The Swadeshi movement, 1905, in response to the division of Bengal, involved which of the following?
1. Boycott of government service, courts, schools and colleges
2. Promotion of national education through the establishment of national schools and colleges
3. Reviving age-old local governments and empowering them with legal authority
4. Formation of a volunteer armed front that would fight against the British
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The partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911 by the British because
1. They wanted to curb revolutionary terrorism
2. Muslim leaders had protested sharply against a division of Bengal
3. A divided Bengal was becoming difficult to administer
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With reference to Swadeshi movement and use of Khadi during the freedom struggle, consider the following statements:
1. During the Swadeshi movement, the change of fabric to Khadi appealed largely to the upper castes and classes rather than to the poor.
2. The use of Khadi appealed and even after the Swadeshi Khadi was used by both the lower classes of people.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

The movement that precedes the first split in the Indian National Congress between 'moderates' and 'extremists' is

Consider the following statements. The Indian National Congress was divided into two groups
1. Between extremists and moderates
2. In 1915 at the Lucknow Session
3. Based on a resolution passed in the leadership of Pandit Nehru
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Which of the following is/are related with the relationship between the faction of moderates and extremists as far as the Indian national movement is concerned?
1. Surat Split 1907
2. Lucknow Pact 1916
3. August Declaration 1917
4. Lahore Session Congress 1929
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What was the main reason for the split in the Indian National Congress at Surat in 1907?

Which of the following was/were the difference(s) between the moderates and the extremists?
1. Boycott of legislative councils
2. Boycott of government institutions and strikes
3. Self-government for India
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With reference to pre-independent history of India, what was Komagata Maru?

Consider the following statements about the Komagata Maru incident in September 1914:
1. Thousands of Indians were killed by the Canadian authorities when they tried to enter the national boundaries of Canada.
2. This incident was one of the reasons for the fuelling of the Ghadar movement.
3. The incident evoked a sharp response from the Indian revolutionaries because people from almost all parts of India were onboard the Komagata Maru.
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A manifesto titled The Revolutionary produced as evidence in the Kakori conspiracy case of 1925, was written by

Which of the following revolutionary organisations of the colonial period were based out of India?
1. Swadesh Sevak Home
2. Jashn-e-Hind
3. United India House
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The Anushilan Samiti formed in 1906 Propounded

Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaiji Cama:
1. She co-founded the Paris Indian Society.
2. She once served as the president of the British Committee of the Indian National Congress.
3. She unfurled the national flag at the International Socialist Conference in 1907.
4. She has served as the secretary general of the Indian Home Rule Society.
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What was common between the following leaders of the national movement?
1. Surya Sen
2. Jogesh Chandra Chatterjea
3. Bhagwati Charan Vohra
4. Chandrashekhar Azad
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Why was there an outrage against the enactment of the Defence of India Act 1915?
1. It was an emergency criminal law enacted with the intention of curtailing the nationalist and revolutionary activities.
2. It applied only to Indian subjects and white Europeans were exempt under the provisions of the law.
Which of the above is/are correct?

The secretary of state for India had his own reasons for urging restrictions on immigration of Indians to North America. Why?
1. He was worried about Indians getting infected by socialist ideas.
2. He did not want Indians to work with the whites as it was a prestige issue.
3. He was worried about racial discrimination against Indians.
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In British India, what was the contention against the passage of the Public Safety Bill and the Trade Disputes Bill amongst the revolutionaries?
1. The act gave more power to the British government and the police against Indian revolutionaries and freedom fighters.
2. It affected the civil liberties of citizens and workers.
Which of the above is/are correct?

In Modern India, Yugantar Ashram was

The Ghadar party was
1. A revolutionary organisation
2. Aiming at securing India's independence from British rule
3. Associated with Rashbehari Bose
4. Was founded in Punjab
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The Government of India had decided to convert the famous headquarters of the Ghadar Party into a library and a museum. This famous place is known as

The Home Rule Movement of 1916 did NOT emphasise
1. Revival of Swadeshi
2. Participation of Indians in self-governing institutions for India
3. Complete erosion of British sovereignty over India
4. Separate electorates for all communities of India
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Consider the following about the Indian Home Rule movement:
1. It wanted complete independence from the British empire and establisha constitutional democracy in India.
2. Gandhi boycotted the All India Home Rule League.
3. It worked as a joint movement of the Indian National Congress and the All India Muslim League.
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Indian Home Rule movement demanded

The Home Rule league of Tilak aimed at

The famous Lucknow Pact between the Indian National Congress and Muslim League consisted of which of the following important provisions?
1. Separate electorates for the Muslims
2. Reservations of seats for the minorities in the legislature
3. It demanded self-government from the British after the war
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The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was

