Revolutionary Movement in India MCQs

380. The Secret Society founded by V.D. Savarkar was
(A) Yugantar Samiti
(B) Anushilan Committee
(C) Hindustan Republican Association
(D) Abhinav Bharat
Ans: (D)
381. ‘Abhinava Bharat’ a secret society of revolutionaries was organised by
(A) Khudiram Bose
(B) V.D. Savarkar
(C) Prafulla Chaki
(D) Bhagat Singh
Ans: (B)
382. An anti-British outfit ‘Abhinav Bharat’ was founded by
(A) R.G. Bhandarkar
(B) V.D. Savarkar
(C) S.R. Das
(D) Sardar Bhagat Singh
Ans: (B)
383. Who among the following started the ‘Mitra Mela’ union?
(A) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(B) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(C) Lala Hardayal
(D) Sohan Singh Bhakana
Ans: (B)
384. The revolutionary association ‘Abhinav Bharat’ was set up in 1905 in
(A) Odisha
(B) Bengal
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Maharashtra
Ans: (D)
385. Yugantar Party was led by
(A) Jatindra Nath Mukherjee
(B) Sachindra Nath Sanyal
(C) Rasbehari Bose
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans: (A)
386. In which year the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh was founded by Hedgewar?
(A) 1927 

(B) 1929
(C) 1924 

(D) 1925
Ans: (D)
387. Activities of Barindra Ghosh had given birth to a secret revolutionary organization named as
(A) Anushilan Samiti
(B) Swadeshi Bandhav Samiti
(C) Brati Samiti
(D) Sadhawa Samaj
Ans: (A)
388. Who founded the ‘Anushilan Samiti’?
(A) P. Mitra
(B) Varindra Ghosh
(C) V.D. Savarkar
(D) Narendra Gosain
Ans: (A)
389. The ‘Anushilan Samiti’ was
(A) dedicated to the upliftment of women
(B) promoting widow remarriage
(C) interested in labour welfare
(D) a revolutionary organization
Ans: (D)
390. Barindra Ghosh was associated
(A) Anushilan Samiti
(B) Sadhawa Samaj
(C) Abhinav Bharat
(D) Swadeshi Bandhav Samiti
Ans: (A)
391. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokmanya during
(A) Swadeshi Movement
(B) Revolutionary Movement
(C) Home Rule Movement
(D) Quit India Movement
Ans: (B)
392. Barindra Ghosh was associated with which of the following?
(A) Sadhana Samaj
(B) Anushilan Samiti
(C) Abhinav Bharat
(D) Swadesh Bandhav Samiti
Ans: (B)
393. When did the attempt to murder Kingsford was made at Muzaffarpur?
(A) 1908
(B) 1909
(C) 1907
(D) 1911
Ans: (A)
394. The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the freedom movement in
(A) Bombay-Karnataka
(B) Punjab
(C) East Bengal
(D) The Madras Presidency
Ans: (C)
395. Aurobindo Ghosh was brilliantly defended in the Alipore Conspiracy Case by
(A) Chittaranjan Das
(B) W.C. Banerjee
(C) Motilal Nehru
(D) Tej Bahadur Sapru
Ans: (A)
396. Muzaffarpur Bombing Case (1908) is associated with
(A) Savarkar
(B) Ajit Singh
(C) Prafulla Chaki
(D) Bipin Chandra Pal
Ans: (C)
397. Which year ‘Hindustan Republican Association’ was set up?

(A) 1920 
(B) 1924
(C) 1928 

(D) 1930
Ans: (B)
398. Which of the following statement is true about the active revolutionary movement in India during the years of World War?
(A) Chandra Shekhar Azad founded the Anushilan Samiti
(B) Bhagat Singh was the founder of Naujawan Bharat Sabha
(C) Prafulla Chaki established the Hindustan Republican Association
(D) Shachindra Nath Sanyal was the founder of Yugantar
Ans: (B)
399. Who among the following was not a member of the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA)?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(C) Ram Prasad Bismil
(D) Shiv Verma
Ans: (D)
400. The Hindustan Republican Association was founded at
(A) Allahabad 

