1. UPPCS Prelims 1994
The Anti-Partition Movement in Bengal was initiated on:
(a) 7 August 1905
(b) 16 October 1905
(c) 19 July 1905
(d) 12 December 1905
Answer: (a) 7 August 1905
2. UPPCS Prelims 2014
Who was the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal at the time of the Partition of Bengal in 1905?
(a) Sir Andrew Fraser
(b) Sir Bampfylde Fuller
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Minto
Answer: (a) Sir Andrew Fraser
3. UPPCS Prelims 2011
Who among the following led the agitation against the Partition of Bengal (1905)?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: (a) Surendranath Banerjee
4. UPPCS Prelims 1993
In which year was the Partition of Bengal cancelled?
(a) 1909
(b) 1910
(c) 1911
(d) 1912
Answer: (c) 1911
5. UPPCS Mains 2011 / UP Lower Subordinate 2004
Who was the first to suggest the boycott of British goods in Bengal?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) Krishna Kumar Mitra
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: (b) Krishna Kumar Mitra
KK Mitra in his newspaper Sanjivini suggested the boycott.
6. UPPCS 2005 / UPPCS Mains 2002
Vande Mataram became the theme song of the:
(a) Swadeshi Movement
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) Quit India Movement
Answer: (a) Swadeshi Movement
7. UPPCS 2009
Who among the following was a prominent supporter of the Swadeshi Movement?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Answer: (a) Aurobindo Ghosh
8. UPPCS 2014
H. W. Nevinson was associated with which of the following movements in India?
(a) Swadeshi Movement
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer: (a) Swadeshi Movement
9. UP Lower Subordinate 2008
Who was the leader of the Swadeshi Movement in Madras?
(a) V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
(b) Subramania Bharati
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Annie Besant
Answer: (a) V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
10. UP Lower Subordinate 2002
Which of the following statements correctly describes the Swadeshi Movement?
(a) It remained confined to Bengal and involved only male political workers.
(b) It involved boycott of foreign goods and witnessed participation of women.
(c) It was exclusively an armed revolutionary movement.
(d) It was launched by the British Government to promote Indian industries.
Answer: (b) It involved boycott of foreign goods and witnessed participation of women.
11. UPSC Prelims 2009
The Partition of Bengal came into effect on:
(a) 7 August 1905
(b) 16 October 1905
(c) 19 July 1905
(d) 12 December 1911
Answer: (b) 16 October 1905
12. UPSC Prelims 2010
The immediate cause of the Swadeshi Movement was:
(a) The Rowlatt Act
(b) The Partition of Bengal
(c) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
(d) The Morley-Minto Reforms
Answer: (b) The Partition of Bengal
13. UPSC Prelims 2016
The first major mass movement in India in which Swadeshi and Boycott were adopted as methods of struggle was associated with:
(a) The Partition of Bengal
(b) The Simon Commission
(c) The Rowlatt Act
(d) The Salt Satyagraha
Answer: (a) The Partition of Bengal
14. UPSC Prelims 2007
Who composed the song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Dwijendralal Ray
(d) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Answer: (b) Rabindranath Tagore
15. UPSC Prelims 2002
Who among the following was associated with the concept of ‘Atmasakti’ during the Swadeshi Movement?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: (a) Aurobindo Ghosh