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 ...

Q. When Congress leaders condemned the Montague–Chelmsford Report, many moderates left the party to form the (a) Swarajya Party (b) Indian Freedom Party (c) Independence Federation of India (d) Indian Liberation Federation. Ans: (d) Indian Liberation Federation. Explanation: When ...

Q. Which of the following is not a form of Gandhian Satyagraha? (a) Non-Cooperation (b) Civil Disobedience (c) Hunger strike (d) Hijrat Ans: (d) Hijrat Explanation: The form of Gandhian Satyagraha that is not listed is option (d) Hijrat. Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience, ...

Q. What did Gandhiji do to practise the ideals of truth and non-violence in 1916? (a) He founded the Gujarat Vidyapeeth. (b) He joined the Indian National Congress. (c) He started an All-India Satyagraha. (d) He founded Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad. Ans: (d) He founded Sabarmati ...

Q. Those who joined Mahatma Gandhi during the Champaran struggle included (a) Vallabhbhai Patel and Vinoba Bhave (b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad (c) Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha Narayan Sinha (d) Mahadev Desai and Maniben Patel. Ans: (b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad ...