1. Who among the following women freedom fighters was not associated with the "Quit India Movement"? ( UPPSC 2023)
a) Matangiri Hazra
b) Kanak Lata Barua
c) Aruna Asaf Ali
d) Shanti Ghosh
Answer. d) Shanti Ghosh
Personalities Associated with the Quit India Movement were:
M K Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia, Aruna Asaf Ali, Sucheta Kripalani, Chliotubhai Puranik, Biju Patnaik, R.P. Goenka, Achyut Patwardhan,Chittu Pande, Usha Mehta, Sumati Morarjee.
Five women who participated in the Quit India movement were:
Roshni Chakrabarty
Aruna Asaf Ali
Matangiri Hazra
Kanaklata Barua
Tara Rani Srivastava
Suchita Kriplani
2. Who was the first woman president of the Indian National Congress?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Annie Besant
c) Sucheta Kriplani
d) Amrit Kaur
Answer. b) Annie Besant (1917, Calcutta Session)
3. Who was the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Annie Besant
c) Sucheta Kriplani
d) Amrit Kaur
Answer. a) Sarojini Naidu, 1925, at Kanpur
4. Bhima Bai Holkar fought bravely against British colonel Malcolm and defeated him in guerilla warfare in which year?
a) 1757
b) 1817
c) 1857
d) 1824
Answer. b) 1817;
Bhima Bai Holkar was the daughter of Yashwant Rao Holkar, Maharaja of Indore
5. Kittur Chennamma was the Indian Queen of Kittur ( Karnataka). She led an armed resistance against the British East India Company in which year?
a) 1757
b) 1817
c) 1857
d) 1824
Answer. d) 1824
6. Where is the Samadhi of Maharani Laxmi Bai situated?
a) Mandla
b) Mandu
c) Jabalpur
d) Gwalior
Answer. d) Gwalior
7. Maharani Lakshmi Bai had combated in the last battle against
a) Hugh Rose
b) Guff
c) Neil
d) Havelock
Answer. a) Hugh Rose
8. At which of the following places was the Rani of Jhansi, Lakshmi Bai defeated finally by the British?
a) Badli Ki Serai
b) Kotah Ki Serai
c) Chinhut
d) Meerut
Answer. b) Kotah Ki Serai
9. The birthplace of Maharani Lakshmi Bai, the heroine of the 1857 freedom struggle is
a) Agra
b) Jhansi
c) Varanasi
d) Vrindaban
Answer. c) Varanasi
10. With reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle, Usha Mehta is well-known for
a) Running a Secret Radio in the wake up of the Quit India Movement
b) Participated in the Second round table conference
c) Leading the contingent of the Indian National Army
d) Assisting in the formation of an interim Government under Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer. a) Running a Secret Radio in the wake up of the Quit India Movement
11. Who unfolded the first Indian National Flag at the International Socialist Conference in Germany in 107?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Madam Bhikaji Cama
c) Kamla Nehru
d) Annie Besant
Answer. b) Madam Bhikaji Cama
12. Which of the following started a newspaper, "New India"?
a) Aruna Asaf Ali
b) Madam Bhikaji Cama
c) Kamla Nehru
d) Annie Besant
Answer. d) Annie Besant
13. Which of the following is known as the Grand Old Lady of the Independence Movement and also participated in Salt Satyagraha?
a) Aruna Asaf Ali
b) Madam Bhikaji Cama
c) Kamla Nehru
d) Annie Besant
Answer. a) Aruna Asaf Ali
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