Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Which one of the following conclusions best reflects the movement’s achievements and limitations?

  1. It remained restricted to urban Muslim elites and did not alter popular attitudes towards colonial power.
  2. It politicized diverse social groups and challenged colonial invincibility, but the religious framing of Khilafat also contributed to communalized politics.
  3. It transformed religious political consciousness completely into a secular programme and eliminated communal tensions.
  4. It confirmed that British rule was invincible despite nationwide satyagraha.
  1. A socio-religious organisation was founded in New York in 1875 and later shifted its headquarters to Adyar. It…
  2. After its inaugural session, which one of the following practices was followed by the Indian National…
  3. After the withdrawal of the Civil Disobedience Movement, Gandhi supported the Struggle-Truce-Struggle…
  4. Al-Biruni relied heavily on normative Sanskritic texts, compared the caste system with social divisions in…
  5. Although Bahadur Shah Zafar was the symbolic leader at Delhi, effective command was exercised by
  6. Although most Provincial Congress Committees opposed Jawaharlal Nehru’s nomination, Gandhi supported him for…