Q1. Whom Gandhiji selected as the first satyagrahi to launch the individual satyagraha in October 1940?
Correct Answer: D
(Note: Correcting answer to Vinoba Bhave) Gandhi chose Acharya Vinoba Bhave as the 1st and Nehru as the 2nd satyagrahi.
Q2. Who was the Viceroy when the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?
Correct Answer: B
Lord Chelmsford was the Viceroy (1916-1921) during the implementation of the Rowlatt Act and the subsequent massacre.
Q3. Which foreign journalist reported about the British brutality perpetrated against peaceful Satyagrahis at Dharasana Salt Depot during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
Correct Answer: A
Webb Miller's report on the brutal lathi charge shocked the international community.
Q4. Quit India Movement was launched in response to
Correct Answer: A
The failure of the Cripps Mission to offer full self-rule led Gandhi to launch the Quit India movement.
Q5. Gandhiji wanted that the students should spend their vacations in
Correct Answer: C
Gandhi believed in 'Nai Talim' and felt students should connect with rural India through social work during breaks.
Q6. What was the purpose with which Sir William Wedderburn and W S. Caine had set up the Indian Parliamentary Committee in 1893?
Correct Answer: D
The committee was formed to lobby the British House of Commons to support political reforms in India.
Q7. Which of the following Government of India Act gave separate representation to the Muslims?
Correct Answer: A
The Minto-Morley Reforms (1909) introduced communal electorates, a major turning point in Indian politics.
Q8. In which session, did the congress split up into two wings âthe Moderatesâ and âthe Extremistsâ?
Correct Answer: A
The 1907 Surat split occurred due to disagreements over the methods of agitation against the British.
Q9. Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were tried for the murder of British Police Officer ____ .
Correct Answer: A
They killed Saunders in 1928 to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai (Lahore Conspiracy Case).
Q10. Who is known as Lion of Punjab?
Correct Answer: D
Lala Lajpat Rai was a prominent leader of the Extremist wing of the INC.