(B) Kanpur
(C) Lucknow

 (D) New Delhi
Ans: (B)
401. Who penned the following lines? ‘Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai dekna hai zor kitna baju-e-qatil me hai’.
(A) Bismil
(B) Rajguru
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Azad
Ans: (A)
402. Who amongst the following revolutionaries refused to drink the given milk on the eve of his execution and said “Now, I shall take my mother’s milk only”?
(A) Rajguru
(B) Ashfaquallah
(C) Ram Prasad Bismil
(D) Bhagat Singh
Ans: (C)
403. Kakori Conspiracy Case took place in the year
(A) 1920 

(B) 1925
(C) 1930 

(D) 1935
Ans: (B)
404. Who among the following hanged in the Kakori conspiracy case by the English Government?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Ram Prasad Bismil
(C) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(D) Batukeshwar Dutt
Ans: (B)
405. Who among the following was not associated with the Kakori incident?
(A) Ram Prasad Bismil
(B) Surya Sen
(C) Rajendra Lahiri
(D) Ashfaqullah
Ans: (B)
406. Among the following revolutionaries not associated with Kakori Conspiracy.
(A) Ram Prasad Bismil
(B) Roshan Singh
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Ashfaqullah Khan
Ans: (C)
407. Who among the following was the Government advocate in Kakori Conspiracy Case?
(A) Mohal Lal Saxena
(B) Jagat Narain Mulla
(C) Krishna Bahadur
(D) Prabhat Chandra
Ans: (B)
408. Who among the following revolutionaries escaped from the Kakori case?
(A) Schindra Nath Bakshi
(B) Mukundi Lal
(C) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(D) Mamathnath Gupta
Ans: (C)
409. Hindustan Socialist Republican Army was formed by
(A) Subhash Chandra Bose
(B) Ras Bihari Bose
(C) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(D) Sardar Bhagat Singh
Ans: (C)
410. “Daro-deewar pe hasrat ki nazar karte hain, khush raho ahle-vatan ham to safar karte hain” was said by
(A) Ashfaqullah Khan
(B) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(C) Ram Prasad Bismil
(D) Wazid Ali Shah
Ans: (D)
411. One of the founder leaders of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army was
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Bhagat Singh
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) Jai Prakash Narayan
Ans: (B)
412. ‘Hindustan Socialist Republican Army’ was founded in the year
(A) 1919 

(B) 1927
(C) 1916 

(D) 1928
Ans: (D)
413. In the year 1928, where Hindustan Socialist Republic Association was established.
(A) In Kanpur
(B) In Delhi
(C) In Allahabad
(D) In Lahore
Ans: (B)
414. Who among the following changed the name of the Hindustan Republic Association established by Sachindra Nath Sanyal to the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association?
(A) Rasbihari Bose
(B) Batukeshwar Dutt
(C) Sardar Bhagat Singh
(D) Chandra Shekhar Azad
Ans: (D)
415. Who gave the ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ slogan?
(A) Iqbal
(B) M.K. Gandhi
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) S.C. Bose
Ans: (C)
416. How revolutionary Chandra Shekhar Azad was killed by the Britishers?
(A) By Hanging
(B) By Stabbing
(C) By bullets in the encounter
(D) By putting down Army Jeep
Ans: (C)
417. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were executed on
(A) 23 March 1931
(B) 23 March 1932
(C) 23 March 1933
(D) 23 March 1934
Ans: (A)
418. The slogan ‘Long Live Revolution’ is associated with
(A) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(B) Ram Prasad Bismil
(C) Sardar Bhagat Singh
(D) Lala Hardayal
Ans: (C)
419. Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were sentenced to death in
(A) Alipur conspiracy case
(B) Lahore conspiracy case
(C) Kakori conspiracy case
(D) Kanpur conspiracy case
Ans: (B)
420. Bhagat Singh threw a bomb in Central Assembly along with
(A) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(B) Sukhdev
(C) Batukeshwar Dutt
(D) Rajguru
Ans: (C)
421. Bhagat Singh’s memorial is situated at
(A) Ferozpur 

