Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement Civil Disobedience and Beyond For Class 12 History MCQ Questions

Q 1 – Where did Gandhi use Satyagraha for the first time?
(a) India
(b) South Africa
(c) South America
(d) England

Ans.  (b) South Africa

Q 2 – _______ was the moderate leader of Congress
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Ans. (d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q 3 – Gandhiji took back Non Cooperation movement in __________
(a) January 1921
(b) February 1922
(c) February 1921
(d) January 1922

Ans.  (b) February 1922

Q 4 – Peasant Satyagraha at Bardoli was hold in ___________
(a) 1928
(b) 1929
(c) 1930
(d) 1931

Ans. (a) 1928

Q 5 – ________ was the congress President at its Lahora Session.
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawahar Lai Nehru
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

Ans.  (b) Jawahar Lal Nehru

Q 6 – Dandi March brought forward _________
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Rowlatt Satyagraha

Ans. (b) Civil Disobedience Movement.

Q 7 – Congress Ministries resigned in _________
(a) Oct. 1937
(b) Sept. 1938
(c) Sept 1940
(d) Oct. 1939

Ans. (d) Oct. 1939

Q 8 – Consider the following events:
1. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
2. Khilafat Movement
3. Formation of Swaraj Party
4. Arrival of Simon Commission
The correct chronological order of these events is:
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 4, 3, 2, 1
(c) 2, 3, 4, 1
(d) 3, 4, 2, 1

Ans. (a) 1, 2, 3, 4

Q 9 – Indicate which of the following options is not correct:
(a) Muslim League demanded Pakistan in 1946.
(b) Gandhi ji started Quit India Mission in 1942.
(c) Cripps Mission failed to achieve its objective.
(d) Cabinet Mission arrived in India in 1946.

Ans. (a) 1, 2, 3, 4

Q 10 – Indicate which of the following options is not correct:
(a) Muslim League demanded Pakistan in 1946.
(b) Gandhi ji started Quit India Mission in 1942.
(c) Cripps Mission failed to achieve its objective.
(d) Cabinet Mission arrived in India in 1946.

Ans. (a) Muslim League demanded Pakistan in 1946.

Q 11 – Consider the following statements regarding the Indian freedom struggle:
(a) Gandhi Ji withdrew from the non-cooperation movement due to the chauri chaura incident.
(b) Gandhi Ji gave his first public speech at BHU.
(c) Mahatma Gandhi was arrested in 1921 A.D.
(d) Nehru was the congress President at the Lahore session.
Which of the given statements is false?

Ans. (c) Mahatma Gandhi was arrested in 1921 A.D.

Q 12 – Consider the following events:
(1) Formation of Swaraj Party
(2) Second round Table conference
(3) Arrival of Simon Commission
(4) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Their correct chronological order is:
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 1, 3, 2, 4
(c) 1, 3, 4, 2
(d) 1, 4, 3, 2

Ans. (c) 1, 3, 4, 2

Q 13 – Consider the following events:
1. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
2. Withdrawl of Non-Cooperation Movement
3. Beginning of Khilafat Movement
4. Formation of Swaraj Party
Their correct Chronological order is:
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 1, 3, 4, 2
(c) 1, 3, 2, 4
(d) 3, 2, 4, 1

Ans. (c) 1, 3, 2, 4

Q 14 – In which year was the First Round Table Conference held?

(a) 1928
(b) 1929
(c) 1930
(d) 1931

Ans. (c) 1930

Q 15 – In 1915, Gopal Krishan Gokhale advised Gandhi to:

(a) write autobiography
(b) tour India
(c) do social work
(d) assume leadership of Congress

Ans. (ii) tour India

Q 16 – Peasant Satyagraha at Bardoli was hold in

(a) 1928
(b) 1929
(c) 1930
(d) 1931

Ans. (i) 1928

Q 17 – In which year did Mahatma Gandhi give a call for the Quit India movement?

(a) 1930
(b) 1936
(c) 1942
(d) 1945

Ans. (iii) 1942

Q 18 – Khilafat agitators demanded the restoration of powers of

(a) Mughal emperor.
(b) Ottoman ruler.
(c) British monarch.
(d) German kaiser.

Ans. (ii) Ottoman ruler.

Q 19 – Dandi March brought forward

(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Rowlatt Satyagraha

Ans. (ii) Civil Disobedience Movement.

Q 20 – Who led the Khilafat Movement in India?

(a) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
(b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Shamsuddin Hussain
(c) Maulana Azad and Hasrat AAohini
(d) Qutubuddin Ahmad and Maulana Azad