MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

CLASS 8 HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE CHAPTER 11. THE MAKING OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT : 1870’S – 1947 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:
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  MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS :   (MCQ’s)

1.  The Indian National Congress was established at Bombay in December _______ .

(a) 1885
(b) 1896
(c) 1872
(d) 1876

2.  All Indian Muslim leagues was formed at _________ in 1906 .

(a) Dalla
(b) Ranchi
(c) Rampur
(d) Fathepur

3.  The Congress split in _________.

(a) 1908
(b) 1911
(c) 1921
(d) 1907

4.  In 1917, there was a revolution in________.

(a) Russia
(b) England
(c) China
(d) Africa

5.  In mid 1920’s there was formation of ________ .

(a) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
(b) Brahmo Samaj
(c) Indian forward party
(d) Aryan Samaj

6.  “Independence Day” was observed on _________ by Congress .

(a) 26th January 1950
(b) 15th August 1947
(c) 26th January 1930
(d) 15th August 1946

7.  The government announced elections to the provincial Legislature’s in ________ .

(a) 1937
(b) 1940
(c) 1947
(d)1945

8.  The Congress formed government in ________ out of 11 provinces .

(a) 6
(b) 17
(c) 7
(d) 12

9.  Muslim league announced ________ as direct Action Day .

(a) 16th August 1946
(b) 17th May 1946
(c) 15th August 1947
(b) 27th June 1946

10.  The Arms Act, disallowing Indians from possessing arms was passed in ________ .

(a) 1828
(b) 1893
(c) 1824
(d) 1878

11.  The first session of the Congress was attended by ________ representatives .

(a) 82
(b) 72
(c) 62
(d) 65

12.  A retired British official who played an important role in bringing Indians from various regions together was ________ .

(a) A.O.Hume
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Dalhousie

13.  The Congress was reunited in ________ .

(a) 1935
(b) 1916
(c) 1917
(d) 1915

14.  Mahatma Gandhi called off the non-cooperation movement in ________ .

(a) 1920
(b) 1922
(c) 1919
(d) 1925

15.  The Lucknow pact was signed by the Muslim League and the _________ .

(a) Congress
(b) Jana Sangh
(c) Bharatiya Janata Party.
(d) None of these

16. Marathi newspaper ‘Kesari’ was edited by ____
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Balgangadhar Tilak
(c) Chitta Ranjan Das
(d) Sarojini Naidu

17. Which of the following movement is associated with Chitta Ranjan Das?
(a) Quit India Movement
(b) The Salt March
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) None of these

18. The Vernacular Press Act was enacted in ____
(a) 1840
(b) 1857
(c) 1878
(d) 1890

19. Second World War ended in ____
(a) 1910
(b) 1920
(c) 1945
(d) 1947

20. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of free India?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

21. The Second world war broke out in the year _____

(a) 1910
(b) 1920
(c) 1945
(d) 1939

22. Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it was said by _______

(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Balgangadhar Tilak
(c) Chitta Ranjan Das
(d) Sarojini Naidu

23. ______ partitioned Bengal in 1905

(a) A.O.Hume
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Dalhousie
 
24. The Akali agitation of the Sikhs took place in _____
(a) Russia
(b) England
(c) China
(d) Punjab
 
25. In Andhra the movement against the partition of Bengal was called ____ movement
(a) Dalla
(b) Khilfat
(c) Vandemataram
(d) None of the above

Answers:

1. (a) 1885
2. (a) Dalla
3. (d) 1907
4. (a) Russia
5. (a) Rashtriya Swayam sevak Sangh
6. (c) 26th January 1930
7. (a) 1937
8. (c) 7
9. (a) 16th August 1946
10. (d) 1878
11. (b) 72
12. (a) A.O.Hume
13. (d) 1915
14. (b) 1922
15. (a)Congress
16.(b) Balgangadhar Tilak
17.(c) Non-Cooperation Movement
18.(c) 1878
19.(c) 1945
20.(c) C. Rajagopalachari
21.(d) 1939
22.(b) Balgangadhar Tilak
23.(b) Lord Curzon
24.(d) Punjab
25.(c) Vandemataram

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