Indian National Movement MCQs for UP PET (in English)

Most Important Objective MCQs Questions in English on Indian National Movement for UPSSSC UP PET Exam. All topics question answer as per UPSSSC syllabus for upcoming exam in 2024-2025.

Indian National Movement MCQs for UP PET (in English)

Early Years of the Freedom Movement

Q.1: Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’ for his contributions to the early Indian freedom movement?

A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Dadabhai Naoroji
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Answer
Answer: B) Dadabhai Naoroji

Q.2: Which event marked the beginning of the organized Indian National Movement?

A) Formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885
B) The Revolt of 1857
C) The partition of Bengal in 1905
D) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Answer
Answer: A) Formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885

Q.3: Who was the founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform movement that influenced Indian nationalism?

A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
D) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer
Answer: C) Swami Dayananda Saraswati

Q.4: Which Indian leader is known for his efforts in promoting the idea of ‘Swaraj’ or self-rule?

A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Subhash Chandra Bose

Answer
Answer: A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q.5: The partition of which province in 1905 led to widespread protests and marked the beginning of the Swadeshi Movement?

A) Punjab
B) Bengal
C) Maharashtra
D) Madras

Answer
Answer: B) Bengal

Q.6: Who authored the book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’?

A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C) Dadabhai Naoroji
D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Answer
Answer: C) Dadabhai Naoroji

Q.7: The Indian National Congress was established in 1885 with the assistance of which British civil servant?

A) Allan Octavian Hume
B) Lord Curzon
C) Lord Ripon
D) Lord Mountbatten

Answer
Answer: A) Allan Octavian Hume

Q.8: Which social reformer founded the Brahmo Samaj?

A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C) Swami Vivekananda
D) Jyotirao Phule

Answer
Answer: A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Q.9: Which movement aimed at the abolition of untouchability and the upliftment of the lower castes was initiated by Mahatma Gandhi?

A) Harijan Movement
B) Khilafat Movement
C) Non-Cooperation Movement
D) Civil Disobedience Movement

Answer
Answer: A) Harijan Movement

Q.10: Who among the following leaders was not associated with the Indian National Congress?

A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Bipin Chandra Pal
C) Aurobindo Ghosh
D) Rani Lakshmibai

Answer
Answer: D) Rani Lakshmibai

Swadeshi and Civil Disobedience Movement: Mahatma Gandhi and Others

Q.1: The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in which year?

A) 1919
B) 1920
C) 1921
D) 1922

Answer
Answer: B) 1920

Q.2: What was the primary objective of the Swadeshi Movement?

A) To promote Indian-made goods
B) To abolish the caste system
C) To gain immediate independence from British rule
D) To promote Western education

Answer
Answer: A) To promote Indian-made goods

Q3: Which event triggered the Non-Cooperation Movement?

A) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
B) The partition of Bengal
C) The Rowlatt Act
D) Simon Commission arrival

Answer
Answer: A) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Q.4: The Dandi March was associated with which movement?

A) Non-Cooperation Movement
B) Civil Disobedience Movement
C) Quit India Movement
D) Swadeshi Movement

Answer
Answer: B) Civil Disobedience Movement

Q 5: Who was the President of the Indian National Congress during the Lahore session in 1929 where the demand for ‘Purna Swaraj’ was made?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Subhash Chandra Bose

Answer
Answer: A) Jawaharlal Nehru

Q.6: Which leader is associated with the slogan “Do or Die”?

A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Subhash Chandra Bose
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Answer
Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi

Q.7: Which British law sought to curb the growing nationalist movement and was met with widespread protest, leading to the Civil Disobedience Movement?

A) Rowlatt Act
B) Government of India Act, 1935
C) Vernacular Press Act
D) Indian Councils Act

Answer
Answer: A) Rowlatt Act

Q.8: Who was the viceroy of India during the Civil Disobedience Movement?

A) Lord Curzon
B) Lord Irwin
C) Lord Mountbatten
D) Lord Chelmsford

Answer
Answer: B) Lord Irwin

Q.9: Which movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi after the failure of the Cripps Mission?

A) Non-Cooperation Movement
B) Civil Disobedience Movement
C) Quit India Movement
D) Swadeshi Movement

Answer
Answer: C) Quit India Movement

Q.10: The Simon Commission, which was boycotted by Indian leaders, arrived in India in which year?

