WBCS Preliminary Exam – INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT-25 Marks.

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As per the syllabus of WBCS Exam, conducted by PSC WB, you can see that the questions of WBCS Preliminary Exam –INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT will cover.Continue Reading WBCS Preliminary Exam – INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT-25 Marks.

•    Revolt of 1857
•    Early Indian national movement (1858-1905)
•    Morley  Minto Act 1909
•    Home rule movement 1916
•    Emergence of mahatma Gandhi – Champaran Satyagraha, Kheda Satyagraha, Ahmadabad Mill Strike, Satyagraha against  Rowlatt Act.
•    Government of India Act 1919
•    Khilafat  and Non Cooperation Movement
•    Swaraj Party
•    Revolutionary Terrorism in 1920s
•    Simon Commission and Nehru Report
•    Civil Disobedience Movement
•    Government of India Act 1935
•    Second World War And Proposals By British Government- August Offer, Cripps mission, Wavell Plan, Mountbatten Plan
•    National movement in 1940s – Individual Satyagraha, Quit India Movement Etc.
•    Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj)
•    Muslim League and Congress
•    India independence Act 1947

25 Marks are allotted to it out of 200 marks

Continue reading WBCS Preliminary Exam – INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT-25 Marks

Let us look at some of the question’s here:

1>> In which year was the Indian National Congress established?

• 1883
• 1885
• 1891
• 1905

2>> “Swaraj is my birth right”—who said?

• Lala Lajpat Rai
• Aurobindo Ghosh
• Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak

3>> Which political party was founded in 1906?

• Bharat Sabha
• Muslim League
• Bengal Zamindars League
• Communist Party of India

4>> With which Revolt names of Sidhu and Kanu are associated?

• Santhal
• Chakma
• Khasi
• Indigo

5>>Who was the founder of the ‘Indian Independence League’?

• Krishna Verma
• Rashbihari Bose
• Subhas Chandra Bose
• None of the above

6>> Who was the founder of the ‘Forward Bloc’?

• Subhas Chandra Bose
• Rasbehari Bose
• Chittaranjan Das
• C. Rajagopalachari

7>> On the eve of which movement Mahatma Gandhi gave the slogan of ‘Do or Die’?

• Khilafat Movement
• Naval Movement
• Quit India Movement
• Dalit-Harijan Movement

8>> The Partition of Bengal as annulled in the year:

• 1907
• 1909
• 1911
• 1914

9>> Which phase is considered to be the liberal phase of Indian National Congress?

• 1885 – 1895
• 1885 – 1905
• 1905 – 1915
• 1895 – 1925

10>> Who was the President of the First Session of the Indian National Congress?

• Womesh Chandra Bonerji
• Surendra Nath Banerjee
• Firoz Shah Mehta
• A. O. Hume

11>> After which incident the Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawal by Mahatma Gandhi?

• Chauri Chaura incident
• Rowlatt Act
• Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
• Dandi March

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

• 1907
• 1911
• 1916
• 1919

13>> _________ was the center of Aligarh Movement.

• The Deoband School
• The Anglo-Oriental College
• Pir-Fakir Majlis
• The Khilafat Committee

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

• 1907
• 1909
• 1911
• 1919

15>> When and where did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?

• 1906, Amritsar
• 1906, Lahore
• 1919, Karachi
• 1919, Amritsar

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

• Muslim League; 16^th August, 1946
• Indian National Congress; 8^th August, 1942
• The Hindu Mahasabha; 3^rd June, 1946
• Indian National Army; 18^th August, 1945

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

• Moulana Abul Kalam Azad
• Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel
• Mahatma Gandhi
• B. R. Ambedkar

18>> Who was the founder of the ‘Azad Hind Fauz’?

• Subhas Chandra Bose
• Rashbehari Bose
• Shah Nawaz Khan
• Captain Mohan Singh

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

• Complete Independence
• Dominion Status
• Quit India
• None of the above

20>> In which year the Pakistan resolution was adopted by the Muslim League and where?

• 1929, Lahore
• 1930, Allahabad
• 1940, Lahore
• 1940, Dhaka

21>> Which Mission / Commission visited India in 1946?

• Cripps’ Mission
• Cabinet Mission
• Simon Commission
• Hunter Commission

22>> When did the Chittagong Armory Raid take place and who was its chief organizer?

• 1930, Suyra Sen
• 1929, Batukeshwar Dutta
• 1929, Sachindra Nath Sanyal
• 1930, Ram Prasad Bismil

23>> The Indian Independence Act was passed in:

• July, 1947
• June, 1946
• August, 1947
• August, 1946

24>> Who was the first Governor General of independent India?

