History Questions: India's Freedom Struggle

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        1.     Who defended Aurobindo Ghosh in the Alipur Bomb Conspiracy case?
               (a)   Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
               (b)   Chittaranjan Das
               (c)   Motilal Nehru
               (d)   Tej Bahadur Sapru
   Answer: Chittaranjan Das

               2.     Dadabhai Naoroji entered the British House of Commons as a member of the …….. Party?
               (a)   Liberal
               (b)   Conservative
               (c)   Labour
(              (d)   Labour-Liberal combine
   Answer: Liberal

               3.     Who gave the title of Rani to the Naga woman leader Gaidinliu?
               (a)   Jawaharlal Nehru
               (b)   Subhash Chandra Bose
               (c)   Mahatma Gandhi
               (d)   Vallabh Bhai Patel
   Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

               4.     Who was the founder President of Harijan Sevak Sangh, founded by Mahatma Gandhi?
               (a)   Amrit Lal Thakkar (Thakkar Bapa)
               (b)   B R Ambedkar
               (c)   Ghanshyam Das Birla
               (d)   K Satyamurti
  Answer: Ghanshyam Das Birla

              5.     In which city was Hindustan Socialist Republican Association founded in 1928?
              (a)   Allahabad
              (b)   Kanpur
              (c)   Lahore
              (d)   Delhi
  Answer: Kanpur

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