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MCQ on Modern History [ 1917-1940] | Gandhian Phase of Modern History MCQ| QUIZ and Multiple choice of question and answer

 1. In the Opinion of Gandhiji, which of the following method is the best for the Conflict Resolution

a) Suppression of conflict

b) Non-Cooperation and suspension of talks

c) Mutual Dialogue

d) Diplomacy


Answer. b) Non-Cooperation and suspension of talks


2. Consider the following events and arrange them into chronological order: ( UPPSC 2021)

1. Sharda Act

2. Nehru Report

3. Constitution of Simon Commission

4. Dandi March

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

a) 3,2,1,and 4

b) 1,2,3, and 2

c) 4,3,2, and 1

d) 1,4,2, and 3


Answer. a) 3,2,1,and 4

1. Sharda Act: 1929

2. Nehru Report: 1928

3. Constitution of Simon Commission: 1927

4. Dandi March: 1930


3. Who among the following never presided over a Session of the Indian National Congress? ( UPPSC 2021)

a) Lala Lajpat Rai

b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

d) Subhash Chandra Bose


Answer. b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak


4. Who among the following was NOT associated with the Kanpur conspiracy case of 1924? ( UPPSC 2021)

a) Muzaffar Ahmed

b) Nalini Gupta

c) Shaukat Usmani

d) M.A. Ansari


Answer. d) M.A. Ansari


5.  Who among the following was NOT an early member of the "Naujawan Sabha" formed in 1926 A.D.? ( UPPSC 2021)

a) Bhagat Singh

b) Yespal

c) Chhabil Das

d) Ambika Chakarvarti


Answer. d) Ambika Chakarvarti


6. In the context of Indian history, which of the following statements/s is/are correct regarding Vaikom Satyagraha? ( UPPSC 2021)

1. It was a Satyagraha against untouchability and caste discrimination.

2. Mahatma Gandhi participated in this satyagraha

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Codes:

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2



Answer. c) Both 1 and 2


7. Which one of the following is correctly matched? ( UPPSC 2022)

a) Deva Samaj: Banaras

b) Bharat Dharma Mahamandal: Delhi

c) Sanatan Dharma Rakshini: Calcutta

d) Radha Swami Satsang: Lahore



Answer. c) Sanatan Dharma Rakshini: Calcutta

Deva Samaj: Lahore

Bharat Dharma Mahamandal: Haridwar

Sanatan Dharma Rakshini: Calcutta

Radha Swami Satsang: Amritsar


8.  Consider the following events and arrange them in chronological order. ( UPPSC 2022)

1. The foundation of the Gadar party

2. Chittagaon Armoury Raid

3. Set up the " Indian Independence Committee " in Berlin

4. Central Assembly Bomb Case

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Codes: 

a) 3, 1,2, and 4

b) 1,3,2, and 4

c) 1,3, 4, and 2

d) 3,1,4, and 2



Answer. c) 1,3, 4, and 2

1. The foundation of the Gadar party: 1913

2. Chittagong Armoury Raid: 1930

3. Set up the " Indian Independence Committee " in Berlin: 1915

4. Central Assembly Bomb Case: 1929



9. Who returned the "Knighthood" title to the British Government in reaction to the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre? ( UPPSC 2022)

a) Shankaran Nair

b) Rabindranath Tagore

c) Rameshwar Singh

d) Md. Ali Jinnah


Answer. b) Rabindranath Tagore


10. Which of the following events was the last in chronological order?  ( UPPSC 2023)

a) Mopllah Revolt

b) Khilafat Movement

c) Home Rule Movement

d) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre


Answer. a) Mopllah Revolt

Mopllah Revolt: 1921

Khilafat Movement:1919-1922

Home Rule Movement: 1916

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: 1919


11.With reference to the E.V. Ramaswami Nayakar, which of the following statement/s is/are correct?  ( UPPSC 2023)

1. He participated in the Non-Cooperation movement.

2. He left the congress in 1925.

Select the correct answer using the code given below-

Code:

a) Both 1 and 2

b) Only 1

c) Neither 1 nor 2

d) only 2


Answer. a) Both 1 and 2


12. In 1918, the United Provinces Kisan Sabha was formed by which of the following leaders?  ( UPPSC 2023)

a) Swami Sahjanand

b) Baba Ramachandra

c) Indra Narayan Dwivedi

d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru



Answer. c) Indra Narayan Dwivedi

The United Provinces Kisan Sabha was formed in 1918 by Gauri Shankar Mishra and Indra Narayan Dwivedi and was supported by Madan Mohan Malaviya.


