WBCS Prelims 2017 Indian National Movement Question and Solution

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INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT QUESTION AND SOLUTION(QUIZ) - WBCS PRELIMS 2017

          In West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) Preliminary Examination 2017, total of 33 questions was asked from Indian National Movement.

1. The author of ‘Neel Darpan’ was

[A]  Rabindranath Tagore        

[B]  Dinabandhu Mitra       

[C]  Girish Chandra Ghosh       

[D] Bipin Chandra Pal

Correct Answer: [B]  Dinabandhu Mitra       

2. The leader of the Munda rebellion (Ulgulan) was

[A]  Sidho

[B]  Birsa 

[C]  Bapat

[D] Korra Malya

Correct Answer: [B]  Birsa 

3. The custom of ‘Sati’ was banned through legis­lation in the year
[A]  1795

[B]  1800

[C]  1829

[D] 1858

Correct Answer: [C]  1829

4. The nationalist organisation ‘Poona Sarvajanik Sabha’ was established in the year

[A]  1870

[B]  1885

[C]  1890

[D] 1990

Correct Answer: [A]  1870

5. The first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885 was held in the city of
[A]  Calcutta

[B]  Bombay

[C]  Madras   

[D] Allahabad

Correct Answer: [B]  Bombay

6. The Younghushand Mission to Tibet was sent by which Viceroy?

[A]  Ripon

[B]  Lytton 

[C]  Mayo      

[D] Curzon

Correct Answer: [D] Curzon

7. Who was the founder of the Harijan Sevak Sangh?

[A]  B G Tilak         

[B]  N M Lokhandy       

[C]  M K Gandhi       

[D] B R Ambedkar

Correct Answer: [C]  M K Gandhi       

8. Dewan Velu Thampi’s rebellion against the British took place in the Indian state of

[A]  Awadh  

[B]  Kashmir 

[C]  Travancore

[D] Mysore

Correct Answer: [C]  Travancore

9. In which year was the Indian National Congress established?

[A]  1883

[B]  1885

[C]  1891

[D] 1905

Correct Answer: [B]  1885

10. “Swaraj is my birth right” -who said?

[A]  Lala Lajpat Rai        

[B]  Aurobindo Ghosh      

[C]  Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose      

[D] Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Correct Answer: [D] Bal Gangadhar Tilak

