Indian National Movement PYQ – Indian National Congress, Growth Of Satyagraha And Militant Movements – Part 3 (Q 101–150)
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1.
COMBINED ACCOUNTANT – TREASURY DEPT – 2024
Which one is the correct chronological order of the following events?
(I) Quit India Movement
(II) Shimla Conference
(III) Poona Pact
(IV) Cabinet Mission
Correct Answer: C [(III), (I), (II), (IV)]
Explanation:
The order is Poona Pact (1932), Quit India Movement (1942), Shimla Conference (1945) and Cabinet Mission (1946).
2.
COMBINED ACCOUNTANT – TREASURY DEPT – 2024
Who was the first Satyagrahi to offer 'Individual Satyagraha' in 1940?
Correct Answer: C [Vinoba Bhave]
Explanation:
Vinoba Bhave was the first satyagrahi in Gandhi's Individual Satyagraha, launched on 17 October 1940.
3.
AAO & AHO – 2024
Which Viceroy convened the 'Simla Conference' in 1945?
Correct Answer: A [Lord Wavell]
Explanation:
Viceroy Lord Wavell convened the Shimla Conference in June 1945, which failed when Jinnah insisted on nominating all Muslim members.
4.
AAO & AHO – 2024
Match the following: Venues of congress sessions with the year.
(a) Delhi – 1. 1887
(b) Lahore – 2. 1888
(c) Allahabad – 3. 1893
(d) Madras – 4. 1932
Correct Answer: D [4 3 2 1]
Explanation:
Madras session was in 1887, Allahabad in 1888, Lahore in 1893 and Delhi in 1932, giving the code 4 3 2 1.
5.
GROUP 4 – 2024
Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla Khan were arrested and tried in the ________ case.
Correct Answer: B [Kakori conspiracy case]
Explanation:
Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla Khan were tried in the Kakori conspiracy case, after the HRA's train robbery near Lucknow on 9 August 1925.
6.
GROUP 4 – 2024 · REPORTER – 2022
Who appeared in the court in defence of revolutionary nationalists in the Alipur blast case?
Correct Answer: A [Chittaranjan Das]
Explanation:
Chittaranjan Das defended Aurobindo Ghose and other revolutionaries in the Alipore bomb case of 1908.
7.
GROUP 4 – 2024
________ started a mass Raksha Bandhan festival during Partition of Bengal.
Correct Answer: D [Rabindranath Tagore]
Explanation:
Rabindranath Tagore launched a mass Raksha Bandhan festival on 16 October 1905, when the partition of Bengal took effect, to show Hindu-Muslim unity.
8.
GROUP 1 – 2024
Arrange the chronological order:
(1) Mitra Mela
(2) Anushilan Samiti
(3) Indian Home Rule Society
(4) Hindustan Ghadar
Correct Answer: A [(1) – (2) – (3) – (4)]
Explanation:
The order is Mitra Mela (1899), Anushilan Samiti (1902), Indian Home Rule Society (1905) and Hindustan Ghadar Party (1913).
9.
GROUP 1 – 2024
Arrange the following events in chronological order:
(1) Government of India Act 1935
(2) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(3) Communal Award
(4) Cripps Mission
Correct Answer: C [(2), (3), (1), (4)]
Explanation:
The order is Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931), Communal Award (1932), Government of India Act (1935) and Cripps Mission (1942).
10.
GROUP 1 – 2024
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
Correct Answer: B [Savitri Bai Phule – Servants of India Society]
Explanation:
The Servants of India Society was founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1905, not Savitribai Phule, so that pair is wrong.
11.
GROUP 1 – 2024
Read the following passage and answer which event or movement is mentioned here:
"It left a profound impact on the political history of India. From a political angle the measure accentuated Hindu-Muslim differences in the region. By giving Muslims a separate territorial identity and a communal electorate the British government in a subtle manner tried to neutralise the possibility of major Muslim participation in the "Indian National Congress"."
Correct Answer: A [Partition of Bengal]
Explanation:
The passage describes the 1905 partition of Bengal, which created a Muslim-majority province and divided people along religious lines.
12.
