangaram
3. Sri Harvilas Sharda
4. Anand Mohan Bose

Answer: 3. Sri Harvilas Sharda

Question 22. When did Salt Satyagraha start?
1. 1930 A.D.
2. 1935 A.D.
3. 1940 A.D.
4. 1942 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1930 A.D.

Question 23. Under whose leadership Civil Disobedience Movement started?
1. Aruna Ashraf Ali
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Sarojini Naidu
4. Abul Kalam Azad

Answer: 2. Mahatma Gandhi

Question 24. To which movement is Matangini Hazra related?
1. Swadesh and Boycott Movement
2. Non-Cooperation Movement
3. Civil Disobedience Movement
4. Quit India Movement

Answer: 4. Quit India Movement

Question 25. When was Matangini Hazra shot dead?
1. 29 September, 1942 A.D.
2. 2 October, 1942 A.D.
3. 15 August, 1942 A.D.
4. 20 September, 1942 A.D.

Answer: 1. 29 September 1942 A.D.

Question 26. When did the female students of Benaras Hindu University start the procession?
1. 10 August, 1942 A.D.
2. 12 August, 1942 A.D.
3. 15 August, 1942 A.D.
4. 20 August, 1942 A.D.

Answer: 2. 12 August 1942 A.D.

Question 27. Who published the magazine Bande Mataram?
1. Sita Devi
2. Savitri Suri
3. Kanak Lata Barua
4. Madam Bhikaji Kama

Answer: 4. Madam Bhikaji Kama

Question 28. When did Madam Bhikaji Kama publish the magazine Bande Mataram?
1. 1909 A.D.
2. 1912 A.D.
3. 1915 A.D.
4. 1920 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1909 A.D.

Question 29. Who founded the organization ‘Abhinav Bharat’?
1. V.D. Savarkar
2. Bhagat Singh
3. Bina Das
4. Leela Roy

Answer: 1. V.D. Savarkar

Question 30. Who killed Jackson?
1. Durgawati
2. Bina Das
3. Lela Roy
4. Sarala Devi Choudhurani

Answer: 2. Bina Das

Question 31. Who edited ‘Jaishree’ Magazine?
1. Pritilata Waddedar
2. Leela Roy
3. Bina Das
4. Durgawati

Answer: 2. Leela Roy

Question 32. Who attacked on Chattagram European Club?
1. Pritilata Waddedar
2. Laxmi Swaminathan
3. Bina Das
4. Sarojini Naidu

Answer: 1. Pritilata Waddedar

Question 33. When did Pritilata Waddedar attack European Club?
1. 1932 A.D.
2. 1933A.D.
3. 1934 A.D.
4. 1935 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1932 A.D.

Question 34. Who was called as ‘Master’?
1. Bagha Jatin
2. Surya Sen
3. Bhagat Singh
4. Sukhdev

Answer: 2. Surya Sen

Question 35. What was the name of the women’s wing of the Indian National Army?
1. Rani of Jhansi Regiment
2. Durgadevi Regiment
3. Laxmibai Regiment
4. Sarojini Naidu Regiment

Answer: 1. Rani of the Jhansi Regiment

Question 36. Who was the General of Rani of the Jhansi Regiment?
1. Sarojini Naidu
2. Kalpana Dutta
3. Bina Das
4. Laxmi Swaminathan

Answer: 4. Laxmi Swaminathan

Question 37. When was the Rani of Jhansi Regiment organised?
1. 10 June, 1943 A.D.
2. 12 July, 1943 A.D.
3. 10 August, 1943 A.D.
4. 15 July, 1943 A.D.

Answer: 2. 12 July 1943 A.D.

Question 38. Where was the head office of the women’s wing of Indian National Army?
1. Rangoon
2. Singapore
3. Japan
4. Kohima

Answer: 1. Rangoon

Question 39. When was the All India Women’s Conference established?
1. 1925 A.D.
2. 1927 A.D.
3. 1929 A.D.
4. 1931 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1927 A.D.

Question 40. When was Swadeshi and Boycott Movement started?
1. 1902 A.D.
2. 1903 A.D.
3. 1904 A.D.
4. 1905 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1905 A.D.

Question 41. When was Naval revolt started?
1. 1942 A.D.
2. 1945 A.D.
3. 1946 A.D.
4. 1947 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1946 A.D.

Question 42. Where did Swadeshi Movement start?
1. Calcutta
2. Delhi
3. Bombay
4. Madras

Answer: 1. Calcutta

Question 43. Who founded Swadesh Bandhav Samiti?
1. Sachindra Prasad Basu
2. Satish Chandra Mukherjee
3. Ashwini Kumar Dutta
4. Rabindra Nath Tagore

Answer: 3. Ashwini Kumar Dutta

Question 44. Where was Swadesh Bandhav Samiti founded?
1. Barisal
2. Chattagram
3. Midnapore
4. Dhaka

Answer: 1. Barisal

Question 45. Who was the Chief Secretary of the Anti-Circular Society?
1. Rabindranath Tagore
2. Debendranath Tagore
3. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
4. Sachindra Prasad Basu

Answer: 4. Sachindra Prasad Basu

Question 46. When was Rangpur National School established?
1. 8th November 1904 A.D.
2. 8th November 1905 A.D.
3. 10th November 1906 A.D.
4. 12th December 1908 A.D.

Answer: 2. 8th November 1905 A.D.

Question 47. When was Bengal National College founded?
1. 14th August 1906 A.D.
2. 15th August 1909 A.D.
3. 18th August 1910 A.D.
4. 20th August 1920 A.D.

Answer: 1. 14th August 1906 A.D.

Question 48. Who was the first Principal of Bengal National College?
1. Barindra Ghosh
2. Aurobindo Ghosh
3. Satish Chandra Mukherjee
4. Jagadish Chandra Basu

Answer: 2. Aurobindo Ghosh

Question 49. Who founded National Education Council?
1. Aurobindo Ghosh
2. Sadguru Das Banerjee
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Jawahar Lai Nehru

Answer: 2. Sadguru Das Banerjee

Question 50. When was the National Education of Council founded?
1. 15th August 1906 A.D.
2. 20th September 1907 A.D.
3. 21st August 1908 A.D.
4. 25th September 1909 A.D.

Answer: 1. 15th August 1906 A.D.

Question 51. When did the Duke of Commons come to India?
1. 1905 A.D.
2. 1910 A.D.
3. 1915 A.D.
4. 1919 A.D.

Answer: 4.1919 A.D.

Question 52. When did the Prince of Wales come to India?
1. 1910 A.D.
2. 1918 A.D.
3. 1921 A.D.
4. 1919 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1921 A.D.

Question 53. When was Jawahar Lai Nehru arrested on the charge of violating Salt law?
1. 14th April 1930 A.D.
2. 20th June 1930 A.D.
3. 25th August 1930 A.D.
4. 14th September 1930 A.D.

Answer: 1. 14th April 1930 A.D.

Question 54. In which session of the Congress Quit India Resolution passed?
1. Delhi
2. Bombay
3. Madras
4. Calcutta

Answer: 2. Bombay

Question 55. When was Quit India Resolution passed?
1. 5th August, 1942 A.D.
2. 6th August, 1942 A.D.
3. 8th August, 1942 A.D.
4. 10 August, 1942 A.D.

Answer: 3. 8th August, 1942 A.D.

Question 56. Who founded Mitra Mela?
1. V. D. Savarkar
2. Mahadev Govind Ranade
3. Damodar Hari Chapekar
4. Khudiram Bose

Answer: 1. V. D. Savarkar

Question 57. When was Mitra Mela founded?
1. 1890 A.D.
2. 1892 A.D.
3. 1895 A.D.
4. 1899 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1899 A.D.

Question 58. When was Anushilan Samiti established?
1. 1902 A.D.
2. 1905 A.D.
3. 1910 A.D.
4. 1911 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1902 A.D.

