HISTORY MCQS SET 65

HISTORY MCQS SET 65

641) Who was the first Englishman to preside over the Congress session at Allahabad in 1908?
A) W. Wedderbum
B) A.O. Hume
C) George Yule
D) Mrs. Annie Besant
Answer:  George Yule
   
642) Who was the first Muslim president of the INC?
A) Hakim Ajmal Khan
B) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
C) Abul Kalam Azad
D) Badruddin Tayabjee
Answer:  Badruddin Tayabjee
   
643) Which of the following did not have an important role in the Swadeshi movement ?
A) Women
B) Peasants
C) Students
D) Muslims
Answer:  Peasants
   
644) M.K Gandhi applied his 'Satyagraha' first against the
A) European indigo planters
B) Mili owners of Ahmedabad.
C) British government to protest against the Rowlatt Acts
D) Racist authorities of South Africa.
Answer:  Racist authorities of South Africa.
   
645) The cardinal principle of Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha was
A) Fearlessness
B) Truthfulness
C) Non violence
D) All of these
Answer:  Non violence

646) First great experiment in satyagraha came in 1917 in
A) Ahmedabad
B) Champaran
C) Sabarmati
D) Bardoli
Answer:  Champaran
   
647) Gandhiji's Champaran Movement was for
A) The security of rights of Harijans
B) Civil disobedience movement
C) Maintaining the unity of Hindu society
D) Solving the problem of the indigo workers
Answer:  Solving the problem of the indigo workers
   
648) Who was the political guru of Gandhiji ?
A) Nauroji
B) Gokhale
C) Tilak
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer:  Gokhale
   
649) Who gave the call "Do or Die" ?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Lala Lajpat Rai
D) Subhash Bose
Answer:  Mahatma Gandhi
   
650) When was Purna Swaraj day first decided to be celebrated ?
A) 15th August, 1947
B) 15th August, 1930
C) 26th January, 1950
D) 26th January, 1930
Answer:  26th January, 1930