13. Which of the following trials attracted worldwide publicity and drew sympathetic comments from Albert Einstein, H.G. Wells, Harold Laski, and Roosevelt in favor of the convicts? (UPPSC 2017)

a) INA trial

b) Lahore conspiracy case

c) Meerut conspiracy case

d) None of the above


Answer. c) Meerut conspiracy case


14. Arrange the following events in correct chronological sequences using the code given below: ( UPPSC 2017)

1. Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act

2. Champaran Satyagraha

3. Kheda Peasant Struggle

4. Ahmedabad Mill Strike

Codes:

a) 2,4,3,1

b) 1,2,3,4

c) 2,1,4,3

d) 3,2,4,1


Answer. a) 2,4,3,1

1. Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act: 1920

2. Champaran Satyagraha: 1917

3. Kheda Peasant Struggle: 22 March  1918

4. Ahmedabad Mill Strike: 18 March, 1918


15. Who among the following leaders founded the revolutionary organization-"Abhinav Bharat Society"? ( UPPSC 2018)

a) Bhagat Singh

b) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

c) Barindra Kumar Ghosh

d) Pulin Bihari


Answer. b) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar 



16. Arrange the following events in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below: ( UPPSC 2019)

1. Poona pact

2. Gandhi Irvin Agreement

3. Cripps Mission

4. Civil Disobedience Movement

Codes:

a) 4,2,3,1

b) 2,4,1,4

c) 4,2,1,3

d) 3,1,4,2


Answer. c) 4,2,1,3

1. Poona pact: 1932

2. Gandhi Irvin Agreement: 1931

3. Cripps Mission:1942

4. Civil Disobedience Movement:1930


17. Arrange the following events in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below: ( UPPSC 2019

1. Appointment of Simon Commission

2. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

3. Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March

4. Death of Ferozshah Mehta

Codes:

a) 4,2,1,3

b) 1,2,4,3

c) 2,3,4,1

d) 4,3,2,1


Answer. a) 4,2,1,3

1. Appointment of Simon Commission: 1927

2. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: 1919

3. Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March: 1930

4. Death of Ferozshah Mehta: 1915


18. Who opposed Planned Development in India? ( UPPSC 2019)

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Indira Gandhi

d) Rajiv Gandhi


Answer. a) Mahatma Gandhi


19. . Which of the following was sent as the representative of laborers by the Indian Government in the Washington Summit of I.L.O. in the year 1919? ( UPPSC 2020)

a) V.P Wadia

b) N M Joshi

c) C F Andrews

d) Joseph Baptista



Answer. b) N M Joshi


20. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:  ( UPPSC 2020)

        List I ( Book)

A. The Story of My Deportation

B. Gita Rahasya

C. A Nation in Making

D. India Wins Freedom


List II ( Writer

1. Surendranath Banerjee

2. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

3. Lala Lajpat Rai

4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Codes:

        A    B    C    D

a)    3    4    1    2

b)    4    2    1    3

c)    2    4    1    3

d)    4    3    2    1



Answer. a)    3    4    1    2


21. Arrange the following events in correct chronological sequences using the code given below: ( UPPSC 2017)

1. Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act

2. Champaran Satyagraha

3. Kheda Peasant Struggle

4. Ahmedabad Mill Strike

Codes:

a) 2,4,3,1

b) 1,2,3,4

c) 2,1,4,3

d) 3,2,4,1



Answer. a) 2,4,3,1

1. Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act: 1920

2. Champaran Satyagraha: 1917

3. Kheda Peasant Struggle: 22 March  1918

4. Ahmedabad Mill Strike: 18 March, 1918



22. Arrange the following events in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below: ( UPPSC 2019

1. Appointment of Simon Commission

2. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

3. Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March

4. Death of Ferozshah Mehta

Codes:

a) 4,2,1,3

b) 1,2,4,3

c) 2,3,4,1

d) 4,3,2,1


Answer. a) 4,2,1,3

1. Appointment of Simon Commission: 1927

2. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: 1919

3. Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March: 1930

4. Death of Ferozshah Mehta: 1915


23. Which of the following had regarded the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress (1931) as the 'pinnacle of Mahatma Gandhi's popularity 'and prestige'? ( UPPSC 2014)

a) S.C. Bose

b) Pattabhi Sitaramayya

c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

d) Sardar Kishan Singh


Answer. a. S.C. Bose.

