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Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

 Annie Besant was Associated with __________.

  1. Ramakrishna Mission

  2. Arya Samaj

  3. ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)

  4. Theosophical Society
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Theosophical Society was founded by Madame Blavatsky and Col. Olcott in 1875 in New York. Mrs. Annie Besant made the movement very popular in India. It represented both Indian and international character. It preached universal brotherhood of men irrespective of distinctions of caste, creed, race or sex. 

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

Who among the following leader presided the historic 1916 Lucknow Session of the Congress?

  1. Annie Besant

  2. Madan Mohan Malviya

  3. Ambika Charan Majumdar

  4. Subhas Chandra Bose
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The historic 1916 Lucknow Session of the Indian National Congress, which saw the reunion of the moderates and extremists and the signing of the Lucknow Pact, was presided over by Ambika Charan Majumdar.

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

In which year was the Indian Home Rule Society founded?

  1. $1905$
  2. $1908$
  3. $1911$
  4. $1914$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
The Indian Home Rule Society (IHRS) was an Indian organisation founded by Shyamji Krishna Varma in London in 1905 that sought to promote the cause of self-rule in British India. Its objective were 
  • Carrying on propaganda in England by all practical means with a view to attain the same
  • Spreading among the people of India knowledge of freedom and National unity
Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

Who had founded the Indian Home Rule Society?

  1. Madan Lal Dhingra

  2. V D Savarkar

  3. Lala Hardayal

  4. Shyamji Krishna Varma
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
The Indian Home Rule Society (IHRS) was an Indian organisation founded by Shyamji Krishna Varma in London in 1905 that sought to promote the cause of self-rule in British India. Its objective were 
  • Carrying on propaganda in England by all practical means with a view to attain the same
  • Spreading among the people of India knowledge of freedom and National unity.
Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

Which of the following events inspired for the formation of the Home Rule Leagues?

  1. First World War

  2. Just before the First World War

  3. After the First World War

  4. After the passing of the Act of 1909
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The First World War created conditions of economic hardship and political unrest in India, which provided the backdrop and inspiration for the launch of the Home Rule Leagues to demand self-government.

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

Where and when the extremists were readmitted into the Congress?

  1. Lahore, 1916

  2. Lucknow, 1916

  3. Karachi, 1917

  4. Surat, 1917
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Lucknow Congress session of 1916 adopted an agreement known as the Lucknow Pact. It marked the coming together of moderates and extremists in Congress on common platform again after nearly a decade and concession of separate electorates given by the Congress to the Muslim League.

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

To campaign for Home rule, Mrs Annie Besant published the newspaper(s) _________.

  1. New India and Commonweal

  2. Young India and Home Rule News

  3. Mahratta and Kesari

  4. Home Rule Courier
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Annie Besant first came to India on 16 November 1893. When World War I broke out in 1914, she helped launch the Home Rule League to campaign for democracy in India and dominion status within the Empire. She published New India and Commonweal. The Commonweal was a weekly dealing with issues of national reform and New India was a daily newspaper which for fifteen years was a powerful instrument promoting Home Rule and revolutionizing Indian journalism.

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besant's idea of launching Home Rule Movement?

  1. G. K. Gokhale

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Aurobindo Ghosh

  4. B. G. Tilak
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a moderate leader, was cautious and believed that the time was not ripe for such a radical agitation as the Home Rule Movement, thus he expressed reservations about it.

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

Match the following.

List-I List-II
A. Irish Parliamentary Party $1$. Annie Besant
B. Home Rule Movement in India $2$. Isaac Butt
C. Ferguson College $3$. Motilal 
D. Nehru report $4$. Tilak
  1. A-$2$, B-$1$, C-$4$, D-$3$
  2. A-$4$, B-$3$, C-$2$, D-$1$
  3. A-$3$, B-$4$, C-$1$, D-$2$
  4. A-$1$, B-$2$, C-$3$, D-$4$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Irish Parliamentary Party - formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt.
Home Rule Movement in India - established in 1916 Annie Besant.
Fergusson College - was founded in 1885 by Tilak.
Nehru Report -  prepared in 1928 Motilal Nehru