With reference to the Lucknow Pact, consider the following statements:
1. The pact dealt both with the structure of the Government of India and with the relation of the Hindu and Muslim communities.
2. This pact paved the way for Hindu Muslim cooperation in the Khilafat movement and Mahatma Gandhi's Non- Cooperation Movement from 1920.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following were the outcome(s) of the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress and Muslim League in 1916?
1. Ajoint scheme of constitutional reforms by the two parties submitted to government
2. Return of some extremists to Congress
3. Congress accepted separate electorates for Muslims
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Consider the following statements:
1. During the British rule, indentured labourers were hired under contracts which promised return travel to India after they had worked five years on their employer's plantation.
2. A person became an indentured servant by borrowing money and then voluntarily agreeing to work of the debt during a specified term.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

By the time Mahatma Gandhi arrived in India
1. he had already forged a technique of non- violent satyagraha in South Africa.
2. the Indian National Congress was already established in India.
3. the first Swadeshi movement had already been waged.
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In 1904, Mahatma Gandhi set up a farm at Phoenix near Durban where he and his friends could live in austerity and hard work. Which of the following books had an immediate influence on Mahatma Gandhi to set up this farm?

Annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on 9 January every year to mark the contribution of Overseas Indian Community in the development of India. The date 9 January was chosen as the day to celebrate this occasion since

With reference to events that took place after Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa, consider the following statements:
1. On Tilak's advice, Mahatma Gandhi spent a year travelling around British India getting to know the land and its people.
2. His first major public appearance was at the opening of the Banaras Hindu University in February 1916.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

The 'tinkathia system' associated with the Champaran movement was actually

The following places were associated with the imprisonment of Mahatma Gandhi. Arrange them chronologically in order of their appearance/association with the life of Mahatma Gandhi.
1. Yervada
2. Sabarmati
3. Johannesburg
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Ahmadabad Mill Strike 1918 led by Mahatma Gandhi was based on the issue of

With reference to the Champaran Satyagraha of 1917, consider the following statements:
1. The word Satyagraha was used for the first time in this agitation.
2. The tinkathia system was associated with this movement.
3. Rajendra Prasad and J. B. Kripalani participated in the movement.
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The first ashram established by Mahatma Gandhi in India was

Consider the following statements about the Kheda Satyagraha of 1918:
1. It was the first Satyagraha movement launched in India by Mahatma Gandhi.
2. The peasants of Kheda were unable to pay the high taxes of the British due to crop failure and plague epidemic which inspired the Satyagraha.
3. During this time, Sardar Patel organized a major tax revolt within the Kheda community.
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The Kheda peasant movement that Mahatma Gandhi organised was mainly concerned with

The Champaran movement was started in 1917 in Bihar due to

Following is the chronological order of initial Satyagrahas which Mahatma Gandhi successfully led. Choose the correct chronological order.

The European planters of Champaran were extracting high rent from the indigo farmers there. This is because

In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi organised a Satyagraha to support the peasants of the Kheda district of Gujarat as they were affected by
1. crop failure
2. plague epidemic
3. their inability to pay revenue to the British government
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The unpopular legislation Rowlatt A against which Mahatma Gandhi launched Satyagraha, did NOT provide for

The British had enacted the Rowlatt Act and implemented it nationwide in 1919. Mahatma Gandhi decided to launch a nationwide Satyagraha against the Act, because it provided for
1. A ban on political activities
2. Unreasonable detention of political prisoners without trial
3. The government to ban all the local language newspapers and radio
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Mahatma Gandhi suspended which of these movements calling it a 'Himalayan Blunder'?

What is the significance of Sabarmati Ashram in the modern history of India?
1. It served as the last residence of Mahatma Gandhi.
2. It has been declared a national monument by the Indian government.
3. Salt Satyagraha was started from this Ashram in 1930.
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Writing in the journal Young India in 1931, who said, I cannot possibly bear the idea that a man who has got wealth should get the vote but a man who has got character but no wealth or literacy should have no vote....for the crime of being a poor man...?

Mahatma Gandhi believed that
1. Swaraj is not just freedom but liberation in redeeming one's self-respect and capacities for self-realisation from institutions of dehumanisation
2. Understanding the real 'Self' and its relation to communities and society is critical to the project of attaining Swaraj
Which of the above is/are correct?

