When was the Indian National Congress established?
A 1892
B 1905
C 1885
D 1880
The Indian National Congress was established in 1885.
In which city did the first Indian National Congress session meet?
A Bombay
B Delhi
C Calcutta
D Madras
The first session was held in Bombay, now called Mumbai.
Who presided over the first Indian National Congress session?
A A. O. Hume
B Dadabhai Naoroji
C Surendranath Banerjee
D W. C. Bonnerjee
W. C. Bonnerjee was the first Congress president.
Which retired British official helped bring early Congress delegates together?
A W. C. Bonnerjee
B A. O. Hume
C William Wedderburn
D Lord Dufferin
A. O. Hume helped connect political leaders from different regions.
Which Viceroy partitioned Bengal in 1905?
A Lord Curzon
B Lord Minto
C Lord Ripon
D Lord Lytton
Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal in 1905.
In which year was Bengal partitioned by the British?
A 1903
B 1907
C 1905
D 1911
The partition took effect in 1905.
Which movement grew in protest against the partition of Bengal?
A Quit India Movement
B Swadeshi Movement
C Khilafat Movement
D Home Rule Movement
The Swadeshi Movement opposed the partition and promoted Indian goods.
Which leader said, “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?
A Mahatma Gandhi
B Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C Dadabhai Naoroji
D Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The slogan is associated with Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Who wrote the book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India?
A Bipin Chandra Pal
B M. G. Ranade
C Dadabhai Naoroji
D Lala Lajpat Rai
Dadabhai Naoroji used the book to criticize colonial economic rule.
Which political organization was founded in 1906 as an all-India Muslim body?
A Servants of India Society
B All-India Muslim League
C Forward Bloc
D Indian National Congress
The All-India Muslim League was founded in 1906.
Who was the first Indian woman to preside over the Indian National Congress?
A Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
B Annie Besant
C Sucheta Kripalani
D Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu became the first Indian woman Congress president in 1925.
In which year did Gandhi return to India from South Africa?
A 1915
B 1913
C 1917
D 1920
Gandhi returned to India in 1915.
Champaran, where Gandhi led an early satyagraha, is in which present-day state?
A Punjab
B Bihar
C West Bengal
D Gujarat
Champaran is in Bihar.
Which crop were many Champaran farmers forced to cultivate?
A Jute
B Cotton
C Indigo
D Tea
The Champaran struggle focused on the grievances of indigo cultivators.
Kheda, the site of a 1918 peasant satyagraha, is in which present-day state?
A Bihar
B Maharashtra
C Uttar Pradesh
D Gujarat
Kheda is in Gujarat.
What relief did Kheda peasants seek after crop failure?
A A pause in land-revenue collection
B An end to salt production
C A ban on textile mills
D A higher export duty
The peasants asked the government to suspend revenue collection after crop failure.
Which workers did Gandhi support during the 1918 Ahmedabad dispute?
A Port customs officers
B Railway guards
C Textile mill workers
D Tea plantation managers
The Ahmedabad dispute involved textile mill workers.
Jallianwala Bagh is located in which city?
A Lahore
B Amritsar
C Delhi
D Lucknow
Jallianwala Bagh is in Amritsar, Punjab.
On which date did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?
A 13 April 1919
B 15 August 1919
C 26 January 1920
D 10 April 1919
The massacre took place on 13 April 1919.
What power did the Rowlatt Act give the colonial government?
A End separate electorates
B Abolish the salt tax
C Create provincial ministries
D Detain people without trial in certain cases
The Rowlatt Act allowed detention without trial under specified conditions.
Which nationwide campaign did Gandhi support with the Khilafat leaders in 1920?
A Civil Disobedience Movement
B Non-Cooperation Movement
C Quit India Movement
D Swadeshi Movement
Gandhi joined the Khilafat cause with the Non-Cooperation campaign.
The Chauri Chaura incident took place in which present-day state?
A Rajasthan
B Punjab
C Uttar Pradesh
D Bihar
Chauri Chaura is in present-day Uttar Pradesh.
Where did Gandhi end his 1930 Salt March?
A Poona
B Dharasana
C Sabarmati
D Dandi
Gandhi reached Dandi, on the Gujarat coast, at the end of the march.
What does the term Purna Swaraj mean?
A Complete independence
B Separate electorates
C Provincial autonomy
D A council of ministers
Purna Swaraj means complete independence.
On which date was Independence Day first observed during the freedom movement?
A 2 October 1930
B 26 January 1931
C 26 January 1930
D 15 August 1930
After the Purna Swaraj resolution, 26 January 1930 was observed as Independence Day.
“Do or Die” was Gandhi’s call during which movement?
A Home Rule Movement
B Quit India Movement
C Non-Cooperation Movement
D Swadeshi Movement
Gandhi gave the “Do or Die” call during the Quit India Movement.
Which slogan became strongly associated with Bhagat Singh and his fellow revolutionaries?
A Inquilab Zindabad
B Jai Jawan Jai Kisan
C Vande Mataram
D Satyameva Jayate
Inquilab Zindabad became a well-known slogan of the revolutionary movement.
Who led the Indian National Army in its major later phase?
A Jawaharlal Nehru
B C. Rajagopalachari
C Mohan Singh
D Subhas Chandra Bose
Subhas Chandra Bose later reorganized and led the INA.
Who became the first Prime Minister of independent India?
A C. Rajagopalachari
B Jawaharlal Nehru
C Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D Rajendra Prasad
Jawaharlal Nehru became independent India’s first Prime Minister.
On what date did India become independent?
A 26 January 1947
B 2 October 1947
C 15 August 1947
D 15 August 1948
India became independent on 15 August 1947.