Q1. The slogan 'Do or Die' is associated with which movement?
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Answer: A. Quit India Movement
Gandhi gave the call 'Do or Die' at the start of the Quit India Movement in August 1942.
Freedom Struggle Questions for SSC CGL (with Answers)
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Q2. The Revolt of 1857 broke out on 10 May 1857 at:
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Answer: C. Meerut
The Revolt of 1857 began at Meerut on 10 May 1857, and the rebels then marched to Delhi.
Q3. Mahatma Gandhi's first Satyagraha in India (1917) was launched at:
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Answer: A. Champaran
Gandhi's first Satyagraha in India was at Champaran, Bihar, in 1917. It took up the cause of indigo farmers.
Q4. Gandhi called off the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922 after which incident?
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Answer: B. Chauri Chaura
Gandhi withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement after a mob burned a police station at Chauri Chaura in February 1922.
Q5. The Kakori train action of 1925 was led by revolutionaries including:
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Answer: C. Ram Prasad Bismil
Ram Prasad Bismil led the Kakori train action of 1925, in which revolutionaries looted government money from a train near Lucknow.
Q6. Why did Indians boycott the Simon Commission (1928)?
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Answer: D. It had no Indian member
The Simon Commission was boycotted because all seven of its members were British and none was Indian.
Q7. Vallabhbhai Patel received the title 'Sardar' after leading which satyagraha in 1928?
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Answer: A. Bardoli Satyagraha
Patel led the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928 against higher land revenue, and the women of Bardoli gave him the title 'Sardar'.
Q8. Mangal Pandey attacked British officers in March 1857 at which cantonment?
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Answer: C. Barrackpore
Mangal Pandey of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry attacked his officers at Barrackpore, near Kolkata, in March 1857.
Q9. The Cabinet Mission came to India in which year?
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Answer: D. 1946
The Cabinet Mission came to India in 1946 to plan the transfer of power.
Q10. Chandrashekhar Azad died in 1931 during an encounter with the police at Alfred Park in:
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Answer: A. Allahabad (Prayagraj)
Azad died at Alfred Park in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) in February 1931. The park is now called Chandrashekhar Azad Park.
Q11. The Poona Pact of 1932 was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and:
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Answer: C. B. R. Ambedkar
The Poona Pact of 1932 between Gandhi and Dr B. R. Ambedkar gave reserved seats to the Depressed Classes instead of separate electorates.
Q12. Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885?
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Answer: B. W. C. Bonnerjee
W. C. Bonnerjee presided over the first INC session, held in Bombay in 1885.
Q13. Dadabhai Naoroji explained his 'Drain Theory' in which book?
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Answer: A. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
Dadabhai Naoroji set out the Drain Theory in 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India', describing how wealth drained from India to Britain.
Q14. The Mountbatten Plan for the partition of India was announced on:
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Answer: D. 3 June 1947
The Mountbatten Plan (June 3rd Plan) was announced on 3 June 1947 and led to partition and independence.
Q15. In 1928, the Hindustan Republican Association was renamed the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association at a meeting held in:
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Answer: D. Delhi
The HRA was renamed the HSRA at a meeting at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, in September 1928.
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