CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Modern Indian History Quiz 12 - MCQExams.com

What was the main issue of Khond uprising?
  • Transfer of land from headman to outsiders
  • Attempt by the government to suppress human sacrifice
  • Violent clashes between zamindars and peasants
  • Failure of anti-famine measures
Consider the following events in the history of British India.
Santhal Rebellion
Indigo Revolt
Sanyasi and Fakir Rebellion
Birsa Munda Rebellion
Which one of the following is a correct chronological sequence of the above events starting with the earliest?
  • 3, 2, 1, 4
  • 1, 4, 2, 3
  • 3, 1, 2, 4
  • 2, 1, 4, 3
The Waghera Uprising happened in _________.
  • Surat
  • Poona
  • Calicut
  • Baroda
The All India Kisan Sabha was formed in ______.
  • 1926
  • 1936
  • 1946
  • 1956
Gandhiji's Champaran Movement was for __________.
  • the security of rights of Harijans
  • Civil Disobedience Movement
  • maintaining the unity of Hindu society
  • solving the problem of Indigo workers
Who were the leaders of Oraons Rebellion conducted in 1914?
  • Ratna Nayak and Dharani Nayak
  • Chittur Singh and Pratap Singh
  • Sambudevan and Govind Guru
  • Jatra Bhagat and Tana Bhagat
Who among the following was not associated with the formation of 'UP Kisan Sabha' in February, 1918?
  • Indra Narayan Dwivedi
  • Gauri Shankar Mishra
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Madan Mohan Malaviya
Which one of the following was not one of the Rajas of South India to raise the banner of revolt against the British?
  • Raja of Vijayanagar
  • Varana Raja of Wynad
  • Raja of Travancore
  • Raja Vira Raja of Coorg
Consider the following statements.
Result of local grievances.
Leaderships of these uprisings were semi-feudal in character.
Backward looking and traditional in outlook.
They were localized and isolated.
Which of the above were the weakness of the Civil Rebellions, Tribal Revolts and Peasant Movements?
  • 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • 1, 2 and 4
  • 2, 3 and 4
  • 1, 3 and 4
Bhil revolts against the British took place in ____________.
  • MP and Maharashtra
  • MP and Bihar
  • Bihar and Bengal
  • Bengal and Maharashtra
Consider the following statements
1) Dr. Rajendra Prasad persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come to Champaran to investigate the problem of peasants.
2) Acharya JB Kriplani was one of the Mahatma Gandhi's colleagues in his Champaran Satyagraha.
Which of the following statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following statements:
1) Koya Rebellion occurred in the Eastern Godavari tract of present day Andhra Pradesh.
2) It was started in the year 1846.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • None of these
Consider the following statements
1) In 1878, Sorabjee Shapoorji Bengalee tried unsuccessfully to introduce a bill in the Bombay Legislative Council to limit the working hours for labour.
2) NM Lokhanday, set up a Workingmen's club in 1870 and brought out a monthly journal called Bharat Sramjeebi (Indian labour) with the primary idea of educating the workers.
3) Sasipada Banerjee brought out an Anglo-Marathi weekly called Dinbandhu (friend of the poor) in 1880 and started the Bombay mill and millhand's Association in 1890.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 2
  • All of these
What was the main political weapon used by the moderate nationalists to exert pressure upon the government against the partition of Bengal?
  • Satyagraha
  • Civil Diobedience
  • Non-Cooperation
  • Swadeshi and Boycott
Consider the following statements relating to Indigo Revolt.
1) The Indigo Revolt is particularly memorable for the role played by the intelligentsia to uphold the cause of the movement.
2) After the revolt, the colonial authorities set up the Indigo Commission to enquire into the grievances of the Indigo cultivators.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Arrange the following according to their chronological order.
(1) Partition of Bengal
(2) Surat split of Congress
(3) Separation of Assam and creation of a new state with Assam and Sylhet
(4) Separation of Bihar and Orissa.
  • 1, 2, 3, 4
  • 4, 2, 3, 1
  • 3, 2, 1, 4
  • 2, 3, 4, 1
The partition of Bengal was in reality _____________.
  • an attempt to weaken the nationalism in Bengal.
  • a step taken for administrative convenience.
  • an attempt to split the Congress.
  • an Act to appease Muslim sentiments.
Consider the following statements:
(1) Significance of AO Hume's involvement in the INC was to remove official hostility.
(2) The Governor-General of India during the time of foundation of INC was Lord Dufferin.
(3) The first Muslim President of INC was MA Jinnah.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • 1 and 2
  • 1 and 3
  • Only 1
  • All of these
Which of the following cannot be considered as a cause for the rise of extremism?
  • Serious problem of non-employment among educated youth.
