MCQ on Home Rule League Movement for UPSC

Question 1. Annie Besant is mostly associated with ________.

(A) Non-Co-operation Movement

(B) Khilafat Movement

(C) Home Rule Movement

(D) Civl Disobedience Movement

Question 2. The movement in India which became popular during the first World War was the ________.

(A) Swaraj Party Movement

(B) Separatist Movement

(C) Home Rule Movement

(D) Swadeshi and Boycott Movement

Question 3. Who launched the first Home Rule League Movement?

(A) Tilak

(B) Surendra Nath Banerjee

(C) Sarojini Naidu

(D) Annie Besant

Question 4. Two Home Rule Leagues were started in 1915-16 under the leadership of ________.

(A) Tilak and Vipin Chandra Pal

(B) Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai

(C) Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh

(D) Tilak and Annie Besant

Question 5. Who among the following did not contribute to Home Rule League?

(A) T.S. Alcott

(B) S. Subramaniam Iyer

(C) Annie Besant

(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Question 6. Which of the following is not associated with Home Rule Movement?

(A) B.G. Tilak

(B) Annie Besant

(C) S. Subramaniam Iyer

(D) C.R. Das

Question 7. In which conference could the Home Rule supporters demonstrate their political power successfully?

(A) Joint A.I.T.U.C and N.T.U.  Sabha at Nagpur in 1938

(B) First U.P. Farmers Association held in 1918

(C) All India Trade Union Conference held at Bombay in 1920

(D) Lucknow Conference of Congress in 1916

Question 8.Home Rule Movement was symbol of starting a new phase of freedom movement in India because______.

(A) It established co-ordination between extremists and moderates

(B) Hindus and Muslims started to struggle jointly

(C) Leadership of the movement came in the hands of Gandhiji

(D) It put a perfect project for the self-Government before the nation

Question 9. The Home Rule Leagues of Tilak and Annie Besant were merged into one in ________. 

(A) 1923

(B) 1920

(C) 1918

(D) 1916

Question 10. Which of the following is not correct about the Home Rule League? 

(A) Despite the differences between Tilak and Besant, both the Leagues continued to exist

(B) The Home Rule League founded by Tilak was much stronger

(C) The Home Rule League of Tilak was confined to Maharashtra, Karnataka, Central Provinces and Berar

(D) The plan was first presented in 1914-15 by Annie Besant

Question 11. Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?

(A) D.R. Palme Dot

(B) Michael Madhusudan Dutt

(C) A.O. Hume

(D) Annie Besant

Question 12. Annie Besant was

1. responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement.
2. the founder of the Theosophical Society.
3. once the President of the Indian National Congress.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) Only 1

(B) 1 and 3

(C) 2 and 3

(D) All of the above