GROUP 1 – 2024
Reason and Assertion type:
Assertion [A]: Mahatma Gandhi suspended the Non-Cooperation movement in 1922 due to Chauri Chaura Incident
Reason [R]: Subhash Chandra Bose and some other leaders opposed the idea of Non-Violent struggle
Correct Answer: A [[A] is true [R] is false]
Explanation:
Gandhi suspended the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922 after the violence at Chauri Chaura, so the assertion is true while the reason is false.
13.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (IV POST) – 2024
Match the following List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) Delhi Durbar – 1. 1883
(b) Vernacular Press Act – 2. 1908
(c) Ilbert Bill – 3. 1878
(d) Alipore Bomb conspiracy case – 4. 1911
Correct Answer: B [4 3 1 2]
Explanation:
The Delhi Durbar was in 1911, the Vernacular Press Act in 1878 and the Ilbert Bill in 1883, so the list matches as 4 3 1 2.
14.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (NON IV POST) – 2024
Which of the following statements are true about Indian National Congress?
(i) W.C. Banerjee was the first President of Indian National Congress held at Bombay
(ii) Dadabhai Naoroji was the second President of Indian National Congress held at Calcutta
(iii) Gopala Krishna Gokhale was the third President of Indian National Congress held at Lahore
Correct Answer: C [(i) and (ii) only]
Explanation:
W.C. Banerjee was the first Congress president (1885) and Naoroji presided in 1886, but the third session was at Madras in 1887, so only (i) and (ii) are true.
15.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (NON IV POST) – 2024
Match the following with their correct year.
(a) Neill Statue Satyagraha – 1. 1921
(b) Purna Swaraj Day – 2. 1926
(c) Boycott of the Duke of Connaught – 3. 1927
(d) Justice party set back in the Election – 4. 1930
Correct Answer: C [3 4 1 2]
Explanation:
The Neill Statue Satyagraha was in 1927 and Purna Swaraj Day in 1930, matching the other events as 3 4 1 2.
16.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (ITI POST) – 2024
Who formed Dawn society with the idea of education in vernacular languages?
Correct Answer: B [Satish Chandra Mukherjee]
Explanation:
Satish Chandra Mukherjee founded the Dawn Society in 1902 with the idea of national education in vernacular languages.
17.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (ITI POST) – 2024
________ place was previously called as 'Makkis Garden'.
Correct Answer: D [Thousand lights]
Explanation:
The third Congress session of 1887 at Madras was held in Makkis Garden, the place now called Thousand Lights.
18.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (ITI POST) – 2024
Indian Nationalist Movement in 1919, entered into a Mass phase under the leadership of ________.
Correct Answer: D [Gandhiji]
Explanation:
In 1919 the nationalist movement became a mass movement under Gandhi through the Rowlatt Satyagraha.
19.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (IV POST – II) – 2024
Reason and Assertion type.
Assertion [A]: The Quit India Movement is also known as August Revolution
Reason [R]: The AICC passed the Quit India Resolution on 8th August 1942 at Bombay
Correct Answer: B [Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A]]
Explanation:
The Quit India Movement is also called the August Revolution because the AICC passed the resolution on 8 August 1942 at Bombay, so the reason explains the assertion.
20.
GROUP 1B & 1C – 2024
Which incident forced Gandhi to start fast unto death in Yerwada Jail in September 1932?
Correct Answer: C [Ramsay Macdonald announced the communal award]
Explanation:
Ramsay MacDonald's Communal Award of 1932 gave the depressed classes separate electorates, so Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yerwada Jail.
21.
GROUP 1B & 1C – 2024
Assertion [A]: 1922 Mahatma Gandhi suspended the non co-operation movement
Reason [R]: C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru resented the movement
Correct Answer: C [[A] is true but [R] is false]
Explanation:
Gandhi suspended Non-Cooperation in 1922 after the Chauri Chaura violence, but C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru did not resent the movement, so the assertion is true and the reason false.
22.
GROUP 1B & 1C – 2024
Choose the right matches:
- Anushilan Samiti – Promotha Mitter
- Dacca Anushilan Samiti – Ajit Singh
- Anjuman-i-Mohibban-i-Watan – Ashfaqulla Khan
- Hindustan Republican Army – Pulin Das
Correct Answer: A [1 only is correct]
Explanation:
Calcutta's Anushilan Samiti was founded by Promotha Mitter, so only the first pair is correct.