  • The failure of moderates.
  • Realisation that mass action was called for.
  • The reactionary rule of Lord Lytton.
The most important external event which greatly influenced the course of the Indian National Movement during the early twentieth century was ___________.
  • The Russian Revolution, 1917
  • The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05
  • The outbreak of the First World War 1914
  • Boer War, 1899
Which of the following  considered drawback of the early phase of INC activities?
(1) It was confined to the educated middle class.
(2) Misplaced faith in benevolence and fair-mindedness of British rulers.
(3) No proper understanding of the exploitive nature of British economic policies.
(4) Preservation of caste and communal considerations preventing mass involvement.
  • 1 and 2
  • 2 and 3
  • 3 and 4
  • None of the above
The number of delegates who attended the first session of the Indian National Congress, held in Bombay in 1885, was ________.
  • 1500
  • 556
  • 304
  • 72
Given below is a list of organisations. Select those engaged in revolutionary activities, using the codes given below the list.
(1) Abhinav Bharat
(2) Anushilan Samiti
(3) New Nationalist Party
(4) Indian Patriot Association.
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 2, 3 and 4
  • 1 and 2
  • 1, 2 and 4
With reference to Congress Socialist Party, consider the following statements.
It advocated the boycott of British goods and evasion of taxes.
It waned to establish the dictatorship of proletariat.
It advocated separate electorate for minorities and oppressed classes.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  • 1 and 2
  • Only 3
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • None of these
Match the following.
List IList II
(A) Madras Native Association(1) 1852
(B) British India Association(2) 1851
(C) Bombay Association(3) 1852
(D) Bengal British India Society(4) 1843
  • A-1; B-2; C-3; D-4
  • A-1; B-4; C-3; D-2
  • A-1; B-3; C-2; D-4
  • A-1; B-4; C-2; D-3
The Akali Movement is Punjab was one of the powerful movements in India that commenced along with Non-Cooperation Movement and successfully ended. Which one of the following observations is not correct about the Akali Movement?
  • The movement developed on a purely religious issue but ended up as a powerful episode of the freedom movement of India.
  • The movement arose with an aim of freeing the Gurudwas from the control of corrupt managers and custodians of Gurudwaras who were appointed by the government after the British annexation of Punjab
  • In 1925, the British Government handed over control over all the Punjab Gurudwaras to an elected body of Sikhs known as Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC)
  • The movement made a massive contribution to the political development of Punjab and awakened the peasantry, but it also promoted Sikh communalism
The partition of Bengal made in 1905 __________.
  • was annulled by the kings proclamation at the Delhi Dubar in 1911.
  • continued till India got independence.
  • was annulled as a result of Morley-Minto reforms.
  • was revoked in 1908 because of Swadeshi Movement.
Consider the following statements in regard to Indian Home Rule movement.
S Subramaniam lyer and Annie Besant headed the league in Calcutta.
Jinnah led the Delhi division of the movement.
Most activities were undertaken in the cities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras and the head was situated in Delhi.
Identify the incorrect statement(s).
  • Only 1
  • 1 and 2
  • 2 and 3
  • 1, 2 and 3
The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental Defence Association (1893) was started by _________.
  • T Beck
  • AS Samulsan
  • Syed Ahmed Khan
  • MA Jinnah
Consider the following statements with regard to Communist Movement in India, during the Indian Freedom Struggle:
Guided by sixth Congress of the Communist International, the communists of India broke their connection with All India National Congress and declared it to be a class party of the bourgeoisie.
The Workers and Peasants Party was also dissolved on the ground that it was not appropriate to form two class (Workers and Peasants) party.
The communists stood apart from the Civil Disobedience Movement and did not participate in it actively.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • 1 and 2
  • Only 3
  • 1 and 3
Which of the following were the methods adopted by the extremists?
  • Boycott of courts, school and government services.
  • Launching National Education Schemes as an alternative to Western education.
  • Promoting use of Swadeshi.
  • All of the above
Which of the following sets of newspapers reflected the concerns of educated Indian Muslims during the Khilafat Movement?
  • Comrade and Hamdard
  • Comrade and Hindustan Times
  • Zamindar and Muslim voice
  • Comrade, Hamdard, Zamindar and Al Hilal
Who among the following drafted the resolution on Fundamental Rights for the Karachi Session of Congress in 1931?
  • Dr BR Ambedkar
  • Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Consider the following statements:
Rowlatt Committee was appointed to investigate the nature and extent of revolutionary activities.
On the basis of the recommendations, Government of India passed the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act in 1919 in the Imperial Legislative Council.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • None of these
The result of the Poona Pact was that the number of the seats reserved for the depressed classes out of general electorate seats were ___________.
