National interview questions

The Chauri-Chaura incident (during Non cooperation Movement) relates to

1. A major offensive by underground revolutionaries
2. Massive police firing on unarmed satyagrahis 
3. The burning of a police post by a mob
4. Large scale looting of government property by congress workers

Who among the following was the leader of a number of anti-British revolts in Sambalpur?

1. Surendra Sai
2. Utirat Singh
3. Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
4. Kattabomman

The Civil Disobedience Movement was led in the North West Frontier Province by

1. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
2. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
3. Sewa Singh Thikriwala

Ramsay Macdonald’s Communal Award of August, 1932 created for the first time a separate electorate for

1. Untouchables 
2. Muslims
3. Indian Christians
4. Anglo Indians

The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was first raised by

1. Chandranshekhar Azad
2. Bhagat Singh
3. Lokmanya Tilak
4. Veer Savarkar

The greatest evil that arose out of British policies with regard to Indian agriculture, was the

1. Transformation of the peasant cultivators into tenants at will
2. Emergence of the money lenders
3. Impoverishment of the peasantry
4. None of these 

Which reformer from Maharashtra was known as Lokhitavadi?

1. Gopal Hari Deshmukh 
2. M.G. Ranade
3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4. Pandita Ramabai

For the eradication of the evils of untouch-ability the Anti-untouch ability League was set up by

1. Jagjivan Ram 
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. K. Kelappan
4. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

As the sole representative of the Indian National Congress Gandhiji attended the Second Round Table Conference held in London in

1. 1930
2. 1931
3. 1932
4. 1934

The famous formula that sweraj must be for the masses and not for the “classes” alone was enunciated by

1. Motilal Nehru 
2. Gopinath Saha
3. C. Rajagopalachari
4. C. R. Das

The most important cause for the outbreak of the Ghadar revolution was the

1. Hanging of Kartar Singh Sarabha 
2. Outbreak of World War I
3. Arrest of Lala Har Dayal
4. Kamagata Maru Incident

Paramdham Ashram was established by whom among the following?

1. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
2. Acharya Kriplani
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. None of these 

Which of the following statements is not correctly?

1. Dr. Annie Besant was a Theosophist
2. Mahatma Gandhi was born in Gandhi nagar 
3. The international headquarters of the Theosophical society is in Madras
4. Swami Dayanand Saraswathi established the Arya Samaj

In 1943, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose proclaimed the formation of the provisional Government of Independent India (Azad Hind) in

1. Singapore
2. Vienna
3. Rangoon
4. Tokyo

The Non co-operation Movement in 1920 was withdrawn

1. On a fervent appeal from the government 
2. Because of violence at Chauri-Chaura
3. Due to the extremist policy then adopted by the National Congress
4. Because of Gandhiji’s ill health

Which school of religion, started in 1867 was basically anti British?

1. Aligarh
2. Deoband
3. Farazi
4. Wahabi 

Name the tribe which rose in revolt against the British for suppressing the practice of human sacrifice

1. Khonds 
2. Oraons
3. Kukis
4. Naikdas

Who was the chairman of Boundary commission to define the boundaries of the dominions under the Indian Independence Act of 1947?

1. Stafford Cripps 
2. Lord Mountbatten
3. Cyril Radcliffe
4. Lord Wavell

The word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by

1. B.R. Ambedkar
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Jyotiba Phule
4. Thakkar Bappa

Which one of the following upheavals took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857?

1. Pabna Disturbances
2. Indigo Disturbances
3. Santhal Rebellion
4. Sanyasi Rebellion

Who among the following was known as the Grand Old Man of Indian Politics?

1. Surendra Nath Banerjee 
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Rasbihari Ghosh
4. Bipin Chandra Pal

Ghadar (Rebellion) Party in the U.S.A. was formed by

1. Bhai Paramanand
2. Baba Gurumukh Singh
3. Raja Mahendra Pratab
4. Lala Hardayal

The title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during the Non cooperation Movement was

1. Rt. Honourable 
2. Hind Kesari
3. Kaiser-e-Hind
4. Rai Bahadur

The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolution terrorists of the freedom movement in

1. The Madras Presidency 
2. Mumbai Karnataka
3. East Bengal
4. Punjab

The first to start a joint stock company trade with India were the

1. French
2. Dutch
3. Danish
4. Portuguese

Who amongst the following leaders of 1857 was the first to lay down his/her life?

1. Mangal Pandey
2. Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi
3. Tantiya Tope
4. Kunwar Singh

The Indians celebrated the Independence Day for the first time on

1. January 1, 1930
2. January 26, 1930
3. January 26, 1950
4. August 15, 1947 

The Voice of India published extracts from the Indian Press. It was started by

1. Ananda Charlu
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. Dada Bhai Naoroji
4. Surendranath Banerjee  

In which movement led by Mahatma Gandhi did maximum number of women participate?

1. Champaran Movement
2. Civil Disobedience Movement
3. Bardoli Satyagraha
4. Non co-operation Movement 

Which of the following was written by Raja Rammohan Roy?

1. Kiratarjuniyam 
2. Tuhfatul Muwahiddin
3. Brahma Samhita
4. Mother India