Q. Why was the Khilafat Movement started by the Ali brothers after the First World War?  (a) To turn foreigners out of the country (b) To attain freedom from the British rule (c) To cooperate with various organizations formed in the country to attain independence (d) To agitate ...

Q. Who were the President and Secretary of the Congress Khilafat Swaraj Party formed by Motilal Nehru in 1922? (a) Malviya and Jayakar (b) Vithalbhai and Malviya (c) Motilal Nehru and Malviya (d) C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru Ans: (d) C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru Explanation: The ...

Q. Who said: ‘Cowardice and Ahimsa do not go together any more than water and fire’? (a) Acharya Narendra Dev (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (d) Jayaprakash Narayan Ans: (b) Mahatma Gandhi Explanation: The correct answer is (b) Mahatma Gandhi. The quote, ...

Q. Who said, ‘The time has come when badges of honour make our shame glaring in their incongruous context of humiliation’? (a) C. R. Das (b) Motilal Nehru (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Rabindranath Tagore Ans: (d) Rabindranath Tagore Explanation: The correct answer is (d) Rabindranath ...

Q. Who first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in India? (a) Mohammad Iqbal (b) M. A. Jinnah (c) Syed Ahmad Khan (d) None of these Ans: (a) Mohammad Iqbal Explanation:    The correct answer is (a) Mohammad Iqbal. Mohammad Iqbal, a poet, philosopher, and ...

Q. Who among the following were popularly known as Red Shirts? (a) Congress socialists (b) Khudai Khidmatgars (c) Members of the Azad Hind Fauj (d) People led by Rani Gaidinliu Ans: (b) Khudai Khidmatgars  Explanation: The correct answer is (b) Khudai Khidmatgars. The ...

Q. Who among the following pioneered the Khilafat Movement? (a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (b) M. A. Jinnah (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Ali Brothers Ans: (d) Ali Brothers Explanation: The correct answer is (d) Ali Brothers. The Khilafat Movement, also known as the Indian Muslim Movement ...

Q. Who among the following opposed Mahatma Gandhi’s association with the Khilafat Movement? (a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (b) Fazlul Haque  (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (d) Abul Kalam Azad Ans: (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah Explanation: The correct answer is (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah. ...

Q. Which of the following was not one of the original methods adopted by the Home Rule Movement? (a) Political education through press and public meetings (b) Village reconstruction to involve the masses (c) Social reform to gain a mass base (d) Passive resistance to pressurise the ...

Q. Which of the following was not one of the main causes of the call of the noncooperation movement? (a) Repression in Punjab through Rowlatt bills and Jallianwallah Bagh massacre (b) The British introducing dyarchy through the Montague–Chelmsford Reforms (c) The publication of the Hunter ...

Q. Which of the following statements is correct with respect to the Lucknow Pact? (a) This pact was a way to achieve Hindu–Muslim unity (b) As per Gandhiji, it was a pact for power between the educated and rich Hindus and Muslims (c) It did not involve the Hindu and Muslim masses (d) ...

Q. Which of the following leaders presided over the 1929 Lahore session of the Indian National Congress? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Motilal Nehru (d) Subhas Chandra Bose Ans: (b) Jawaharlal Nehru Explanation: The Congress convention began in Lahore in December ...