Quiz on the Indian National Movement

What was the first political association formed in India?

• Bombay Association

• Landholders’ Society

• Madras Native Association

• Bengal British India Society

Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

• Womesh Chandra Banerjee

• A.O Hume

• Lala Lajpat Rai

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak

What did the Moderates of the Indian National Congress believe in?

• Radical methods of protest

• Constitutional methods of petitions

• Complete independence from British rule

• Immediate self-rule

What was the main aim of the Extremists in the Indian National Congress?

• To increase military expenditure

• To achieve swaraj or self-rule

• To support British rule

• To form a separate party

What was the Swadeshi Movement a response to?

• The Lucknow Pact

• The Montagu-Chelmsford reforms

• The formation of the Muslim League

• The partition of Bengal

Who founded the Muslim League?

• Bipin Chandra Pal

• Prince Aga Khan and Nawab Salimulla Khan

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak

• Womesh Chandra Banerjee

What was the outcome of the Surat Split in 1907?

• Formation of the Muslim League

• Introduction of dyarchy

• Division of the Congress into Moderates and Extremists

• Establishment of the Swadeshi Movement

What did the Morley-Minto Reforms introduce?

• A ban on political associations

• A new constitution for India

• Separate electorates for Muslims

• Complete independence for India

What was the significance of the Lucknow Pact in 1916?

• It led to the formation of the Muslim League

• It established Hindu-Muslim unity

• It ended the Swadeshi Movement

• It was a protest against the British government

What was introduced under the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms?

• A ban on separate electorates

• Complete autonomy for India

• Immediate self-governance

• Dyarchy in the central legislature