(B) Amritsar
(C) Ludhiana 

(D) Gurudaspur
Ans: (A)
422. Bhagat Singh was executed along with two of his comrades, on 23rd March of 1931. Who were those two?
(A) Rajguru and Sukhdev
(B) Sukhdev and B.K. Dutt
(C) Rajguru and B.K. Dutt
(D) Chandra Shekhar Azad and Sukhdev
Ans: (A)
423. Name the first recorded Muslim who was hanged for Indian freedom.
(A) Mohammad Ali
(B) Shaukat Ali
(C) Ashfaqullah Khan
(D) Azizuddin
Ans: (C)
424. Which of the following revolutionary was not hanged for the Lahore conspiracy?
(A) Batukeshwar Dutt
(B) Sukhdev
(C) Sardar Bhagat Singh
(D) Rajguru
Ans: (A)
425. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Howrah Conspiracy Case – 1910
(B) Victoria Conspiracy Case – 1914
(C) Lahore Conspiracy Case – 1916 and 1930
(D) Kakori Conspiracy Case – 1924
Ans: (D)
426. Which of the following trials attracted worldwide publicity and drew sympathetic comments from Albert Einstein, H.G. Wells, Harold Laski and Roosevelt in favour of the convicts?
(A) INA trial
(B) Lahore conspiracy case
(C) Meerut conspiracy case
(D) None of the above
Ans: (C)
427. Who among the following organized the famous Chattagaon armoury raid?
(A) Laxmi Sehgal
(B) Surya Sen
(C) Batukeshwar Dutt
(D) J.M. Sengupta
Ans: (B)
428. Muzaffar Ahmad, S.A. Dange, Shaukat Usmani and Nalini Gupta were jailed for which conspiracy?
(A) Kakori train heist
(B) Chattagaon Armoury raid
(C) Meerut conspiracy case
(D) Kanpur Bolshevik conspiracy case
Ans: (D)
429. On what charge was Jatin Das arrested?
(A) Meerut Conspiracy
(B) Peshawar Conspiracy
(C) Lahore Conspiracy
(D) Chattagaon Armed Dacoity
Ans: (C)
430. Martyr of least age in the war of Independence was
(A) Sukhdev
(B) Ashfaqullah Khan
(C) Khudiram Bose
(D) Hemu Kalani
Ans: (C)
431. Under whose chairmanship a committee formed to defend the accused in Kakori Case?
(A) Acharya Narendra Dev
(B) Govind Ballabh Pant
(C) Chandrabhanu Gupta
(D) Motilal Nehru
Ans: (B)
432. The freedom fighter who died in jail due to a hunger strike was
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) Jatin Das
(D) S.C. Bose
Ans: (C)
433. Which of the following revolutionary was hanged at the Gorakhpur Jail?
(A) Ram Prasad Bismil
(B) Rajendra Lahiri
(C) Roshan Singh
(D) Ashfaqullah Khan
Ans: (A)
434. Who propounded the doctrine of ‘Passive Resistance?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans: (D)
435. Who among the following female revolutionary fired at the English Governor (Chancellor) while receiving her degree at the convocation?
(A) Shanti Ghosh
(B) Suniti Chaudhary
(C) Bina Das
(D) Kalpana Dutta (Joshi)
Ans: (C)
436. Which one of the following was an extremist?
(A) Feroz Shah Mehta
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Bipin Chandra Pal
(D) None of the above
Ans: (C)
437. Which amongst the following statements is/are true about V.D. Savarkar?
1. He founded Abhinav Bharat – A revolutionary organization.
2. In order to inspire Indian nationalists, he wrote the biography of Mazzini.
3. He also authored ‘The Indian War of Independence-1857’ which provides a nationalist view of the revolt of 1857.
4. He jumped into the sea from the sailing ship in order to escape British captivity. Choose the correct answer.
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) Only 3 and 4
(C) Only 1, 3 and 4
(D) Only 1 and 4
Ans: (A)
438. Who said, “criticism and independent thought are the two characteristics of a revolutionary”?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Ram Prasad Bismil
(C) Sachindra Nath Sanyal
(D) Bhagwati Charan Vohra
Ans: (A)
439. Lahore conspiracy case resulted in the hanging of
1. Ram Prasad Bismil
2. Roshan Singh
3. Bhagat Singh
4. Sukhdev
5. Rajguru Select the correct answer from the code given below. 

