MCQ on Indian Freedom Movement

In Exams like SSC, Railways, and others, we find many questions from the Modern Indian History section. This section is considered very important. We will provide topic-wise practice questions so that students can do practice and get more marks in this section. In this article, we will provide a Practice set from the Indian Freedom Struggle. 

List of Important Questions From the Indian Freedom Movement

Que 1.  Consider the following statements regarding Wood’s dispatch of 1854.
1. It recommended English as the medium of instruction for higher studies 
2. It laid stress on female education and vocational training 
Choose the correct answer from the codes provided below: 
(a) 1 only 
(b) 2 only 
(c) Both 
(d) None 

Ans. (a) 1 only
Explanation– Wood’s Dispatch was introduced in 1854 to spread education in British India. 

Que 2. Of the given places, Satyagraha Sabha was formed by M. K. Gandhi.
(a) Bombay 
(b) Calcutta 
(c) Gujarat 
(d) Poona 

Ans. (a) Bombay
Explanation– M. K Gandhi formed the satyagraha Sabha at Bombay against the Rowlatt bill.

Que3. Consider the following statements regarding the Cripps Mission proposal. 
1. An Indian union with dominion status has been established. 
2. After the war, a Constituent Assembly was to be convened with all members elected by the local councils. 
3. India’s defence is in British hands. 
Which of the above statements is correct? 
(a) 1&2 only 
(b) 2&3 only 
(c) 1&3 only 
(d) all of the above 

Ans. (c) 1&3 only 
Explanation– Cripps Mission was sent to India by the British government in March 1942 to enlist India’s cooperation in Britain’s World War II war effort.

Que 4. Which of the following is true about the annexation of Awadh? 
1.  Nawab was accused of mismanagement
2.  Awadh was the marketplace for goods from Manchester that inspired Dalhousie’s greed
Choose the correct answer from the following codes. 
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Ans. (c) Both 1 and 2
Explanation– In 1856, Awadh would not have been annexed to the British Empire if the Nawab of Awadh had not refused to introduce British proposed reforms.

Que 5. Consider the following pairs:
1. Lord Cornwallis- Permanent Settlement
2. Lord William Bentinck -Ryotwari Settlement
3. Thomas Munro -Mahalwari System
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched? 
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only 
(c) 1 only 
(d) 3 only 

Ans. (c) 1 only
Explanation– The Permanent Settlement was introduced first in Bengal and Bihar by Lord Cornwallis.

Que 6. Match the following

List I	List II
1. Abolition of Sati	(i)1843
2. Legalization of remarriage of widows	(ii) 1870
3. Prohibition of female infanticide	(iii)1829-30
4. Abolition of slavery	(iv)1856

Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1(i)-2(ii)-3(iii)-4(iv)
(b) 1(ii)-2(iv)-3(iii)-4(i) 
(c) 1(iii)-2(iv)-3(i)-4(ii)
(d) 1(iii)-2(i)-3(ii)-4(iv)

Ans.(c) 1(iii)-2(iv)-3(i)-4(ii)
Explanation– Abolition of Sati (1829-30)                                                  
                      Legalization of remarriage of widow (1856)                
                      Prohibition of female infanticide (1843)                        
                      Abolition of slavery (1870)

Que 7. Who among the following given options was the first to launch the Individual Satyagraha in1940?
(a) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(b) Jawahar Lal Nehru 
(c) Brahm Dutt
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Ans.(a) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
Explanation– Acharya Vinoba Bhava was the first to launch the Individual Satyagraha in1940.

Que 8. Who among the following is the founder of the Theosophical Society? 
(a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati 
(b) Madame Blavatsky
(c) Madam Cama 
(d) Lala Hardayal

Ans.(b) Madame Blavatsky
Explanation– The Theosophical Society was officially formed in New York City, United States, on 17 November 1875 by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge, and 16 others. 

Que 9. Ram Prasad Bismil is associated with which of the following cases?
(a) Kanpur Conspiracy Case
(b) Alipore Conspiracy Case
(c) Kakori Conspiracy Case
(d) Meerut Conspiracy Case

Ans. (c) Kakori Conspiracy Case
Explanation– Ram Prasad Bismil was associated with Kakori Conspiracy Case.

Que 10. Which among the following given options, is popularly known as the “Grand Old Man of India”?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji 
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale 
(d) Mahatma Gandhi 

Ans. (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
Explanation–  Dadabhai Naoroji, is popularly known as the “Grand Old Man of India”.

Que11.In the 1939 Congress presidential elections, Pattabhi Sitaramayya was defeated by?
(a) Maulana Abul kalam azad
(b) B.V.Patel
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru 
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose

Ans. (d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Explanation– In the 1939 Congress presidential elections, Subhas Chandra Bose defeated Pattabhi Sitaramayya. 

Que 12. Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha is also known as?
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement 
(c) Champaran Satyagraha
(d) Quit India Movement

Ans. (b) Civil Disobedience Movement
Explanation– The Salt Satyagraha which was started by M. K. Gandhi is also called Civil Disobedience Movement.

Que 13. Who was associated with the INA Trials? 
(a) Bhulabhai Desai 
(b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Rajagopalachari 

Ans.(a) Bhulabhai Desai 
Explanation– Bhulabhai Desai was an advocate, an Indian freedom fighter, and associated with the INA trials. 

Que14. Natal Indian Congress was founded in which of the following year?
(a) 1890
(b) 1893
(c) 1889
(d) 1894

Ans. (d) 1894
Explanation– Natal Indian Congress was founded in 1894 in South Africa.

Que 15. Who was the first editor of the Jugantar?
(a) Barindra Kumar Ghosh
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal 
(c) Jatindra Nath Mukherjee 
(d) Bhupendra Nath Datta

Ans. (a) Barindra Kumar Ghosh
Explanation– Barindra Kumar Ghosh is associated with Jugantar

Question 16: Which of the following given options is known as the founder of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi 
(b) A. O. Hume
(c) Lokmanya Tilak
(d) Surendra Nath Banerjee 

Answer. (b) A. O. Hume
Explanation- Allan Octavian Hume, known as the Founder of the Indian National Congress.

Que 17. Who among the following is not associated with India’s freedom struggle in foreign lands?
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Maulana Mohammad Ali 
(c) Shyamji Varma 
(d) V.D. Savarkar

Ans. (c) Maulana Mohammad Ali
Explanation– Muhammad Ali was an Indian writer, scholar, and leading figure of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement.

Que18. Who was the writer of the great Urdu work ‘Ghubar-I-Khatir’?
(a) Maulana Muhammad Ali
(b) Asaf Ali 
(c) Maulana Azad 
(d) Saifuddin Kitchlew

Ans. (c) Maulana Azad
Explanation– Ghubar-e-Khatir (“The Dust of Memories”), the most important work of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Que 19. Immediately after August 1947, Gandhi Ji began to be called the Father of the Nation. Why? Because he:
(a) won freedom for India.
(b) Was a saint-politician, a father figure to Indians. 
(c) looked like an emaciated father.
(d) Loved Indians so much.

Ans. (a) won freedom for India
Explanation– Mahatma Gandhi is better known as the father of the Nation because it was he who got freedom for us. He was the maker of Modern India.

Que 20. Burma got separated from India in which of the given year?
(a) 1937
(b) 1942 
(c) 1947
(d) 1940

Ans.(a) 1937
Explanation– Burma got separated from India in 1937.