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Freedom Struggle in Odisha MCQs

1 People in Odisha held protest meetings at which of the places during Swadeshi Movement?
(a) Balasore
(b) Sambalpur
(c) Puri
(d) All of the above

[expand title=”View Answer”] (d) All of the above [/expand]
2 Satyabadi School in Puri during the Swadeshi Movement was established by
(a) Nanda Kishore Das
(b) Gopabandhu Das
(c) Harekrushna Mahtab
(d) Dibakar Patnaik

[expand title=”View Answer”] (b) Gopabandhu Das [/expand]
3 Who founded the Satyabadi School with Nationalist Spirit in Odisha? (OPSC 2017)
(a) Acharya Harihar
(b) Madhusudhan Rao
(c) Gopabandhu Das
(d) Kripasindhu Mishra

[expand title=”View Answer”] (c) Gopabandhu Das [/expand]
4 In which year was Utkal Samillani formed?
(a) 1903
(b) 1900
(c) 1910
(d) 1899

[expand title=”View Answer”] (a) 1903 [/expand]

5 Mahatma Gandhi came to Odisha for promoting Non-Cooperation Movement in year?
(a) 1920
(b) 1922
(c) 1921
(d) 1919

[expand title=”View Answer”] (c) 1921 [/expand]
6 Who led the Salt Satyagraha in Balasore district?
(a) Surendra Nath Das
(b) Narayan Birabar Samanta
(c) Birakishore Das
(d) Lakshmi Narayan Mishra

[expand title=”View Answer”](a) Surendra Nath Das [/expand]
7 When did the Salt Law was broken in Inchudi of Balasore?
(a) 6th April, 1930
(b) 14th April, 1930
(c) 12th April, 1930
(d) 13th April, 1930

[expand title=”View Answer”] (b) 14th April, 1930 [/expand]
8 Where was the Odisha State’s People’s Conference organised in 1931?
(a) Mayurbhanj
(b) Balasore
(c) Cuttack
(d) None of these

[expand title=”View Answer”] (c) Cuttack [/expand]
9 The first Odisha state’s People’s Conference was held under the Presidentship of
(a) Balukeshwar Acharya
(b) Bhubananda Das
(c) Radhanath Rath
(d) Govinda Chandra Mishra

[expand title=”View Answer”] (b) Bhubananda Das [/expand]
10 Who was appointed as the director of the Individual Civil Disobedience Movement in Odisha?
(a) HK Mahtab
(b) Gopabandhu Das
(c) Madhusudan Das
(d) Rama Devi

[expand title=”View Answer”] (a) HK Mahtab [/expand]
11 Who among the following became a martyr in Odisha during the Quit India Movement?
(a) Baji Raut
(b) Birsa Munda
(c) Laxman Naik
(d) Raghu Dibakar

[expand title=”View Answer”] (c) Laxman Naik [/expand]
12 When was the hero of Odisha, Laxman Naik executed?
(a) 21st, August, 1942
(b) 23rd August, 1942
(c) 21st March, 1943
(d) 29th March, 1943

[expand title=”View Answer”] (d) 29th March, 1943 [/expand]
13 Which of the following events in Odisha is similar to the Jallianwala Bagh incident in Punjab?
(a) The Mathli Killing
(b) The Massacre of Eram
(c) Na’anka Famine
(d) None of the above

[expand title=”View Answer”](b) The Massacre of Eram [/expand]
14 Where in Odisha did the largest number of people died in a massacre?
(a) Dhenkanal
(b) Cuttack
(c) Balasore
(d) Puri

[expand title=”View Answer”] (c) Balasore [/expand]
15 Eram is famous as “Rakta Tirtha” for 

(a) Salt Satyagraha
(b) Massacre at Melan Padia
(c) Prajamandal Movement
(d) Laxman Naik Rebellion

[expand title=”View Answer”] (b) Massacre at Melan Padia [/expand]
16 Who had led the Prajamandal Movement in the area of Dhenkanal?
(a) Banamali Das
(b) Baishnab Charan Pattanaik
(c) Sarangdhar Das
(d) Prananath Pattanaik

