This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > History > The Making Of The National Movement 1870S–1947 > Class 8 History Chapter 11 The Making Of The National Movement 1870S–1947 – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 11 The Making Of The National Movement 1870S–1947 Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why was the Vernacular Press Act passed and when? A) The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1900 to promote freedom of the Indian language press. B) The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878 to restrict the freedom of thought in the press. C) The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1888 to encourage the growth of the Indian language press. D) The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1850 to regulate the British language press. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878 to restrict the freedom of thought in the press. 2. The ..... gained momentum through 1921-1922. A) Vernacular Press Act. B) Lucknow Pact. C) Non cooperation Movement. D) Simon Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non cooperation Movement. 3. During the partition of Bengal the slogan that was used in Andhra was A) Jai Jawan jai kisan. B) Live and Let Live. C) Vande mataram. D) Do or die. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vande mataram. 4. ..... was formed by Subhash Chandra Bose. A) Swarajya Party. B) Indian National Army. C) Judicial Movement. D) Army Regiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian National Army. 5. Freedom is our Birthright slogan was given by ..... A) Lala Lajpat Rai. B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. C) Laxmi Sehgal. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. 6. The First World War altered the economic and political condition of India. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. All India Muslim League was formed in ..... in 1906. A) Dacca. B) Peshawar. C) Lahore. D) Poona. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dacca. 8. Who served as the president of the congress in 1931? A) Sardar Vallabhbhai patel. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Jawaharlal Nehru. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sardar Vallabhbhai patel. 9. Who is 'they' in these lines?- "They felt that the British had respect for the ideals of freedom and justice, and so they would accept the just demands of Indians." A) Muslim League. B) Radical leaders. C) Moderate leaders. D) Poona Sarvajanik Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moderate leaders. 10. In which year did Gandhi declare that he would lead a march to break the salt law? A) 1928. B) 1930. C) 1945. D) 1934. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1930. 11. Discuss the various forms that the Non-Cooperation Movement took in different parts of India. How did the people understand Gandhiji? A) Boycotting foreign goods and institutions. B) Engaging in armed conflicts. C) Seeking foreign aid. D) Participating in elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boycotting foreign goods and institutions. 12. Gandhi ji and his follower walked from ..... to ..... to break the salt law A) Sambarmati to Dandi. B) Dandi to Sambarmati. C) Punjab to Gujrat. D) Don't know . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sambarmati to Dandi. 13. What does RSS stand for? A) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. B) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sabha. C) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Singh. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. 14. Azad Hind Fauz was formed in which among the following countries? A) India. B) Singapore. C) Japan. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singapore. 15. "It takes a loud voice to make the deaf hear. Inquilab Zindabad! ''-Which famous personality's words are these? A) Balgangadhar Tilak. B) Subhas Chandra Bose. C) Bhagat Singh. D) Lala Lajpat Rai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhagat Singh. 16. ..... and Muslim League signed a Historic Pact of Lucknow in 1916 A) Socialist Party. B) Communist Party. C) British Empire. D) Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Congress. 17. When did Chauri Chaura incident took place? A) February 15, 1922. B) February 5, 1923. C) February 25, 1922. D) February 5, 1922. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) February 5, 1922. 18. Which was the movement lead by Gandhiji in 1917. A) Non-cooperation Movement. B) The champaran movement. C) The kheda movement. D) The Khilafat Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The champaran movement. 19. Who founded the political party called Forward Block in 1939? A) B.R. Ambedkar. B) Subas Chandra Bose. C) Ras Bihari Bose. D) Jayaprakash Narayan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subas Chandra Bose. 20. The "Moderates" wanted the British rule to ..... the Arms Act. A) Delay. B) Repeal. C) Implement. D) Strengthen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repeal. 21. Who established Natal Congress? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Balgangadhar Tilak. D) Lala Lajpat Rai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi. 22. How many delegates were present when the Indian National Congress (INC) was originally formed? A) 27. B) 47. C) 89. D) 72. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 72. 23. In which year did WW-1 started and ended A) 1915-1916. B) 1914-1917. C) 1914-1918. D) 1913-1917. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1914-1918. 24. Fill in the blank:The Congress was ..... in its first 20 years. A) Radical. B) Illegal. C) Biased. D) Moderate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moderate. 25. What was the main motive behind the partition of Bengal by the British in 1905? A) To promote administrative convenience. B) To split the Bengali people. C) To increase the power of the Indian National Congress. D) To reduce the influence of Bengali politicians. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To reduce the influence of Bengali politicians. 26. ..... was a Marathi newspaper edited by Bal Gangadhar Tilak. A) Sakal. B) Muktangan. C) Kesari. D) Gazette. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kesari. 27. The congress was divided into 2 parts: ..... and ..... A) Moderates and Extremists. B) Radicals and Bengal. C) Bengal and Moderates. D) Bengal and Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moderates and Extremists. 28. In which year was the Arms Act (disallowing Indians from possessing arms) passed? A) 1870. B) 1880. C) 1878. D) 1873. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1878. 29. When did the Congress and the Muslim League sign the historic Lucknow Pact? A) 1916. B) 1915. C) 1907. D) 1918. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1916. 