Gandhian Era & Struggle for Independence Questions with Solutions
This topic covers the freedom struggle from Gandhi's return to India in 1915 to independence in 1947: the Champaran, Kheda and Ahmedabad movements, the Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh, the Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience and Quit India movements, the Round Table Conferences, the Cripps Mission, the Cabinet Mission and the partition of India. Most questions ask about the year, cause or result of a movement, or the event that ended it. For example, the Chauri Chaura incident (1922) led Gandhi to call off the Non-Cooperation Movement, and the Dandi March (1930) started the Civil Disobedience Movement. Learning these events on a timeline is the best way to avoid confusion. Practise the Gandhian era questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.
- Q1.
The Quit India Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi on:
A. 9 August 1942B. 12 March 1930C. 8 August 1942D. 26 January 1930easyAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q2.
Who started the secret Congress Radio during the Quit India Movement?
A. Aruna Asaf AliB. Sucheta KripalaniC. Usha MehtaD. Matangini HazramediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q3.
The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928 was led by:
A. Mahatma GandhiB. Rajendra PrasadC. Jawaharlal NehruD. Sardar Vallabhbhai PateleasyAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q4.
The Harijan Sevak Sangh was founded in 1932 by:
A. Mahatma GandhiB. Jyotirao PhuleC. B.R. AmbedkarD. Narayana GurueasyAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q5.
Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in protest against:
A. The Simon CommissionB. The Rowlatt ActC. The Jallianwala Bagh massacreD. The Partition of BengaleasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q6.
Who gave the slogan "Do or Die" during India's Quit India Movement?
A. Subhas Chandra BoseB. Jawaharlal NehruC. Mahatma GandhiD. Sardar PateleasyAsked in MAH LLB 3 Year CET 2026View solution › - Q7.
Among the following, what was the main object of The Poona Pact Agreement?
A. To reserve seats for the Depressed Classes in Provincial and Central LegislaturesB. To introduce Provincial AutonomyC. To establish National Schools for basic educationD. To demand the formation of a Constituent AssemblymediumAsked in MAH LLB 3 Year CET 1 April Shift 2 2026View solution › - Q8.
Chauri Chaura, famous for the incident of 1922, is located in which district of Uttar Pradesh?
A. KanpurB. MeerutC. BalliaD. GorakhpureasyAsked in SSCView solution ›