History – GK Questions

Answer: True

The INA trials (1945-46) of Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Sahgal, and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon sparked nationwide protests. Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs united in support, weakening British legitimacy and accelerating independence. [[30]]

Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose

Subhash Chandra Bose proclaimed the Provisional Government of Free India (Azad Hind) in Singapore on October 21, 1943. The Indian National Army fought under its banner against the British in Southeast Asia. [[1]]

Answer: True

Masterda Surya Sen led the Chittagong Armoury Raid (April 18, 1930), where revolutionaries seized arms and cut communication lines. Though ultimately suppressed, it inspired youth across India. [[1]]

Answer: Train robbery near Lucknow

The Kakori Conspiracy (August 9, 1925) involved HRA members robbing a government treasury on a train near Kakori, Lucknow. Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, and others were executed for their role. [[30]]

Answer: Alfred

Chandrashekhar Azad died in a gunfight with police at Alfred Park (now Chandrashekhar Azad Park) in Allahabad on February 27, 1931. True to his vow, he never allowed himself to be captured alive. [[1]]

Answer: True

On April 8, 1929, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw non-lethal bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly to protest the Public Safety Bill and Trade Disputes Bill. They courted arrest to use the trial for propaganda. [[30]]

Answer: Ram Prasad Bismil and Sachindra Nath Sanyal

The Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) was founded in 1924 by Ram Prasad Bismil, Sachindra Nath Sanyal, and others. It was later renamed Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) in 1928. [[1]]

Answer: True

The Simon Commission (1927) was boycotted by all Indian political parties because it had no Indian members. Protesters carried black flags chanting 'Simon Go Back', leading to Lala Lajpat Rai's fatal lathi charge. [[1]]

Answer: 1931

The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on March 5, 1931, between Mahatma Gandhi and Viceroy Lord Irwin. It ended the Civil Disobedience Movement and allowed Congress to participate in the Second Round Table Conference. [[30]]

Answer: B.R. Ambedkar

The Poona Pact (September 24, 1932) was signed between Gandhi and Ambedkar, ensuring reserved seats for Depressed Classes in legislative councils. It replaced the Communal Award's separate electorates for Dalits. [[1]]

Answer: True

The Civil Disobedience Movement began on March 12, 1930, with Gandhi's Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha). He walked 240 miles from Sabarmati to Dandi to make salt, defying the British salt monopoly. [[30]]

Answer: Chauri Chaura

Gandhi suspended the Non-Cooperation Movement in February 1922 after the Chauri Chaura incident, where protesters burned a police station killing 22 policemen. Gandhi believed the movement had turned violent. [[1]]

Answer: True

On April 13, 1919 (Baisakhi day), General Dyer ordered troops to fire on an unarmed crowd at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, killing hundreds. This brutality galvanized the Indian independence movement. [[1]]

Answer: Both A and B

The Rowlatt Act (1919), officially the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, was called the 'Black Act' by Indians. It allowed detention without trial and sparked nationwide protests leading to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. [[30]]

Answer: fasting

During the Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918), Gandhi undertook a fast to pressure both mill owners and workers to negotiate. This was one of the earliest uses of fasting as a tool of moral persuasion in India's freedom struggle. [[1]]

Answer: True

The Kheda Satyagraha (1918) in Gujarat was led by Sardar Patel under Gandhi's guidance. Peasants demanded remission of land revenue due to crop failure. It established Patel's leadership in the nationalist movement. [[30]]

Answer: Champaran

Gandhi's first satyagraha in India was the Champaran Satyagraha (1917) in Bihar, where he supported indigo farmers against exploitative plantation systems. This marked the beginning of his mass movement strategy. [[1]]

Answer: True

The Deccan Riots (1875) in Maharashtra were peasant uprisings against exploitative moneylenders (sahukars) who charged exorbitant interest rates. The government responded with the Deccan Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1879. [[30]]

Answer: Andhra Pradesh

Alluri Sitarama Raju led the Rampa Rebellion (1922-24) in the Godavari agency area of present-day Andhra Pradesh against the Madras Forest Act, which restricted tribal access to forest resources. [[1]]

Answer: Bengal

The Indigo Revolt (1859-60) was a peasant uprising in Bengal against European planters who forced farmers to grow indigo under exploitative conditions. It was documented in Dinabandhu Mitra's play 'Nil Darpan'. [[30]]