Indian National Movement - Quiz
Set 1
1. Which Indian leader formulated the 'Drain Theory' explaining the economic exploitation of British India?
Dadabhai Naoroji
2. Which Britisher took the initiative to form the Indian National Congress?
A.O. Hume (Allan Octavian Hume)
3. Who is known as the 'Grand Old Man of India'?
Dadabhai Naoroji
4. Who was the main social reformer who worked to abolish the evil practice of Sati?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
5. In which year was the Indian National Congress formed?
1885
6. Who wrote the famous book 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India'?
Dadabhai Naoroji
7. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
8. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
Bombay (Mumbai)
9. Which social reformer founded the 'Satyashodhak Samaj' to fight against caste system and priestly dominance?
Jyotiba Phule
10. Who called Raja Ram Mohan Roy as the 'Father of Indian Renaissance'?
Rabindranath Tagore
11. Which social reformer, honored as 'Pandita', worked for the education and remarriage of widows?
Pandita Ramabai
12. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
W.C. Bonnerjee
13. What was the main factor that helped Western-educated Indians to realize the true face of British rule?
Familiarity with Western ideas like democracy, liberty, equality, etc.
14. Who wrote the book 'Gulamgiri' (Slavery)?
Jyotiba Phule
15. What are the three 'P's used to describe the early activities (Moderate phase) of Congress?
Petition, Prayer, Protest
16. Who founded the institution 'Sharada Sadan'?
Pandita Ramabai
17. Who was the first Indian member of the British Parliament?
Dadabhai Naoroji
18. Who founded the East India Association in London?
Dadabhai Naoroji (1866)
19. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the formation of the Indian National Congress?
Lord Dufferin
20. Name a prominent leader from the 'Moderate' group.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale (or Pherozeshah Mehta, Dadabhai Naoroji)
Set 2
1. In which year did the Partition of Bengal take place?
1905
2. Which event is considered the biggest example of the British policy of 'Divide and Rule'?
Partition of Bengal (1905)
3. Who was the Viceroy who implemented the Partition of Bengal?
Lord Curzon
4. "Freedom is my birthright, and I shall have it" - Whose words are these?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
5. Who were the extremist leaders known as Lal-Bal-Pal?
Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal
6. Who started the newspapers 'Kesari' and 'Maratha'?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
7. At which session did the Moderates and Extremists of the Indian National Congress split?
Surat Session (1907)
8. Which movement arose at the national level against the Partition of Bengal?
Swadeshi Movement
9. Who founded the reform movement 'Arya Samaj'?
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
10. Which social reformer called for 'Back to the Vedas'?
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
11. Who was a prominent founder of the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha?
Mahadev Govind Ranade
12. Which famous novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee contains the song 'Vande Mataram'?
Anandamath
13. 'Amrita Bazar Patrika' is associated with whom?
Shisir Kumar Ghosh, Motilal Ghosh
14. Who founded the Prarthana Samaj?
Atmaram Pandurang
15. Who were the main leaders in establishing the Madras Mahajana Sabha?
G. Subramania Iyer, M. Veeraraghavachariar, P. Anandacharlu
16. Which moderate leader criticized British economic policies through the book 'The Economic History of India'?
Ramesh Chandra Dutt (R.C. Dutt)
17. Who used Shivaji and Ganapati festivals to foster national consciousness?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
18. Who was the extremist leader known as the 'Lion of Punjab'?
Lala Lajpat Rai
19. Who founded the Indian Association of Calcutta?
Surendranath Banerjee
20. In which year was the Partition of Bengal annulled?
1911
Set 3
1. Who were the main leaders who started the Home Rule Movement in India?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant
2. Where was the headquarters of Annie Besant's Home Rule League?
Adyar (Madras)
3. Who founded the revolutionary organization 'Abhinav Bharat'?
V.D. Savarkar
4. Which revolutionary established 'India House' in London?
Shyamji Krishna Varma
5. Where was the 'Ghadar Party' formed?
San Francisco (USA)
