The Home Rule Movement MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for The Home Rule Movement - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is Option 4

Key Points

• The Home Rule Movement in Uttarakhand was inspired by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant, who launched the All India Home Rule League around 1916. In the Kumaon region, several local leaders took this inspiration forward and actively participated in the movement.

• Key Figures:

  • Victor Mohan Joshi
    • A prominent political leader and lawyer from Kumaon.
    • Advocated for self-rule and education reforms.
  • Chiranjilal
    • Contributed to political awakening in the region.
    • Actively involved in spreading the ideals of home rule.
  • Badrinath Pandey (Badridutt Pandey)
  • Renowned historian and freedom fighter.
    • Played a crucial role in mobilizing the youth and rural masses.
    • Also wrote about the freedom struggle in Uttarakhand.

A) Only i, iii, and iv

Key Points

• C. Kunhirama Menon’s Role
• Correct Statement 
• He was the first secretary of the Malabar District Congress Committee in the early 20th century.
• First Malabar Political Conference (1916) at Palakkad
• Incorrect Statement 
• The first Malabar District Political Conference (1916) was held at Palakkad, not Kozhikode.
• It was led by Congress and the Home Rule League.
• Manjeri Political Conference (1920) - "Surat of Kerala"
• Correct Statement 
• The 1920 Malabar District Political Conference held at Manjeri is often called the "Surat of Kerala" due to its significance in the independence movement.
• Annie Besant’s Presidency in 1916
• Correct Statement 
• The first Malabar District Political Conference (1916) was presided over by Annie Besant.
• She was a strong advocate of Home Rule and Indian self-governance.

Important Points

• The second Malabar District Political Conference (1917) was held in Kozhikode, presided over by C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer.
• The third Malabar Political Conference (1918) was held at Thalassery, presided over by Asad Ali Khan Bahadur.
• The fourth Malabar Political Conference (1919) was held at Vadakara, with K.P. Raman Menon as the president.
• The fifth Malabar Political Conference (1920) was at Manjeri, presided over by Kasturi Ranga Iyengar.

Additional Information

• Manjeri Conference (1920) passed a resolution rejecting the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms as inadequate.
• K.P. Raman Menon introduced a political resolution, supported by K.P. Kesava Menon.
• Annie Besant and a group of moderates walked out after the resolution was passed.

The correct answer is The Irish Home Rule Leagues.

Key Points

• The Home Rule League was founded by Annie Besant. at Madras in September 1916.
  • In British India, the Indian Home Rule movement was inspired by the Irish Home Rule movement.
  • She established over 200 branches across India.
  • She was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress.

Additional Information

• Annie Besant
  • ​Annie Besant was a theosophist from Ireland who lived in India.
  • She had started the Home Rule movement in India to demand self-government, similar to the Irish Home Rule League.
  • After meeting Helena Blavatsky in 1889, Besant became a Theosophist.
  • The Home Rule League was founded by Annie Besant. at Madras on September 1916.
  • From 1907 to 1933, Annie Besant served as the society's president.
  • In Benares, Besant founded the Central Hindu College.
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak launched the Indian Home Rule League in Belgaum in April 1916.
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak was popularly known as Lokmanya Tilak.
  • In his Marathi publication Kesari, he produced a series of anti-British pieces.
  • The British arrested Bal Gangadhar Tilak on the allegation of sedition on July 3rd, 1908.
  • Tilak was imprisoned in Mandalay, Burma, for a period of six years, from 1908 to 1914.
  • Arctic Home of Aryans and Gita Rahasya are the notable works of Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

The correct answer is 1905.

Key Points

• The Indian Home Rule Society was established in 1905.
• It was founded by prominent Indian nationalist leaders Shyamji Krishna Varma, Bhikaji Cama, and S. R. Rana.
• The society was based in London with the aim to promote the cause of self-rule in India.
• It served as a center for Indian students and intellectuals in Britain to discuss and spread ideas of Indian nationalism.

Additional Information

• Shyamji Krishna Varma
  • He was an Indian revolutionary fighter, lawyer, and journalist who founded the Indian Home Rule Society.
  • Varma was a strong advocate of India's independence from British rule and worked tirelessly to achieve this goal.
• Bhikaji Cama
  • Also known as Madam Cama, she was a prominent figure in the Indian independence movement.
  • She is remembered for her role in the early history of the Indian nationalist movement and for unfurling the first version of the Indian flag at the International Socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1907.
• Objectives of the Indian Home Rule Society
  • The primary objective was to promote the cause of self-rule in India.
  • It aimed to educate British public opinion about the aspirations of the Indian people for freedom from colonial rule.
• India House
  • India House in London served as the headquarters of the Indian Home Rule Society.
  • It became a hub for revolutionary activities and a meeting place for Indian nationalists in Britain.

The Correct answer is option 4 i.e Ireland.

