Indian History Bits – Questions & Answers

1.Swadeshi Movement started in which year ?

Ans:1905

2.Who started home rule league ?

Ans:Two Home Rule Leagues were started in 1916: by Bal Gangadhar Tilak (April, Belgaum) and by Annie Besant (September, Madras)

3.Quit India Movement is also called as ?

Ans:August Kranti

4.Azad hind Fauj formed in which year ?

Ans:1942

5.Swadeshi Movement started in which year ?

Ans:1905

6.Who started home rule league ?

Ans:Two Home Rule Leagues were started in 1916: by Bal Gangadhar Tilak (April, Belgaum) and by Annie Besant (September, Madras)

7.Quit India Movement is also called as ?

Ans:August Kranti

8.Azad hind Fauj formed in which year ?

Ans:1942

9.Who founded the Indian National Congress?

Ans:A. O. Hume

10.Who led the Dandi Salt March in 1930?

Ans:Mahatma Gandhi

11.Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?

Ans:Annie Besant

12.Who partitioned Bengal in 1905?

Ans:Lord Curzon

13.Which movements followed the Partition of Bengal?

Ans:The Swadeshi and Boycott movements

14.Where and when was the All-India Muslim League founded?

Ans:At Dhaka, in 1906

15.What was the Surat Split of 1907?

Ans:The Congress divided into Moderates and Extremists

16.In which year was the Partition of Bengal annulled?

Ans:1911, when the capital also shifted from Calcutta to Delhi

17.When did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?

Ans:1915

18.Which was Gandhi's first Satyagraha in India?

Ans:The Champaran Satyagraha (1917), against indigo planters in Bihar

19.Which incident led Gandhi to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement?

Ans:The Chauri Chaura incident (5 February 1922)

20.Which slogan greeted the Simon Commission in 1928?

Ans:"Simon Go Back"