Question 59. Who founded Anushilan Samiti?
1. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
2. Pramath Nath Mitra
3. Krishnaji Gopal Karve
4. Mahadev Govind Ranade

Answer: 2. Pramath Nath Mitra

Question 60. Who organised Dhaka Anushilan Samiti?
1. Prafulla Chaki
2. Krishnaji Gopal Karve
3. V.D. Savarkar
4. Pulin Bihari Das

Answer: 4. Pulin Bihari Das

Question 61. The charge of killing who was given to Khudiram Bose?
1. Lord Dufferin
2. Lord Canning
3. Kingsford
4. Laxman Kanhare

Answer: 3. Kingsford

Question 62. Who was the organiser of Indian Revolutionary Army?
1. Bhagat Singh
2. Khudiram Bose
3. SuryaSen
4. Ganesh Ghosh

Answer: 3. Surya Sen

Question 63. When did Chittagong Armoury Raid happen?
1. 12th January 1934 A.D.
2. 16th February 1933 A.D.
3. 18th April 1930 A.D.
4. 17th May 1929 A.D.

Answer: 3. 18th April 1930 A.D.

Question 64. Who led the Chattagram Armoury Raid?
1. SuryaSen
2. Ram Prasad Bismil
3. Ashfaq Ullah Khan
4. Chandrashekhar Azad

Answer: 1. Surya Sen

Question 65. Who founded Yugantar Dal?
1. Surya Sen
2. Barind Ghosh
3. Abdul Rashid Ali
4. Mohan Singh

Answer: 2. Barind Ghosh

Question 66. Who founded Bengal Volunteers?
1. Bina Das
2. Leela Nag
3. Kalpana Dutta
4. Pritilata Waddedar

Answer: 2. Leela Nag

Question 7. When is Rashid Ali Day celebrated?
1. 12th February
2. 15th February
3. 18th February
4. 20th February

Answer: 1. 12th February

Question 68. When is Azad Hind Fauz Diwas celebrated?
1. 18th February
2. 13th February
3. 12th February
4. 19th February

Answer: 3. 12th February

Question 69. When was the All India Depressed Class Federation established?
1. 1910 A.D.
2. 1920 A.D.
3. 1930 A.D.
4. 1940 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1920 A.D.

Question 70. Who founded the All India Depressed Class Federation?
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Vitthal Bhai Patel
3. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
4. Swami Vivekanand

Answer: 3. Bhim Rao Ambedkar

Question 71. Who founded the Depressed Classes League?
1. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
2. Ramakrishna Paramhansa
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Jyotiba Phule

Answer: 1. Bhim Rao Ambedkar

Question 72. Who founded Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha?
1. 1920 A.D.
2. 1922 A.D.
3. 1924 A.D.
4. 1930 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1924 A.D.

Question 73. Where was Bahiskrit Hitakarini Sabha founded?
1. Calcutta
2. Bombay
3. Delhi
4. Madras

Answer: 2. Bombay

Question 74. Who founded Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha?
1. Mahatama Gandhi
2. Narayan Guru
3. Bhimrao Ambedkar
4. Jyotiba Phule

Answer: 3. Bhimrao Ambedkar

Question 75. Who founded Samaj Samata Sangha?
1. Narayan Guru
2. Veeresalingam Pantalu
3. Bhimrao Ambedkar
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: 3. Bhimrao Ambedkar

Question 76. When was Anusuchit Jati Parsangha founded?
1. 1924 A.D.
2. 1926A.D.
3. 1927 A.D.
4. 1929 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1924 A.D.

Question 77. Who founded Anusuchit Jati Parasangha?
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Bhimrao Ambedkar
3. Narayan Guru
4. Jyotiba Phuie

Answer: 2. Bhimrao Ambedkar

Question 78. When was Independent Labour Party founded?
1. 1932 A.D.
2. 1934 A.D.
3. 1936 A.D.
4. 1955 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1936 A.D.

Question 79. Who founded Independent Labour Party?
1. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
2. Jyotiba Phule
3. Narayan Guru
4. Veeresalingam Pantulu

Answer: 1. Bhim Rao Ambedkar

Question 80. Who was the President of the Drafting Committee of Indian Constitution?
1. Jawahar Lai Nehru
2. Rajendra Prasad
3. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: 3. Bhim Rao Ambedkar

Question 81. Who founded Janjati Sangha?
1. Rajendra Prasad
2. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
3. Narayan Guru
4. Vallabh Bhai Patel

Answer: 2. Bhim Rao Ambedkar

Question 82. When was Poona Pact concluded?
1. 1930 A.D.
2. 1931 A.D.
3. 1932 A.D.
4. 1934 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1932 A.D.

Question 83. Who declared Communal Award?
1. Lord Irwin
2. Ramsay Mcdonald
3. Lord Dufferin
4. Lord Curzon

Answer: 2. Ramsay Mcdonald

Question 84. When was Untouchability Act passed?
1. 1951 A.D.
2. 1953 A.D.
3. 1955 A.D.
4. 1958 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1955 A.D.

Question 85. Who edited the magazine Harijan?
1. Ambedkar
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Jyotiba Phule
4. Narayan Guru

Answer: 2. Mahatma Gandhi

Question 86. Who started Harijan Yatra?
1. Rajendra Prasad
2. D.K. Karve
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Veersha Lingam

Answer: 3. Mahatma Gandhi

Question 87. When did Namashudra Movement start?
1. 1870 A.D.
2. 1875 A.D.
3. 1880 A.D.
4. 1885 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1870 A.D.

Question 88. Where did Namashudra Movement start?
1. Bengal
2. Punjab
3. Delhi
4. Maharashtra

Answer: 1. Bengal

Chapter 6 Peasant, Working Class And Left Movements In 20th-Century India MCQs

Question 1. What was the system of ‘Teen Kathiya’?
1. 3 kottas per bigha
2. 13 kottas
3. 9 kottas
4. 6 kottas

Answer: 1. 3 kottas per bigha

Question 2. Mopla Revolt started in
1. Kerala
2. Karnataka
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Malabar

Answer: 4. Malabar

Question 3. ‘Workers and Peasants Party’ was formed in
1. 1926
2. 1927
3. 1928
4. 1929

Answer: 3. 1928

Question 4. ‘Congress Socialist Party’ was formed by
1. Subhash Chandra Basu
2. Jaiprakash Narayan
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Gandhiji

Answer: 2. Jaiprakash Narayan

Question 5. Who wrote the article ‘Passive Resistance’?
1. Aurobindo Ghosh
2. Bipin Chandra Pal
3. Tilak
4. Lala Lajpat Rai

Answer: 1. Aurobindo Ghosh

Question 6. Partition of Bengal was forestalled in
1. 1905
2. 1907
3. 1909
4. 1911

Answer: 1. 1905

Question 7. Who was given the title of ‘Deshapran’?
1. Birendranath Sashmal
2. Chittaranjan Das
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee

Answer: 1. Birendranath Sashmal

Question 8. The centre of Bardauli Movement was
1. Satara
2. Faizabad
3. Surat
4. Delhi

Answer: 2. Faizabad

Question 9. The leader of Eka Movement was
1. Fardunji
2. Madari Pasi
3. Mehta Brothers
4. Baba Ramchandra

Answer: 2. Madari Pasi

Question 10. The first Secretary of AITUC was
1. Chamanlal
2. Baptista
3. Mehta Brothers
4. Baba Ramchandra

Answer: 3. Mehta Brothers

Question 11. Through the verdict of which conspiracy case was the Communist Party banned?
1. Meerut
2. Delhi
3. Alipore
4. Lahore
Answer: 1. Meerut

Question 12. What was the Quit India Movement named by the Leftists?
1. Freedom fight
2. Satyagraha
3. Imperialist war
4. People’s war

Answer: 4. People’s war

Question 13. Manabendra Roy formed the Communist Party in
1. Moscow
2. Berlin
3. London
4. Tashkent
Answer: 4. Tashkent

Question 14. The Partition of Bengal was announced on which of the following dates?
1. 20 July 1905
2. 16 October 1905
3. 1 April 1907
4. 15 May 1907

Answer: 2. 16 October 1905

Question 15. Which of the following did not participate in the Quit India Movement following the ‘People’s War’ line?
1. The Congress
2. The Congress Socialist Party
3. The Workers’ and Peasants’ Party
4. The Communist Party of India

Answer: 4. The Communist Party of India

Question 16. Who founded Congress?
1. A. O. Hume
2. Surendra Nath Banerjee
3. Umesh Chandra Banerjee
4. Dadabhai Naoroji

Answer: 1. A. O. Hume

Question 17. When did Lala Lajpat Roy join the peasants’ movement?
1. 1879 A.D.
2. 1907A.D.
3. 1915 A.D.
4. 1916 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1907 A.D.

