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
