History Quiz

Q. Who said: ‘Cowardice and Ahimsa do not go together any more than water and fire’? (a) Acharya Narendra Dev (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (d) Jayaprakash Narayan Ans: (b) Mahatma Gandhi Explanation: The correct answer is (b) Mahatma Gandhi. The quote, “Cowardice and Ahimsa do not go together any more than water […]

Q. Who said, ‘The time has come when badges of honour make our shame glaring in their incongruous context of humiliation’? (a) C. R. Das (b) Motilal Nehru (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Rabindranath Tagore Ans: (d) Rabindranath Tagore Explanation: The correct answer is (d) Rabindranath Tagore. The quote, “The time has come when badges of

Q. Who first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in India? (a) Mohammad Iqbal (b) M. A. Jinnah (c) Syed Ahmad Khan (d) None of these Ans: (a) Mohammad Iqbal Explanation:    The correct answer is (a) Mohammad Iqbal. Mohammad Iqbal, a poet, philosopher, and politician, is credited with first voicing the idea

Q. Who among the following were popularly known as Red Shirts? (a) Congress socialists (b) Khudai Khidmatgars (c) Members of the Azad Hind Fauj (d) People led by Rani Gaidinliu Ans: (b) Khudai Khidmatgars  Explanation: The correct answer is (b) Khudai Khidmatgars. The Khudai Khidmatgar movement, led by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (also known as

Q. Who among the following pioneered the Khilafat Movement? (a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (b) M. A. Jinnah (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Ali Brothers Ans: (d) Ali Brothers Explanation: The correct answer is (d) Ali Brothers. The Khilafat Movement, also known as the Indian Muslim Movement for the Restoration of the Caliphate, was primarily led

Q. Who among the following opposed Mahatma Gandhi’s association with the Khilafat Movement? (a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (b) Fazlul Haque  (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (d) Abul Kalam Azad Ans: (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah Explanation: The correct answer is (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, who later became the founder of Pakistan, opposed Mahatma

Q. Which of the following was not one of the original methods adopted by the Home Rule Movement? (a) Political education through press and public meetings (b) Village reconstruction to involve the masses (c) Social reform to gain a mass base (d) Passive resistance to pressurise the government. Ans: (d) Passive resistance to pressurise the

Q. Which of the following was not one of the main causes of the call of the noncooperation movement? (a) Repression in Punjab through Rowlatt bills and Jallianwallah Bagh massacre (b) The British introducing dyarchy through the Montague–Chelmsford Reforms (c) The publication of the Hunter Committee Report acquitting Gen. Dyer (d) The publication of the

Q. Which of the following statements is correct with respect to the Lucknow Pact? (a) This pact was a way to achieve Hindu–Muslim unity (b) As per Gandhiji, it was a pact for power between the educated and rich Hindus and Muslims (c) It did not involve the Hindu and Muslim masses (d) All the

Q. Which of the following leaders presided over the 1929 Lahore session of the Indian National Congress? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Motilal Nehru (d) Subhas Chandra Bose Ans: (b) Jawaharlal Nehru Explanation: The Congress convention began in Lahore in December 1929 and Pandit Nehru was the president of the convention.