11. Which political party was founded in 1906?

[A]  Bharat Sabha        

[B]  Muslim League        

[C]  Bengal Zamindars League       

[D] Communist Party of India

Correct Answer: [B]  Muslim League        

12. With which Revolt names of Sidhu and Kanu are associated?

[A]  Santhal

[B]  Chakma        

[C]  Khasi 

[D]  Indigo

Correct Answer: [A]  Santhal

13. Who was the Governor General of India at the time of the outbreak of the Revolt of 1857?
[A]  William Bentinck       

[B]  Lord Cornwallis       

[B]  Lord Canning       

[D] Lord Dalhousie

Correct Answer: [B]  Lord Canning       

14. Who was the President of the First Session of the Indian National Congress?

[A]  Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee    

[B]  Surendra Nath Banerjee        

[C]  Firoz Shah Mehta       

[D] A.O. Hume

Correct Answer: [A]  Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee    

15. Which phase is considered to be the liberal phase of Indian National Congress?

[A]  1885-1895         

[B]  1885-1905         

[C]  1905-1915        

[D] 1885-1925         

Correct Answer: [B]  1885-1905         

16. The Partition of Bengal was annulled in the year

[A]  1907

[B]  1909

[C]  1911

[D] 1914

Correct Answer: [C]  1911

17. On the eve of which movement Mahatma Gandhi gave the slogan of “Do or Die”?

[A]  Khilafat movement        

[B]  Naval Revolt        

[C]  Quit India movement       

[D] Dalit-Harijan movement

Correct Answer: [C]  Quit India movement       

18. Who was the founder of the ‘Forward Bloc’?
[A]  Subhas Chandra Bose        

[B]  Rashbehari Bose         

[C]  Chittaranjan Das        

[D] C. Rajagopalachari

Correct Answer: [A]  Subhas Chandra Bose        

19. After which incident the Non-Cooperation move­ment was withdrawn by Mahatma Gandhi?

[A]  Chauri Chaura incident        

[B]  Rowlatt Act        

[C]  Jallianwala Bagh massacre        

[D] Dandi March

Correct Answer: [A]  Chauri Chaura incident        

20. In which year was the Lucknow Pact signed between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress?

[A]  1907

[B]  1911

[C]  1916

[D] 1919

Correct Answer: [C]  1916

21. _____ was the centre of the Aligarh movement.

[A]  The Deoband School      

[B]  The Anglo-Oriental College      

[C]  Pir-Fakir Majlis      

[D] The Khilafat Committee

Correct Answer: [B]  The Anglo-Oriental College      

22. The Morley-Minto Reform was declared in the year ______ .

[A]  1907

[B]  1909

[C]  1911

[D] 1919

Correct Answer: [B]  1909

23. When and where did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?

[A]  1906, Amritsar       

[B]  1906, Lahore       

[C]  1919, Karachi       

[D] 1919. Amritsar

Correct Answer: [D] 1919. Amritsar

24. In which year the Pakistan resolution was adopted by the Muslim League and where ?

[A]  1929, Lahore        

[B]  1930, Allahabad        

[C]  1940, Lahore       

[D] 1940, Dhaka

Correct Answer: [C]  1940, Lahore       

25. In its Lahore Session (1929), which of the following was declared to be the aim of the Indian National Congress?

[A]  Complete Independence       

[B]  Dominion Status        

[C]  Quit India       

[D] None of the above

Correct Answer: [A]  Complete Independence       

26. Who was the founder of the ‘Azad Hind Fauz’?

[A]  Subhas Chandra Bose       

[B]  Rashbehari Bose       

[C]  Shah Nawaz Khan       

[D] Captain Mohan Singh

Correct Answer: [D] Captain Mohan Singh

27. Who considered the proposals of the Cripps’ Mission as a ‘post-dated cheque’?

[A]  Moulana Abul Kalam Azad       

[B]  Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel       

[C]  Mahatma Gandhi       

[D] B.R. Ambedkar

Correct Answer: [C]  Mahatma Gandhi       

28. Which Party gave a call for ‘Direct Action’ and which date was chosen as the ‘Direct Action Day’ ?

[A]  Muslim League; 16th August, 1946

[B]  Indian National Congress ; 8th August, 1942

[C]  The Hindu Mahasabha; 3rd June, 1946

[D] Indian National Army; 18th August, 1945

Correct Answer: [A]  Muslim League; 16th August, 1946

29. Which Mission Commission visited India in 1946?

[A]  Cripps’ Mission       

[B]  Cabinet Mission        

[C]  Simon Commission       

[D] Hunter Commission

Correct Answer: [B]  Cabinet Mission        

30. When did the Chittagong Armoury Raid take place and who was its chief organizer ?

[A]  1930, Surya Sen

[B]  1929, Batukeshwar Datta

[C]  1929, Sachindra Nath Sanyal

[D] 1930, Ram Prasad Bismil

Correct Answer: [A]  1930, Surya Sen

31. The Indian Independence Act was passed in

[A]  July, 1947      

[B]  June, 1946       

[C]  August, 1947      

[D] August, 1946

Correct Answer: [A]  July, 1947      

32. Who was the First Governor General of independent India?

[A]  Chakravarti Rajagopalachari      

[B]  Clement Attlee      

[C]  Lord Wavell       

[D] Lord Mountbatten

Correct Answer: [D] Lord Mountbatten

33. Who was the First Governer General of Pakistan ?

[A]  Lord Mountbatten       

[B]  Mohammad Ali Jinnah     

[C]  Syed Amir Ali      

[D] Mohammed Seikh Abdullah

Correct Answer: [B]  Mohammad Ali Jinnah     

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