Home Rule Movement

Q. Which Indian freedom fighter is also known as the 'Lokmanya'?

1. Lala Lajpat Rai
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4. Bipin Chandra Pal

Q. Tilak started his Home Rule League in the Bombay Provincial Conference held at in 1916 CE.

1. Calcutta
2. Belgaum
3. Berar
4. Adyar

Q. What were the causes of the Home Rule Movement?

1. Dissatisfaction with the participation of Indian soldiers in the Great War.
2. Annie Besant's belief that British domination was the reason behind India's misery.
3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was not confident in the capabilities of the Indian National Congress.
4. The British government gave no concrete assurance for autonomy within the British Empire.

Q. When was Tilak released from prison after being arrested in 1908?

1. 1914
2. 1915
3. 1916
4. 1919

Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was released from prison in .

1. 1916
2. 1905
3. 1911
4. 1914

Q. Bal Gangadhar Tilak set up Home Rule League in the year __________.

1. 1926
2. 1906
3. 1916
4. 1918

Q. The British sent me to jail in a distant land. I was also the part of a famous trio known for their radical ideas. I ran two important newspapers. And, in one of my speeches, I declared that Swaraj was my birthright.

Who am I?

1. Bipin Chandra Pal
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3. Lala Lajpat Rai
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q. Identify the events which helped further the cause of the Indian freedom movement abroad.

1. Ghadar Movement
2. Tibetan Rebellion
3. Singapore Mutiny
4. Ming Uprising

Q. What did Home Rule mean for Home Rule leagues?

1. Chinese governance within the British Empire by constitutional means
2. Governance by individual states within the British Empire by constitutional means
3. Self-governance within the British Empire by constitutional means
4. Governance by the British Empire

Q. The Swaraj Party was organised by _____.

1. C Rajagopalachari and CY Chintamani
2. Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
3. CR Das and Motilal Nehru
4. Lala Lajpat Rai and Feroz Shah Mehta

Q. Given below is the outline of a story. Construct the story using the outline.
A young, newly married doctor———- freedom fighter——– exited to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by the British————– infamous cellular Jail———— prisoners tortured ——- revolt by inmates——— doctor hanged———- wife waits for his return —– becomes old——– continues to wait with hope and faith.

Q. When did Bal Gangadhar Tilak rejoin the Indian National Congress?

1. 1907 CE
2. 1911 CE
3. 1914 CE
4. 1916 CE

Q. The Home Rule Movement saw the participation of a large number of women.

1. True
2. False

Q. The British Government passed the Indian Press Act in 1917 to suppress the spread of the Home Rule Movement in India.

1. False
2. True