PRACTICE MCQ POINTERS

For self-practice, frame/attempt MCQs on the following high-yield topic clusters:

Match-the-following: Revolt of 1857 centres and their leaders (Kanpur–Nana Sahib, Jhansi–Lakshmibai, Lucknow–Hazrat Mahal, Bihar–Kunwar Singh, Delhi–Bahadur Shah Zafar).
Chronology/sequencing: Order major events 1885 → 1947 (INC formation, Bengal Partition, Swadeshi, Home Rule, Lucknow Pact, NCM, CDM, Quit India, Independence).
Newspaper–Editor matching (Kesari–Tilak, Bande Mataram–Aurobindo/Bipin Chandra Pal, Young India/Harijan–Gandhi, Al-Hilal–Azad, Ghadar–Ghadar Party).
Dates of key massacres/incidents: Jallianwala Bagh (13 April 1919), Chauri Chaura (5 Feb 1922), Chittagong Armoury Raid (18 April 1930), Kakori Conspiracy (9 Aug 1925), Direct Action Day (16 Aug 1946).
Founders of organisations: INC (Hume, 1885), Servants of India Society (Gokhale), Ghadar Party (Lala Hardayal/Sohan Singh Bhakna), HRA/HSRA (Bismil/Azad/Bhagat Singh), Forward Bloc (Bose), AITUC (founded 1920, first President Lajpat Rai), All India Kisan Sabha (Sahajanand Saraswati).
Women in the freedom struggle: first woman INC President (Besant/Naidu distinction — overall first vs first Indian), Rani of Jhansi Regiment leader, Bardoli/Dandi/Quit India women leaders.
Pacts and Conferences: Lucknow Pact (1916) provisions, Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931) terms, Poona Pact (1932) outcome, three Round Table Conferences and Congress participation status in each.
Cause-and-effect chains: Simon Commission → Lajpat Rai's death → Saunders' assassination → Bhagat Singh's trial and execution.
INA and WWII-era events: Azad Hind Government date/place, INA Red Fort Trials defendants and outcome, RIN Mutiny date and ships involved.
Terminology/quotes matching: "Drain of Wealth" (Naoroji), "Do or Die" (Gandhi), "post-dated cheque" (Gandhi on Cripps Mission), "Swaraj is my birthright" (Tilak), "Give me blood..." (Bose).
Partition/Independence facts: Mountbatten Plan date, Radcliffe Line, dates of Indian and Pakistani independence, first PM and Governor-General of India.
Tribal and peasant movements: Santhal Hul leaders, Birsa Munda's movement, Bardoli Satyagraha outcome ("Sardar" title), Champaran/Kheda specifics (crop, region, year).