General Awareness Quiz Set 6

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Question 1. Arrange the following in chronological order and select the correct answer from the code given below.

  1. Dandi March
  2. Simon Commission
  3. Poona Pact
  4. Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Code

(A) 4, 3, 2, 1

(B) 2, 1, 4, 3

(C) 4, 3, 1, 2

(D) 2, 1, 3, 4

View Answer
(B) 2, 1, 4, 3

Question 2. With reference to Indian freedom struggle, consider the following events.

  1. Mutiny in Royal Indian Navy
  2. Quit India Movement launched
  3. Second Round Table Conference

What is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?

(A) 3, 1, 2

(B) 3, 2, 1

(C) 2, 1, 3

(D) 1, 2, 3

View Answer
(B) 3, 2, 1

Question 3. Put the following events in chronological order and choose your answer with the help of given code.

  1. Formation of an interim Government
  2. The arrival of the Cabinet Mission
  3. Muslim League launches Direct Action
  4. Jinnah’s wrecking of the Shimla Conference

Code

(A) 4, 2, 1, 3

(B) 1, 2, 4, 3

(C) 4, 2, 3, 1

(D) 2, 4, 3, 1

View Answer
(C) 4, 2, 3, 1

Question 4. Consider the following statements.

  1. Asaf Ali looked after the work of Railway Ministry in the interim Government (1946).
  2. ‘Ancient Monuments Preservation Act’ was passed when Lord Curzon was Governor-General.
  3. The Haripura Session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by C.R. Das.
  4. Swami Shraddhanand suggested no tax campaign as a protest against the Rowlatt Act.

Of these statements:

(A) Only 1, 2 and 3 are correct

(B) Only 1, 2 and 4 are correct

(C) Only 2 and 3 are correct

(D) Only 1 and 2 are correct

View Answer
(B) Only 1, 2 and 4 are correct

Question 5. What is the correct sequence of the following events?

  1. The Lucknow Pact
  2. The Introduction on Dyarchy
  3. The Rowlatt Act
  4. The Partition of Bengal

Code

(A) 4, 3, 2, 1

(B) 1, 2, 3, 4

(C) 4, 1, 3, 2

(D) 1, 3, 2, 4

View Answer
(B) 1, 2, 3, 4

Question 6. Read the following events.

  1. Lucknow Pact
  2. Champaran Satyagraha
  3. Khilafat Movement
  4. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Find out the exact chronological order of the above events from the code given below.

(A) 1, 3, 2, 4

(B) 4, 3, 2, 1

(C) 1, 2, 3, 4

(D) 1, 2, 4, 3

View Answer
(D) 1, 2, 4, 3

Question 7. Consider the following events and select correct chronological order of the events from the code given below.

  1. Khilafat Movement
  2. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
  3. Amritsar Session of Indian National Congress (1919)
  4. Rowlatt Satyagraha

Code

(A) 4, 3, 1, 2

(B) 4, 3, 2, 1

(C) 1, 2, 3, 4

(D) 4, 2, 3, 1

View Answer
(D) 4, 2, 3, 1

Question 8. Consider the following events connected with Indian National Movement and find the correct chronological order of the events from the code given below.

  1. Demise of B.G. Tilak
  2. Passing of Rowlatt Bill as an Act
  3. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
  4. Amritsar Session of Indian National Congress, 1919

Code

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4

(B) 3, 4, 2, 1

(C) 4, 3, 2, 1

(D) 2, 3, 4, 1

View Answer
(D) 2, 3, 4, 1

Question 9. Arrange the following events related with the Indian National Movement in chronological order and select the correct answer from the code given below.

  1. Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March
  2. Poona Pact
  3. Communal Award
  4. Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Code

(A) 4, 2, 3, 1

(B) 3, 4, 2, 1

(C) 1, 3, 4, 2

(D) 1, 4, 3, 2

View Answer
(D) 1, 4, 3, 2 

Question 10. Arrange the following events connected with Indian National Movement in their chronological order.

  1. Home Rule Movement
  2. Champaran Satyagraha
  3. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
  4. Amritsar Session of Indian National Congress

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

(A) 3, 2, 1, 4

(B) 4, 3, 2, 1

(C) 2, 3, 4, 1

(D) 1, 2, 3, 4

View Answer
(D) 1, 2, 3, 4 

Question 11. Arrange the following events connected with Indian National Movement in chronological order and select the correct answer from the code given below.

  1. Rowlatt Act, 1919
  2. Rowlatt Satyagraha, 1919
  3. Amritsar Session of Indian National Congress, 1919
  4. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, 1919

Code

(A) 3, 1, 4, 2

(B) 4, 2, 1, 3

(C) 1, 2, 4, 3

(D) 1, 4, 3, 2

View Answer
(C) 1, 2, 4, 3

Question 12. Consider the following events connected with India’s struggle for independence and find the correct sequence of the events from the code given below:

  1. Champaran Satyagraha
  2. Rowlatt Satyagraha
  3. Home Rule Movement
  4. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Code

(A) 3, 4, 2, 1

(B) 4, 3, 2, 1

(C) 1, 2, 3, 4

(D) 3, 1, 2, 4

View Answer
(D) 3, 1, 2, 4 

Question 13. Consider the following events and select their correct chronological order from the code given below.