• Chakravarti Rajagopalchari
• Clement Attlee
• Lord Wavell
• Lord Mountbatten

25>> Who was the first Governor General of Pakistan?

• Lord Mountbatten
• Mohammad Ali Jinnah
• Syed Amir Ali
• Mohammed Seikh Abdullah

26>> Which one of the following began with Dandi March?

• Home Rule Movement
• Non-Cooperation Movement
• Civil Disobedience Movement
• Quit India Movement

27>> Who characterized the partition of India as “a surrender of nationalism in favor of communalism”?

• Saifuddin Kitchlew
• M. N. Roy
• C. Rajagopalachari
• Moulana Md. Ali

28>> Which religious reform movements of the following influenced nationalism in India?

• Brahmo Samaj
• Arya Samaj
• Ramakrishna Mission
• All of the above

29>> In its which session did the Indian National Congress pass the Social Democratic Resolution?

• Delhi
• Lahore
• Pune
• Surat

30>> Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the first two Indian territories liberated in 1944 under Provisional Government of Azad Hind renamed as ______________.

• Martyrs’ Lands
• ‘Sahid’ and ‘Swaraj’ Islands
• Azad Hindustan
• Jai Hind Islands

31>> When and under whom was the Indian National Army (INA) officially organized?

• Rashbehari Basu, 1942
• Subhas Chandra Basu, 1943
• Captain Mohan Singh at Singapore in 1942
• None of the above

32>> In which year the ‘Great Escape’ of Subhas Chandra Bose to Germany take place?

• 1939
• 1940
• 1941
• 1942

33>> What was the direct cause of the rise of Extremism in the Indian National Movement?

• The Government did not pay heed to the moderates
• Oppression by the British on the Indians
• The Partition of Bengal
• Rise of revolutionary terrorism

34>> “The Constitution of India is neither purely federal nor purely unitary but a combination of both”—who said so?

• Jawaharlal Nehru
• D. Basu
• Dr. Ambedkar
• Rajendra Prasad

35>> “Hind Swaraj” was written by Gandhi while—

• Travelling from England to India by ship
• In Sabarmati Ashram
• Travelling from England to South Africa by ship
• During Champaran Satyagraha

36>> Ranjit Singh was a leader of the—

• Sukerchakia misl
• Bhangi misl
• Kanheya misl
• Gobind misl

37>> Who is the Pioneer of Economic Nationalism?

• Bipin Chandra Pal
• Gokhale
• R. C. Dutt
• M. M. Malviya

38>> Who organized the ‘Council of Barabhais’?

• Madhav Rao Narayan
• Baji Rao II
• Mahadji Scindia
• Nana Phadnavis

39>> One of the following was not a member of Cabinet Mission:

• Sir Stafford Crips
• Lord Wavell
• Sir Pethic Lawrence
• A. V. Alexander

40>> Who was the founder of Commander of the Indian National Army (INA)?

• Rashbihari Bose
• Captain Mohan Singh
• Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
• None of the above

41>> ‘Swaraj Party’ took part in the election in—

• 1923, 1926
• 1919, 1923
• 1920, 1926
• 1919, 1920

42>> Who laid the foundation of the ‘Theosophical Society’?

• Henry Dirozeo
• Annie Besant
• Sister Nivedita
• Madame H. P. Blavatsky

43>> Who originated ‘Anushilan Samiti’?

• Jatin Das
• Batukeshwar Dutta
• P. Mitra
• Aswini Kumar Dutta

44>> Who was the Congress President when India became free?

• Mahatma Gandhi
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• J. B. Kripalani
• Sardar Patel

45>> ‘The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental Defence Association’ was started by—

• Sir Sayed Ahmad Khan
• T. Beck
• A. S. Samuelsen
• M. M. Mulk

46>> Who declared the Communal Award in 1932?

• Jinnah
• Sayed Ahmed
• Ramsay Macdonald
• Lord Curzon

47>> What is the number of the Princely States in India at the time of Participation?

• 555
• 558
• 560
• 562

48>> Stafford Cripps was a member of the—

• Conservative Party
• Labor Party
• Liberal Party
• Official Party

49>> Who committed the murder of Sir Curzon Wyllie in 1907?

• B. N. Dutta
• M. L. Dhingra
• Sandar Ajit Singh
• S. C. Chatterjee

50>> Who was the Viceroy of India when the Quit India Movement started in 1942?

• Linlithgow
• Wilington
• Wavell
• Minto

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