S.C Bose had regarded the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress (1931) as the 'pinnacle of Mahatma Gandhi's popularity 'and prestige

1931: Karachi session: The meaning of "Poorna Swaraj" was elaborated.


24. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? - ( UPPSC 2014)

a) Bhagat Singh: The Indian Sociologist

b) Sachindranath Sanyal: Bandi Jivan

c) Lala Ramsaran : Das The Dreamland

d) Bhagawati Charan Vohra: The Philosophy of Bomb



Answer. a. Bhagat Singh: Revolutionary 


25. The British journalist H.W. Nevinson was associated with ( UPPSC 2014)

a) Non-Co-operation Movement

b) Civil Disobedience Movement

c) Swadeshi Movement

d) Quit India Movement


Answer. c. Swadeshi Movement.

The British journalist H.W. Nevinson was associated with the Swadeshi Movement.


26. The task of drafting the Congress Inquiry Committee report on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was entrusted to ( UPPSC 2014)

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Mahatma Gandhi

c) C.R. Das

d) Fazlul Haq



Answer. b. Mahatma Gandhi.



27. Along with Mahatma Gandhi who amongst the following Muslims did lift the bier of Bal Gangadhar Tilak? ( UPPSC 2014)

a) Shaukat Ali

b) Mohammad Ali

c) Maulana A.K. Azad

d) M.A. Ansari


Answer. a. Shaukat Ali


28. The first editor of the journal 'Indian Opinion was ( UPPSC 2014)

a) M.K. Gandhi

b) Albert West

c) Mahadev Desai

d) Mansukhlal Nazar



Answer. d.

The first editor of the journal 'Indian Opinion was Mansukhlal Nazr. Indian Opinion was published by M K Gandhi. ( UPPSC 2014)


29. The last session of the Indian National Congress attended by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was ( UPPSC 2014)

a) Calcutta Session, 1906

b) Surat Session, 1907

c) Calcutta Session, 1917

d) Amritsar Session, 1919



Answer. d. Amritsar Session, 1919.


30. Consider the following events connected with the Indian National Movement and find the correct chronological order of the events from the codes given below : ( UPPSC 2014)

1. Demise of B.G. Tilak

2. Passing of Rowlatt Bill as an Act

3. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.

4. Amritsar Session of Indian National Congress, 1919

Codes:

a) 2, 3, 4, 1

b) 4, 3, 2, 1

c) 3, 4, 2, 1

d) 1, 2, 3, 4


Answer. a.

Rollat Bill: 1918

Lalianwala Bagh massacre: 13 April 1919.

Demise of Bal Gangadhar Tilak: 1920


31. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? ( UPPSC 2014)

a) S.C. Bose: Indian Struggle

b) Dadabhai Naoroji: Poverty and Un-British Rule in India

c) Rajendra Prasad : India Divided

d) Frank Moraes : India from Curzon to Nehru and After



Answer. d.

Durga Das: India from Curzon to Nehru and After


32. After the sentence of B.G. Tilak, who among the following had pleaded for mercy and said: "My interest in Tilak is that of a Sanskrit scholar."? ( UPPSC 2014)

a) Rabindranath Tagore

b) Max Muller

c) Bipin Chandra Pal

d) William Jones



Answer. b. Max Muller


33. Under whose chairmanship a committee was formed to defend the accused in the Kakori Case? ( UPPSC 2014)

a) Acharya Narendra Dev

b) Govind Ballabh Pant

c) Chandrabhanu Gupta

d) Motilal Nehru


Answer. d. Motilal Nehru.


34. The book 'The Man Who Divided India' was written by ( UPPSC 2014)

a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

c) Rafiq Zakaria

d) Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre


Answer. c. Rafiq Zakaria


35. Who amongst the following revolutionaries refused to drink the given milk on the eve of his execution and said "Now, I shall take my mother's milk only." ? ( UPPSC 2014)

a) Rajguru

b) Ashfaqulla

c) Ramprasad Bismil

d) Bhagat Singh


Answer. c. Ramprasad Bismil.