  1. Formation of Naujawan Bharat Sabha
  2. Formation of Swarajist Party
  3. The Dandi March
  4. The Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy

Code

(A) 4, 2, 1, 3

(B) 2, 4, 3, 1

(C) 2, 1, 4, 3

(D) 4, 3, 2, 1

View Answer
(A) 4, 2, 1, 3

Question 14. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Satya Shodhak Sabha

(B) Lala Lajpat Rai – National School at Lahore

(C) Dadabhai Naoroji – Bombay Association

(D) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

View Answer
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Satya Shodhak Sabha

Question 15. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Governor-General of Bengal at the time of the passing of Pitt’s India Act – Lord Minto

(B) Active participants of Gadar Movement – Hardayal, Baba Harnam Singh & Tundilat

(C) Founder of All India Harijan Sangh – Mahatma Gandhi

(D) The first Newspaper published from India – The Bengal Gazette

View Answer
(A) Governor-General of Bengal at the time of the passing of Pitt’s India Act – Lord Minto

Question 16. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai was never elected as President of Indian National Congress

(B) Hindu College Calcutta is the first institution to help in spreading English Education in India

(C) Saddler Commission is associated with Education

(D) Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography was originally written in the Gujarati Language

View Answer
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai was never elected as President of Indian National Congress

Question 17. What is the correct sequence of the following events?

  1. Tilak’s Home Rule League
  2. Kamagatamaru Incident
  3. Mahatma Gandhi’s arrival in India

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(A) 2, 1, 3

(B) 2, 1, 3

(C) 2, 1, 3

(D) 1, 2, 3

View Answer
(A) 2, 1, 3 

Question 18. What is the correct sequence of the following events?

  1. The August offer
  2. The I.N.A. trial
  3. The Quit India Movement
  4. The Royal Indian Naval Ratings Revolt

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) 3, 1, 4, 2

(B) 1, 3, 4, 2

(C) 3, 1, 2, 4

(D) 1, 3, 2, 4

View Answer
(D) 1, 3, 2, 4

Question 19. Consider the following events in the history of Independence Movement of India and select correct chronological order by using given codes.

  1. Non-Co-operation Movement
  2. Home Rule Movement
  3. Quit India Movement
  4. Civil Disobedience Movement

Code

(A) 1, 2, 4, 3

(B) 2, 1, 4, 3

(C) 2, 1, 3, 4

(D) 1, 2, 3, 4

View Answer
(B) 2, 1, 4, 3

Question 20. Which is the correct chronological order of the following?

  1. Cripps Mission
  2. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
  3. Simon Commission
  4. Partition of the Country

Code

(A) 3, 2, 1, 4

(B) 2, 1, 3, 4

(C) 2, 1, 4, 3

(D) 1, 2, 3, 4

View Answer
(A) 3, 2, 1, 4

Question 21. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

  1. Theodore Beck – Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh
  2. Ilbert Bill – Ripon
  3. Feroz Shah Mehta – Indian National Congress
  4. Badruddin Tyabji – Muslim League

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) 1, 3 and 4

(C) 2 and 4

(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

View Answer
(A) 1, 2 and 3

Question 22. Consider the following events in the history of the independence movement of India and select correct chronological order using code given below.

  1. Swadeshi Movement
  2. Home Rule Movement
  3. Non-Co-operation Movement
  4. Civil Disobedience Movement

Code

(A) 3, 1, 4 and 2

(B) 2, 1, 4 and 3

(C) 2, 1, 3 and 4

(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

View Answer
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 23. Which of the following Movements led few women out from the seclusion of home?

  1. Swadeshi Movement
  2. Home Rule Movement
  3. Non-Co-operation Movement
  4. Civil Disobedience Movement

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(B) Only 3 and 4

(C) Only 2 and 4

(D) Only 1 and 3

View Answer
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 24. Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?

(A) Opening of Trades for British Civilians and Companies in India – 1813

(B) Monopoly of East India Company in India – 1833

(C) Subsidiary Alliances – 1863

(D) Battle of Buxar – 1764

View Answer
(C) Subsidiary Alliances – 1863

Question 25. Arrange the following Plans in chronological order.

  1. Cripps Plan
  2. Cabinet Mission Plan
  3. Mountbatten Plan
  4. Wavell Plan

Code

(A) 1, 4, 2, 3

(B) 3, 4, 1, 2

(C) 2, 3, 1, 4

(D) 1, 2, 3, 4

View Answer
(A) 1, 4, 2, 3