23.
GROUP 1B & 1C – 2024
"The congress should get entry into the councils not to cooperate with the Government but to non-cooperate with it". Who among the following made this statement?
Correct Answer: A [Pandit Motilal Nehru and Desh Bandhu Chittaranjan Das]
Explanation:
After Non-Cooperation was withdrawn, C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru, leaders of the Swarajists, wanted to enter the councils to obstruct the government from within.
24.
GROUP 1B & 1C – 2024 · AAO & AHO – 2024
The Indian National Army was originally founded in Singapore in 1942 by
Correct Answer: B [General Mohan Singh]
Explanation:
The Indian National Army was first raised in Singapore in 1942 by Captain Mohan Singh, a British Indian Army officer, using Indian prisoners of war captured by the Japanese.
25.
GROUP 1B & 1C – 2024
Match correctly the Indian National Congress Session with its location
(a) First session of INC – 1. Calcutta
(b) Second session of INC – 2. Bombay
(c) Third session of INC – 3. Allahabad
(d) Fourth session of INC – 4. Madras
Correct Answer: D [2 1 4 3]
Explanation:
The Congress met at Bombay in 1885, Calcutta in 1886, Madras in 1887 and Allahabad in 1888, giving the code 2 1 4 3.
26.
SPECIAL COMPETITIVE – 2025
When was Subhas Chandra Bose become the President of the Indian National Congress?
Correct Answer: C [1938]
Explanation:
Subhas Chandra Bose first became Congress president in 1938 at the Haripura session.
27.
SPECIAL COMPETITIVE – 2025
Assertion [A]: The Karachi session held in March 1931, Presided over by Sardar Vallabhai Patel, adopted a resolution of Fundamental Rights and Duties and provided on insight into what the economic policy of an independent India.
Reason [R]: These rights and the social and economic programmes were derived from a firm conviction that political freedom and economic freedom were inseparable.
Correct Answer: B [Both [A] and [R] are true; and [R] is the correct explanation of [A]]
Explanation:
The Karachi session of March 1931 under Patel endorsed the Gandhi-Irwin Pact and adopted a resolution on fundamental rights and economic policy, so the reason explains the assertion.
28.
SPECIAL COMPETITIVE – 2025 · CAGS – 2022
Who organized "Khudai Khidmatgar" in North West Frontier Provinces?
Correct Answer: A [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan]
Explanation:
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the Frontier Gandhi, organised the non-violent Khudai Khidmatgar (Red Shirts) among the Pathans of the North-West Frontier Province.
29.
GROUP 1 & 1A – 2025
Arrange the following events in chronological order.
(i) Ahemadabad Mill Strike
(ii) Champaran Satyagraha
(iii) Kheda Satyagraha
(iv) Rowlatt Satyagraha
Correct Answer: A [(ii), (i), (iii), (iv)]
Explanation:
Gandhi's early satyagrahas in order were Champaran (1917), Ahmedabad mill strike (1918), Kheda (1918) and the Rowlatt Satyagraha (1919).
30.
GROUP 1 & 1A – 2025
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
Correct Answer: B [Ghadar Party – Lala Hardayal]
Explanation:
The Ghadar Party was founded in 1913 at San Francisco by Lala Har Dayal, whereas the other pairs are wrongly matched.
31.
GROUP 1 & 1A – 2025
Arrange the following events in chronological order:
(1) Salt Satyagraha
(2) Swadeshi Movement
(3) Quit India Movement
(4) Non Co-operation Movement
Correct Answer: D [(2), (4), (1), (3)]
Explanation:
The order is Swadeshi Movement (1905), Non-Cooperation (1920-22), Salt Satyagraha (1930) and Quit India Movement (1942).
32.
GROUP 1 & 1A – 2025 · BURSAR – 2023
On 24th September 1932, Poona pact was signed between
Correct Answer: C [Gandhi – Ambedkar]
Explanation:
The Poona Pact of 24 September 1932 was signed between Gandhi and Ambedkar, ending Gandhi's fast over the Communal Award.
