Every Book Back multiple-choice question from Last Phase of Indian National Movement (12th Standard History, Samacheer Kalvi) — each with the correct option highlighted and a clear, worked explanation. Free to read in English and Tamil.
Q1
When did 'Individual Satyagraha' begin?
- A. March 23, 1940
- B. August 8, 1940
- C. 17 October 1940Correct
- D. August 9, 1942
Explanation. The Individual Satyagraha began on 17 October 1940 with Vinoba Bhave offering Satyagraha near his Paunar ashram in Maharashtra. March 23, 1940 is the Lahore resolution and August 8, 1940 the August Offer.
Q2
Match the following:
(A) Hindu-Muslim Riot - 1. Mohan Singh
(B) August Offer - 2. Govind Ballabh Pant
(C) Proposal of Partition Resolution - 3. Lord Linlithgow
(D) Indian National Army - 4. Naokhali
- A. 3, 4, 2, 1
- B. 4, 2, 1, 3
- C. 4, 3, 2, 1Correct
- D. 3, 2, 4, 1
Explanation. Naokhali in East Bengal was ravaged by communal riots; Linlithgow made the August Offer; G.B. Pant moved the AICC resolution accepting partition; Mohan Singh raised the INA.
Q3
The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of
- A. Lord Wavell
- B. Lord LinlithgowCorrect
- C. Lord Mountbatten
- D. None of these
Explanation. Cripps reached India in March 1942, when Linlithgow was Viceroy. Wavell replaced Linlithgow only in October 1943, and Mountbatten came in March 1947.
Q4
Match the following:
(A) US President - 1. Tojo
(B) Chinese President - 2. Winston Churchill
(C) British Prime Minister - 3. Chiang Kai-Shek
(D) Japanese Prime Minister - 4. F.D. Roosevelt
- A. 1, 4, 3, 2
- B. 1, 3, 2, 4
- C. 4, 3, 2, 1Correct
- D. 4, 2, 3, 1
Explanation. F.D. Roosevelt (USA) and Chiang Kai-Shek (China) pressed British Prime Minister Churchill for Indian cooperation in the war; Tojo was the Japanese Prime Minister whom Bose met in Tokyo.
Q5
When was Subhash Chandra Bose removed from the Congress?
- A. 1938
- B. 1939Correct
- C. 1940
- D. 1942
Explanation. After resigning as Congress president and founding the Forward Bloc, Bose was removed from all positions in the Congress organisation in August 1939, so the answer is 1939.
Q6
Mahatma Gandhi gave the call 'Do or Die' during the
- A. Civil Disobedience Movement
- B. Non-Cooperation Movement
- C. Quit India MovementCorrect
- D. All of the above
Explanation. In 1942, after the failure of the Cripps Mission, Gandhi called upon the people to 'Do or Die' and called the Quit India Movement a 'fight to the finish'.
Q7
Who ran clandestine radio operations at Bombay during the Quit India Movement?
- A. Usha MehtaCorrect
- B. Preeti Waddadar
- C. Asaf Ali
- D. Captain Lakshmi
Explanation. With the press censored, the rebels set up a secret radio from Bombay, moving the transmitter around the city. Usha Mehta was the force behind it; its broadcast was heard as far as Madras.
Q8
Who appeared in court in defence of the INA soldiers?
- A. Jawaharlal NehruCorrect
- B. Motilal Nehru
- C. Rajaji
- D. Subhash Chandra Bose
Explanation. At the INA trials in the Red Fort, Jawaharlal Nehru, who had long given up legal practice, wore his black gown again to appear in defence of the INA soldiers.
Q9
Who was the Viceroy of India when the Quit India Movement started in 1942?
- A. Lord Wavell
- B. Lord LinlithgowCorrect
- C. Lord Mountbatten
- D. Winston Churchill
Explanation. Linlithgow was Viceroy in August 1942 and wrote to Churchill that the protests were the most serious rebellion since 1857. Wavell replaced him only in October 1943.
Q10
Assertion (A): Quit India Movement could not achieve its goal.
Reason (R): The government of the day adopted a very repressive policy.
