At which cantonment did Mangal Pandey’s action take place in March 1857?
A Meerut
B Barrackpore
C Kanpur
D Lucknow
Mangal Pandey’s action took place at Barrackpore in March 1857.
On what date did the large uprising begin at Meerut in 1857?
A 29 March 1857
B 18 June 1857
C 15 August 1857
D 10 May 1857
The uprising at Meerut began on 10 May 1857, before spreading to Delhi and other places.
Which Mughal ruler did rebels in Delhi recognize as their symbolic emperor in 1857?
A Akbar II
B Shah Alam II
C Bahadur Shah Zafar
D Farrukhsiyar
Rebels proclaimed the elderly Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar as their symbolic leader.
What immediate concern about new rifle cartridges angered many Indian soldiers in 1857?
A They were believed to be greased with cow and pig fat
B They were made from iron instead of brass
C They could only be loaded with a matchstick
D They carried a tax stamp
The cartridge grease was believed to include cow and pig fat, offending Hindu and Muslim soldiers.
Who led the uprising at Kanpur during the Revolt of 1857?
A Bakht Khan
B Kunwar Singh
C Nana Sahib
D Tantia Tope
Nana Sahib became a leading rebel figure at Kanpur during the 1857 uprising.
Which leader played a prominent role in the 1857 uprising at Lucknow?
A Rani Avantibai
B Begum Hazrat Mahal
C Annie Besant
D Sarojini Naidu
Begum Hazrat Mahal led resistance in Awadh, including at Lucknow, during the uprising.
Kunwar Singh led the 1857 resistance from which place in Bihar?
A Jagdishpur
B Patna
C Gaya
D Champaran
Kunwar Singh, a zamindar from Jagdishpur, became an important leader in Bihar in 1857.
Who became the first Viceroy of India after the Crown took over from the East India Company?
A Lord Dalhousie
B Lord Ripon
C Lord Curzon
D Lord Canning
Lord Canning was the first Viceroy of India under Crown rule after 1858.
Who founded the Indian Association in Calcutta in 1876 with Surendranath Banerjee?
A Dadabhai Naoroji
B Anandamohan Bose
C Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Anandamohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee founded the Indian Association in 1876.
Who became the first Indian elected to the British House of Commons in 1892?
A Dadabhai Naoroji
B Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
C Surendranath Banerjee
D Pherozeshah Mehta
Dadabhai Naoroji was elected MP for Finsbury Central in 1892, becoming the first Indian in the British House of Commons.
Which three leaders are commonly called Lal-Bal-Pal?
A Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh and C. R. Das
B Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Dadabhai Naoroji
C Bipin Chandra Pal, Jawaharlal Nehru and Motilal Nehru
D Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
The name Lal-Bal-Pal refers to Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal.
Who was the Viceroy when Bengal was partitioned in 1905?
A Lord Minto
B Lord Chelmsford
C Lord Curzon
D Lord Irwin
Lord Curzon’s government partitioned Bengal in 1905.
What did the Swadeshi movement encourage people to do?
A Use Indian-made goods and boycott many foreign goods
B Stop learning Indian languages
C Move all factories to Britain
D Join the colonial army
The Swadeshi movement promoted Indian-made goods and the boycott of imported goods, especially after Bengal’s partition.
Which newspapers were started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
A The Hindu and Amrita Bazar Patrika
B Kesari and Mahratta
C Young India and Harijan
D Ghadar and Bande Mataram
Tilak started the Marathi newspaper Kesari and the English newspaper Mahratta.
The 1907 Surat Split divided the Indian National Congress mainly between which two groups?
A Congress and the Muslim League
B Peasants and zamindars
C Moderates and Extremists
D Revolutionaries and princely rulers
At Surat in 1907, disagreements led to a split between Congress Moderates and Extremists.
Where was the All-India Muslim League founded in 1906?
A Lahore
B Aligarh
C Karachi
D Dhaka
The All-India Muslim League was founded at Dhaka in 1906.
Which change did the Morley-Minto reforms of 1909 introduce for Muslims?
A Universal adult voting
B A fully elected central government
C Separate electorates
D A separate Indian army
The Indian Councils Act of 1909 introduced separate electorates for Muslims.
Which newspaper was associated with the Ghadar movement among Indian migrants?
A Ghadar
B Kesari
C The Bengalee
D The Leader
The Ghadar Party published the paper Ghadar to spread its message among Indian migrants.
Who led the Home Rule League launched in Madras in 1916?
A Sarojini Naidu
B Madame Bhikaji Cama
C Kasturba Gandhi
D Annie Besant
Annie Besant launched a Home Rule League from Madras in 1916.
The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was an agreement between the Indian National Congress and which organization?
A Ghadar Party
B All-India Muslim League
C Indian Association
D Justice Party
The Lucknow Pact brought the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League to an agreement in 1916.
Where did Gandhi lead his first major satyagraha in India in 1917?
A Kheda
B Bardoli
C Dandi
D Champaran
Gandhi’s 1917 Champaran Satyagraha supported indigo cultivators in Bihar.
The Kheda Satyagraha of 1918 mainly sought relief from which demand?
A Land revenue collection after crop failure
B Compulsory indigo planting
C A ban on Indian newspapers
D A new salt tax
Farmers in Kheda sought suspension of land revenue when crop failure left many unable to pay.
Which group of workers took part in Gandhi’s 1918 Ahmedabad Satyagraha?
A Railway drivers
B Textile mill workers
C Tea plantation workers
D Shipyard workers
Gandhi supported Ahmedabad textile mill workers in their wage dispute in 1918.
What did the Rowlatt Act of 1919 allow the colonial government to do?
A Give India immediate independence
B End all land taxes
C Detain people without a regular trial for a period
D Create a fully elected parliament
The Rowlatt Act allowed detention without trial and led to widespread protest.
On what date did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?
A 13 April 1919
B 10 May 1857
C 16 October 1905
D 8 August 1942
British troops fired on a gathering at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on 13 April 1919.
Which British officer ordered troops to fire at Jallianwala Bagh?
A Lord Curzon
B General Charles Napier
C Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer
D Lord Mountbatten
Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer ordered the troops to fire at the gathering.
Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
A Lord Canning
B Lord Chelmsford
C Lord Irwin
D Lord Wavell
Lord Chelmsford was Viceroy when the massacre took place in April 1919.
Which brothers were leading figures in the Khilafat Movement?
A Sohan Singh and Kartar Singh
B Motilal Nehru and Jawaharlal Nehru
C Surendranath Banerjee and Anandamohan Bose
D Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
The brothers Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali were prominent leaders of the Khilafat Movement.
Which commission investigated the events at Jallianwala Bagh in 1919?
A Simon Commission
B Hunter Commission
C Butler Commission
D Cabinet Mission
The British government appointed the Hunter Commission to investigate the Punjab disturbances, including Jallianwala Bagh.
Which honour did Rabindranath Tagore give up in protest after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
A His knighthood
B The Nobel Prize in Literature
C A seat in the House of Commons
D The title of Viceroy
Tagore renounced his knighthood in 1919 to protest the massacre.