Social Science (History)
Test Your Knowledge of India's Independence Movement
Welcome to the Social Science quiz focused on the rich history of India's struggle for independence. This interactive quiz provides an engaging way to deepen your understanding of key events, movements, and figures that shaped the nation.
Participate to:
- Enhance your knowledge of historical movements.
- Recall significant events and their impact.
- Challenge yourself with a variety of questions.
Q1 :- Who was the writer of the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?
Rabindranath Tagore
B.R. Ambedkar
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawahar Lai Nehru
Q2 :-Khilafat Committee was formed in 1919 in the city of
Bombay
Calcutta
Lucknow
Amritsar
Q3 :-The Non-cooperation Khilafat Movement began in
January 1921
February 1922
December 1929
April 1919
Q4 :-Which of the following was the reason for calling off the Non-cooperation Movement by Gandhiji?
Pressure from the British Government
Second Round Table Conference
Gandhiji’s arrest
Chauri-Chaura incident
Q5 :-Baba Ramchandra, a sanyasi, was the leader of which of the following movements?
Khilafat Movement
Militant Guerrilla Movement of Andhra Pradesh
Peasants’ Movement of Awadh
Plantation Workers’ Movement in Assam
Q6 :-Who set up the ‘Oudh Kisan Sabha’?
Alluri Sitaram Raju
Jawahar Lai Nehru and Baba Ramchandra
Jawaharlal Nehru and Shaukat Ali
Mahatma Gandhi
Q7 :-Under the presidency of Jawahahar Lai Nehru, the Lahore Congress Session of 1929 formalised the demand of
Abolition of Salt Tax
€˜Puma Swaraj’ or complete independence
Boycott of Simon Commission
Separate electorate for the ‘dalits’
Q8 :-The ‘Simon Commission’ was boycotted because
There was no British Member in the Commission.
It demanded separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims.
There was no Indian Member in the Commission.
It favoured the Muslims over the Hindus.
Q9 :-A form of demonstration used in the Non-cooperation Movement in which people block the entrance to a shop, factory or office is
Boycott
Begar
Picketing
Bandh
Q10:-Who formed the ‘Swaraj Party’ within the Congress?
Jawahar Lai Nehru and Motilal Nehru
Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi
Jawahar Lai Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose
C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru
Q11 :-Who founded the ‘Depressed Classes Association’ in 1930?
Alluri Sitaram Raju
C.R. Das
M.R. Jayakar
Dr B.R. Ambedkar
Q12 :-Where did Mahatma Gandhi start his famous ‘Salt March’ on 12th March 1930?
Dandi
Chauri-Chaura
Sabarmati
Surat
Q13 :-Which industrialist attacked colonial control over Indian economy and supported the Civil Disobedience Movement?
Dinshaw Petit
Purshottamdas Thakurdas
Dwarkanath Tagore
Seth Hukumchand
Q14 :-Who visualised and depicted the image of ‘Bharat Mata’ through a painting?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Rabindranath Tagore
Natesa Sastri
Abanindranath Tagore
Q15 :-Which of the following was Mahatma Gandhi’s novel method of fighting against the British?
He used violent method of stone pelting.
He used arson to bum down government offices.
He fought with the principle of ‘an eye for I an eye’.
He practised open defiance of law, ; peaceful demonstration, satyagraha and non-violence.
Q16 :- What does satyagraha mean? Choose one from j the following options.
€˜Satyagraha’ means use of physical force to inflict pain while fighting.
€˜Satyagraha’ does not inflict pain, it is a : non-violent method of fighting against oppression.
€˜Satyagraha’ means passive resistance and is a weapon of the weak.
€˜Satyagraha’ was a racist method of mass agitation.
Q17 :-What was the purpose of imposing the Rowlatt Act?
The Rowlatt Act forbade the Indians to : qualify for administrative services.
The Rowlatt Act had denied Indians the right to political participation.
The Rowlatt Act imposed additional taxes on Indians who were already groaning under the burden of taxes.
The Rowlatt Act authorised the government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law
Q18:-Where did the brutal ‘Jallianwala Massacre’ take place?
Amritsar
Meerut
Lahore
Lucknow
Q19 :-Why did General Dyer order to open fire on a I peaceful demonstration at Jallianwala Bagh? Choose from the given options.
He wanted to show his power.
Firing was ordered because it was an unruly crowd.
Because his object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’ to create fear in the minds of ‘satyagrahis’.
He ordered to fire because he noticed a sudden unrest in the crowd
Q20 :- In which of the following Indian National Congress sessions was the demand of‘Purna Swaraj’ formalised in December 1929?
Madras Session
Lahore Session
Calcutta Session
Nagpur Session
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