Question 18. When did Tebhaga Movement start?
1. 1945 A.D.
2. 1946 A.D.
3. 1950 A.D.
4. 1949 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1946 A.D.

Question 19. When did Warli Movement start?
1. 1945 A.D.
2. 1946 A.D.
3. 1948 A.D.
4. 1949 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1945 A.D.

Question 20. Which Viceroy of India partitioned Bengal?
1. Lord Canning
2. Lord Dufferin
3. Lord Curzon
4. Lord Ripon

Answer: 3. Lord Curzon

Question 21. When did the peasants’ Movement of Darbhanga start?
1. 1919 A.D.
2. 1921 A.D.
3. 1923 A.D.
4. 1924 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1919 A.D.

Question 22. Who founded Kishan Sabha in Uttar Pradesh?
1. Madanmohan Malaviya
2. Swami Vidyanand
3. Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: 1. Madanmohan Malaviya

Question 23. Where did Eka Movement start?
1. Madras
2. Maharashtra
3. Awadh
4. Bihar

Answer: 3. Awadh

Question 24. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha?
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Vallabh Bhai Patel
3. Jawahar Lai Nehru
4. Ram Manohar Lohia

Answer: 2. Vallabh Bhai Patel

Question 25. When was All India Kisan Congress established?
1. 1935 A.D.
2. 1936 A.D.
3. 1937 A.D.
4. 1938 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1936 A.D.

Question 26. When did Vasudev Balwant Phadke lead the peasant movement?
1. 1879 A.D.
2. 1885 A.D.
3. 1902 A.D.
4. 1907 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1879 A.D.

Question 27. When did Ajit Singh join the peasant movement?
1. 1902 A.D.
2. 1907 A.D.
3. 1910 A.D.
4. 1915 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1907 A.D.

Question 28. When did the Telangana peasant movement start?
1. 1910 A.D.
2. 1940 A.D.
3. 1946 A.D.
4. 1950 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1946 A.D.

Question 29. Where was the main centre of the Tebhaga movement?
1. Bengal
2. Delhi
3. Punjab
4. Goa

Answer: 1. Bengal

Question 30. Who was the main leader of Tebhaga movement?
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2. Lala Lajpat Roy
3. Kamparam Singh
4. Ajit Singh

Answer: 3. Kamparam Singh

Question 31. When was Bengal partitioned?
1. 20 July, 1905 A.D.
2. 16 October, 1905 A.D.
3. 3 November, 1905 A.D.
4. 28 December, 1905 A.D.

Answer: 2. 16 October 1905 A.D.

Question 32. What was the population of Bengal at the time of partition?
1. Seven crores eighty-five lakh
2. Nine crore sixty three lakh
3. Six crore fifty lakh
4. Five crore forty lakh

Answer: 1. Seven crore eighty-five lakh

Question 33. When did the peasants of Barisal revolt?
1. During the partition of Bengal
2. During the Non-Cooperation movement
3. During the Civil Disobedience movement
4. During Quit India Movement

Answer: 1. During the partition of Bengal

Question 34. Which Nawab of Dhaka appealed the peasants to not to participate in the peasant movement?
1. Nawab Salimullah
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Sirajuddaula
4. Aliwardi Khan

Answer: 1. Nawab Salimullah

Question 35. When did the peasants’ movement start in Mewar?
1. 1918 A.D.
2. 1920 A.D.
3. 1924 A.D.
4. 1930 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1920 A.D.

Question 36. Who led the peasants’ movement in Mewar?
1. Vijay Singh Pathik
2. Rana Pratap
3. Jay Narayan Gupta
4. Jay Prakash Narayan

Answer: 1. Vijay Singh Pathik

Question 37. Who led the peasants’ movement in Jodhpur?
1. Manik Lai Verma
2. Ram Narayan
3. Jay Narayan Vyas
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: 3. Jay Narayan Vyas

Question 38. Who led the peasants’ movement in Darbhanga?
1. Swami Satyananda
2. Swami Vidyanand
3. Swami Sahajnand
4. Swami Vivekanand

Answer: 2. Swami Vidyanand

Question 39. When was Uttar Pradesh Kisan Sabha formed?
1. February 1918 A.D.
2. June 1918 A.D.
3. July 1920 A.D.
4. August 1919 A.D.

Answer: 1. February 1918 A.D.

Question 40. When was Awadh Kishan Sabha established?
1. October 1905 A.D.
2. October 1920 A.D.
3. October 1919 A.D.
4. October 1921 A.D.

Answer: 2. October 1920 A.D.

Question 41. Who was the main leader of Eka Movement?
1. Madan Mahato
2. Madari Pasi
3. Kewat Ram
4. Nawal Dulia

Answer: 2. Madari Pasi

Question 42. To whom was the title Sardar was given in Bardoli Satyagraha?
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Vitthal Bhai
3. Vallabh Bhai
4. Keshu Bhai

Answer: 3. Vallabh Bhai

Question 43. Where was All India Kisan Congress established?
1. Kanpur
2. Lucknow
3. Delhi
4. Madras

Answer: 2. Lucknow

Question 44. Who was the first President of All India Kisan Congress?
1. N. G. Ranga
2. Vallabh Bhai Patel
3. Swami Sahajanand
4. Swami Vivekanand

Answer: 3. Swami Sahajanand

Question 45. When did the Civil Disobedience Movement start?
1. 1920 A.D.
2. 1921A.D.
3. 1930 A.D.
4. 1935 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1930 A.D.

Question 46. Who led the peasants’ movement in Malabar region?
1. P. Krishna Pilley
2. Karyanand Sharma
3. Panchanan Sharma
4. Bankim Mukherjee

Answer: 1. P. Krishna Pilley

Question 47. When was Punjab Krishak Samiti formed?
1. 1935 A.D.
2. 1936 A.D.
3. 1937 A.D.
4. 1938 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1937 A.D.

Question 48. When was Utkal Prantiya Kishan Sabha formed?
1. 1935 A.D.
2. 1936 A.D.
3. 1937 A.D.
4. 1938 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1935 A.D.

Question 49. Who led the peasant movement in Barddhaman?
1. Malti Choudhuri
2. Karuna Sindhu Ray
3. Bankim Mukherjee
4. Panchanan Sharma

Answer: 3. Bankim Mukherjee

Question 50. Who was the main leader of Punppra-vayalar Movement?
1. Ravi Narayan Reddi
2. Krishna Binod Rai
3. Sunil Sen
4. Bhawani Sen

Answer: 1. Ravi Narayan Reddi

Question 51. When did Mopala movement start?
1. 1918 A.D.
2. 1920 A.D.
3. 1922 A.D.
4. 1924 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1920 A.D.

Question 52. When did the Godwari Rampa movement occur?
1. 1918 A.D.
2. 1920 A.D.
3. 1922 A.D.
4. 1924 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1924 A.D.

Question 53. Who founded Bombay Mill Hands Association?
1. Lenin
2. N. M. Lokhande
3. Rajani Palmdutta
4. Sohan Lai Joshi

Answer: 2. N. M. Lokhande

Question 54. When was Bombay Mill Hands Association established?
1. 1890 A.D.
2. 1895 A.D.
3. 1902 A.D.
4. 1905 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1890 A.D.

Question 55. Who edited the magazine Dinbandhu Patrika?
1. N. M. Lokhande
2. Swami Sahajanand
3. Sunil Sen
4. Bhawani Sen

Answer: 1. N. M. Lokhande

Question 56. When was the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of India and Burma formed?
1. 1885 A.D.
2. 1890 A.D.
3. 1897 A.D.
4. 1899 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1897 A.D.

Question 57. When did the strike in Great Indian Peninsula Railway start?
1. 1899 A.D.
2. 1906 A.D.
3. 1908 A.D.
4. 1910 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1899 A.D.

Question 58. Where was the Workers’ and Peasants’ Party established?
1. Bombay
2. Madras
3. Calcutta
4. Delhi

Answer: 3. Calcutta

Question 59. When did Bombay Textile Mill workers start the strike?
1. 1925 A.D.
2. 1926 A.D.
3. 1927 A.D.
4. 1928 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1928 A.D.

Question 60. When was All India Workers’ and Peasants’ Party formed?
1. 1925 A.D.
2. 1928 A.D.
3. 1929 A.D.
4. 1930 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1928 A.D.

Question 61. When was Public Safety Bill enacted?
1. 1926 A.D.
2. 1927 A.D.
3. 1928 A.D.
4. 1929 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1928 A.D.

Question 62. When was Union Disputes Act enacted?
1. 1929 A.D.
2. 1930
3. 1931 A.D.
4. 1932 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1929 A.D.

Question 63. When was Hindustan Labour Sabha established?
1. 1930 A.D.
2. 1932A.D.
3. 1935 A.D.
4. 1938 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1938 A.D.

Question 64. When was Bombay Trade Disputes Act enacted?
1. 1938 A.D.
2. 1940 A.D.
3. 1942 A.D.
4. 1944 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1938 A.D.

Question 65. When was Printers’ Union founded?
1. 1902 A.D.
2. 1904 A.D.
3. 1905 A.D.
4. 1907 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1905 A.D.

Question 66. When was Raiiwaymen’s Union formed?
1. 1906 A.D.
2. 1908 A.D.
3. 1910 A.D.
4. 1915 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1906 A.D.

Question 67. When was Textile Labour Association founded?
1. 1915 A.D.
2. 1920 A.D.
3. 1925 A.D.
4. 1930 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1920 A.D.

Question 68. Who wrote the book ‘Labour Movement in India’?
1. R. K. Das
2. R. C. Majumdar
3. K. K. Dutta
4. H. C. Roy Choudhury

Answer: 1. R. K. Das

Question 69. Where was the main centre of the Civil Disobedience Movement in Bombay?
1. Dharasana
2. Mandwa
3. Boriwali
4. Juhu

Answer: 1. Dharasana

Question 70. When was All India Trade Union Congress founded?
1. 1920 A.D.
2. 1925 A.D.
3. 1930 A.D.
4. 1935 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1920 A.D.

Question 71. When did Mahatma Gandhi violate Salt Law in Dandi?
1. 6th April 1930 A.D.
2. 6 May 1930 A.D.
3. 5th June 1932 A.D.
4. 5th July 1932 A.D.

Answer: 1. 6th April 1930 A.D.

Question 72. When did Quit India Movement start?
1. 1940 A.D.
2. 1942 A.D.
3. 1944 A.D.
4. 1947 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1942 A.D.

Question 73. When did the Second World War start?
1. 1939 A.D.
2. 1940 A.D.
3. 1942 A.D.
4. 1945 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1939 A.D.

Question 74. Who founded the Indian Federation of Labour?
1. Vallabh Bhai Patel
2. M. N. Roy
3. Kazi Nazrul Islam
4. Samsuddin Hussain

Answer: 2. M. N. Roy

Question 75. When was Bhartiya Rashtriya Trade Union Congress established?
1. May, 1947 A.D.
2. June, 1946 A.D.
3. July, 1948 A.D.
4. August, 1949 A.D.

Answer: 1. May 1947 A.D.

Question 76. Who founded Bhartiya Rashtriya Trade Union Congress?
1. Vallabh Bhai Patel
2. Muzaffar Ahmed
3. Heman Sarkar
4. Jawahar Lai Nehru

Answer: 1. Vallabh Bhai Patel

Question 77. Who was the first President of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Party?
1. Sohan Lai Joshi
2. Qutubuddin Ahmad
3. Samsuddin Hussain
4. Jawahar Lai Nehru

Answer: 1. Sohan Lai Joshi

Question 78. Where was Girni Kamgar Union established?
1. Calcutta
2. Bombay
3. Delhi
4. Madras
Answer: 2. Bombay

Question 79. When was Girni Kamgar Union founded?
1. May, 1920 A.D.
2. June, 1925 A.D.
3. July, 1928 A.D.
4. August, 1930 A.D.

Answer: 3. July 1928 A.D.

Question 80. When was Atak founded?
1. May, 1920 A.D.
2. June, 1922 A.D.
3. July, 1924 A.D.
4. August, 1926 A.D.

Answer: 1. May 1920 A.D.

Question 81. Who was the Editor of Navyuga?
1. Ghulam Hussain
2. Muzaffar Ahmad
3. M.N. Roy
4. Bhupendra Nath Dutta

Answer: 2. Muzaffar Ahmad

Question 82. Who was the Editor of Socialist magazine?
1. Sripada Amrit Dange
2. Muzaffar Ahmed
3. V. Chattopadhyay
4. Ghulam Hussain

Answer: 1. Sripada Amrit Dange

Question 83. Who was the Editor of Inqalab magazine?
1. Ghulam Hussain
2. Bhupendra Nath Dutta
3. Avani Mukherjee
4. Muhammad Aii

Answer: 1. Ghulam Hussain

Question 84. When was Berlin Committee established?
1. 1914 A.D.
2. 1916 A.D.
3. 1920 A.D.
4. 1925 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1914 A.D.

Question 85. When was Indian Communist Party founded?
1. 1920 A.D.
2. 1921A.D.
3. 1925 A.D.
4. 1927 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1920 A.D.

Question 86. When did Peshawar Conspiracy Case take place?
1. 1920 A.D.
2. 1922 A.D.
3. 1924 A.D.
4. 1927 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1922 A.D.

Question 87. When did Kanpur Conspiracy Case take place?
1. 1922 A.D.
2. 1924 A.D.
3. 1926 A.D.
4. 1930 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1924 A.D.

Question 88. When did Meerut Conspiracy Case take place?
1. 1929 A.D.
2. 1930 A.D.
3. 1932 A.D.
4. 1934 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1929 A.D.

Question 89. Who formed Bihar Socialist Party?
1. Muhammad Ahmed
2. Jay Prakash Narayan
3. Muhammad Hussain
4. Subhas Chandra Bose

Answer: 2. Jay Prakash Narayan

Question 90. When was Bihar Socialist Party organized?
1. 1930 A.D.
2. 1931 A.D.
3. 1932 A.D.
4. 1933 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1931 A.D.

Question 91. When was Revolutionary Socialist Party organised?
1. 1930 A.D.
2. 1932 A.D.
3. 1940 A.D.
4. 1942 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1940 A.D.

Question 92. Who founded Forward Bloc?
1. Subhas Chandra Bose
2. Jawahar Lai Nehru
3. P. Sitaramaiya
4. Moti Lai Nehru

Answer: 1. Subhas Chandra Bose

Question 93. When was Forward Bloc established?
1. 1939 A.D.
2. 1940 A.D.
3. 1941 A.D.
4. 1942 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1939 A.D.

Question 94. Civil Disobedience Movement led to the signing of a pact in 1931. The pact was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and
1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Willingdon
3. Lord Irwin
4. Lord Mountbatten

Answer: 3. Lord Irwin

Chapter 5 Alternative Ideas And Initiatives Multiple Choice Type:

Question 1. When did the pre-modern era of the Bengali printing press start?
1. 1935
2. 1835
3. 1925
4. 1850

Answer: 2. 1835

Question 2. The era of Bengali magazines started in
1. 1872
2. 1862
3. 1852
4. 1835

Answer: 3. 1852

Question 3. When was ‘Barnaparichay’ first published in the form of a book?
1. 1850
2. 1855
3. 1860
4. 1865

Answer: 2. 1855

Question 4. Who is called ‘the pioneer of business in Bengali books’?
1. Vidyasagar
2. Rammohan
3. Madhusudan
4. Upendrakishore

Answer: 1. Vidyasagar

Question 5. Under whose leadership was Digdarshan monthly magazine published?
1. Raja Rammohan Roy
2. Marshman
3. David Hare
4. Vidyasagar

Answer: 2. Marshman

Question 6. When was Sambad Kaumudi published?
1. 1821 A.D.
2. 1822 A.D.
3. 1816 A.D.
4. 1818 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1822 A.D.

