History: modern India and freedom struggle - Question Bank
1. The last Governor-General of British India was:
2. Who authored the book 'My Experiments with Truth'?
3. The Government of India Act of 1919 is also known as the:
4. Who is known as the 'Iron Man of India'?
5. The 'Vande Mataram' song was written by:
6. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
7. The peasant uprising known as the Tebhaga Movement occurred in which region?
8. The 'Abhinav Bharat' society was founded by:
9. Which Indian leader is known as the 'Frontier Gandhi'?
10. The 'Home Rule Movement' was started in India by:
11. Who was the editor of the newspaper 'Harijan'?
12. The famous 'Poona Pact' was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and whom?
13. The 'Divide and Rule' policy is often attributed to which British official in India?
14. Who founded the Theosophical Society in India?
15. The Bardoli Satyagraha, a major peasant uprising, was led by:
16. Who was the Viceroy of India during the Quit India Movement?
17. The Indian Independence Act, which formalized the partition, received Royal Assent in which month and year?
18. The Partition of India was announced on:
19. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India?
20. The 'Drain Theory' of economic exploitation was propounded by:
21. Who wrote the book 'Annihilation of Caste'?
22. The Ramakrishna Mission was established by:
23. The Arya Samaj was founded by:
24. Who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj?
25. The Aligarh Movement was primarily associated with the educational and social upliftment of which community?
26. Who is known as the 'Grand Old Man of India'?
27. The Cabinet Mission Plan, which proposed a three-tier structure for India, arrived in India in:
28. Who formed the Provisional Government of Free India (Azad Hind Fauj)?
29. The Cripps Mission visited India in 1942 to discuss:
30. The Quit India Movement was launched in August of which year?
31. Who founded the Forward Bloc?
32. The First Round Table Conference was held in London in which year?
33. The Simon Commission, appointed in 1927, was boycotted by most Indian political parties because:
34. Who led the Salt March (Dandi March) as a part of the Civil Disobedience Movement?
35. The Chauri Chaura incident, which led to the suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement, occurred in:
36. The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched by the Indian National Congress in which year?
37. Who founded the Servants of India Society?
38. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in Amritsar on which date?
39. The Rowlatt Act, passed in 1919, allowed for:
40. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in which year?
41. The Ghadar Party, formed by Indian immigrants in North America, aimed to:
42. Who among the following was a prominent leader of the extremist faction of the Indian National Congress?
43. The Swadeshi Movement was launched in response to which event?
44. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
45. The Indian National Congress was founded in which year?
46. The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was a policy associated with which British Governor-General?
47. Who is known as the 'Father of Modern India' for his role in social and religious reforms?
48. The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was introduced by which Governor-General?
49. Who was the British Governor-General during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857?
50. The Battle of Plassey, a pivotal event in Indian history, was fought in which year?