36. Who among the following took Mahatma Gandhi's gain in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact as "Consolation Prizes"? ( UPPSC 2014)

a) S.C. Bose

b) Alan Campbell Johnson

c) B.G. Horniman

d) Sarojini Naidu



Answer. b. Alan Campbell Johnson.



37. Match List - I with List II and find the correct answer from the codes given below the lists: ( UPPSC 2014)

    List - I                 List - II

A. Vinoba Bhave 1. Home Rule Movement

B. B.G. Tilak,         2. Individual Satyagraha

C. Aruna Asaf Ali    3. Dharsana Raid

D. Sarojini Naidu 4. Quit India Movement

Codes :

    A B C D

a) 2 1 4 3

b) 1 2 3 4

c) 4 3 2 1

d) 1 2 4 3


Answer. a) 2 1 4 3


38. What is the name of the party founded by Saumyandra Nath Tagore? ( UPPSC 2015)

a) Indian Bolshevik Party

b) Revolutionary Communist Party

c) Bolshevik Leninist Party

d) Radical Democratic Party


Answer. b) Revolutionary Communist Party ( 1 August 1934)


39. Who addressed Gandhiji as a "One-man boundary force"? ( UPPSC 2015)

a) Churchill

b) Attlee

c) Mountbatten

d) Simon


Answer. c) Mountbatten


40. For which of the following Sessions, the Congress elected its first women President? ( UPPSC 2015)

a) Calcutta Session 1917

b) Gaya Session 1922

c) Allahabad Session 1921

d) Lucknow Session 1916


Answer. a) Calcutta Session 1917 ( Anni Besant)


41. Who was known by the nickname "Lokhitwadi"? ( UPPSC 2015)

a) Gopal Hari Deshmukh

b) Mahadev Govind Ranade

c) Jyotiba Phule

d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak


Answer. a) Gopal Hari Deshmukh


42. Who among the following were prominent leaders of the "Khilafat Movement"? ( UPPSC 2016)

a) Maulana Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali

b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Shaukat Ali

c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

d) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai and Shaukat Ali


Answer. a) Maulana Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali


43.  What was the name of the party formed by Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das in 1923 A.D? ( UPPSC 2016)

a) Independence Party

b) Ghadar Party

c) Swaraj Party

d) Indian National Party


Answer. c) Swaraj Party


44. Rabindra Nath Tagore gave up his "Knighthood" in protest to which one of the following? ( UPPSC 2016)

a) Rowlatt Act

b) Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh

c) Simon Commission

d) Cripps Mission


Answer. b) Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh


45. The person who returned his token of honor to Govt. of India on May 30, 1919, was-  ( UPPSC 2008)

a) Jamna Lal Bajaj

b) Tel Bahadur Sapru

c) Mahatma Gandhi

d) Rabindra Nath Tagore


Answer. d) Rabindra Nath Tagore


46. Who coined the famous slogan "Inqilab Zindabad"?  ( UPPSC 2008)

a) Chandra Shekhar Azad

b) Sardar Bhagat Singh

c) Ashfaque- Ullah Khan

d) Aabdul Kalam Azad


Answer. b) Sardar Bhagat Singh


47. Which one of the following revolutionaries is not associated with the Kakori conspiracy case? ( UPPSC 2008)

a) Ram Prasad Bismil

b) Roshan Singh

c) Bhagat Singh

d) Ashfaque- Ullah Khan


Answer. c) Bhagat Singh


48. Mahatma Gandhi launched the first Satyagraha campaign in  ( UPPSC 2010)

a) Bardoli    

b) Baroda

c) Champaran    

d) Dandi


Answer. c) Champaran ( 1917)


49. Read the following events connected with the Indian National Movement:  ( UPPSC 2010)

1.    Karachi Session of Indian National Congress -1931

2.    Execution of Rajguru

3.    Gandhi Irwin Pact

Find the correct chronological order of the events from the codes given below :

Codes :

a) 3, 2, 1    

b) 1, 2, 3

c) 2, 3, 1    

d) 1, 3, 2


Answer. a) 3, 2, 1

1.    Karachi Session of Indian National Congress -1931: March 26 to 31,1931 was chaired by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

2.    Execution of Rajguru: the Lahore Central Jail in Lahore on March 23, 1931

3.    Gandhi Irwin Pact: 5 March 1931


50. The Poorna Swaraj Resolution adopted at the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress was moved by ( UPPSC 2010)

a) B.G. Tilak    

b) J.L. Nehru

c) M.K.Gandhi    

d) Sardar Patel


Answer. b) J.L. Nehru ( 1929)