Question 7. In which language was Brahmanical magazine published?
1. Persian
2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
4. English

Answer: 4. English

Question 8. Who was the father of Sukumar Roy?
1. Upendra Kishor Roy Choudhury
2. Mohit Chandra Sen
3. Debendra Nath Tagore
4. Rabindra Nath Tagore

Answer: 1. Upendra Kishor Roy Choudhury

Question 9. Who founded Shantiniketan?
1. Ajit Kumar Chakraborty
2. Mohit Chandra Sen
3. Debendra Nath Tagore
4. Rabindra Nath Tagore
Answer: 3. Rabindranath Tagore

Question 10. Who was the first Editor of Bengal Gazette?
1. Gangadhar Bhattacharya
2. Marshman
3. Rammohan Roy
4. Prasanna Kumar Tagore

Answer: 1. Gangadhar Bhattacharya

Question 11. When did the publication of Bengal Gazette newspaper start?
1. 1810 A.D.
2. 1815 A.D.
3. 1816 A.D.
4. 1818 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1816 A.D.

Question 12. What was the language of Digdarshan magazine?
1. English
2. Bengali
3. Persian
4. Hindi

Answer: 2. Bengali

Question 13. Who was the Editor of Mirat-ul-Akhbar?
1. Ram Mohan Roy
2. Vidyasagar
3. Marshman
4. Gangadhar Bhattacharya

Answer: 1. Ram Mohan Roy

Question 14. What was the language of Mirat-ul-Akhbar?
1. Hindi
2. Arabic
3. Persian
4. Urdu

Answer: 3. Persian

Question 15. Who edited the Chandrika magazine?
1. Marshman
2. Rammohan Roy
3. Surendranath Banerjee
4. Manmohan Ghosh

Answer: 2. Rammohan Roy

Question 16. When did the publication of Chandrika magazine start?
1. 1822 A.D.
2. 1830 A.D.
3. 1835 A.D.
4. 1840 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1822 A.D.

Question 17. When did the publication of the magazine Somprakash start?
1. 1857 A.D.
2. 1858 A.D.
3. 1859 A.D.
4. 1860 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1859 A.D.

Question 18. What type of magazine was Somprakash?
1. Daily
2. Weekly
3. Monthly
4. Yearly

Answer: 2. Weekly

Question 19. Who was the editor of the magazine “Somprakash’?
1. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
2. Manmohan Ghosh
3. Dwarkanath Tagore
4. Surendranath Banerjee

Answer: 1. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

Question 20. Who passed ‘Vernacular Press Act’?
1. Lord Ripon
2. Lord Lytton
3. Lord Dalhousie
4. Lord Cornwallis

Answer: 2. Lord Lytton

Question 21. When did the publication of Indian Mirror start?
1. 1858 A.D.
2. 1859A.D.
3. 1860 A.D.
4. 1861 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1861 A.D.

Question 22. Who edited the ‘Indian Mirror’?
1. Debendranath Tagore
2. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
3. Rammohan Roy
4. Shishir Kumar Ghosh

Answer: 1. Debendranath Tagore

Question 23. Who published ‘Sulabh Samachar’?
1. Shishir Kumar Ghosh
2. Keshab Chandra Sen
3. Rammohan Roy
4. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

Answer: 2. Keshab Chandra Sen

Question 24. When did the publication of ‘Amit Bazar Patrika start’?
1. 1860 A.D.
2. 1862 A.D.
3. 1865 A.D.
4. 1868 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1868 A.D.

Question 25. Who started the publication of the newspaper ‘Bangabasi’?
1. Jogendranath Bose
2. Surendranath Banerjee
3. Debendranath Tagore
4. Manmohan Ghosh

Answer: 1. Jogendranath Bose

Question 26. When did the publication of the newspaper Bangabasi start?
1. 1880 A.D.
2. 1881 A.D.
3. 1882 A.D.
4. 1889 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1881 A.D.

Question 27. Who edited Modern Review?
1. Durga Prasad Mishra
2. Abul Kalam Azad
3. Surendranath Banerjee
4. Manmohan Ghosh

Answer: 1. Durga Prasad Mishra

Question 28. When did the publication of ‘Al Hilal start?
1. 1910 A.D.
2. 1911 A.D.
3. 1912 A.D.
4. 1913 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1912 A.D.

Question 29. Who was the editor of ‘Al Hilal’?
1. Syed Ahmed
2. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
3. Abul Kalam Azad
4. Shaukat Ali

Answer: 3. Abul Kalam Azad

Question 30. When did the publication of ‘Al Bilag start?
1. 1910 A.D.
2. 1912 A.D.
3. 1913 A.D.
4. 1915 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1913 A.D.

Question 31. Who started editing ‘Al Bilag’?
1. Abul Kalam Azad
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Syed Ahmed
4. Shaukat Ali

Answer: 1. Abul Kalam Azad

Question 32. Which of the following was the first newspaper of India?
1. Somprakash
2. Digdarshan
3. The Bengal Gazette
4. Calcutta Carrier

Answer: 3. The Bengal Gazette

Question 33. Who was the founder of the ‘Bengal Gazette’?
1. James Augustus Hikki
2. William Bolts
3. Marshman
4. Rammohan Roy

Answer: 1. James Augustus Hikki

Question 34. When did the publication of ‘The Bengal Gazette’ start?
1. 1760 A.D.
2. 1780A.D.
3. 1785 A.D.
4. 1790 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1780 A.D.

Question 35. When did the publication of Bombay Gazette start?
1. 1816 A.D.
2. 1818 A.D.
3. 1857 A.D.
4. 1885 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1816 A.D.

Question 36. Who was the Editor of ‘Calcutta General’?
1. James Hikki
2. James Buckingham
3. Marshman
4. William Bolts

Answer: 2. James Buckingham

Question 37. Who set up a printing press named ‘U.N. Roy and Sons in India?
1. Sukumar Roy
2. Satyajit Roy
3. UpendraKishorRoyChoudhury
4. Rabindranath Tagore

Answer: 3. Upendra Kishor Roy Choudhury

Question 38. When was ‘U.N. Roy and Sons Press’ established?
1. 1910 A.D.
2. 1911 A.D.
3. 1912 A.D.
4. 1913 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1913 A.D.

Question 39. When was ‘Calcutta Medical and Physical Society’ formed?
1. 1847 A.D.
2. 1850 A.D.
3. 1853 A.D.
4. 1858 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1847 A.D.

Question 40. When was Calcutta Medical College founded?
1. 1835 A.D.
2. 1840 A.D.
3. 1845 A.D.
4. 1850 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1835 A.D.

Question 41. When was an engineering college set up in Shibpur?
1. 1840 A.D.
2. 1847 A.D.
3. 1850 A.D.
4. 1857 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1847 A.D.

Question 42. When was the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science” founded?
1. 1870 A.D.
2. 1872 A.D.
3. 1876 A.D.
4. 1880 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1876 A.D.

Question 43. Who founded “The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science”?
1. Sukumar Roy
2. Praffuila Chandra Roy
3. Jagdish Chandra Basu
4. Mahendra Lai Sarkar

Answer: 4. Mahendra Lai Sarkar

Question 44. Who invented the principle “Celebrated Effect on Scattering of Light”?
1. Sir C.V. Raman
2. Jagadish Chandra Basu
3. P.C. Roy
4. Meghnad Saha

Answer: 1. Sir C.V. Raman

Question 45. When did Sir C.V. Raman get Nobel Award?
1. 1928 A.D.
2. 1930 A.D.
3. 1932 A.D.
4. 1934 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1930 A.D.

Question 46. Who founded “Calcutta Science College”?
1. C.V. Raman
2. Meghnad Saha
3. Satyendranath Bose
4. Ashutosh Mukherjee

Answer: 4. Ashutosh Mukherjee

Question 47. When was “Calcutta Science College” established?
1. 1901 A.D.
2. 1902 A.D.
3. 1904 A.D.
4. 1906 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1904 A.D.

Question 48. Who founded Bose Institute?
1. Satyendranath Bose
2. Gyan Chandra Ghosh
3. Gyanendra Mukherjee
4. Jagdish Chandra Bose

Answer: 4. Jagdish Chandra Bose

Question 49. When was “Basu Vigyan Mandir” established?
1. 1916 A.D.
2. 1917 A.D.
4. 1920 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1917 A.D.

Question 50. What is the other name of “Basu Vigyan Mandir”?
1. Bose Institute
2. Calcutta Medical College
3. I.A.C.S.
4. C.S.I.R.

Answer: 1. Bose Institute

Question 51. When was “Aligarh Scientific Society” established?
1. 1938 A.D.
2. 1944 A.D.
3. 1942 A.D.
4. 1864 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1864 A.D.

