GK Quiz Questions and Answers on Indian Freedom Struggle (50+ MCQs)

India is known for its rich and distinct history and the history can’t forget the ultimate struggle of Indian freedom fighters against the shackles of British Raj. GK questions from Indian Freedom Struggle are asked in competitive examinations like UPSC, Bank, SSC etc.

Therefore, we have come up with 50+ most important Gk questions on Indian freedom struggle. We’ll keep adding new questions based on latest pattern of upcoming government examinations.

Question: Who was the Father of renaissance of Western India?

a B.M. Malabari

b M.G. Ranade

c R. G. Bhandarkar

d K.T. Telang

Ans: B M.G. Ranade

Question: Which of the following started a separate Public Works Department in India in the year 1848?

a Lord William Bentinck

b Lord Dalhousie

c Lord Wellesley

d Lord Cornwallis

Ans: B Lord Dalhousie

Question: Who of the following attended all three round table conferences?

a B.R. Ambedkar

b Gandhiji

c Rettamalai Srinivasan

d Lala Lajpat Roy

Ans: A B.R. Ambedkar

Question: As per the government of India Act of 1919, some power of Secretary of State of India was transferred to who of the following?

a Viceroy of India

b High Commissioner for India

c Emperor of India

d Court of Directors for India

Ans: B High Commissioner for India

Question: During which of the following viceroys?, the Simon commission was appointed?

a Lord Irwin

b Lord Reading

c Lord Hardinge II

d Lord Linlithgow

Ans: A Lord Irwin

Question: Who of the following Peshwas was contemporary of Shivaji?

a Ramchandra Pant

b Bajirao Biswanath

c Balaji Biswanath

d None of the above

Ans: A Ramchandra Pant

Question: The third battle of Panipat was fought in which year?

a 1740

b 1745

c 1750

d 1761

Ans: D 1761

Question: Which of the following was the founder of Kuka Revolt in 1840?

a Dadu Mian

b Majnum Shah

c Syed Ahmed

d Bhagat Jawahar Mal

Ans: D Bhagat Jawahar Mal

Question: Which of the following was the important centre of Wahabi movement in India?

a Lucknow

b Patna

c Varanasi

d None of the above

Ans: B Patna

Question: Which of the following event is linked to beginning of the drain of wealth from India to England?

a Permanent settlement

b Grant of Diwani

c Removal of Mir Qasim

d Conquest of Mysore

Ans: B Grant of Diwani

Question: Which of the following was the founder of the renowned Presidency College (Former Hindu College) of Calcutta?

a Nathaniel Wallich

b Raja Ram Mohan Roy

c Devendra Nath Tagore

d William Carey

Ans: B Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Question: Which of the following was the result of the Battle of St. Thomas?

a French lost

b Nawab of Carnatic lost

c Both signed a treaty

d English managed to strengthen their power

Ans: B Nawab of Carnatic lost

Question: Who was the first Dutchman to reach India?

a Houtman

b Philip I

c Philip II

d None of the above

Ans: A Houtman

Question: Who was the first Governor General of India?

a Warren Hastings

b Lord William Bentinck

c Lord Clive

d Lord Macaulay

Ans: B Lord William Bentinck

Question: As per the Nehru Report, the composition of India’s parliament was as follows:

a President, Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha

b Crown, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha

c Crown, House of People, House of States

d Crown, Senate, House of Representatives

Ans: D Crown, Senate, House of Representatives

Question: Who among the following was the first Secretary-General of Non Alignment Movement?

a Gamal Abdul Nasser

b Jawahar Lal Nehru

c Josip Broz Tito

d Sukarno

Ans: C Josip Broz Tito

Question: Who was the first English President of Indian National Congress?

a William Wedderburn

b George Yule

c A O Hume

d Henery Cotton

Ans: B George Yule

Question: Lord William Bentinck is credited for which of the following in the Indian History ?

a Education reforms

b Laws

c Abolition of sati

d Local government

Ans: C Abolition of sati

Question: Who was the founder of the newspaper “Harijan”?

a M.K.Gandhi

b Moti Lal Nehru

c Jawahar Lal Nehru

d Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

Ans: A M.K.Gandhi

Question: In which year, Liaquat–Nehru Pact was signed?

a 1947

b 1949

c 1950

d 1955

Ans: C 1950

Question: Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act ?

a Lord Lytton

b Lord Ripon

c Lord Dufferin

d Lord Lansdowne

Ans: B Lord Ripon

Question: What was PEPSU, after India’s independence?

a Part A state

b Part B state

c Part C state

d Part D state

Ans: B Part B state

Question: Which was the first State to be created on linguistic basis ?

a Madras

b Andhra Pradesh

c Andhra State

d Gujarath

Ans: C Andhra State

Question: At which among the following places, Hindu Mela was started in 1867 by Nabagopal Mitra ?

a Calcutta

b Delhi

c Allahabad

d Varanasi

Ans: A Calcutta

Question: Who led Mahad Satyagraha?

a Mahatma Gandhi

b Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

c Acharya Vinoba Bhave

d Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Ans: B Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Question: Which of the following was the founder of Kuka Revolt in 1840?

a Dadu Mian

b Majnum Shah

c Syed Ahmed

d Bhagat Jawahar Mal

Ans: D Bhagat Jawahar Mal

Question: June 3 plan is associated with which of the following viceroys of India?

