Indian National Movement Questions and Answers Part-7

1. Who wrote the war which began for religion ended up as a war of independence?
a) Ashok Mehta
b) Surendranath sen
c) V.D.Savarkar
d) Dayanand Saraswati

Answer: b

2. When did the Indian Reforms Association come in to being?
a) 1865
b) 1875
c) 1872
d) 1870

Answer: d

3. When was the widow Remarriage Act passed
a) 1854
b) 1853
c) 1855
d) 1856

Answer: d

4. Where did B.R. Ambedkar form his Bahiskirt Hitakarini Sabha in 1924?
a) Bombay
b) Poona
c) Lucknow
d) Bhopal

Answer: a

5. When was English declared as the medium of instruction in India?
a) 1833
b) 1835
c) 1832
d) 1834

Answer: b

6. Who was the chairman of the first Law Commission?
a) Metcalfe
b) Napier
c) Lord Macaulay
d) Charles Wood

Answer: c

7. When was a supreme court established for the first time at Calcutta?
a) 1771
b) 1773
c) 1775
d) 1778

Answer: b

8. Which Charter Act made provisions for education in India for the first time?
a) 1813
b) 1805
c) 1834
d) 1830

Answer: a

9. Cornwallis code dealt with -------- matters
a) Revenue
b) Religious
c) Judicial
d) cultural

Answer: c

10. What was the strength of Indians in the army of the East India Company in 1857?
a) 100,000
b) 150,765
c) 265,900
d) 255, 879

Answer: c