Key Points

• The term 'Home rule' was adopted from Ireland.
  • Home rule is the government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens.
  • The Indian Home Rule movement was a movement in British India on the lines of the Irish Home Rule movement.
• Indian Home Rule movement leaders: Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak founded the first home rule league at the Bombay provincial congress at Belgaum in 1916.
  • Annie Besant founded the second league at Adyar, Madras in 1916.
  • In 1921 All India Home Rule League changed its name to Swarajya Sabha.

The correct answer is Self government for India.

Key Points

• The main motto of the Home Rule Movement was for the establishment of self-government for India in the British empire using constitutional methods.
• Home Rule Movements were launched in the country in 1916 under the leadership of Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak gave the popular slogan during the movement - “Home Rule is my birth-right, and I will have it.”

Important Points

• The Government of India Act 1909 was dissatisfactory to the aspirations of Indians. Tilak launched the Indian Home Rule League in April 1916 at Belgaum. 
• Annie Besant launched the Home Rule League in September 1916 at Madras.
• They had the common objective of achieving self-government in India.
• There was an informal understanding between both the leagues wherein Tilak’s league worked in Maharashtra (except Bombay), Karnataka, Berar, and the Central Provinces. Besant’s league worked in the rest of the country.
• Tilak’s league had its headquarters in Delhi. It had 6 branches. Besant’s league had 200 branches and was a looser organisation compared to Tilak’s.
• The two leagues worked closely with one another. However, they did not merge to avoid friction between both the leaders.

Additional Information

• Krishnavarma founded the Indian Home Rule Society in February 1905. 
• The Purna Swaraj resolution proclaimed by The Indian National Congress at Lahore Session in 1929.
• The Lahore session was chaired by Pt Jawaharlal Nehru.

The correct answer is Annie Besant.

• Annie Besant was an Irish activist, a campaigner for women's rights and a supporter of Indian nationalism

Key Points

• Annie Besant:
  • ​​She was connected to the Home Rule Movement in India.
  • Annie Besant launched the All India Home Rule League in 1916 along with Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
  • Annie Besant was an ardent supporter of Irish self-rule.
  • Annie Besant fought for the freedom of thought, secularism, women’s rights, and various social issues.
  • Annie Besant  converted to Theosophy after meeting Helena Blavatsky in 1889.
  • She came to India for the first time in 1893 as part of the Theosophical Society.
  • Annie Besant was the society’s president from 1907 to 1933.
  • Annie Besant set up the Central Hindu College (CHC) at Benares in 1898.
  • She also joined the Indian National Congress (INC).
  • She also became the Congress President in 1917.

Additional Information

• Florence Nightingale:
  • She was a British nurse, statistician, and social reformer who was the foundational philosopher of modern nursing.
  • She was the first woman awarded the Order of Merit (1907).
  • International Nurses Day, observed annually on May 12, commemorates her birth and celebrates the important role of nurses in health care.

The correct answer is Mandalay Jail Burma.

Key Points

• On 30 April 1908, two Bengali youths, Prafulla Chaki and Khudiram Bose threw a bomb on a carriage at Muzzafarpur, to kill the Chief Presidency Magistrate Douglas Kingsford of Calcutta fame, but erroneously killed two women traveling in it. While Chaki committed suicide when caught, Bose was hanged. 
• Tilak, in his paper Kesari, defended the revolutionaries and called for immediate Swaraj or self-rule. The Government swiftly charged him with sedition. 
• The judge, Dinshaw D. Davar gave him a six years jail sentence to be served in Mandalay, Burma, and a fine of ₹1,000. Hence option 4 is correct.

Important Points

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak, born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak, was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and independence activist. He was one-third of the Lal Bal Pal triumvirate. Tilak was the first leader of the Indian Independence Movement.
• The British colonial authorities called him "The father of the Indian unrest". 
• Founder of the Deccan Education Society (1884) along with his associate Gopal Ganesh Agarkar and others.
• One of the founders of the Fergusson College (1885) in Pune through the Deccan Education Society.
• Slogan: Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it!
• The book ‘Indian Unrest’ written by Valentine Chirol, an English journalist, stated Tilak the ‘father of Indian unrest.
• Popularised the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in the Maharashtra region.
• Propounded the celebration of Shiv Jayanti on the birth anniversary of the monarch Chhatrapati Shivaji.
• Along with Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pal, he was part of the Lal-Bal-Pal trio of leaders with extremist outlooks.

The correct answer is Belgaon​.

• Tilak formed his Home Rule League in 1916 in Belgaon. (Meeting was held in Belgaon in which it was decided to Formed Home Rule League.)
• The headquarters of the Home Rule League formed by Lokmanya Tilak was at Pune.