A) 1925
B) 1926
C) 1927
D) 1928

Answer
Answer: D) 1928

Role of Leaders

Q1: Who among the following was known as the ‘Iron Man of India’?

A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Subhash Chandra Bose

Answer
Answer: C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Q.2: Who was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress?

A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Annie Besant
C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D) Indira Gandhi

Answer
Answer: B) Annie Besant

Q.3: Which leader was known for his slogan “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?

A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer
Answer: B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q.4: Who was the leader of the revolutionary group ‘Hindustan Socialist Republican Association’ (HSRA)?

A) Bhagat Singh
B) Chandrasekhar Azad
C) Subhash Chandra Bose
D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Answer
Answer: A) Bhagat Singh

Q.5: Who was known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?

A) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D) C. Rajagopalachari

Answer
Answer: A) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Q.6: Which Indian nationalist leader founded the Indian National Army (INA)?

A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhash Chandra Bose
D) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer
Answer: C) Subhash Chandra Bose

Q.7: Who was the first Indian Governor-General of independent India?

A) C. Rajagopalachari
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer
Answer: A) C. Rajagopalachari

Q8: Which prominent Indian leader was known as the ‘Lion of Punjab’?

A) Bhagat Singh
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Udham Singh
D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Answer
Answer: B) Lala Lajpat Rai

Q.9: Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India?

A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Answer
Answer: C) Jawaharlal Nehru

Q.10: Which leader’s birthday on 23rd January is celebrated as ‘Parakram Diwas’ in India?

A) Bhagat Singh
B) Subhash Chandra Bose
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer
Answer: B) Subhash Chandra Bose

Revolutionary Movement and Rise of Militant Nationalism

Q1: Who was the leader of the Chittagong Armoury Raid?

A) Bhagat Singh
B) Surya Sen
C) Chandrasekhar Azad
D) Subhash Chandra Bose

Answer
Answer: B) Surya Sen

Q2: Which revolutionary group was responsible for the assassination of British police officer J.P. Saunders?

A) Indian National Army
B) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
C) Ghadar Party
D) Anushilan Samiti

Answer
Answer: B) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

Q.3: The Kakori Conspiracy Case of 1925 was associated with which group?

A) Indian National Congress
B) Hindustan Republican Association
C) Anushilan Samiti
D) Ghadar Party

Answer
Answer: B) Hindustan Republican Association

Q.4: Who was the founder of the Ghadar Party?

A) Lala Har Dayal
B) Bhagat Singh
C) Subhash Chandra Bose
D) Udham Singh

Answer
Answer: A) Lala Har Dayal

Q.5: Which revolutionary leader attempted to assassinate Lord Hardinge, the Viceroy of India?

A) Khudiram Bose
B) Rash Behari Bose
C) Madan Lal Dhingra
D) Aurobindo Ghosh

Answer
Answer: B) Rash Behari Bose

Q.6: The song ‘Vande Mataram’ became a symbol of the freedom struggle. Who composed it?

A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
C) Aurobindo Ghosh
D) Subhash Chandra Bose

Answer
Answer: B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Q.7: Which revolutionary was involved in the attempt to kill Lord Curzon Wyllie in London?

A) Bhagat Singh
B) Madan Lal Dhingra
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Sardar Ajit Singh

Answer
Answer: B) Madan Lal Dhingra

Q.8: Who among the following revolutionaries was not a part of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association?

A) Bhagat Singh
B) Sukhdev
C) Rajguru
D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Answer
Answer: D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Q.9: Which revolutionary organization was formed by Aurobindo Ghosh and his brother Barindra Ghosh?

A) Anushilan Samiti
B) Abhinav Bharat
C) Ghadar Party
D) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

Answer
Answer: A) Anushilan Samiti

Q.10: Who among the following revolutionaries was involved in the assassination of Michael O’Dwyer in London?

A) Udham Singh
B) Bhagat Singh
C) Chandrasekhar Azad
D) Ram Prasad Bismil

Answer
Answer: A) Udham Singh

Legislative Amendments and British India Act, 1935

Q.1: The Government of India Act, 1935 introduced which form of government in the provinces?

A) Dyarchy
B) Federal
C) Parliamentary
D) Presidential

Answer
Answer: B) Federal

Q2: Which Act was the first to introduce the principle of ‘separate electorates’ for Muslims in India?

