MCQ Chapter 2 India’s Long Road to Independence Class 8 Social Science CBSE Board Advertisement 1. Who was among the founders of the Ghadar Party?Lala HardayalRajendra PrasadGopal Krishna GokhaleMotilal NehruQuestion 1 of 202. What was the Cellular Jail also known as?Kala PaniSwaraj BhavanAzad JailBharat JailQuestion 2 of 203. What was one purpose of the Cellular Jail?To train Indian soldiersTo exile and isolate revolutionariesTo educate Indian childrenTo hold Congress meetingsQuestion 3 of 204. Who was known as “Bagha Jatin”?Jatin MukherjeeKartar Singh SarabhaRash Behari BoseSachin SanyalQuestion 4 of 205. What was the purpose of the German Plot associated with Bagha Jatin?To organise a shipment of German arms for an armed uprisingTo negotiate with the BritishTo establish a schoolTo promote British textilesQuestion 5 of 206. What were Tilak’s three main tasks after his release from jail in 1914?To promote foreign goods, support Britain and oppose self-ruleTo reunite Congress factions, promote Hindu-Muslim cooperation and work for home ruleTo abolish Congress, support partition and promote warTo establish princely states, oppose education and support colonial ruleQuestion 6 of 207. What did the Lucknow Pact promote?Congress–League cooperationCongress–British military cooperationPartition of BengalComplete rejection of electionsQuestion 7 of 208. What did the Congress accept under the Lucknow Pact?Separate electorates for MuslimsComplete British controlPartition of IndiaAbolition of legislaturesQuestion 8 of 209. Who launched the Home Rule Movement with Annie Besant in 1916?Bal Gangadhar TilakJawaharlal NehruMahatma GandhiVallabhbhai PatelQuestion 9 of 2010. What did the Home Rule Movement demand?Complete military independence immediatelySelf-government within the British EmpirePartition of IndiaEnd of Indian educationQuestion 10 of 2011. Where was Mahatma Gandhi born?PorbandarLahoreBombayAhmedabadQuestion 11 of 2012. What does “satyagraha” mean?Insistence on truthMilitary victoryForeign ruleEconomic taxationQuestion 12 of 2013. Which principle was central to Gandhi’s method of satyagraha?ViolenceAhimsaMilitary conquestForeign allianceQuestion 13 of 2014. In which year did Gandhi return to India?1905191119151920Question 14 of 2015. Which farmers did Gandhi support through satyagraha in Bihar?Indigo farmersCotton farmersTea farmersWheat farmersQuestion 15 of 2016. Why did the Rowlatt Act create widespread opposition?It gave people complete freedomIt allowed detention without trialIt abolished all taxesIt ended colonial ruleQuestion 16 of 2017. Where did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre take place?LahoreAmritsarDelhiCalcuttaQuestion 17 of 2018. Who ordered the troops to open fire at Jallianwala Bagh?General DyerLord CurzonLord IrwinLord MountbattenQuestion 18 of 2019. What did Rabindranath Tagore do in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?Resigned from CongressReturned his knighthoodJoined the British ArmyLeft India permanentlyQuestion 19 of 2020. Who launched the Khilafat Movement in India in 1919?Muhammad Ali and Shaukat AliTilak and GokhaleGandhi and PatelNehru and BoseQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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