- A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.Correct
- B. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
- C. A is true but R is false.
- D. A is false but R is true.
Explanation. The government arrested all Congress leaders on 9 August 1942, called in 57 battalions, used aircraft to strafe protesters and arrested 91,836 people; this brutal repression put the movement down.
Q11
INA was founded with the help of
- A. Germany
- B. JapanCorrect
- C. France
- D. USA
Explanation. Mohan Singh, an officer of the British Indian Army in Malaya, approached the Japanese for help, and the Indian prisoners of war held by Japan were placed under his command to form the INA.
Q12
Name the regiment of Indian National Army consisting of women soldiers.
- A. Subhash regiment
- B. Kasturba regiment
- C. Captain Lakshmi Regiment
- D. Rani of Jhansi regimentCorrect
Explanation. Bose enlisted civilians too; the women's regiment was the Rani of Jhansi regiment, commanded by Dr Lakshmi, a medical doctor and daughter of Ammu Swaminathan of Madras.
Q13
Where did Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose form the Provisional Government of Free India?
- A. Rangoon
- B. Malaya
- C. Imphal
- D. SingaporeCorrect
Explanation. After meeting Tojo in Tokyo, Bose returned to Singapore and set up the Provisional Government of Free India on October 21, 1943. (The book prints 'Provincial', a misprint for Provisional.)
Q14
The INA trials took place in
- A. Red Fort, New DelhiCorrect
- B. Penang
- C. Viceregal Lodge, Simla
- D. Singapore
Explanation. The INA trials were held at the Red Fort in New Delhi, where Shah Nawaz Khan, P.K. Sehgal and G.S. Dhillon were tried for treason.
Q15
Which Viceroy convened the 'Simla Conference' in 1945?
- A. Lord WavellCorrect
- B. Lord Linlithgow
- C. Lord Mountbatten
- D. Clement Attlee
Explanation. In June 1945 Lord Wavell called the Simla Conference to discuss his plan; it met from June 25 to July 14, 1945 and ended without resolution.
Q16
Interim Government of 1946 was headed by
- A. Jawaharlal NehruCorrect
- B. Moulana Abul Kalam Azad
- C. Rajendra Prasad
- D. Vallabhai Patel
Explanation. On 12 August 1946 the Viceroy invited Nehru, the Congress president, to form the interim government, and Nehru assumed office as its head on 2 September 1946.
Q17
Arrange the following in correct order:
(i) Formation of Indian National Army
(ii) Royal Indian Navy Revolt
(iii) Indian National Army Trials
(iv) Rajaji formula
- A. ii, i, iii, iv
- B. i, iv, iii, iiCorrect
- C. iii, iv, i, ii
- D. iii, iv, ii, i
Explanation. Mohan Singh formed the INA by the end of 1942; Rajaji put out his proposal in April 1944; the INA trials followed the war in 1945, and the RIN revolt broke out on 18 February 1946.
Q18
Which is the correct sequence of the following events?
(i) INA Trial
(ii) Direct Action Day
(iii) August Offer
(iv) Individual Satyagraha
- A. i, ii, iii, iv
- B. iii, i, ii, iv
- C. iii, iv, i, iiCorrect
- D. i, iii, iv, ii
Explanation. The August Offer came on 8 August 1940 and the Individual Satyagraha, the Congress response to it, began on 17 October 1940; the INA trials ended in January 1946 and Direct Action Day was 16 August 1946.
Q19
Name the British Prime Minister who announced the transfer of power to the Indian hands?
- A. Winston Churchill
- B. Lord Mountbatten
- C. Clement AttleeCorrect
- D. F.D. Roosevelt
Explanation. Clement Attlee, the Labour Prime Minister who replaced Churchill, declared the certainty of independence for India and on 20 February 1947 told Parliament that the British would leave by June 1948.
Q20
British had their intention to leave India by
- A. August 15, 1947
- B. January 26, 1950
- C. June, 1948Correct
- D. December, 1949
Explanation. Attlee's statement in Parliament on 20 February 1947 said the British were firm on leaving India by June 1948. Mountbatten later advanced the date of withdrawal to 15 August 1947.