A) Indian Councils Act, 1909
B) Government of India Act, 1919
C) Government of India Act, 1935
D) Indian Independence Act, 1947

Answer
Answer: A) Indian Councils Act, 1909

Q.3: The concept of a Federal Court for India was introduced by which Act?

A) Indian Councils Act, 1892
B) Indian Councils Act, 1909
C) Government of India Act, 1919
D) Government of India Act, 1935

Answer
Answer: D) Government of India Act, 1935

Q.4: Which British law allowed the Governor-General to issue ordinances for India’s governance?

A) Government of India Act, 1919
B) Government of India Act, 1935
C) Indian Councils Act, 1892
D) Indian Independence Act, 1947

Answer
Answer: B) Government of India Act, 1935

Q.5: Under the Government of India Act, 1935, how many provinces were there in British India?

A) 7
B) 11
C) 14
D) 17

Answer
Answer: D) 17

Q.6: Which legislative body was created as a result of the Government of India Act, 1935?

A) Lok Sabha
B) Rajya Sabha
C) Federal Assembly
D) Constituent Assembly

Answer
Answer: C) Federal Assembly

Q.7: Which Act marked the end of the British East India Company’s rule in India?

A) Government of India Act, 1858
B) Indian Councils Act, 1861
C) Government of India Act, 1935
D) Indian Independence Act, 1947

Answer
Answer: A) Government of India Act, 1858

Q.8: The principle of ‘provincial autonomy’ was introduced in India by which Act?

A) Indian Councils Act, 1909
B) Government of India Act, 1919
C) Government of India Act, 1935
D) Indian Independence Act, 1947

Answer
Answer: C) Government of India Act, 1935

Q.9: Which Act provided for the establishment of a ‘Federal Reserve Bank of India’?

A) Indian Councils Act, 1892
B) Government of India Act, 1919
C) Government of India Act, 1935
D) Indian Independence Act, 1947

Answer
Answer: C) Government of India Act, 1935

Q.10: Which constitutional document was the basis for the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms?

A) Government of India Act, 1858
B) Indian Councils Act, 1909
C) Government of India Act, 1919
D) Government of India Act, 1935

Answer
Answer: C) Government of India Act, 1919

Quit India Movement, Azad Hind Fauj and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Q.1: The Quit India Movement was launched in which year?

A) 1940
B) 1941
C) 1942
D) 1943

Answer
Answer: C) 1942

Q.2: Who gave the famous slogan ‘Do or Die’ during the Quit India Movement?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhash Chandra Bose
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer
Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi

Q.3: What was the primary objective of the Quit India Movement?

A) Immediate independence from British rule
B) Social and economic reforms
C) Support for World War II
D) Abolition of the caste system

Answer
Answer: A) Immediate independence from British rule

Q.4: Which leader formed the Indian National Army (INA) or Azad Hind Fauj?

A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhash Chandra Bose
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer
Answer: C) Subhash Chandra Bose

Q5: The slogan ‘Jai Hind’ is associated with which Indian leader?

A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhash Chandra Bose
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer
Answer: C) Subhash Chandra Bose

Q.6: Subhash Chandra Bose escaped from house arrest in India to seek international support for India’s independence in which year?

A) 1940
B) 1941
C) 1942
D) 1943

Answer
Answer: B) 1941

Q.7: The Provisional Government of Free India (Azad Hind) was established in which city?

A) Tokyo
B) Berlin
C) Singapore
D) Rangoon

Answer
Answer: C) Singapore

Q.8: Which military operation was undertaken by the Indian National Army under Subhash Chandra Bose against British forces?

A) Operation Blue Star
B) Operation U-Go
C) Battle of Imphal
D) Battle of Kohima

Answer
Answer: C) Battle of Imphal

Q.9: In which country did Subhash Chandra Bose meet Adolf Hitler to seek support for India’s independence?

A) Japan
B) Germany
C) Italy
D) Russia

Answer
Answer: B) Germany

Q.10: Which phrase is famously attributed to Subhash Chandra Bose, inspiring Indians to join the freedom struggle?

A) “Swaraj is my birthright”
B) “Do or Die”
C) “Give me blood, and I shall give you freedom”
D) “Vande Mataram”

Answer
Answer: C) “Give me blood, and I shall give you freedom”

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