indian freedom struggle I (1857–1917) MCQs set 1 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which of the Acts wrote an epitaph on the grave of the East India Company?

a) Act of 1892

b) Act of 1858

c) Act of 1861

d) None of these

Question : 2

Who had chaired the Indian Education Commision in 1882?

a) W.W. Hunter

b) Macaulay

c) Sadler

d) None of these

Question : 3

Who compared Curzon’s administration in India to that of Aurangzeb?

a) Dadabhai Naoroji

b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

d) Lala Lajpat Rai

Question : 4

During which of the following movements, Vande Mataram became the theme song of the Indian National Movement?

a) Anti-Rowlatt Act Agitation

b) Champaran Sataygrah

c) Swadeshi Movement

d) Non-cooperation Movement

Question : 5

Arrange the following events of the Indian Revolution of 1857 in their correct chronological order with the help of the codes given below:

1. Incident of Mangal Pandey at Barrackpur.
2. Incident of Soldiers at Merrut
3. Uprising at Jhansi
4. Uprising at Kanpur

a) 2, 3, 1, 4

b) 1, 2, 3, 4

c) 4, 3, 2, 1

d) 4, 2, 1, 3

Question : 6

Consider the following statement and identify with the help of the codes given below.
The Viceroy who made the statement and when: In my belief, Congress is tottering to its fall, and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.
Codes:

a) Lord Dufferin, during the farewell speech at Calcutta

b) Lord Curzon, in a letter to the Secretary of States in 1900

c) Lord Curzon, while announcing the partition of Bengal

d) Lord Minto, while addressing the Muslim delegation which met him at Shimla in 1906