Question 52. Who founded Aligarh Scientific Society?
1. Birbal Sahni
2. Nazir Ahmad
3. Syed Ahmed Khan
4. J.C. Bose

Answer: 3. Syed Ahmed Khan

Question 53. When was the ‘Jadavpur University Act passed?
1. 1912 A.D.
2. 1940 A.D.
3. 1953 A.D.
4. 1955 A.D.

Answer: 4.1955 A.D.

Question 54. When was the first Madarsa established in Calcutta?
1. 1772 A.D.
2. 1775 A.D.
3. 1781 A.D.
4. 1784 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1781 A.D.

Question 55. Who founded Calcutta Madarsha?
1. Warren Hastings
2. Lord Cornwallis
3. Lord Ripon
4. Lord Lytton

Answer: 1. Warren Hastings

Question 56. Who founded a Sanskrit College in Banaras?
1. Warren Hastings
2. Radhakant Deb
3. Jonathan Duncan
4. David Hare

Answer: 3. Jonathan Duncan

Question 57. When was ‘Benaras Sanskrit College’ established?
1. 1781 A.D.
2. 1787 A.D.
3. 1791 A.D.
4. 1821 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1791 A.D.

Question 58. When was Hindu College founded in Calcutta?
1. 1802 A.D.
2. 1810 A.D.
3. 1817 A.D.
4. 1840 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1817 A.D.

Question 59. Under whose leadership was the Committee of Public Instruction formed?
1. David Hare
2. Wilson
3. Rammohan Roy
4. Sir Hyde East

Answer: 2. Wilson

Question 60. When was the Committee of Public Instruction founded?
1. 1817 A.D.
2. 1821 A.D.
3. 1830 A.D.
4. 1823 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1823 A.D.

Question 61. Who founded Brahmacharya Ashram at Shantiniketan?
1. Dwarkanath Tagore
2. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Debendranath Tagore
4. Prasanna Kumar Tagore

Answer: 2. Rabindranath Tagore

Question 62. Who founded Vishwa Bharati University?
1. David Hare
2. Rammohan Roy
3. Vidyasagar
4. Rabindranath Tagore

Answer: 4. Rabindranath Tagore

Question 63. When was ‘Vishwa Bharati University’ founded?
1. 1863 A.D.
2. 1901 A.D.
3. 1921 A.D.
4. 1922 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1921 A.D.

Question 64. When was “Shantiniketan Ashram” founded?
1. 1901 A.D.
2. 1863 A.D.
3. 1921 A.D.
4. 1928 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1863 A.D.

Question 65. When was Rabindra Bhavan founded in ‘Vishwa Bharati University”?
1. 1937 A.D.
2. 1939 A.D.
3. 1942 A.D.
4. 1947 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1942 A.D.

Question 66. When did the publication of India Gazette start?
1. 1780 A.D.
2. 1785 A.D.
3. 1790 A.D.
4. 1795 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1780 A.D.

Question 67. When did the publication of “Modern Review” start?
1. 1870 A.D.
2. 1875 A.D.
3. 1879 A.D.
4. 1885 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1879 A.D.

Chapter 4 Early Stages Of Collective Action MCQs

Question 1. Because of which of the following did the feudal elements break out in revolt?
1. Land policy of the British
2. Industrial policy of the British
3. Economic policy of the British
4. Land revenue policy of the British

Answer: 4. Land revenue policy of the British

Question 2. Which of the following brought about a change in the nomenclature of the head of the British administration in India?
1. Revolt of 1857
2. Act of 1858
3. Queen’s Proclamation
4. Act for a Better Government in India

Answer: 3. Queen’s Proclamation

Question 3. Of the following who was affectionately called the ‘Grandfather of Indian Nationalism’?
1. Nabagopal Mitra
2. Ganendranath Tagore
3. Rajnarayan Bose
4. Surendranath Banerjee

Answer: 3. Rajnarayan Bose

Question 4. Who called the Sepoy Mutiny ‘The first true freedom fight of India’?
1. V. D. Savarkar
2. S. N.Sen
3. S. B. Chowdhury
4. R. C. Majumdar

Answer: 1. V. D. Savarkar

Question 5. In which year was Queen Victoria proclaimed as the Empress of India?
1. 1858
2. 1865
3. 1875
4. 1877

Answer: 4. 1877

Question 6. Who was the first Viceroy of India?
1. Lord Linton
2. Lord Clive
3. Lord Canning
4. Lord Bentinck

Answer: 3. Lord Canning

Question 7. Who called the 19th century the age of associations?
1. Rammohan
2. Anil Shil
3. Rabindranath
4. Swamiji

Answer: 2. Anil Shil

Question 8. Zamindar Sabha was established in
1. 1836
2. 1837
3. 1838
4. 1839

Answer: 2. 1837

Question 9. Who established ‘Bharat Sabha’?
1. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
2. Surendranath Banerjee
3. Dwarakanath Ganguly
4. Shibnath Sastri

Answer: 2. Surendranath Banerjee

Question 10. When was Hindu Mela established?
1. 1837
2. 1857
3. 1867
4. 1877
Answer: 3. 1867

Question 11. In which novel was the song ‘Vande Mataram’ featured?
1. Debi Chowdhurani
2. Gora
3. Anandamath
4. Nil Darpan

Answer: 3. Anandamath

Question 12. Who wrote ‘Bartaman Bharat’?
1. Suddananda
2. Vivekananda
3. Satyananda
4. Bankim Chandra

Answer: 2. Vivekananda

Question 13. Who was called ‘The Father of New Bengal Art of painting’?
1. Nandalal Basu
2. Ramkinkar Beij
3. Gaganendranath Tagore
4. Abanindranath Tagore

Answer: 4. Abanindranath Tagore

Question 14. Whose immortal creation was the painting ‘Bharat Mata’?
1. Nandalal Basu
2. Rabindranath
3. Abanindranath
4. Da Vinci

Answer: 3. Abanindranath

Question 15. Who was the father of ‘Modern Nationalist Cartoon Pictures’?
1. Abanindranath
2. Rabindranath
3. Joytirindranath
4. Gaganendranath

Answer: 4. Gaganendranath

Question 16. ‘Bharat Mata’, an immortal creation of Abanindranath
1. was a black and white painting,
2. Could inspire patriotism in the Nationalist era
3. Was his best watercolour painting
4. Was just a unique painting

Answer: 2. Could inspire patriotism in the Nationalist era

Question 17. The first War of Indian Independence was started in
1. 1857 A.D.
2. 1858 A.D.
3. 1859 A.D.
4. 1960 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1857 A.D.

Question 18. The emperor of Delhi during the revolt of 1857 was
1. Farrukhsiyar
2. Jahandar Shah
3. Shah Alam 2
4. Bahadur Shah 2

Answer: 4. Bahadur Shah 2

Question 19. Who wrote the book ‘The Great Revolt’?
1. Firoj Shah Mehta
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Ashok Mehta
4. B. D. Savarkar

Answer: 3. Ashok Mehta

Question 20. When was Queen Victoria’s proclamation read out?
1. 1 November, 1858 A.D.
2. 1 December, 1859 A.D.
3. 1 November, 1860 A.D.
4. 10 May, 1861 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1 November 1858 A.D.

Question 21. The Viceroy of India during the Great Revolt of 1857 A.D. was
1. Lord Wellesley
2. Lord Dalhousie
3. Lord Canning
4. Lord Mountbatten

Answer: 3. Lord Canning

Question 22. Who was given the responsibility of starting a political movement in Bengal?
1. Raja Rammohan Roy
2. Vidyasagar
3. Bhikaji Madam Kama
4. Derozio

Answer: 1. Raja Rammohan Roy

Question 23. When was Landholders’ Association founded?
1. 1853 A.D.
2. 1836 A.D.
3. 1838 A.D.
4. 1840 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1838 A.D.