30. Lala Lajpat Rai was a nationalist from A) Bengal. B) Bihar. C) Punjab. D) Haryana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punjab. 31. Chauri Chaura incident broke out in ..... , and Gandhi ji had to call off his ..... Movement. A) 1922, Civil disobedience Movement. B) 1922, Dandi March. C) 1920, Non-cooperation Movement. D) 1922, Non cooperation movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1922, Non cooperation movement. 32. Which British officer motivated Indians to start a party? A) A.O.Hume. B) Attlee Johnson. C) Viceroy Mountbatten. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A.O.Hume. 33. ..... was one of the leaders of the Khilafat movement. A) Mohammad Ali. B) Indira Gandhi. C) Badshah Khan. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mohammad Ali. 34. ..... was Viceroy of India when partition of Bengal was announced A) Lord Clive. B) Lord Minto. C) Lord Hastings. D) Lord Curzon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Curzon. 35. First all-India freedom struggle movement against British government was A) Satyagraha. B) Dandi March. C) Rowlatt Satyagraha. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rowlatt Satyagraha. 36. Muslim League was demanding for a diffrerent country named as A) India. B) Pakistan. C) Don't know. D) Iran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pakistan. 37. Who were the early leaders of the Indian National Congress? A) Rajendra Prasad and Vallabhbhai Patel. B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai. C) Dadabhai Naoroji and Pherozeshah Mehta. D) Mahatma Gandhi and Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dadabhai Naoroji and Pherozeshah Mehta. 38. What was the Khliafat agitation? A) Political campaign by Indian Muslims in support of the Ottoman Empire. B) Cultural celebration by Indian Muslims in support of the Ottoman Empire. C) Religious movement by Indian Muslims against the Ottoman Empire. D) Military campaign by Indian Muslims in support of the Ottoman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political campaign by Indian Muslims in support of the Ottoman Empire. 39. Who is not a moderate amongst these? A) Romesh chandra Dutt. B) S.Subhramania Iyer. C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. D) Dadabhai Naraoji. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. 40. When All India Muslim League was formed? A) 1906. B) 1907. C) 1911. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1906. 41. Which act was passed in 1935? A) Vernacular Press Act. B) IIbert Bill. C) Government of India Act. D) Arms Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Government of India Act. 42. The INC split in which year? A) 1905. B) 1907. C) 1908. D) 1903. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1907. 43. The Non-Cooperation Movement gained momentum through ..... A) 1914-1917. B) 1915-1917. C) 1921-1922. D) 1914-1918. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1921-1922. 44. Simon Commission was headed by ..... A) Lord Simon. B) Lord Kingsford. C) Lord Curzon. D) Lord Hastings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Simon. 45. In 1940 the Muslim League had moved a resolution demanding "Independent States" for Muslims in the north-western and eastern areas of the country. The resolution did not mention partition or Pakistan. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. Shubhas Chandra Bose founded A) INC. B) INA. C) HSRA. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INA. 47. What happened on 13th April 1919? A) Gandhi arrived in India. B) British issued the Rowlatt Act. C) The Congress split. D) Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jallianwala Bagh massacre. 48. The slogan '' INQUILAB ZINDABAD '' was given by which freedom fighter A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) Bhagat Singh. D) Subhas Chandra Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhagat Singh. 49. The movement that launched in 1930. A) Civil Disobidience. B) Rowlatt Satyagraha. C) Vandemataram Movement. D) Non-cooperation movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Civil Disobidience. 50. Moderates believed in A) Burning British made clothes. B) Publish newspaper articles. C) Boycott British schools. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Publish newspaper articles. 51. Where was the Muslim League formed? A) Darjeeling. B) Dacca. C) Kolkata. D) Murshidabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dacca. 52. What was the response of the Indian people to the Rowlatt Act passed by the British in 1919? A) They surrendered British titles. B) They observed a day of non-violent opposition. C) They boycotted legislatures. D) They lit public bonfires of foreign cloth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They observed a day of non-violent opposition. 53. Where is Champaran district situated? A) In the foothills of the Himalayas in Bihar. B) In the south-west of Orissa. C) In the northeast of Orissa. D) In the south of Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the foothills of the Himalayas in Bihar. 54. In which year and by whom Bengal was partitioned A) By Viceroy Curzon in the year 1907. B) By Viceroy Curzon in the year 1905. C) By Lord Mountbatten in 1905. D) By Lord Mountbatten in 1915. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By Viceroy Curzon in the year 1905. 55. Quit India Movement is also known as A) August Movement. B) September Movement. C) June Movement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) August Movement. 56. What was the name of the organisation formed in 1906 by a group of Muslim landlords and nawabs? A) Indian National Congress. B) Khilafat Movement. C) All India Muslim League. D) Swadeshi Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All India Muslim League. 57. When was the Lucknow pact signed and between whom A) In 1919 between the INC and the Muslim league. B) In 1916 between the INC and the British. C) In 1916 between the INC and the Muslim league. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In 1916 between the INC and the Muslim league. 58. In ..... the British imposed a harsh treaty on the ..... Sultan. A) 1922; Afghani. B) 1922; Arabian. C) 1920; Turkish. D) 1920; Mughal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1920; Turkish. 59. Which national movement was known as the Vandemataram Movement in deltaic Andhra? A) Civil Disobedience Movement. B) Khilafat Agitation. C) Swadeshi Movement. D) Non-Cooperation Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swadeshi Movement. 60. The Partition of Bengal was supported by ..... A) Muslim League. B) Congress. C) Swaraj Party. D) Communist Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muslim League. Next →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 History Chapter 11 The Making Of The National Movement 1870S–1947 Quiz 2Class 8 History Chapter 11 The Making Of The National Movement 1870S–1947 Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books