Indian freedom Struggle
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“I am restless I thirst for the distant, the far- away” Whose words are these?
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Subhas Chand Bose
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Abdul Kalam Azad
Rabindranath Tagore was a protagonist of
- Liberalism
- Neo-Hinduism
- Bengali Chauvinism
- Philosophy of renunciation
Which one of the following leaders of modern India is wrongly paired with the year of his birth?
- Rabindranath Tagore-1861
- Mahatama Gandhi-1869
- Jawaharlal Nehru-1889
- M.A. Jinnah-1872
Who among the following suggested the winding up of the Indian Congress after India attained independence?
- C. Rajagoplachari
- Acharya Kripalani
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Jayaprakash Narain
Those who joined the Mahatma Gandhi during the Champaran struggle included:
- Vallabhbhai & Vinobha Bhave
- Jawaharlal Nehru & Rajendra Prasad
- Rajendra Prasad & Anugraha Narayan Singh
- Mahadev Desai & Maniben Patel
”Al Hilal” was a newspaper started for propagating nationalism by:
- Abdul Kalam Azad
- MK Gandhi
- Mohammed Ali
- Syed Ahmed Khan
Which one of the following statements about Tagore is wrong?
- He believed in the multi-religious, multi-racial nationalism of India.
- He renounced his knighthood in1919 as a protest against the Jallianwala massacre.
- He was a humanist.
- He is accepted Gandhism as the gospal truth.
In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started Civil Disobedience Movement from
- Sevagram
- Dandi
- Sabarmati
- Wardha
Home Rule Movement was started by
- Bal gangadhar Tilak
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Vivekananda
- Dr. Annie Besant
Gandhiji kept fast unto death (which is wrong):
- Ahmedabad-1918
- Yervada Jali 1932
- The Aga Khan Palace Poona-1943
- Calcutta –1947
- Delhi-1948
Which of the following titles was surrendered by Gandhi durning the Non-co-operation movement?
- Rt. Honorable
- Rai Bahadur
- Hind Kesari
- Kaiser-e-Hind
The leader of Bardoli Satyagrath(1928) was:
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Vithalbhai J. Patel
- Mahadev Desai
Mahatma Gandhi's ideas were influenced by the works of
- Ruskin
- Thoreau
- Tolsty
- All of them
How many years did Gandhiji spend in Africa?
- 10 years
- 15 years
- About 16 years
- About 22 years
When was the first non-cooperation movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi?
- 1917
- 1918
- 1919
- 1920
For how many years was Jawaharlal Nehru the Prime Minister of India?
- 14
- 16
- 17
- 18
Of the following who was not a signatory to the historic Poona Pact of 1932?
- B. R .Ambedkar
- Madan Mohan Malaviya
- C. Rajagopalachari
- M.K. Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi launched the Satyagraha Movement in 1919
- as a protest against the atrocities committed at Jallianwala Bagh
- as a protest against the Rowlatt Act
- both of these
- neither of these
Champaran, where Gandhiji had his first major experiment in Satyagraha in India, is in the state of
- Gujarat
- Maharashtra
- Bihar
- Madhya pradesh
”It is a post dated cheque drawn upon a crashing bank” Who said this about the Cripps' Mission?
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Mahatma Gandhi
- J.B. Kripalani
- Jaiprakash Narayan
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
- Mahatma Gandhi:Muk Naik
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak:Young India
- Annie Besant: Commonwealth
- B.R.Ambedkar:Kesari
Salt Satyagraha was launced by Gandhiji in the year
- 1928
- 1929
- 1930
- 1931