51. Who among the following was the one to have escaped being hanged in the 'Kakori Conspiracy Case'? ( UPPSC 2011)

a) Ashfaqullah Khan

b) Rajendra Lahiri

c) Ram Prasad Bismil

d) Chandra Shekhar Azad


Answer. d) Chandra Shekhar Azad


52. Who among the following attended all three Round Table Conferences? ( UPPSC 2011)

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) B.R. Ambedkar

c) Vallabh Bhai Patel

d) Rajendra Prasad


Answer. b) B.R. Ambedkar and Tej Bahadur Sapru


53.  After returning from South Africa, Gandhiji launched his first successful Satyagraha in ( UPPSC 2011)

a) Champaran

b) Chauri Chaura

c) Bardoli

d) Dandi


Answer. a) Champaran (1917)


54. The only session of the Indian National Congress addressed by Mahatma was held at ( UPPSC 2011)

a) Amravati

b) Belgaum

c) Karachi

d) Nagpur 


Answer. b) Belgaum ( 1924)


55. Who among the following had moved the Non-cooperation resolution in the Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress in 1920? ( UPPSC 2011)

a) C.R. Das

b) Annie Besant

c) B.C. Pal

d) Madan Mohan Malviya


Answer. a) C.R. Das ( 1920)


56. The statement "I am a socialist and a republican and am no believer in Kings and Princes" is associated with ( UPPSC 2011)

a) Narendra Dev

b) Achyut Patwardhan

c) Jai Prakash Narayan

d) Jawahar Lal Nehru 


Answer.:d) Jawahar Lal Nehru 


57. The National Leader who was elected President ( Speaker) of the Central Legislative Assembly in 1925 was ( UPPSC 2012)

a) Motilal Nehru

b) C. R. Das

c) Vallabhbhai Patel

d) Vittalbhai Patel


Answer. c) Vallabhbhai Patel( 1925)


58. Who of the following was entrusted with the Finance portfolio in the ministry formed in the U.P. after the election of 1937? ( UPPSC 2012)

a) Govind Ballabh Pant

b) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai

c) Kailash Nath Katju

d) Mohammed Ibrahim


Answer. b) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai


59. Match List- I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists: ( UPPSC 2012)

        List-I                            List -II

    (Congress Presidents)    ( Venues of Session)

A. Dr. M.A. Ansari        1. Haripura

B. Purushottam Das Tandon  2. Kanpur

C. Sarojini Naidu            3. Madras

D. Subhas Chandra Bose     4. Nasik

Codes:

        A    B    C    D

a)    1    2    4    3

b)    2    3    1    4

c)    3    4    2    1

d)    4    1    3    2


Answer. c)    3    4    2    1

Dr. M.A. Ansari  Madras 

Purushottam Das Tandon: Nasik

 Sarojini Naidu: Kanpur  ( 1925) 

Subhas Chandra Bose : 1938-Haripura


60. Which of the following movements drew women out of the seclusion of the home? ( UPPSC 2012)

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

1. Swadeshi Movement

2. Home Rule Movement 

3. Non-Cooperation Movement

4. Civil Disobedience Movement

Codes:

a) 1and 3 only

b) 2 and 4 only

c) 3 and 4 only

d) 1,2,3, and 4


Answer. d) 1,2,3, and 4


61.  "Tinkathia System" in Champaran meant: ( UPPSC 2013)

a) Cultivation of Indico on the 3/20 area of land.

b) Cultivation of Indico on the 3/19 area of land

c) Cultivation of Indico on the 3/18 area of land.

d) None


Answer. a) Cultivation of Indico on the 3/20 area of land.


62. In which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress. Mahatma Gandhi said," Gandhi may die but Gandhism will remain forever" ( UPPSC 2013)

a) Calcutta Session, 1928

b) Lahore Session, 1929

c) Madras Session, 1927

d) Karachi Session, 1931


Answer. d) Karachi Session, 1931

Karachi session by Vallabh Bhai Patel.


63. Who Said? " Tilak is the father of Indian unrest.?" ( UPPSC 2013)

a) V. Chirol

b) Louis Fischer

c) Web Miller

d) Lord Reading


Answer. a) Valentine Chirol


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