Fasting became an important way of Satyagraha in the Indian National Movement. Mahatma Gandhi took his first fast unto death in

Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule is a book written by Mahatma Gandhi in 1909. The Gujarati edition was banned by the British its publication in India, but the English edition was not banned because

In the words of Mahatma Gandhi
1. Satyagraha is physical force
2. Satyagraha is passive resistance
3. Satyagraha is pure soul force
4. In the use of Satyagraha, there is no ill will whatsoever.
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In his first public appearance in India in a speech at the Banaras Hindu University, Mahatma Gandhi aired which of these major concerns?
1. Lack of the spirit of self-government in India
2. Lack of concern for the farmers and the labouring poor in India
3. Exploitation of the university education system by the British
4. Inappropriateness of the political organisations in India
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With reference to Satyagraha as preached and practiced by Mahatma Gandhi, consider the following statements:
1. The satyagrahi asserts that truth by refusing to submit to the wrong or to cooperate with it in any way.
2. Satyagraha forbids any tactic suggesting the use of secrecy to one's advantage.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

The idea of Satyagraha as propounded by Mahatma Gandhi includes Satyagraha as
1. A passive resistance
2. A battle with distance
3. Non-violence which is supreme Dharma
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What is known as the 'Gandhian' way of economic planning or 'Gandhian' economic philosophy relies on
1. Self-sufficient villages
2. Labour-intensive activities
3. Swaraj or self-rule
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Consider the following about Gandhian ideology:
1. Mahatma Gandhi was opposed to the existing state because it was forced and based on centralisation of authority.
2. As per Mahatma Gandhi, an all-powerful state impeded the progress of an individual in society.
3. Mahatma Gandhi held that "State' represents violence in organised and concentrated form.
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Which of the following does NOT coincide with Mahatma Gandhi's view of education?

With reference to Mahatma Gandhi's choosing of a piece of loin cloth as his daily wear, consider the following statements:
1. Initially, he did not want to use this dress all his life and only wanted to experiment for a month or two.
2. White khadi, which he wore all his life, was to him a sign of purity, of simplicity and of poverty.
Which of these statements is/are correct?

With reference to 'Gandhi Cap', consider the following statements:
1. It was a modified cap of Kashmiri cap by Mahatma Gandhi, which he made of cheap khadi cloth.
2. Though he introduced it to masses, he never wore the cap.
3. It was so powerful a tool of nationalism that the Gwalior state tried to prohibit its use in 1921 during the Non-Cooperation movement.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Mahatma Gandhi's view on Satyagraha, consider the following statements.
1. According to him, it meant passive resistance to the use of force by enemies.
2. He called Satyagraha a true soul force with truth as its very substance.
Which of the above statements is/are INCORRECT?

With reference to Mahatma Gandhi's views on untouchability, consider the following statements:
1. According to Mahatma Gandhi, the very existence of Hinduism was at risk if untouchability continued to exist.
2. Mahatma Gandhi asked his followers to ignore shastras if they preached untouchability even in subtle form.
3. Mahatma Gandhi not being hostile to Dr Ambedkar's or other Harijan's criticisms was a way of undergoing penance for the mistakes committed by caste Hindus against lower castes.
4. It can be said that acceptance of reservations for scheduled castes by the caste Hindus during the early years after gaining independence was a reaction to Mahatma Gandhi's pleas for penance and reparation.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Nehru was critical of some of Gandhian policies and strategies.
Which of the following did he criticise most?
1. He criticised Mahatma Gandhi for refusing to recognise the conflict of classes.
2. He criticised Mahatma Gandhi for preaching harmony among the British and the Indians and broadly between the exploiters and the exploited.
3. He criticised Mahatma Gandhi for putting forward the theories of trusteeship by and conversion of the capitalists and landlords.
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Before the adoption of the portfolio system in the Government of India, all governmental business was disposed of by the

With reference to The Indian Councils Act 1861, consider the following statements:
1. The Executive Council was renamed as the Imperial Legislative Council and it remained so till 1947.
2. The Governor General was empowered to appoint an additional 6-12 members to the council.
3. Three members were to be appointed by the Secretary of State for India, and two by the sovereign.
4. The five individuals appointed by the Indian secretary or sovereign debated and voted on legislation, while those appointed by the Governor General headed the executive departments.
Which of the above is/are correct?

With reference to the representation of Indian members in the Imperial Legislative Council, consider the following statements:
1. In 30 years, from 1862 to 1892, only 45 Indians were nominated to it; hence, Indians could not air their views in the Council.
2. The overwhelming majority of Indian nominees did not represent the Indian people or emerging nationalist opinion.
3. The government invariably chose rulers of princely states or their employees, big zamindars, big merchants or retired high government officials as Indian members.
Which of the above is/are correct?

The origin of the second Chamber or House of the Parliament can be traced to the

What do you understand by responsible government that the British tried to incorporate into colonial India by several enactments?
1. The government is now responsible for the social security and welfare of the people at large.
2. The government would follow the Rule of Law.
3. The bureaucracy will be nominated by the representatives of the people.
4. The governor was required to act with the advice of ministers responsible to the provincial legislature.
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