Code
(A) 1 and 2 

(B) 1, 2 and 4
(C) 2, 3 and 4 

(D) 3, 4 and 5
Ans: (D)
440. Who among the following threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly on April 8, 1929, to make the deaf British Government hear?
1. Bhagat Singh
2. Sukhdev
3. Rajguru
4. Batukeshwar Dutt Select the answer from the code given below. 

Code
(A) 1 and 2 

(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3 

(D) 1 and 4
Ans: (D)
441. Given below is a list of organizations. Select those engaged in revolutionary activities, using the codes given below the lists.
1. Abhinav Bharat
2. Anushilan Samiti
3. New Nationalist Party
4. Indian Patriot Association 

Code
(A) 1, 2 and 3 

(B) 1 and 2
(C) 2, 3 and 4 

(D) 1, 2 and 4
Ans: (B)
442. Given below is a list of some cases. Select their correct chronological order by using the codes given at the end.
1. Lahore case 2. Kakori case
3. Meerut case 4. Kanpur case Code
(A) 1, 3, 2 and 4 

(B) 2, 4, 3 and 1
(C) 1, 4, 2 and 3 

(D) 1, 4, 3 and 2
Ans: (C)
443. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I
(a) Abhinav Bharat Society
(b) Anushilan Samiti
(c) Gadar Party
(d) Swaraj Party List-II
1. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
2. Lala Hardayal
3. C.R. Das
4. V.D. Savarkar 

Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 1 3 2 

(B) 1 4 3 2
(C) 1 4 2 3 

(D) 4 1 2 3
Ans: (D)
444. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given below.
1. Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward Block.
2. Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of the Hindustan Republican Socialist Association. Code
(A) Only 1 is correct
(B) Only 2 is correct
(C) Both 1 and 2 are correct
(D) None of the above
Ans: (C)
445. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. 

List-I
(a) Chattagoan Armoury Raid
(b) Kakori Conspiracy
(c) Lahore Conspiracy
(d) Ghadar Party 

List-II
1. Lala Hardayal
2. Jatin Das
3. Surya Sen
4. Ram Prasad Bismil
5. Vasudeo Phadke Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 4 1 5 

(B) 4 3 2 5
(C) 3 4 2 1 

(D) 2 4 3 1
Ans: (C)
446. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. 

List-I (Organizations)
(a) Abhinav Bharat
(b) Mitra Mela
(c) Indian Republican Army
(d) Hindustan Republic Association 

List-II (Founders)
1. V.D. Savarkar
2. G.D. Savarkar
3. S.N. Sanyal
4. S. Sen Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4 

(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 2 3 1 

(D) 2 1 4 3
Ans: (D)
447. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. 

List-I
(a) Chattagaon Armoury Raid
(b) Abhinav Bharat
(c) Anushilan Samiti
(d) Kuka Movement 

List-II
1. Kalpana Dutt
2. Guru Ram Singh
3. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
4. Aurobindo Ghosh 

Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 4 2 (B) 1 3 2 4
(C) 3 1 2 4 (D) 3 1 4 2
Ans: (A)
448. Match the following on the basis of the end of lives of the following revolutionaries. List-I
(a) Jatin Das
(b) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Kalpana Dutt 

List-II
1. During life imprisonment
2. Hunger strike
3. During the encounter
4. Hanged 

Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 2 4 1 (B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 2 3 1 4 (D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: (B)
449. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. 

List-I (Associations)
(a) Revolt group
(b) Hindustan Republican Association
(c) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
(d) Punjab Naujawan Bharat Sabha 

List-II (Founders)
1. Ram Prasad Bismil
2. Chandra Shekhar Azad
3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Bhagat Singh
5. Surya Sen Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 4 5 

(B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 4 5 2 3 

(D) 5 1 2 4
Ans: (D)