33.
GROUP 4 – 2025
Assertion [A]: Rabindranath Tagore surrendered his knighthood.
Reason [R]: On 13th April 1919 Jalianwala Bagh Massacre occurred in Amritsar.
Correct Answer: B [Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A]]
Explanation:
Tagore gave up his knighthood to protest the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 13 April 1919, when General Dyer fired on a peaceful crowd at Amritsar.
34.
GROUP 4 – 2025
Which of the following points were accepted in Gandhi-Irwin Pact?
(i) People allowed to make salt for their consumption.
(ii) Not releasing the political prisoners who had not indulged in violence.
(iii) Permitted picketing of foreign cloth shops.
(iv) Reduced the death sentence of Bhagat Singh and his Comrades.
Correct Answer: B [(i) and (iii) only]
Explanation:
Under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact coastal people could make salt for their own use and non-violent prisoners were freed, but not all prisoners, so (i) and (iii) are correct.
35.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (IV POST) – 2025
Arrange the following Event in chronological order
(1) Rowlatt Act
(2) The Indian Press Act
(3) The defence of India Act
(4) Khilafat Committee held at Bombay
Correct Answer: D [(2), (3), (1), (4)]
Explanation:
The Indian Press Act was passed in 1910, the Defence of India Act in 1915, the Rowlatt Act in 1919 and the Khilafat Committee formed in 1919-20, giving 2, 3, 1, 4.
36.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (NON IV POST) – 2025
How did the Drain of Wealth theory of the British affect India?
(i) Poverty and Famine
(ii) Stagnant Economic Development
(iii) Decreased Tax Burden
Correct Answer: B [(i) and (ii) only]
Explanation:
Naoroji's Drain of Wealth theory held that India's wealth flowed to Britain, causing poverty, famine and stagnant economic development, so (i) and (ii) are correct.
37.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (NON IV POST) – 2025
Which of the following statements are true about Indian National Congress?
(i) Many Indians had been planning to form an all Indian organisation of Nationalist political workers. But the credit for giving the idea concrete and final shape goes to A.O. Hume.
(ii) The First session of the Indian National Congress at calcutta in December 1885
(iii) It was presided over by W.C. Banerjee
Correct Answer: B [(i) and (iii)]
Explanation:
Indian leaders had been planning an all-India organisation before 1885, and the Congress was founded with the help of retired civil servant A.O. Hume, so (i) and (iii) are true.
38.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (NON IV POST) – 2025
(1) Radhakanta Deb – First president of the British Indian Association
(2) Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty – Founder of the Madras Native Association
(3) Surendranath Banerjee – Founder of the Indian Association
Which of the above pair is/are correctly matched?
Correct Answer: D [(1), (2) and (3)]
Explanation:
Radhakanta Deb headed the British Indian Association, Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty founded the Madras Native Association, and the third pair is also right, so (1), (2) and (3) are correct.
39.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (ITI POST) – 2025
Which of the following statements are true about Indian National congress?
(i) In 1885, A.O. Hume started the Indian National congress with the permission of Lord Dufferin.
(ii) In Bombay, first session of Indian National Congress, they passed Nine resolutions.
(iii) The first resolution was brought by G. Subramaniyar, editor of Hindu Magazine.
(iv) Nearly 480 members are participated in this congress session
Correct Answer: B [(i), (ii), (iii) only]
Explanation:
The first Congress session had only 72 delegates, not 480, but statements (i), (ii) and (iii) on Hume's role and aims are correct.
40.
GROUP 2 & 2A – 2025
Reason and Assertion:
Assertion [A]: Besides being a political Leader, Gopal Krishna Gokhale was a great Social Reformer.
Reason [R]: He was one of the founders of the distinguished organisation known as "The Servants of India Society".
Correct Answer: C [Both [A] and [R] are true]
Explanation:
Gokhale was a moderate political leader who also worked for social reform and founded the Servants of India Society in 1905, so both assertion and reason are true.
41.
