Indian History: Freedom Struggle and Colonial Period

Test your knowledge of India's journey from colonial rule to independence, covering key figures, movements, and events from the 18th century to 1947.

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following is said to be the political advisor of Nana Sahib?

  1. Ahmedullah
  2. Rao Saheb
  3. Anna Saheb
  4. Azimullah Khan
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was the founder of the Aligarh Movement?

  1. Muhammad Iqbal
  2. Abdul Kalam Azad
  3. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
  4. Muhammad Ali
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first important leader of the untouchable Mahars?

  1. Jyotiba Phule
  2. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
  3. B.R. Ambedkar
  4. Gopal Baba Walangkar
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When and where was the South Indian Federations of Peasants and Agriculture Labour founded?

  1. 1930-Guntur
  2. 1935-Madras
  3. 1933-Vijayawada
  4. 1936-Madras
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which was the first modern trade union in India and when did it come into existence?

  1. Madras Labour Union-1918
  2. Bombay Trade Union-1910
  3. Calcutta Labour Union-1914
  4. Ahmedabad Trade Union-1919
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

By which act/ordinance was the compulsory recognition of trade unions by the employers secured?

  1. Defence of India Rules, 1939
  2. Industrial Disputes Act of 1917
  3. Trade Union (Amendment) Act of 1947
  4. National Service Ordinance of 1940
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

To which place did Murshid Kuli Khan transfer his capital from Dacca?

  1. Kasimbazar
  2. Gaur
  3. Monghyr
  4. Murshidabad
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who founded the Amrita Bazar Patrika?

  1. Harish Chandra Mukherjee
  2. S.N. Banerjee
  3. Giris Chandra Ghosh
  4. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the secretary of states for India at the time of foundation of the Indian National Congress?

  1. Lord Elgin
  2. Lord Morely
  3. Lord Cross
  4. Lord Hamilton
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first British Governor of Sind?

  1. Sir John Keane
  2. Sir Henry Lawrence
  3. Robert Montgomery
  4. Sir Charles Napier
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Kuka movement was founded in

  1. U.P.
  2. Malabar
  3. Punjab
  4. Bihar
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The freedom struggle in India was greatly inspired by the cry of -Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, which were associated with the

  1. French Revolution
  2. Russian Revolution
  3. Magna Carta
  4. American War of Independence
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Dalhousie annexed Awadh for the British empire in India through

  1. swaying of war
  2. state being maladministered
  3. Doctrine of Lapse
  4. policy of subsidiary alliance
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In 1836 and 1854 the Moplah Peasants of Malabar rose against the

  1. Foreigns Lenders
  2. Money-Lenders
  3. Landlords
  4. Revenue officials of the British Govt.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the Prime Minister of England when India got independence?

  1. Winston Churchill
  2. Sir Mountbatten
  3. Lord Attlee
  4. None of the above
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Subhas Chandra Bose set up his Azad Hind Fauz and Azad Hind Govt. in

  1. Singapore
  2. Sri Lanka
  3. Burma
  4. Nepal
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the revolutionary terrorist who ended his days as Ramakrishna Mission Swami?

  1. Jatindranath Bandopadhyay
  2. Aurobindo Ghosh
  3. Ajit Singh
  4. None of these
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. Sarathi
  2. Kranti
  3. Amar Patrika
  4. Sandhya
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following capitalists served as an AICC treasurer for many years and went to jail in 1930?

  1. G.D. Birla
  2. J.R.D. Tata
  3. Jamanalal Bajaj
  4. None of these
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who described Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the ' Father of Indian unrest'?

  1. Minto II
  2. Sikandar Jah
  3. Chelmsford
  4. Valentine Chirol
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the Deoband scholar to have played a major role in the Nationalist Movement?

  1. Abdula Kalam Azad
  2. Aurobindo Ghosh
  3. M.A. Jinnah
  4. Lala Lajpat Rai
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the newspaper published by the Indian Muslim League?

  1. Inquilab
  2. Star of India
  3. Quam
  4. None of these
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Bengali novel Neel Darpan by Dinabandhu Mitra was about

  1. the handloom weavers
  2. the artisans
  3. the Indigo planet
  4. None of these
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find out the correct match.

  1. Lala lLajpat Rai-Sher-e-punjab
  2. L.F. Andrew-Deenabandhu
  3. C.R. Das-Deshbandhu
  4. All are correct
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who presided over the Cabinet Mission?

  1. Clement Attlee
  2. A.V. Alexander
  3. John Charles
  4. Sir P. Lawrence