INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT QUESTION AND SOLUTION(QUIZ) – WBCS PRELIMS 2012
In West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) Preliminary Examination 2012, total of 37 questions was asked from Indian National Movement.
1. Who was the Editor of ‘Hindu Patriot’?
[A] Harischandra Mukherjee
[B] Krishna kumar Mitra
[C] Bipin Chandra Pal
[D] Shivnath Shastri
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Harischandra Mukherjee
2. Who came to be known as the ‘Father of Indian National Congress’ ?
[A] W. C. Bannerjee
[B] S.N. Banerjee
[C] A.O Hume
[D] Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] A.O Hume
3. Who was the President of the First session of the Indian National Congress ?
[A] Dadabhai Naoroji
[B] W.C. Bonnerjee
[C] Feroze Shah Mehta
[D] S. N. Banerjee
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] W.C. Bonnerjee
4. Who edited the journal ‘Bande Mataram’ in Paris ?
[A] Madame Cama
[B] Shyamaji Krishna Varma
[C] Lala Hardayal
[D] Bhupen Datta
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Madame Cama
5. Who founded the Gadar Party in San Francisco in the USA ?
[A] Lala Harydayal
[B] Ajit Singh
[C] Lala Lajpat Rai
[D] P. Mitra
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Lala Harydayal
6. Who was the last governor general of India ?
[A] Chakraborty Rajagopalachari
[B] Lord Mountbatten
[C] Rajendra Prasad
[D] Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Chakraborty Rajagopalachari
7. Who made an attempt on the life of Lord Hardinge in 1912 ?
[A] Rashbihari Bose
[B] Bhagat Singh
[C] Khudiram Bose
[D] Ajit Singh
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Rashbihari Bose
8. Which incident force Mahatma Gandhi to call for the suspension of the Non-Co-operation movement in 1922 ?
[A] Mob violence in Chauri chaura
[B] Jalianwalabagh massacre
[C] Chittangong Armoury Raid
[D] Foundation of the Swarajya Party
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Mob violence in Chauri chaura
9. In which Congress session the demand for complete independence first made ?
[A] Nagpur
[B] Amritasar
[C] Lahore
[D] Calcutta
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Lahore
10. Who raised the slogan Long Live Revolution in the central Legislative Assembly, Delhi?
[A] Bhagat Singh
[B] Rashbihari Bose
[C] M. N. Roy
[D] Lala Lajpat Rai
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Bhagat Singh
11. Who led the Muslim deputation at Simla in 1906 ?
[A] Salimullah
[B] Aga Khan
[C] Muhammad Ali
[D] Saukat Ali
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Aga Khan
12. Name of the workers organisation founded by Mahatma Gandhi :
[A] Indian National Trade Union Congress
[B] Majoor Mahajan
[C] All India Trade Union Congress
[D] Workers’ Welfare League
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Majoor Mahajan
13. Name the outstanding Dalit leader of India who had renounced Hinduism and embraced Buddhism at a later stage of his life :