Key Points

•  Home Rule Movement (1916 AD):
  • The Home Rule League was pioneered on the lines of a similar movement in Ireland.
  • The Muslim League also supported the movement.
• Tilak’s Home Rule Movement:
  • It started in April 1916 AD at Belgaon Tilak’s league was to work in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Central Province and Berar, excluding Bombay.
  • Josef Baptista became the President and N.C. Kelkar secretary.
  • He gave the slogan ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it’.
  • Tilak’s newspapers Maratha and Kesari were the organs for home rule.
• Annie Basant’s Home Rule Movement:
  • Started with Subramaniya Iyer in Adyar in September, worked in the rest of India.
  • Annie Besant’s newspapers New India, and Commonweal became important for this movement. She coined the term ‘commonwealth’.

The correct answer is option 3 i.e., Home Rule movement.

• Home Rule movement is the only one among the above all stated movements which are not related to Gandhi Ji.
• The founder of the Home Rule movement was Annie Besant who was a British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, orator, educationist, and philanthropist.
• Home Rule Movement lasted around two years between 1916-1918 and in 1920, All India Home Rule League changed its name to Swarajya Sabha.
• The government arrested Annie Besant in 1917 and this led to nationwide protests. Along with the prominent Indian leaders, various moderate leaders also joined the movement.

The correct answer is Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

Mistake Points

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak started working for the Home rule Movement in April 1916 at Belgaum.
• Annie Besant launched the Home Rule League in September 1916 at Madras.

Key Points

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak started working for the Home Rule Movement in 1916.
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a member of the Lal-Bal-Pal troika, was dubbed the "Father of Indian Unrest" by British colonial rulers.
• Lokmanya Tilak founded and published two newspapers: the Marathi Kesari and the English The Mahratta.

Important Points

• Home Rule Movement, led by stalwarts such as Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant, grew and flourished during the Indian independence movement, between 1916 and 1918.
• The goal of the home rule movement was to give India, like Canada and Australia, home rule or dominion status under the British Empire. The two home rule leagues were used to carry out this campaign.
• Annie Besant was an Irish socialist, author, and orator who advocated for Irish and Indian self-determination. In 1893, she came to India.

The correct answer is 1916.

Key Points

• The Home Rule Movement was started in 1916.
• The main motto of the Home Rule Movement was for the establishment of self-government for India in the British empire using constitutional methods.
• Home Rule Movements were launched in the country in 1916 under the leadership of Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak gave the popular slogan during the movement - "Home Rule is my birth-right, and I will have it."​

Important Points

• The Government of India Act 1909 was dissatisfactory to the aspirations of Indians. Tilak launched the Indian Home Rule League in April 1916 at Belgaum.
• Annie Besant launched the Home Rule League in September 1916 at Madras.
• They had the common objective of achieving self-government in India.
• There was an informal understanding between both the leagues wherein Tilak's league worked in Maharashtra (except Bombay), Karnataka, Berar, and the Central Provinces. Besant's league worked in the rest of the country.
• Tilak's league had its headquarters in Delhi. It had 6 branches. Besant's league had 200 branches and was a looser organization compared to Tilak's.
• The two leagues worked closely with one another. However, they did not merge to avoid friction between both leaders.

Additional Information

• Krishnavarma founded the Indian Home Rule Society in February 1905.
• The Purna Swaraj resolution was proclaimed by The Indian National Congress at Lahore Session in 1929.
• The Lahore session was chaired by Pt Jawaharlal Nehru.

The correct answer is option 3, i.e. Annie Besant.

• Annie Besant was connected to the Home Rule Movement in India.
• Annie Besant launched the All India Home Rule League in 1916 along with Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
• Annie Besant was an ardent supporter of Irish self-rule.
• Annie Besant fought for the freedom of thought, secularism, women’s rights, and various social issues.
• Annie Besant Besant converted to Theosophy after meeting Helena Blavatsky in 1889.
• She came to India for the first time in 1893 as part of the Theosophical Society.
• Annie Besant was the society’s president from 1907 to 1933.
• Annie Besant set up the Central Hindu College (CHC) at Benares in 1898.
• She also joined the Indian National Congress (INC).
• She also became the Congress President in 1917.

The correct answer is the Indian National Congress. 

Key Points

• The Home Rule League is launched by Tilak in April 1916 and by Annie Besant in September 1916. 
• The objective of the Home Rule League was to achieve self Government and place Indian National Congress on par with the national party. 
• Tilak had six branches headquartered at Delhi including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Berar, and Central provinces. 
• Annie Besant provided leadership for the rest of the country and had nearly 200 branches. 
• Tilak and Annie Besant worked in close cooperation between the leagues but avoided merge. 
• It was based on the lines of the Irish Home Rule League. 

Important Points

• It was successful in pressurizing the government to announce concessions in the form of August offer and Montagu Chelmsford Reforms. 
• It also shifted Emphasis from educated elites to masses and made Congress a tool between the moderates and extremists.