GROUP 2 & 2A – 2025
Arrange the events in chronological order:
(1) Communal Award
(2) Gandhi Irwin Pact
(3) Chittagong outburst
(4) Poona Pact
Correct Answer: C [(3), (2), (1), (4)]
Explanation:
The order is the Chittagong armoury raid (1930), Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931), Communal Award (August 1932) and Poona Pact (September 1932).
42.
GROUP 2 & 2A – 2025
Which among the following statement(s) is/are true about Indian National Congress?
(i) The Father of Indian National Congress is A.O. Hume.
(ii) The first President of Indian National Congress was S.N. Banerjee.
(iii) S.N. Banerjee founded Indian National Liberation Federation. [TNPSC வினாத்தாளில் உள்ளபடி; சரியானது: Indian National Liberal Federation]
Correct Answer: B [(i) and (iii) only]
Explanation:
A.O. Hume is called the father of the Congress, and W.C. Banerjee, not S.N. Banerjee, was its first president, so statements (i) and (iii) are true.
43.
GROUP 2 & 2A – 2025
Arrange the following in chronological order:
(1) The Indian National Army Trial
(2) Formation of Indian National Army
(3) The Royal Indian Air Force
(4) C. Rajagopalachari's Formula
Correct Answer: C [(3), (2), (4), (1)]
Explanation:
The order is the Indian Air Force (1932), the INA's formation (1942), the C.R. Formula (1944) and the INA trial (1945).
44.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (ITI – LEVEL II) – 2025
Find out the wrong one:
- Annie Besant started a weekly called "The Common Weal" in 1914.
- She published a book "How India wrought for freedom" in 1915.
- On September 28, 1915 Besant made a formal declaration for Home Rule movement.
- She also started a daily newspaper 'Young India' in 1915.
Correct Answer: D [[4] only]
Explanation:
In the keyed option only statement [4] is the wrong one among Annie Besant's activities listed in the question.
45.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (ITI – LEVEL II) – 2025
Which of the following statement/Statements is/are true about Indian National Congress in the beginning?
(i) Separating judicial and executive functions
(ii) Increasing Military expenditure
(iii) Holding civil services exams in India as well as in England
(iv) Increasing of Home Charges
Correct Answer: C [(i), (iii) only]
Explanation:
The early Congress asked for the separation of judicial and executive functions and other administrative reforms, so statements (i) and (iii) are true.
46.
ASSISTANT PUBLIC PROSECUTOR GRADE II – 2026
Vande Mataram Poem was taken from which novel of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee?
Correct Answer: C [Anandamath]
Explanation:
Vande Mataram was taken from Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel Anandamath (1882) and became a national slogan during the Swadeshi movement.
47.
ASSISTANT PUBLIC PROSECUTOR GRADE II – 2026
Arrange in chronological order.
(1) August Offer
(2) Cripps Mission
(3) Cabinet Mission
(4) Wavell Plan
Correct Answer: D [(1), (2), (4), (3)]
Explanation:
The order is August Offer (1940), Cripps Mission (1942), Wavell Plan (1945) and Cabinet Mission (1946).
48.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (IV POST) – 2026
Who described the All-India Congress as the body representing only a 'Microscopic Minority' of India's vast population in 1885?
Correct Answer: C [Lord Dufferin]
Explanation:
Lord Dufferin, who was Viceroy in 1885, later turned against the Congress and called it a body representing only a microscopic minority of India's people.
49.
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (IV POST) – 2026
Identify the congress moderate leaders of Madras from the following
(i) V.S. Srinivasan
(ii) V. Krishnasamy
(iii) S. Kasthurirangan
(iv) G.A. Nadesan
Correct Answer: C [(i), (ii) and (iv) only]
Explanation:
The prominent Madras moderates included V.S. Srinivasan, V. Krishnaswami and G.A. Natesan, so (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
50.
GROUP 2 & 2A MAINS (மறுதேர்வு) – 2026 · ROAD INSPECTOR – 2023 · PTGS – 2021 · GROUP 4 – 2024
Better bullock carts and freedom than a train deluxe with subjection: who said?
Correct Answer: A [Annie Besant]
Explanation:
Annie Besant, who started the Home Rule League in Madras in 1916, said a bullock cart with freedom is better than a luxury train with subjection.
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