Question 24. Who founded Banga Bhasha Prakashika Sabha?
1. Dwarkanath Tagore
2. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Devendranath Tagore
4. Rammohan Roy

Answer: 1. Dwarkanath Tagore

Question 25. Who founded British India Society?
1. Adams
2. William Corvee
3. Theodore Dikens
4. J. F. Princep

Answer: 1. Adams

Question 26. Where was Queen’s Proclamation read out?
1. Allahabad
2. Benaras
3. Calcutta
4. Delhi

Answer: 1. Allahabad

Question 27. Who was the first Viceroy of India after the Great Revolt of 1857 A.D.?
1. Lord Dalhousie
2. Lord Canning
3. Lord Wellesley
4. Lord Ripon

Answer: 2. Lord Canning

Question 28. Who started the Doctrine of Lapse?
1. Lord Wellesely
2. Lord Canning
3. Lord Dalhousie
4. Lord Ripon

Answer: 3. Lord Dalhousie

Question 29. Who started the revolt of 1857 in Barrackpore?
1. Mangal Pandey
2. Bhagat Singh
3. Rani Laxmibai
4. Tantya Tope

Answer: 1. Mangal Pandey

Question 30. Who founded Zamindar Sabha?
1. Dwarkanath Tagore
2. Raja Rammohan Roy
3. Radha Kant Deb
4. Rabindra Nath Tagore

Answer: 1. Dwarkanath Tagore

Question 31. When was Indian Association founded?
1. 5 May, 1876 A.D.
2. 26 July, 1876 A.D.
3. 5 May, 1883 A.D.
4. 29 December, 1883 A.D.

Answer: 2. 26 July 1876 A.D.

Question 32. When was All India National Conference held?
1. 29 December 1880 A.D.
2. 29 December 1883 A.D.
3. 15 August 1880 A.D.
4. 26 January 1883 A.D.

Answer: 2. 29 December 1883 A.D.

Question 33. Who founded Indian Association?
1. Surendranath Banerjee
2. Ram Mohan Roy
3. Anand Mohan Bose
4. Manmohan Ghosh

Answer: 1. Surendranath Banerjee

Question 34. Which institution started the Civil Services Movement?
1. Indian National Congress
2. Indian Association
3. Zamindar Sabha
4. Madras Mahajan Sabha

Answer: 2. Indian Association

Question 35. Where was Madras Mahajan Sabha established?
1. Madras
2. Bombay
3. Calcutta
4. London

Answer: 1. Madras

Question 36. Who founded Bombay Association?
1. Anand Mohan Bose
2. Jagannath Shankar
4. Firoj Shah Mehta

Answer: 2. Jagannath Shankar

Question 37. When was Bombay Presidency Association founded?
1. 1883 A.D.
2. 1884 A.D.
3. 1885 A.D.
4. 1887 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1885 A.D.

Question 38. Who founded Indian League?
1. Shishir Kumar Ghosh
2. Mary Carpenter
3. Surendra Nath Banerjee
4. George Thomson

Answer: 1. Shishir Kumar Ghosh

Question 39. When was Indian League established?
1. 1836 A.D.
2. 1875 A.D.
3. 1876 A.D.
4. 1883 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1875 A.D.

Question 40. Where was Indian League established?
1. Bombay
2. Calcutta
3. Madras
4. Delhi

Answer: 2. Calcutta

Question 41. When was Banga Bhasha Prakashika Sabha established?
1. 1836 A.D.
2. 1838A.D.
3. 1866 A.D.
4. 1875 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1836 A.D.

Question 42. Where was Banga Bhasa Prakashika Sabha established?
1. London
2. Calcutta
3. Bombay
4. Madras

Answer: 2. Calcutta

Question 43. Who founded Bengal British India Society?
1. George Thomson
2. Dwarkanath Tagore
3. Radha Kant Deb
4. Mary Carpenter

Answer: 1. George Thomson

Question 44. When was Bengal British India Society founded?
1. 1836 A.D.
2. 1838 A.D.
3. 1843 A.D.
4. 1866 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1843 A.D.

Question 45. Who founded British Indian Association?
1. Raja Radha Kant Deb
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Jagannath Shankar
4. Mary Carpenter

Answer: 1. Raja Radha Kant Deb

Question 46. Where was East Indian Association formed?
1. Calcutta
2. London
3. Bombay
4. Delhi

Answer: 2. London

Question 47. Who organised Hindu Mela?
1. Nav Gopal Mitra
2. Shishir Kr. Ghosh
3. Anand Mohan Bose
4. S. N. Banerjee

Answer: 1. Nav Gopal Mitra

Question 48. When was Hindu Mela organised?
1. 1843 A.D.
2. 1866 A.D.
3. 1867 A.D.
4. 1872 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1867 A.D.

Question 49. Who founded National Gymnasium?
1. Shishir Kumar Ghosh
2. A. O. Hume
3. Nav Gopal Mitra
4. S. N. Banerjee

Answer: 3. Nav Gopal Mitra

Question 50. When was Poona Sarvajanik Sabha founded?
1. 1870 A.D.
2. 1875 A.D.
3. 1879 A.D.
4. 1885 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1870 A.D.

Question 51. Who founded National India Association?
1. Jagannath Shankar
2. Mary Carpenter
3. Anand Mohan Bose
4. Firoj Shah Mehta

Answer: 2. Mary Carpenter

Question 52. Who founded Calcutta Students’ Association?
1. Anand Mohan Bose
2. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
3. Surendra Nath Banerjee
4. Jagannath Shankar

Answer: 1. Anand Mohan Bose

Question 53. Who was the writer of the novel Anandamath?
1. Vivekananda
2. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
3. Rabindra Nath Tagore
4. Vidyasagar

Answer: 2. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Question 54. Who is the writer of the song ‘Bande Mataram’?
1. Gaganendra Nath Tagore
2. Debendra Nath Tagore
3. Rabindra Nath Tagore
4. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Answer: 4. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Question 55. Who was the writer of the novel ‘Gora’?
1. Rabindra Nath Tagore
2. Vivekananda
3. Vidyasagar
4. A. 0. Hume

Answer: 1. Rabindra Nath Tagore

Question 56. Who was the writer of the book ‘Bartaman Bharat’?
1. Vidyasagar
2. Gaganendra Nath Tagore
3. Abanindra Nath Tagore
4. Swami Vivekananda

Answer: 4. Swami Vivekananda

Question 58. Which revolt was mentioned in Bande Mataram?
1. Fakir Revolt
2. Sanyasi Revolt
3. Indigo Revolt
4. Santhal Revolt

Answer: 2. Sanyasi Revolt

Question 59. When was Gora novel written?
1. 1907 A.D.
2. 1908A.D.
3. 1909 A.D.
4. 1910 A.D.
Answer: 3. 1909 A.D.

Question 60. In which magazine was Gora novel published serially?
1. Banga Darshan
2. Prabasi
3. Som Prakash
4. Bartaman Bharat

Answer: 2. Prabasi

Question 61. Who pioneered the principle of ‘The white man’s burden’?
1. Rabindra Nath Tagore
2. Annie Besant
3. Rudyard Kipling
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: 3. Rudyard Kipling

Question 62. When was Anandmath’s novel written?
1. 1873 A.D.
2. 1875 A.D.
3. 1880 A.D.
4. 1882 A.D.

Answer: 4. 1882 A.D.

Question 63. When was the book Bajra published?
1. 1917 A.D.
2. 1921 A.D.
3. 1930 A.D.
4. 1936 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1917 A.D.