[A] Jagjivan Ram
[B] Bhola Paswan
[C] B. R. Ambedkar
[D] None of the above
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] B. R. Ambedkar
14. Choose the correct name of the Union Home Minister who had introduced Indian Administrative Service in 1948 :
[A] Sardar Ballavbhai Patel
[B] Gobinda Ballav Pant
[C] S. B. Chavan
[D] Krishna Menon
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Sardar Ballavbhai Patel
15. Name the author of the book “India Wins Freedom”:
[A] Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
[B] Sardar Ballabhai Patel
[C] Gobind Ballav Pant
[D] None of the above
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
16. Which incident in colonial history of India marks the first war of independence?
[A] The peasant uprising at Chauri chaura
[B] The Naval Mutiny of 1946
[C] Chittagong Armoury Raid
[D] Sepoy Mutiny in 1857
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Sepoy Mutiny in 1857
17. Where the Azad Hind Fauj was first established?
[A] Tokyo
[B] Rangoon
[C] Singapore
[D] Bangkok
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Singapore
18. Indigo revolt was regularly highlighted in:
[A] Hindoo Patriot
[B] Times of India
[C] Statesman
[D] Englishman
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Hindoo Patriot
19. When did the Royal Indian Naval Mutiny take place?
[A] December, 1944 AD
[B] February, 1945 AD
[C] February, 1946 AD
[D] August, 1946 AD
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] February, 1946 AD
20. Who said “Swaraj is my birthright”?
[A] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[B] Bipin Chandra Pal
[C] Lala Lajpat Rai
[D] Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
21. Who was the leader of the Khuda-i-Khidmagar?
[A] M.A Jinnah
[B] Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
[C] A. K. Azad
[D] Muhammad Ali
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
22. The Krisak Praja Party in West Bengal is established by :
[A] A.K Fazlul Huq
[B] Muzaffar Ahmed
[C] Abdul Halim
[D] Humayun Kabir
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Muzaffar Ahmed
23. At which place did Mahatma Gandhi had the first experience of mass movement of India?
[A] Bardoli
[B] Dandi
[C] Chaurichaura
[D] Champaran
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Dandi
24. One of the important Muslim leaders of the Swadeshi Movement was:
[A] Liakat Ali Khan
[B] Liakat Hossain
[C] Muhammad Ali
[D] A.K. Azad
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Liakat Ali Khan
25. Subhas Chandra Bose was elected congress President for the second time in :
[A] Haripura
[B] Tripuri
[C] Wardha
[D] Patna
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Tripuri
26. The Santhal Revolt took place in the year:
[A] 1855
[B] 1857
[C] 1859
[D] 1871
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] 1855
27. The Arya Samaj was established by –
[A] Lala Lajpat Rai
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[C] Dyananda Saraswati
[D] Aurobindo Ghosh
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] Dyananda Saraswati
28. The Aligarh Movement was started by
[A] Syed Ahmed khan
[B] M.A. Jinnah
[C] A. K. Azad
[D] Theodore Beck
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Syed Ahmed khan
29. The Meerut Conspiracy case was started in :
[A] 1929
[B] 1934
[C] 1942
[D] 1931
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] 1929
30. Which Indian Leader made a major contribution to the integration of the princely states within the Indian Union?
[A] Acharya Kripalani
[B] Hare Krishna Mahatab
[C] Govind Vallabh Pant
[D] Sardar Vallabbhai Patel
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Sardar Vallabbhai Patel
31. Who demarcated the boundaries between India and Pakistan as the Chairman of Boundary Commission?
[A] V.P Menon
[B] Sir Cyril Radecliffe
[C] Stafford Crips
[D] Lord Pethick-Lawrence
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Lord Pethick-Lawrence
32. Who was the British Prime Minister when India received independence?
[A] Ramsay Macdonald
[B] Clement Atlee
[C] Lloyd George
[D] Winston Churchill
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [B] Clement Atlee
33. In which year Permanent settlement introduced by the British in Bengal –
[A] 1791 AD
[B] 1792 AD
[C] 1793 AD
[D] 1794 AD
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] 1793 AD
34. In which year did the Muslim League pass the Pakistan resolution?
[A] 1916 AD
[B] 1929 AD
[C] 1940 AD
[D] 1946 AD
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [C] 1940 AD
35. Who among the early British rulers introduced the system of Subsidiary Alliance ?
[A] Lord Wellesley
[B] Warren Hastings
[C] Lord Cornwallis
[D] Sir John Shore
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] Lord Wellesley
36. When did Lord Dalhousie annex Awadh?
[A] 1848 AD
[B] 1857 AD
[C] 1853 AD
[D] 1856 AD
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [A] 1848 AD
37. Who was the author of the book ‘ Poverty and Un British Rule in India’ ?
[A] Surendra Nath Bannerjee
[B] Pherozah Mohta
[C] Badruddin Tyabji
[D] Dadabhai Naoroji
Correct Answer
Correct Answer: [D] Dadabhai Naoroji