a Lord Minto II

b Lord Wavell

c Lord Linlithgow

d Lord Mountbatten

Ans: D Lord Mountbatten

Question: Mahadji Shinde was associated with controlling the Maratha empire in which of the following places?

a Poona

b Gwalior

c Rajkot

d Mangalore

Ans: B Gwalior

Question: Which of the following founded the Faraizi revolt?

a Bhagat Jawahar Mal

b Haji Shariat-Allah

c Syed Ahmed

d Chirag Shah

Ans: B Haji Shariat-Allah

Question: What was the share of Zamindar in the permanent settlement system?

a 1/4

b 1/6

c 1/11

d 1/2

Ans: C 1/11

Question: Which of the following coastal area of India was given The name ‘Carnatic’ by Europeans?

a Coromandel Coast

b Konkan Coast

c Utkal Coast

d Kathiawar Coast

Ans: A Coromandel Coast

Question: Which act during British India gave the power to President to issue ordinances?

a Government of India Act, 1919

b Government of India Act, 1909

c Government of India Act, 1935

d Indian Independence act, 1947

Ans: C Government of India Act, 1935

Question: Who among the following founded the Depressed Classes Mission of India?

a Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar

b Vitthal Ramji Shinde

c Annabhau Sathe

d Shantabai Kamble

Ans: B Vitthal Ramji Shinde

Question: Founding Partner of which of the following companies of India became first Finance Minister of Pakistan?

a Tata Motors

b Mahindra & Mahindra

c Larsen & Toubro

d Nicholas Piramal

Ans: B Mahindra & Mahindra

Question: In which province, Muslim League formed their first government after 1946 elections?

a Bengal

b Madras

c Bombay

d United province

Ans: A Bengal

Question: After which among the following events, the Cabinet Mission plan was thought to have become defunct?

a Call for a Direct Action Day by Muslim League

b Boycott of the Muslim Legue of the Constituent assembly

c The formation of the Interim Government

d Atlee’s Declaration

Ans: D Atlee’s Declaration

Question: Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Jnana Yoga are the works of which among the following social reformers of India?

a M. G. Ranade

b Swami Vivekanand

c Ramkrishna Paramhansa

d Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Ans: B Swami Vivekanand

Question: Who among the following was placed on the throne of Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Buxar?

a Shiraj-ud-daula

b Mir Kasim

c Mir Jafar

d Najimuddin Ali Khan

Ans: C Mir Jafar

Question: At which of the following places was the first ever European township constructed in India?

a Kochi

b Chinsurah

c Surat

d Chennai

Ans: A Kochi

Question: With reference to the relations of the Princely states with British Crown, which among the following report said that “Paramountcy must remain paramount”?

a Hunter Commission Report

b Strachey Commission Report

c Butler Commission Report

d Campbell Commission Report

Ans: C Butler Commission Report

Question: The term “Bleeding Madras” is related to which among the following?

a An event during the First war of Independence

b A Newspaper published in British Era

c A type of Cloth

d A type of Plant

Ans: C A type of Cloth

Question: Who among the following British officers suppressed the Revolt of 1857 in Lucknow?

a Colin Campbell

b Gen. Hugh Rose

c Major Willian Taylor

d Nicholson and Hudson

Ans: B Sir Charles Metcalfe

Question: Champaran Satyagraha was the first to be started but the word Satyagraha was used for the first time in which of the following?

a Anti Rowlatt agitation

b agitation against Simon Commission

c Amritsar Massacre of 1919

d Non cooperation movement

Ans: A Anti Rowlatt agitation

Question: In which year, Submarine Telegraphy System was opened between India and Europe?

a 1860

b 1862

c 1865

d 1880

Ans: C 1865

Question: The provision for establishment of Supreme Court of Calcutta was made in which act?

a Regulating Act of 1773

b Indian Council Act, 1861

c Charter Act of 1813

d Pitt’s India Act, 1784

Ans: A Regulating Act of 1773

Question: Which act created a new office of the High Commissioner for India in London and transferred to him some of the functions performed by the Secretary of State of India?

a Indian Councils Act, 1909

b Government of India Act, 1919

c Government of India Act, 1935

d Indian Independence Act, 1947

Ans: B Government of India Act, 1919

Question: Who of the following tried to settle the dispute between Mir Kasim and the British?

a Lord Clive

b John Cartier

c Henry Vansittart

d None of the above

Ans: C Henry Vansittart

Question: Which of the following was not a major import of India during 18th century?

a Bullion

b Textiles

c Ivory

d Perfumes

Ans: B Textiles

Question: Which of the following was the first recorded Muslim revolutionary who was hanged for India’s independence?

a Mohammad Ali

b Shaukat Ali

c Ashfaque-ullah-Khan

d Azizuddin

Ans: C Ashfaque-ullah-Khan

Question: Who of the following informed Lord Ellenborough “Peccavi, I have Sindh”?

a Charles Napier

b James Outram

c James Austin

d None of the above

Ans: A Charles Napier

Question: Poona Pact was signed between which of the following?

a Gandhiji and Ramsay Macdonald

b Gandhiji and B.R. Ambedkar

c Gandhiji and Lord Irwin

d B.R. Ambedkar and Lord Irwin

Ans: B Gandhiji and B.R. Ambedkar