  • abolished
  • increased
  • retained in the same level
  • decreased
Which one among the following statements about Civil Disobedience Movement is correct?
  • It started with Gandhiji's march to Champaran
  • Under Gandhi-Irwin Agreement, the Congress agreed to give up Civil Disobedience Movement
  • The British Government was quite soft towards the movement from the beginning
  • There were no violent incidents during the movement
Which among the following about Mahatma Gandhi Non-Cooperation Movement are correct?
Refusal to attend Government Durbars and official functions.
Participation in elections.
Participation in rallies for the boycott of foreign goods.
Surrender of titles.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 1, 3 and 4
  • 2, 3 and 4
  • 1 and 4
Consider the following events during India's freedom struggle.
Chauri-Chaura outrage
Dandi March
Morley Reforms
Which of the above is/are responsible for the withdrawal of the non-cooperation movements?
  • 1 and 2
  • Only 1
  • 1 and 3
  • 1, 2 and 3
Consider the following statements about the Non-Cooperation Movement
Gandhiji's appeal for Non-Cooperation Movement had attracted both the moderate and the extremist rank for he had cleverly combined the goal of the former, Swaraj within the empire, with the means of the later non-cooperation.
CR Das decided to enter the Legislative Council not to help the British but to embarrass them. It was to be a form of non-cooperation from within.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following statements.
The Non-Cooperation Movement led to the:
Congress becoming a mass movement for the first time.
growth of Hindu-Muslim unity.
removal of fear of the British 'might' from the minds of the people.
British Government's willingness to grant political concessions to Indians.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
  • 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 3
  • 3 and 4
Match the following lists.
List IList II
A.Champaran Satyagraha1.First Non-cooperation
B.Kheda Satyagraha2.First Mass Strike
C.Ahmedabad Mill strike3.First Civil Disobedience
D.Satyagraha against Rowlatt Act4.First Hunger Strike
  • A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
  • A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
  • A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3
  • A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1
Consider the following statements relating to the Khilafat Movement:
The Khilafat agitation was launched in 1920 on the question of the future of Turkey which was a defeated power in the First World War.
The educated Indian Muslims were taking serious interest in the affairs of Turkey. During the Amritsar Congress (1919), it was decided between the leaders of the Congress and the Khilafat Committee that the Khilafat agitation would be continued under Mahatma Gandhi's leadership.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
The Khilafat Movement received support from both Hindus and Muslims and it was led from the front by Gandhiji. In spite of this, the movement lost momentum. Why?
  • Office of Khalifa was abolished in Turkey itself and better terms offered to Turkey
  • Muslim League's opposition to the Indian National Congress
  • Special concessions given to Muslims by the British Government
  • Internal frictions between the Congress and the Muslim League
The Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress is very important in history because:
the Congress passed a resolution demanding complete independence.
the rift between the extremists and moderates was resolved in that session.
a resolution was passed rejecting the two-nation theory in that session.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 3
  • None of these
Which among the following was the primary aim of the Swarajya Party?
  • To cooperate with the government in implementing the reforms of 1919
  • To gain experience of the functioning of representative government
  • To wreck the scheme of the reform of 1919 by a policy of uniform, continuous and consistent obstruction
  • To exhibit displeasure over the failure of Non-cooperation Movement
The Haripura Congress (1938) remains a milestone in Indian Freedom Struggle because ___________.
  • it declared war on the British Empire
  • it appointed Jawaharlal Nehru as the future Prime Minister of India
  • of the introduction of the idea of a Planning Commission
  • of the acceptance of the Government of India Act, 1935 by the Congress
The first effort at drafting a Dominion status Constitution for India was made in response to the ___________.
  • Morley-Minto Reforms
  • Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
  • Simon Commission
  • First Round Table Conference
Consider the following passage:
It urged people to resign from government offices, shut the British law-courts, withdraw from schools and colleges and boycott the elections. On the other hand, there was a campaign for using indigenous goods, especially khadi or homespun cloth.
Which movement does the above passage relate to?
  • Swadeshi
  • Non-cooperation
  • Civil Disobedience
  • Quit India
Consider the following events in the history of Indian freedom struggle:
Champaran Satyagraha
Bardoli Satyagraha
Ahmedabad Mill Workers Strike
Chauri-Chaura incident
Which one of the following is a correct chronological sequence of the above events starting from the earliest?
  • 1, 3, 2, 4
  • 1, 2, 4, 3
  • 1, 3, 4, 2
  • 3, 1, 2, 4
Consider the following statements about Gandhian movements in India:
Gandhiji was in favour of mass movements.
Gandhian movements were non-violent in character.
In Gandhian movements, the leaders had no role to play.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • 1 and 3
  • 1 and 2
  • Only 2
  • 1, 2 and 3
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