[expand title=”View Answer”](b) Baishnab Charan Pattanaik [/expand]
17 The most heroic role in the Dhenkanal uprising was played by
(a) Sri Baishnab Charan Patnaik
(b) Surendra Nath Das
(c) Dora Bisoi
(d) Radhanath Ray

[expand title=”View Answer”] (a) Sri Baishnab Charan Patnaik[/expand]
18 Odisha became a separate province in the year
(a) 1925
(b) 1938
(c) 1939
(d) 1936

[expand title=”View Answer”](d) 1936 [/expand]
19 The first Congress Ministry was made under the leadership of
(a) Biswanath Das
(b) Smt Rama Devi
(c) Acharya Harihar Das
(d) Smt Malati Choudhury

[expand title=”View Answer”](a) Biswanath Das [/expand]
20 After the resignation of the Congress Ministry, under whom a coalition ministry was formed in November, 1941?
(a) Maharaja Paralakhemundi
(b) Nityananda Kanungo
(c) Acharya Harihar Das
(d) Bodhram Dube

[expand title=”View Answer”] (a) Maharaja Paralakhemundi [/expand]
21 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel came to Odisha for its merger in
(a) 1946
(b) 1947
(c) 1948
(d) 1949

[expand title=”View Answer”](b) 1947 [/expand]
22 Which state was not amalgamated into Odisha in 1948?
(a) Mayurbhanj
(b) Balasore
(c) Cuttack
(d) None of the above

[expand title=”View Answer”] (a) Mayurbhanj[/expand]
23 Which Odia speaking states were later placed under Bihar due to political miscalculations?
1. Balasore
2. Seraikela
3. Kharsawan
4. Mayurbhanj
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) All of these

[expand title=”View Answer”] (b) 2 and 3 [/expand]
24 Which of the following activity is not related to Madhusudan Das?
(a) Utkal Union Conference
(b) Odisha Tenancy Bill
(c) Bengal Legislative Council
(d) Satyabadi School

[expand title=”View Answer”] (d) Satyabadi School [/expand]

25 Who was the first President of Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee in 1921?
(a) HK Mahtab
(b) Krushna Chandra Gajapati
(c) Gopabandhu Das
(d) Madhusudhan Das

[expand title=”View Answer”](c) Gopabandhu Das [/expand]
26 Krushna Chandra Gajapati organised tenth session of Utkal Union Conference in ?
(a) Cuttack
(b) Balasore
(c) Paralakhemundi
(d) Inchudi

[expand title=”View Answer”] (c) Paralakhemundi [/expand]
27 Who among the following was the sole delegate from Odisha in the First Round Table Conference?
(a) Gopabandhu Das
(b) Krushna Chandra Gajapati
(c) Madhusudan Das
(d) Rama Devi

[expand title=”View Answer”] (b) Krushna Chandra Gajapati [/expand]
28 Who established ‘Sevaghar’ Ashram at Bari?
(a) Sarala Devi
(b) Rama Devi
(c) Malati Devi
(d) Sita Devi

[expand title=”View Answer”] (b) Rama Devi [/expand]
29 ‘Navajeevan Mandal’ at Tumbadiguda of Koraput was formed by Rama Devi in?
(a) 1945
(b) 1946
(c) 1944
(d) 1947

[expand title=”View Answer”] (b) 1946 [/expand]
30 Sarala Devi observed fast during 6th April to 13th April 1921 for ?
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Swadeshi Movement

[expand title=”View Answer”] (b) Non-Cooperation Movement [/expand]
31 Who among the following freedom fighter was also a prolific writer?
(a) Sarala Devi
(b) Krishnabala Sen
(c) Malati Devi
(d) Rama Devi

[expand title=”View Answer”] (a) Sarala Devi [/expand]
32 Who among the following was selected as an important women member for Individual Civil-Disobedience Movement?
(a) Malati Devi
(b) Sarala Devi
(c) Ram Devi
(d) Krishnabala Sen

[expand title=”View Answer”] (a) Malati Devi [/expand]