India's Freedom Struggle from 1905-1918 - MCQs with answers - Part IV

India's Freedom Struggle from 1905-1918 - MCQs with answers - Part IV

1. Which of the following are correct:

A) Annie Basant was a theosophist, based in India since 1896.

B) Having failed to unite Congress, Tilak and Besant decided to revive political activity on their own.

C) Besant campaigned through her papers NewIndia and Commonweal.

i) Only A and B
ii) Only B, C and D
iii) Only A, B and C
iv) All of the above

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2. What is true about Tilak's league?

A) Formed in April 1917.

B) Restricted to Maharashtra (excluding Bombay city), Karnataka, Central provinces and Berar.

C) It had 6 branches.

D) They demanded swarajya, formation pf linguistic states, and education in the vernacular.

i) Only A and B
ii) Only B, C and D
iii) Only A, B and C
iv) All of the above

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3. What is true about Besant's league:

A) Formed in September 1916.

B) Spread over most of India, where there was no Tilak’s
league.

C) It had 200 branches.

D) George Aundale was its organising secretary.

i) Only A and B
ii) Only B, C and D
iii) Only A, B and C
iv) All of the above

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4. What is true about Home rule league?

A) Many Muslims, anglo- Indians and non- Brahmins from South India did not join the movement.
B) They felt that Home Rule movement was for Hindu and higher caste people.
C) The league walked away from the idea of self government.
D) The league attracted the politically backward regions of Gujarat and Sind.

i) A, B and C
ii) Only C
iii) Only D
iv) A, B and D

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5. Who renounced his knighthood for the protest against Britishers, due to their response towards home rule league leaders?

A) M Gandhi
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Sir S Subramaniya Aiyar
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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6. What were the causes of fading of the league movement?

A) Communal riots
B) a lack of effective organisation
C) News of coming of Montague Chelmsford reforms
D) Tilak went abroad for a case and Besant vacillated on her response over reforms, hence the movement was left leaderless.

i) A, B and C
ii) Only A, C and D
iii) Only D
iv) All of the above

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7. Where and when the extremists were readmitted into the Congress?

A) Lahore, 1916
B) Lucknow, 1916
C) Karachi, 1917
D) Surat, 1917

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8. What were the negative fallouts of Lucknow Pact between Congress and Muslim league?

A) Acceptance of principle of separate electorates.

B) Congress and League came out as separate political entities.

C) Leaders came together, but efforts to bring together the masses weren't done.

i) A and C
ii) A and B
iii) Only C
iv) All of the above

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