INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT QUESTION AND SOLUTION(QUIZ) - WBCS PRELIMS 2016
In West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) Preliminary Examination 2016, total of 32 questions was asked from Indian National Movement.
1. “Hind Swaraj” was written by Gandhi while
Correct Answer: [C] Travelling from England to South Africa by ship
Correct Answer: [B] Lord Wavell
3. Who is Pioneer of Economic Nationalism?
Correct Answer: [C] R. C. Dutt
4. ‘Swaraj Party’ took part in the election in—
Correct Answer: [A] 1923, 1926
5. The Moplah rebellion of 1921 broke out in –
Correct Answer: [B] Kerala
6. Who was the Congress President when India became free?
Correct Answer: [C] J. B. Kripalani
Correct Answer: [A] Sir Sayed Ahmad Khan
8. Stafford Cripps was a member of the —
Correct Answer: [B] Labour Party
9. The English set up their first factory on Indian soil in 1621 at –
Correct Answer: [B] Surat
10. Ranjit Singh was a leader of the —
Correct Answer: [A] Sukerchakia misl
Correct Answer: [B] M. L. Dhingra
12. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Quit India Movement started in 1942?
Correct Answer: [A] Linlithgow
13. Tipu’s final defeat came at the hands of —
Correct Answer: [[A] Lord Wellesley
Correct Answer: [C] P. Mitra
15. In which of the following provinces was a Congress Ministry not formed under the Act of 1935?
Correct Answer: [D] Punjab
16. Who laid the foundation of the ‘Theosophicai Society’?
Correct Answer: [D] Madame H. P. Blavatsky
17. Who started the newspaper Shom Prakash?
Correct Answer: [C] Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
18. What was the number of the Princely States in India at the time of Partition ?
Correct Answer: [D] 562
Correct Answer: [D] Raja Rammohan Roy
20. Who declared the Communal Award in 1932?
Correct Answer: [C] Ramsay Macdonald
21. Which one of the following began with Dandi March?
Correct Answer: [C] Civil Disobedience Movement
Correct Answer: [A] Saifuddin Kitchlew
23. Which religious reform movements of the following influenced nationalism in India?
Correct Answer: [D] All of the above
24. In its which session did the Indian National Congress pass the Social Democratic Resolution?
Correct Answer: [B] Lahore
25. During whose Governor-Generalship, Indian Civil Service (I.C.S.) was introduced?
Correct Answer: [D] Lord Cornwallis
26. Who wrote the book ‘Drain of Wealth’ ?
Correct Answer: [B] Dadabhai Naoroji
27. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the first two Indian territories liberated in 1944 under Provisional Govt. of Azad Hind renamed as ____
Correct Answer: [B] “Sahid” and “Swaraj” Islands
28. When and under whom was the Indian National army (I.N.A.) officially organized?
Correct Answer: [C] Captain Mohan Singh at Singapore in 1942
29. In which year the ‘Great Escape’ of Subhas Chandra Bose to Germamy take place ?
Correct Answer: [C] 1941
30. What was the direct cause of the rise of Extremism in the Indian National Movement?
Correct Answer: [C] The Partition of Bengal
31. Servants of India Society was founded by:
Correct Answer: [A] G. K. Gokhale
32. Hind Mazdoor Sangh was founded by :
Correct Answer: [C] G. L. Nanda