6. Which moderate leader founded the 'Servants of India Society'?
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
7. In which year did the Home Rule Movement start?
1916
8. In which province did the revolutionary organization 'Anushilan Samiti' mainly operate?
Bengal
9. Who started the newspapers 'Commonweal' and 'New India'?
Annie Besant
10. Who was the founding president of the Ghadar Party?
Sohan Singh Bhakna
11. In which year was the Muslim League formed?
1906
12. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
Swami Vivekananda
13. Which Congress session saw the reunion of Moderates and Extremists?
Lucknow Session (1916)
14. The newspaper 'Yugantar' is associated with which revolutionary organization?
Anushilan Samiti
15. Who wrote the play 'Neel Darpan' depicting the plight of indigo farmers in Bengal?
Dinabandhu Mitra
16. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
Annie Besant (1917, Calcutta Session)
17. The organization 'Mitra Mela' was later known by which name?
Abhinav Bharat
18. Which Irish woman came to India attracted by the activities of the Theosophical Society?
Annie Besant
19. Which leader said, "Political freedom is the breath of life for a nation"?
Aurobindo Ghosh
20. Name the prominent leaders who helped establish the Bombay Presidency Association.
Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozeshah Mehta, K.T. Telang
Set 4
1. Which revolutionaries threw bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly protesting the passing of the 'Public Safety Bill'?
Bhagat Singh, Batukeshwar Dutt
2. Who played a major role in founding the 'Hindustan Socialist Republican Association' (HSRA)?
Chandrasekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh
3. Which revolutionary popularized the slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad'?
Bhagat Singh
4. Which Indian revolutionary assassinated Curzon Wyllie in London?
Madan Lal Dhingra
5. Which social reformer argued that Western education is essential for the social and moral upliftment of man?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
6. Who criticized British policies through the Bengali weekly 'Sampad Prakash'?
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
7. Who led the Aligarh Movement?
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
8. Who led the Chittagong Armoury Raid?
Surya Sen (Master Da)
9. Which leader was called the 'Father of Indian Unrest' by the British?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
10. Which extremist leader started the newspaper 'Vande Mataram'?
Aurobindo Ghosh
11. Which social reformer worked for the passing of the Widow Remarriage Act?
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
12. Who is known as the political guru of Gandhiji?
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
13. Who founded the 'Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha'?
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
14. Which Indian leader established the 'Free India Center' in Germany?
Subhas Chandra Bose
15. Which was the first revolutionary organization formed outside India?
India House (London)
16. Who wrote the book 'The Indian War of Independence 1857'?
V.D. Savarkar
17. Which reform granted separate electorates to Muslims?
Minto-Morley Reforms (1909)
18. Who founded the revolutionary organization 'Bharat Mata Society'?
J.M. Chatterjee, Neelakanta Brahmachari
19. Who started the 'Self-Respect Movement'?
E.V. Ramasamy Naicker (Periyar)
20. Who founded the 'Mukti Mission' for the upliftment of women?
Pandita Ramabai
Set 5
1. Who founded the newspaper 'The Hindu'?
G. Subramania Iyer
2. Who called for the celebration of 'Raksha Bandhan' as a protest against the Partition of Bengal?
Rabindranath Tagore
3. Where did Gandhiji start the newspaper 'Indian Opinion'?
South Africa
4. Name a founding leader of the Anushilan Samiti.
Promothanath Mitra (P. Mitra)
5. Lala Hardayal is associated with which revolutionary movement?
Ghadar Party
6. Who founded the 'Bharat Stree Mahamandal' in Allahabad?
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
7. Which extremist leader played a major role in founding the Deccan Education Society?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
8. The 'Safety Valve Theory' regarding the Indian National Congress is associated with whom?
A.O. Hume
9. Who started the first newspaper in India, 'Bengal Gazette'?
James Augustus Hicky
10. Which revolutionary wrote the essay 'Why I am an Atheist'?
Bhagat Singh
11. Where was the headquarters of Tilak's Home Rule League?
Pune
12. After the Surat split, where did Aurobindo Ghosh retire from politics and establish an ashram?
Pondicherry (Puducherry)
13. Which social reformer from Andhra founded the 'Hitakarini Samaj'?
Veeresalingam Pantulu
14. Who started the publication 'Indian Sociologist' in London?
Shyamji Krishna Varma
15. Which movement declared, "Boycott of foreign goods is the most effective remedy for our sufferings"?
Swadeshi Movement
16. Which moderate leader founded the English newspaper 'Bombay Chronicle'?
Pherozeshah Mehta
17. Which organization was founded by Sree Narayana Guru to fight caste discrimination?
Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP)
18. Who founded the revolutionary youth organization 'Naujawan Bharat Sabha'?
Bhagat Singh
19. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
Badruddin Tyabji (1887, Madras)
20. Which nationalist started the newspaper 'Panchajanya' (in Kerala context)?
K. Kelappan (related to Kerala's national movement)