WBCS Prelims 2014 Indian National Movement Question and Solution

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INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT QUESTION AND SOLUTION(QUIZ) - WBCS PRELIMS 2014

   In West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) Preliminary Examination 2014, total 32 questions was asked from Indian National Movement.

1. What proposals were made in the ‘August Offer’?

[A]  Complete independence of India gradually

[B]  Dominion Status

[C]  Provincial autonomy

[D] Representative government at the centre

Correct Answer: [B]  Dominion Status

2. A complete outcome of the Wavell plan was the

[A]  Holding of a referendum in the N W frontier province

[B]  Absorption of the State of Hydrabad with the Indian Union

[C]  Summoning of Simla Conference

[D] The Constitution of the Content Assembly

Correct Answer: [C]  Summoning of Simla Conference

3. The Congress President who conducted negotiation with Cripps in 1942 and Wavell at the Shimla Conference was

[A]  Abul Kalam Azad       

[B]  Jawaharlal Nehru       

[C]  J. B. Kripalani       

[D] C. Rajagopalachari

Correct Answer: [A]  Abul Kalam Azad       

4. Who among the following attended the first session of the Round Table Conference?
[A]  Tej Bahadur Sapru        

[B]  M. K. Gandhi       

[C]  Abul Kalam Azad        

[D] S. C. Bose

Correct Answer: [A]  Tej Bahadur Sapru        

5. Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by the Congress ?
[A]  As it did not include any representative of the Congress.

[B]  As it included a member of the Muslim League.

[C]  As it negated the claim of the Indians to determine their own constitution.

[D] As it was appointed one year before.

Correct Answer: [A]  As it did not include any representative of the Congress.

6. Who among the following was not a member of the Congress Socialist Party ?

[A]  Achyut Patwardhan       

[B]  Jawaharlal Nehru

[C]  Jayaprakash Narayan    

[D] Acharya Narendra Dev

Correct Answer: [B]  Jawaharlal Nehru

7. The president of the India National Congress at the time of independence was

[A]  Mauiana Abul Kalam Azad       

[B]  Jawaharlal Nehru       

[C]  Dr. Rajendra Prasad        

[D] J. B. Kripalani

Correct Answer: [D] J. B. Kripalani

8. In which year was passed the Congress resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy ?
[A]  1940

[B]  1931

[C]  1921

[D] 1935

Correct Answer: [B]  1931

9. Who founded the All India Trade Union Congress?

[A]  N. M. Joshi       

[B]  M. K. Gandhi       

[C]  S. C. Bose      

[D] N. M. Samarth

Correct Answer: [A]  N. M. Joshi       

10. Who among the following founded a national paper, a national school and a national gymnasium in the second half 

[A]  Jatindranath Tagore        

[B]  Rajnarayan Bose       

[C]  Nabagopal Mitra       

[D] Satyendranath Tagore

Correct Answer: [C]  Nabagopal Mitra       

11. The tribal rebellion against the British Known as UIgulan was organised by
[A]  Korra Mallya        

[B]  Ranade 

[C]  Birsa Munda        

[D] Konda Dora

Correct Answer: [C]  Birsa Munda        

12. In which year did the Congress Ministries start functioning in the provinces?

[A]  1937

[B]  1930

[C]  1948

[D] 1938

Correct Answer: [A]  1937

13. The last British Viceroy in India was

[A]  Lord Wavell       

[B]  Lord Mountbatten        

[C]  Lord Linlithgow      

[D] Attlee

Correct Answer: [B]  Lord Mountbatten        

14. The center of Portuguese power in India was

[A]  Cochin

[B]  Calicut  

[C]  Bijapur

[D] Goa

Correct Answer: [D] Goa

15. Who founded the Indian Reform Association in 1870 ?
[A]  Ram Mohan Roy       

[B]  Debendranath Tagore

[C]  Keshab Chandra Sen       

[D] Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar

Correct Answer: [C]  Keshab Chandra Sen       

16. Who was the Governor-General of India during the revolt of 1857 ?

[A]  Canning   

[B]  Dalhousie

[C]  Elgin

[D] Ripon

Correct Answer: [A]  Canning   

17. Where did the Theosophical Society establish its headquarters in India ?
[A]  Adyar  

[B]  Belur  

[C]  Avadi    

[D] Vellore

Correct Answer: [A]  Adyar  

18. Which one of the following newspapers/journals was from Maharashtra ?

[A]  Kranti  

[B]  Atmasakti   

[C]  Sarathi  

[D] Sandhya

Correct Answer: [A]  Kranti  

19. Who founded the Asiatic Society ?
[A]  David Hare       

[B]  Alexander Duff       

[C]  H. V. Derozio      

[D] William Jones

Correct Answer: [D] William Jones

20. Who became Viceroy of India after Lord Irwin ?

[A]  Lord Wavell       

[B]  Lord Reading       

[C]  Lord Willingdon       

[D] Lord Linlithgow

Correct Answer: [C]  Lord Willingdon       

21. Who elaborated the Drain of Wealth theory propounded by Dada Bhai Naorogi ?

[A]  M.G. Ranade      

[B]  R. G. Tilak      

[C]  G.K. Gokhale      

[D] Feroz Shah Mehta

Correct Answer: [A]  M.G. Ranade      

22. Who was the founder President of the Indian National Congress ?

[A]  W.C. Banerjee       

[B]  S.N. Banerjee       

[C]  G.K. Gokhale      

[D] A.O. Hume

Correct Answer: [A]  W.C. Banerjee       

23. Which one of the following is known as the ‘Magna-Carta’ of English Education in India ?
[A]  Charter of Act of 1813        

[B]  Indian Education Commission’s Report of 1882

[C]  Indian Universities Act of 1904      

[D] Educational Despatch of 1854

Correct Answer: [D] Educational Despatch of 1854

24. Who was the author of the book ‘Eighteen Fifty Seven’ ?
[A]  S. N. Sen       

[B]  R. C. Majumdar      

[C]  Syed Ahmad Khan      

[D] R. C. Bhandarkar

Correct Answer: [A]  S. N. Sen       

25. The I.N.A. under Subhas Chandra Bose surrendered to the British after the collapse of

[A]  Germany  

[B]  Italy    

[C]  Japan   

[D] After the cessation of World War II

Correct Answer: [C]  Japan   

26. The first National News Agency India was

[A]  The Indian Review       

[B]  The Free Press of India

[C]  The Hindustan Review       

[D] The Associated Press of India

Correct Answer: [B]  The Free Press of India

27.Who amongst the following communities opposed the llbert Bill vigorously?

[A]  The Hindus      

[B]  The Muslims       

[C]  Anglo Indian Community      

[D] AII of the above

Correct Answer: [C]  Anglo Indian Community      

28. Which one of the following was a mouth piece of the Liberals?

[A]  Now India       

[B]  Leader  

[C]  Young India       

[D] Free Press Journal

Correct Answer: [B]  Leader  

29. In the Nehru Report Committee (1928) the Liberal Federation was represented by
[A]  M. R. Jayakar        

[B]  Tej Bahadur Sapru       

[C]  V. S. Srinivasa Sastri       

[D] M. S. Aney

Correct Answer: [B]  Tej Bahadur Sapru       

30. The immediate cause for the launching of Non Co-operation Movement was the

[A]  Khilafat Wrong / Movement        

[B]  Rowlatt Act 

[C]  Jallian Walla Bagh massacre       

[D] Dissatisfaction with the Government of India Act, 1919

Correct Answer: [A]  Khilafat Wrong / Movement        

31. Who among the following was not the active leader of the Brahmo Samaj ?

[A]  Devendra Nath Tagore       

[B]  Keshab Chandra Sen

[C]  Akshay Kumar Datta       

[D] Swami Vivekananda

Correct Answer: [D] Swami Vivekananda

32.Who among the following was the founder of Khudai Khidmatgar Organisation?
[A] Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan      

[B] Abdul Rab Nishtar  

[C] Shaukatullah Ansari       

[D] Khan Abdul Quayumkhan

Correct Answer: [A] Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan      

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