Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) with answers on “The Role of Assam in the Freedom Struggle of India”
1. Who was the first prominent leader from Assam to participate in the Indian Freedom Struggle?
- a) Maniram Dewan
- b) Gopinath Bordoloi
- c) Kanaklata Barua
- d) Tarun Ram Phukan
Answer: a) Maniram Dewan
2. Which major event in Assam took place in 1857 during the Indian Rebellion?
- a) Quit India Movement
- b) Battle of Saraighat
- c) Assam Tea Plantation Uprising
- d) Revolt of Maniram Dewan
Answer: d) Revolt of Maniram Dewan
3. Who is known as the “Iron Lady of Assam” for her contribution to the freedom struggle?
- a) Kanaklata Barua
- b) Chandraprabha Saikiani
- c) Rani Gaidinliu
- d) Mangri Orang
Answer: a) Kanaklata Barua
4. The Assam Association, which played a key role in the freedom struggle, was founded in which year?
- a) 1903
- b) 1916
- c) 1921
- d) 1942
Answer: b) 1916
5. Which leader from Assam is known as the architect of modern Assam and played a crucial role in India’s freedom movement?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Lachit Borphukan
- c) Bhupen Hazarika
- d) Maniram Dewan
Answer: a) Gopinath Bordoloi
6. Kanaklata Barua, a martyr in Assam’s freedom struggle, died while participating in which movement?
- a) Civil Disobedience Movement
- b) Quit India Movement
- c) Non-Cooperation Movement
- d) Swadeshi Movement
Answer: b) Quit India Movement
7. The Quit India Movement in Assam was mainly led by which leader?
- a) Ambikagiri Raichoudhury
- b) Nabin Chandra Bardoloi
- c) Gopinath Bordoloi
- d) Chabilal Upadhyaya
Answer: c) Gopinath Bordoloi
8. In which year did Assam take part in the Civil Disobedience Movement?
- a) 1930
- b) 1919
- c) 1942
- d) 1920
Answer: a) 1930
9. Who was the first Assamese woman martyr in the Indian freedom struggle?
- a) Kanaklata Barua
- b) Bhogeswari Phukanani
- c) Chandraprabha Saikiani
- d) Mangri Orang
Answer: b) Bhogeswari Phukanani
10. Which of the following movements saw a massive participation from Assam’s peasant community?
- a) Indigo Movement
- b) Quit India Movement
- c) Non-Cooperation Movement
- d) Salt Satyagraha
Answer: c) Non-Cooperation Movement
11. Maniram Dewan was hanged by the British in connection with which event?
- a) Revolt of 1857
- b) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
- c) Quit India Movement
- d) Dandi March
Answer: a) Revolt of 1857
12. Who was the first Assamese woman to lead a political meeting in the freedom struggle?
- a) Bhogeswari Phukanani
- b) Chandraprabha Saikiani
- c) Kanaklata Barua
- d) Mangri Orang
Answer: b) Chandraprabha Saikiani
13. Which Assamese leader opposed the inclusion of Assam in Pakistan during Partition?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Ambikagiri Raichoudhury
- c) Maniram Dewan
- d) Bhogeswari Phukanani
Answer: a) Gopinath Bordoloi
14. Which of the following was a major issue for Assam during the freedom struggle?
- a) Tea plantation workers’ rights
- b) Opium trade
- c) Partition of Bengal
- d) Zamindari system
Answer: a) Tea plantation workers’ rights
15. The Assam Rifles played a role during which important freedom struggle event?
- a) Salt March
- b) Quit India Movement
- c) Non-Cooperation Movement
- d) Indian Rebellion of 1857
Answer: d) Indian Rebellion of 1857
16. The participation of women in Assam’s freedom struggle was largely seen during which movement?
- a) Civil Disobedience Movement
- b) Quit India Movement
- c) Non-Cooperation Movement
- d) Swadeshi Movement
Answer: b) Quit India Movement
17. Gopinath Bordoloi’s contributions to the Indian freedom struggle earned him which prestigious award?
- a) Bharat Ratna
- b) Padma Bhushan
- c) Padma Vibhushan
- d) Sahitya Akademi Award
Answer: a) Bharat Ratna
18. Which community in Assam was largely exploited by the British during the tea plantation system?
- a) Ahoms
- b) Bodos
- c) Tea garden laborers
- d) Mishings
Answer: c) Tea garden laborers
19. The tea workers’ protest in Assam in the 1920s was influenced by which movement?
- a) Khilafat Movement
- b) Non-Cooperation Movement
- c) Civil Disobedience Movement
- d) Quit India Movement
Answer: b) Non-Cooperation Movement
20. What was the primary goal of the Assam Association during the freedom movement?
- a) Formation of a separate state
- b) Repealing of repressive British laws
- c) Socio-economic reforms in Assam
- d) Representation in the Indian National Congress
Answer: d) Representation in the Indian National Congress
21. During which movement did Assam witness the historic Patharughat Uprising?
- a) Indigo Movement
- b) Salt Satyagraha
- c) Peasant Revolt
- d) Non-Cooperation Movement
Answer: c) Peasant Revolt
22. Who was the prominent leader from Assam who participated in the Salt Satyagraha?
- a) Chabilal Upadhyaya
- b) Nabin Chandra Bardoloi
- c) Ambikagiri Raichoudhury
- d) Gopinath Bordoloi
Answer: d) Gopinath Bordoloi
23. Which British official was known for his repressive policies against Assamese peasants?
- a) James Neill
- b) David Scott
- c) Robert Reid
- d) Richard Temple
Answer: b) David Scott
24. The Assamese weekly newspaper “Asamiya” played a key role in spreading which movement?
- a) Civil Disobedience Movement
- b) Non-Cooperation Movement
- c) Quit India Movement
- d) Khilafat Movement
Answer: b) Non-Cooperation Movement
25. Who among the following was NOT a leader from Assam during the freedom struggle?
- a) Tarun Ram Phukan
- b) Chittaranjan Das
- c) Nabin Chandra Bardoloi
- d) Ambikagiri Raichoudhury
Answer: b) Chittaranjan Das
26. The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) emerged in which period?
- a) Pre-Independence
- b) Post-Independence
- c) Quit India Movement
- d) Non-Cooperation Movement
Answer: b) Post-Independence
27. The British policy of dividing Assam into smaller provinces was opposed during which event?
- a) Partition of Bengal
- b) Civil Disobedience Movement
- c) Quit India Movement
- d) Cripps Mission
Answer: a) Partition of Bengal
28. Which of the following regions in Assam was a center of peasant uprisings against British rule?
- a) Jorhat
- b) Tezpur
- c) Patharughat
- d) Guwahati
Answer: c) Patharughat
29. Which movement in Assam was aimed at resisting British interference in traditional forest rights?
- a) Forest Satyagraha
- b) Quit India Movement
- c) Non-Cooperation Movement
- d) Swadeshi Movement
Answer: a) Forest Satyagraha
30. Which important treaty marked the end of Ahom rule in Assam and allowed the British to control the region?
- a) Treaty of Yandabo
- b) Treaty of Purandar
- c) Treaty of Allahabad
- d) Treaty of Seringapatam
Answer: a) Treaty of Yandabo
These MCQs cover various aspects of Assam’s role in India’s freedom struggle, highlighting key events, leaders, and movements from the region.
