Indian Freedom Struggle I (1857 – 1917) Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (b)

The first president of the Muslim league was Nawab Vakar-ul-Mulk. Muslim League, a political organization of India and Pakistan, founded in 1906 as the All-India Muslim League by Aga Khan III. Its original purpose was to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in India.

Nawab Mushtaq Husain Vakar-ul-Mulk, also known as Mushtaq Hussain, was a Muslim politician and one of the founders of the All India Muslim League. He is also known for his involvement in the Aligarh Movement.

Answer: (a)

A group of westerners led by Madam H.P. Blavatsky (1831–1891) and colonel M.S. Olcott, who were inspired by Indian thought and culture founded the Theosophical Society in the United States in 1875.

Answer: (c)

R.C. Majumdar has written about the nature of the movement of 1857 that “It was neither first nor national nor a war of independence.”

Answer: (b)

• Begum Hazrat Mahal led from Lucknow.
• Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah led from Faizabad.
• Begum Zinat Mahal led from Delhi and
• Kunwar Singh led from Arrah.

Answer: (c)

The system of indirect election was introduced in India in the year 1892. The Indian Councils Act 1892 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that authorized an increase in the size of the various legislative councils in British India.