Question 64. Who wrote the book Adbhut Loke?
1. Gaganendra Nath Tagore
2. Rabindra Nath Tagore
3. Shishir Kumar Ghosh
4. A. O. Hume

Answer: 1. Gaganendra Nath Tagore

Question 65. Who wrote the book Nava Hullode?
1. Shishir Kr. Ghosh
2. Debendra Nath Tagore
3. Gaganendra Nath Tagore
4. Dwarkanath Tagore

Answer: 3. Gaganendra Nath Tagore

Question 66. Who founded Indian Association?
1. Raja Rammohan Roy
2. Derozio
3. Surendranath Banerjee
4. J. F. Morris

Answer: 3. Surendranath Banerjee

Question 67. The author of Bartaman Bharat is
1. Balgangadhar Tilak
2. Dayanand Saraswati
3. Rabindra Nath
4. Swami Vivekandanda

Answer: 4. Swami Vivekananda

Chapter 8 2nd Part Of 20th Century: Post-Colonial India (1947-64) MCQs

Question 1. Which period is known as the era of Nehru in India?
1. 1947-50
2. 1947-57
3. 1947-60
4. 1947-64

Answer: 4. 1947-64

Question 2. How many native States were there before Independence?
1. 22
2. 210
3. 462
4. 562

Answer: 4. 562

Question 3. Indian Independence Act was passed in
1. 4th July 1948
2. 18th July 1947
3. 30th July 1947
4. 15th August 1947

Answer: 2. 18th July 1947

Question 4. Goa acceded to India in
1. 1960
2. 1961
3. 1962
4. 1964

Answer: 1. 1960

Question 5. Who was Raja Hari Singh?
1. King of Kashmir
2. King of Junagarh
3. King of Hyderabad
4. King of Sikkim

Answer: 1. King of Kashmir

Question 6. Horn many refugees came to West Bengal in 1951?
1. 35 lakh
2. 25 lakh
3. 15 lakh
4. 5 lakh

Answer: 1. 35 lakh

Question 7. The National language of India is
1. Hindi
2. Bengali
3. English
4. Hindi-English

Answer: 4. Hindi-English

Question 8. Name the national leader who successfully completed the accession of the princely states to the Indian Union.
1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4. Clement Atlee

Answer: 3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Question 9. Of the following which was the first linguistically reorganized state?
1. West Bengal
2. Maharastra
3. Orissa
4. Andhra

Answer: 4. Andhra

Question 10. When did the British Parliament pass the Indian Independence Act?
1. 4th August 1947 A.D.
2. 3rd September 1947 A.D.
3. 5th September 1947 A.D.
4. 6 August 1948 A.D.

Answer: 1. 4th August 1947 A.D.

Question 11. Under whose guidance were state ministries formed in India?
1. Gandhiji
2. Vallabh Bhai Patel
3. Dada Bhai Naoroji
4. Radhakrishnan

Answer: 2. Vallabh Bhai Patel

Question 12. When did India become independent?
1. 13th August 1947 A.D.
2. 14th August 1947 A.D.
3. 15th August 1947 A.D.
4. 26th January 1950 A.D.

Answer: 3. 15th August 1947 A.D.

Question 13. Who was the first Home Minister of India?
1. Vallabh Bhai Patel
2. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
3. Dadabhai Naoroji
4. Radhakrishnan

Answer: 1. Vallabh Bhai Patel

Question 14. How many princely states accepted to assemble in the Indian federation by the efforts of Sardar Patel?
1. 131
2. 134
3. 135
4. 136

Answer: 4. 136

Question 15. Who was the first Prime Minister of India?
1. Gandhiji
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. B.R. Ambedkar
4. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Answer: 2. Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 16. Where did terrible communal riots start in Bengal after partition?
1. Noakhali
2. Calcutta
3. Dhaka
4. Chattagram

Answer: 1. Noakhali

Question 17. Who was the Defence Minister of India in Interior Government?
1. Abul Kalam Azad
2. Sardar Baldeo Singh
3. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
4. K.C. Niyogi

Answer: 2. Sardar Baldeo Singh

Question 18. When was Nehru-Liyaqat Treaty concluded?
1. 8th April 1950 A.D.
2. 10th June 1947 A.D.
3. 15 August 1949 A.D.
4. 7 June 1950 A.D.

Answer: 1. 8th April 1950 A.D.

Question 19. When did India become a Republic?
1. 15th August 1947 A.D.
2. 20th August 1947 A.D.
3. 26th January 1950 A.D.
4. 26th November 1949 A.D.

Answer: 3. 26th January 1950 A.D.

Question 20. When was State Council formed?
1. 5th July 1945 A.D.
2. 5th July, 194 A.D.
3. 15th August 1947 A.D.
4. 26th January 1950 A.D.

Answer: 2. 5th July, 194 A.D.

Question 21. Under whose guidance State-Council was formed?
1. Vallabh Bhai Patel
2. K.C. Niyogi
3. V.P. Menon
4. Mountbatten

Answer: 1. Vallabh Bhai Patel

Question 22. Who was the first Governor-General of Independent India?
1. Dr Sarwapalli Radhakrishnan
2. Lord Mountbatten
3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
4. C. Rajgopalachari

Answer: 2. Lord Mountbatten

Question 23. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of Independent India?
1. Lord Mountbatten
2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
3. C. Rajgopalachari
4. Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: 3. C. Rajgopalachari

Question 24. Of which state Maharaja Hari Singh was the ruler?
1. Kashmir
2. Delhi
3. Gujarat
4. Hyderabad

Answer: 1. Kashmir

Question 25. When did Pakistan attack Kashmir?
1. 24 October 1946 A.D.
2. 22 October 1947 A.D.
3. 24 October 1947 A.D.
4. 30 January 1947 A.D.

Answer: 2. 22 October 1947 A.D.

Question 26. Who was Mehar Chand Mahajan?
1. Chief Minister of Kashmir
2. Nawab of Hyderabad
3. Prime Minister of Ahmed Nagar
4. Leader of National Conference

Answer: 1. Chief Minister of Kashmir

Question 27. When did cease fire occur between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue?
1. 15th August 1947 A.D.
2. 16th November 1947 A.D.
3. 1st January 1948 A.D.
4. 16th December 1949 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1st January 1948 A.D.

Question 28. When did Hyderabad sign on Standstill Agreement?
1. November, 1947 A.D.
2. December 1948 A.D.
3. 1st January 1948 A.D.
4. 15 August 1949 A.D.

Answer: 1. November 1947 A.D.

Question 29. Under whose leadership military operation was started in Hyderabad?
1. Captain Amarender Singh
2. Major General Choudhury
3. Colonal Kasim Rizwi
4. Sardar Patel

Answer: 2. Major General Choudhury

Question 30. Who was the first military Governor of Hyderabad?
1. Major General Choudhury
2. Sardar Baldeo Singh
3. Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
4. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Answer: 1. Major General Choudhury

Question 31. From where did communal riots start in Bengal?
1. Dhaka
2. Noakhali
3. Chattagram
4. Midnapur

Answer: 2. Noakhali

Question 32. When was Direct Action Day observed?
1. 1964 A.D.
2. 1947 A.D.
3. 1946 A.D.
4. 1948 A.D.

Answer: 2. 1947 A.D.

Question 33. When was the refugee problem solved?
1. 1951 A.D.
2. 1962 A.D.
3. 1965 A.D.
4. 1971 A.D.

Answer: 1. 1951 A.D.

Question 34. Who wrote the book ‘The Unfinished Memoirs’?
1. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
2. Kewal Singh
3. Balram Nanda
4. Malay Krishna

Answer: 1. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Question 35. What is the name of the book written by Taslima Nasrin?
1. Lajja
2. Train to India
3. Partition and Aftermath
4. Witness to Partition

Answer: 1. Lajja

Question 36. Who is the writer of the book Train to Pakistan?
1. Khushwant Singh
2. Balram Nanda
3. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
4. Malay Krishna

Answer: 1. Khushwant Singh

Question 37. Who was Potti Sri Ramlu?
1. Leader demanding of Andhra State
2. Chief Minister of Andra Pradesh
3. Governor of Andhra Pradesh
4. Nawab of Hyderabad

Answer: 1. Leader demanding of Andhra State

Question 38. When was Andhra State formed?
1. October, 1951 A.D.
2. October, 1952 A.D.
3. October, 1954 A.D.
4. October, 1953 A.D.

Answer: 4. October 1953 A.D.

Question 39. When was State Reorganisation Commission formed?
1. 1951 A.D.
2. 1952 A.D.
3. 1953 A.D.
4. 1954 A.D.

Answer: 3. 1953 A.D.

Question 40. Who was the President of the State Reorganisation Commission?
1. Fazal Ali
2. Haridyanath Kunjaru
3. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
4. Jawahar Lai Nehru

Answer: 1. Fazal Ali

Question 41. When was State Reorganisation Act passed?
1. July, 1956 A.D.
2. August, 1956 A.D.
3. September, 1956 A.D.
4. October, 1956 A.D.

Answer: 1. July 1956 A.D.

Question 42. Who was the first President of India?
1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
3. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
4. C. Rajgopalachari

Answer: 2. Dr Rajendra Prasad

Question 43. When was the Constitution of India implemented?
1. 26th January 1950 A.D.
2. 15th August 1947 A.D.
3. 26th November 1949 A.D.
4. 26th August 1949 A.D.

Answer: 1. 26th January 1950 A.D.