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1. When Mahatma Gandhi was arrested who among the following took over the leadership of Salt Satyagraha ?
Vinoba Bhave
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Abbas Tayyabji
2. At midnight on December 31, 1929 who unfurled the tricolor flag on Indian Independence on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore?
Mahatma Gandhi
Subhas Bose
Jawaharlal Nehru
Motilal Nehru
3. When was the first Independence day unofficially celebrated before Independence?
On 26th January 1929
On 26th January 1931
On 26th January 1935
On 26th January 1930
4. In what session did Congress declared complete Independence (Poorna Swaraj) as its goal?
Lahore session held in 1929
Madras session held in 1927
Ahmadabad session held in 1921
Gaya session held in 1922
5. Which of the following leaders were associated with the Revolt of Khasis in 1820-32?
Tirut Singh and Bar Manik
Sambu Singh
Sidhu and Kanu
Vir Manik
6. Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 decided to launch a nation wide satyagraha against the proposed ________
Simon Commission
Rowlatt Act
Salt Act
Pitt’s India Act
7. Champaran, the site of Gandhi’s first experiment in Satyagraha, is located in the state of
Bihar
Kerala
Gujarat
Punjab
8. Which Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923?
Salt Satyagraha
Individual Satyagraha
Ryots Satyagraha
Flag Satyagraha
9. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928? .
Morarji Desai
M. K. Gandhi
Mahadev Desai
Vallabhbhai Patel
10. A resolution declaring Purna Swaraj (complete Independence) as Indian’s political goal was passed in the __________ Congress of 1929
Shimla
Lahore
Madras
Calcutta
11. Where did Gandhiji form the Satyagrah Sabha?
Bombay
Calcutta
Poona
Nagpur
12. Where did Gandhiji form the Satyagrah Sabha?
Bombay
Calcutta
Poona
Nagpur
13. The India Independence Bill was first presented in the House of Commons in London on
August 101947
August 11947
July 141947
July 41947
14. Kheda Satyagraha is related to __________
Gujarat
Calcutta
Thana
Malabar
15. Champaran and Kheda Satyagrahas were led by
Jawaharlal Nehru B.C. D.
M. K. Gandhi
Sardar Patel
Pant
16. What was the another name of ‘Pledge of Indian Independence’?
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Constitution
Declaration of Constituent Assembly
None of the above
17. What was the another name of ‘Pledge of Indian Independence’?
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Constitution
Declaration of Constituent Assembly
None of the above
18. Who had become the first Governor-General of India after independence?
Dr Rajendra Prasad
Jawaharlal Nehru
Pethick Lawrence
Lord Mountbatten
19. Which of the following was the prime objective of M.K Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha?
Complete Independence for India
Economic relief to the common people
Repeal of salt laws
Curtailment of the Government’s powers
20. Name three important forms of Satyagraha
Non-cooperation civil disobedience and boycott
Boycott civil disobedience and rebellion
Non-cooperation revolution and referendum
Revolution plebiscite and boycott
21. The famous Quit India Resolution was passed on
August 8 1942
August 28 1942
. April 4 1928
April 24 1928
22. The Indian Independence Act was passed in
18 July 1947
01 August 1947
01 June 1947
01 September 1947
23. The Indian Independence Act was passed in
18 July 1947
01 August 1947
01 June 1947
01 September 1947
24. The first Satyagraha of Gandhiji for the cause of indigo farmers was observed at
Champaran B. C. D.
ChauriChaura
Bardoli
Sabarmati
25. Neel Darpan’ a play depicting the revolt against the Indigo planters was written by
Dinbandhu Mitra
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Rabindranath Tagore
Naveen Chandra Sen
26. Neel Darpan’ a play depicting the revolt against the Indigo planters was written by
Dinbandhu Mitra
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Rabindranath Tagore
Naveen Chandra Sen
27. The leader who quit politics, retired to Pondicherry and set up an ashram there, was
Lokmanya TiIak
Dadabhai Naoroji
Bhikaji Cama
Sri Aurobindo Ghose
28. From where did Acharya Vinoba Bhave start the Individual Satyagraha in 1940?
Nadiad in Gujrat
Pavnar in Maharashtra
Adyar in Tamil Nadu
Guntur in Andhra Pradesh
29. Champaran Satyagraha was in __________
Gujarat
Bombay
Bihar
Madras
30. Given below are the names of prominent leaders and their respective operational areas during the the revolt period. Select the incorrect pair
Rani Laxmibai – Indore
Khan Bahadur Khan – RuhelKhand
Kunwar Singh – Sahabad
Nana Saheb – Kanpur
31. The Ahmedabad Satyagraha of Gandhi was directed against
British mill owners and government officials
Indian mill owners and non government officials
British non-government officials
Indian government officials
32. Satyagraha Sabha was formed by Gandhi at
Bombay
Calcutta
Gujarat
Poona
33. Satyagraha finds expression in
Sudden outbursts of violence
Armed conflicts
Non-Cooperation
Communal riots
34. Which of the following was not included in Pakistan by the Independence Act?
East Bengal
The West Punjab
Sind
West Bengal
35. When was the August Kranti pulled back?
1947
1942
1943
1945
36. Who introduced the Ryotwari System in India?
Munro and Charles Reed
Lord Cornwallis
John shore
None of these
37. According to Gandhiji, which of the following are the major means of Satyagraha ?,(A) non-cooperation,(B) Strike,,(C ) Demostration,(D) Civil disobedience
A and B are correct
A and D are correct
B and D are correct
C and D are correct
38. Champaran Satyagraha was led by ______
Amaresh Chakravarty
Pulinbehari Sarkar
Gandhi
Patel
39. The Home Rule Society, popularly called ‘India House’ , had been established in London to promote the cause of Indian independence, by
Lala Hardayal
Madan Lal Dhingra
Shyamji Krishna Varma
V D Savarkar
40. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first apply his technique of Satyagraha?
Dandi
Noakhali
England
South Africa
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