Q. Who among the following is known as the ‘Heroine of 1942 Quit India Movement’? (a) Dr. Annie Besant (b) Suchitra Kriplani (c) Aruna Asaf Ali (d) Sarojini Naidu Ans: (c) Aruna Asaf Ali Explanation: The correct answer is (c) Aruna Asaf Ali. Aruna Asaf Ali is known as the ...

Q. Which of the following was not founded by Dr B. R. Ambedkar? (a) Deccan Education Society (b) Samaj Samata Sangh (c) Peoples Education Society (d) Depressed Classes Institute Ans: (a) Deccan Education Society

Q. Which of the following was not a part of the August Offer? (a) Promise of the dominion status in an unspecified future. (b) Indianisation of the Viceroy’s Executive Council. (c) Formation of a War Advisory Council. (d) Immediate convening of a Constituent Assembly. Ans: (d) ...

Q. Which among the following was not a part of the Cabinet Mission Plan? (a) A weak centre with provincial autonomy. (b) Any province wishing to secede should sign a separate agreement with the British. (c) The country would be divided into three sets of provinces. (d) The provinces ...

Q. Which one of the following was a reason for the failure of talks held at the Simla Conference in 1945? (a) The Congress boycotted it. (b) The Viceroy was indifferent to the demands of the Congress. (c) The dominion status suggested by the Viceroy was not acceptable to both Congress and ...

Q. When Subhas Chandra Bose resigned as the President of INC, who was appointed in his place? (a) Rajendra Prasad (b) Abul Kalam Azad (c) C. Rajagopalachari (d) Pattabhi Sitaramiah Ans: (a) Rajendra Prasad

Q. When Mahatma Gandhi set out on the Dandi March, he was accompanied, among others, by (a) Vallabhbhai Patel and Sarojini Naidu (b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Sarojini Naidu (c) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad (d) Rajendra Prasad and Sarojini Naidu. Ans: (b) Jawaharlal Nehru and ...

Q. What was the ultimate goal of Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha? (a) Repeal of Salt Laws. (b) Abolition of Government monopoly on taxation. (c) Removal of economic hardship to the people. (d) Purna Swaraj for India. Ans: (a) Repeal of Salt Laws. Explanation: The correct answer is ...

Q. During the Indian freedom struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be defined as complete independence, free from all foreign control? (a) Mazharul Haque (b) Maulana Hasrat Mohani (c) Hakim Ajmal Khan (d) Abul Kalam Azad Ans: (b) Maulana Hasrat Mohani ...

Q. The Indians celebrated the Independence Day for the first time on (a) 1 January 1930 (b) 26 January 1930 (c) 15 August 1947  (d) 26 January 1950. Ans: (b) 26 January 1930 Explanation:  On 26 January 1930, India celebrated its first Independence Day following the ...

Q. The famous song ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ was sung during the Dandi March by the renowned musician (a) Mallikarjun Mansur (b) Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit (c) Onkar Nath Thakur (d) Digambar Vishnu Paluskar. Ans: (d) Digambar Vishnu Paluskar. Explanation: The famous song ...

Q. The English weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi was (a) Kesari (b) Comrade (c) Mumbai Chronicle (d) Young India. Ans: (d) Young India. Explanation: The English weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi was (d) Young India. Young India was a newspaper published in English and was started by ...