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The Gandhian Era (1917-47) MCQ

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Q51. Consider the following events: 1 Gandhi-lrwin pact 2 First Round Table Conference 3 Simon Commission 4 Poona Pact The correct chronological order of these events is :

  1. A1-4-3-2
  2. B2-1-3-4
  3. C3-2-1-4
  4. D2-3-1-4
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Answer: C) 3-2-1-4

Q52. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched?

  1. APurna Swaraj Resolution : 1929
  2. BMartyrdom of Sardar Bhagat Singh : 1931
  3. CFormation of Congress Socialist Party : 1938
  4. DSimla Conference : 1945
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Answer: C) Formation of Congress Socialist Party : 1938

Q53. Who among the following was regarded by Mahatma Gandhi as his Political Guru?

  1. ADadabhai Naoroji
  2. BBal Gangadhar Tilak
  3. CPheroz Shah Mehta
  4. DGopal Krishn Gokhle
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Answer: D) Gopal Krishn Gokhle

Q54. Which one of the following chronological orders of the given event is correct?

  1. AThe Civil Disobedience Movement-The Cripps Mission-The Cabinet Mission 's Plan
  2. BThe Cripps Mission-The Civil Disobedience Movement-The Cabinet Mission's Plan
  3. CThe Cripps Mission-The Cabinet Mission's Plan-The Civil Disobedience Movement
  4. DThe Civil Disobedience Movement- The Cabinet Mission's Plan-The Cripps Mission
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Answer: A) The Civil Disobedience Movement-The Cripps Mission-The Cabinet Mission 's Plan

Q55. For which one of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi give the slogan Do or Die?

  1. Akheda Satyagraha
  2. BNon-Co-operation movement
  3. CCivil Disobedience movement
  4. DQuit India Movement
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Answer: D) Quit India Movement

Q56. Where was the first Peasant Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi?

  1. ABardoli
  2. BDandi
  3. CChamparan
  4. DWardha
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Answer: C) Champaran

Q57. Who among the following was a founder of the Swaraj Party?

  1. AVallabh Bhai Patel
  2. BRajendra Prasad
  3. CC.R.Das
  4. DNarendra Dev
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Answer: C) C.R.Das

Q58. Who among the following national leaders did not opt to defend the case dealing with the trial of the soldiers of the Indian National Army in 1945 ?

  1. ATej Bahadur
  2. BBhulabhai Desai
  3. CC. Rajagopalachari
  4. DJawahar Lal Nehru
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Answer: C) C. Rajagopalachari

Q59. During the freedom struggle Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organiser of the underground activities in-

  1. ABardoli Satyagraha
  2. BQuit lndia Movement
  3. CCivil Disobedience movement
  4. DKhilafat Movement
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Answer: B) Quit lndia Movement

Q60. Who was the Governor General of India during the launch of civil Disobedience Movement ?

  1. ALord Chelmsford
  2. BLord Reading
  3. CLord Irwin
  4. DLord Wavell
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Answer: C) Lord Irwin

Q61. Which one of the following movement started from Dandi March ?

  1. ASwadeshi Movement
  2. BQuit India Movement
  3. CCivil Disobedience movement
  4. DNon-Co-operation Movement
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Answer: C) Civil Disobedience movement

Q62. Who prescribed the separate electorates for lndia on the basis of the Communal Award in August 1932?

  1. ALord lrwin
  2. BRamsay Mac Donald
  3. CLord Linlithgow
  4. DWinston Churchill
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Answer: B) Ramsay Mac Donald

Q63. Which one of the following slogans is attributed to Subhash Chandra Bose?

  1. AJai Jawan Jai Kisan
  2. BBande Mataram
  3. CJai Hind
  4. Dlnqilab Zindabad
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Answer: C) Jai Hind

Q64. Who among the following has authored the book Hind Swaraj?

  1. ABal Gangadhar Tilak
  2. BMahatma Gandhi
  3. CGopal Krishna Gokhle
  4. DM.G.Ranade
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Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi

Q65. Which one of the following with regard to the Poona Pact, 1932 is NOT correct?

  1. AAdequate representation of depressed sections in Government jobs
  2. BReservation of seats for the depressed classes in the provincial legislature
  3. CAcceptance of joint electorate system
  4. DReservation of seats for the depressed classes in the central legislature
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Answer: A) Adequate representation of depressed sections in Government jobs

Q66. Which one of the following statements with regard to Direct Action Day is correct ?

  1. AHasan Suhrawardy presided over the Direct Action Day
  2. BDirect Action Day took place in Delhi
  3. CDirect Action Day led to the Bihar riot
  4. DDirect Action Day was endorsed by the Congress Party
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Answer: C) Direct Action Day led to the Bihar riot

Q67. The Haripura Congress (1938) remains a milestone in Indian freedom struggle, because-

  1. Ait declared war on the British Empire
  2. Bit apointed Jawahar Lal Nehru as the future Prime Minister of India
  3. Cof the introduction of the idea of a planning commission
  4. Dof the acceptance of the Government of India Act, 1935 by the Congress
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Answer: C) of the introduction of the idea of a planning commission

Q68. In 'Hindi Swaraj', Mahatma Gandhi was critical of railways, because they are :n1. carriers of plague germsn2. instruments for frequency of faminesn3. responsible for creating class division in the societyn4. accident-pronenSelect the correct answer using the code given below :nCodes :

  1. A1, 2 and 3
  2. B1 and 2 only
  3. C2 and 3 only
  4. D1 and 4 only
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Answer: A) 1, 2 and 3

Q69. Assertion (A) : Indian National Congress Boycotted the Simon Commission.nReason (R) : It was opposed to the composition of the commission

  1. ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. BBoth A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
  3. CA is true, but R is false
  4. DA is false, but R is true
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Answer: A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Q70. Assertion (A) : Khilafat Movement started in India after the Second World War.nReason (R) : Gandhiji had been one of the Presidents of the All India Khilafat Conference.

  1. ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. BBoth A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
  3. CA is true, but R is false
  4. DA is false, but R is true
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Answer: D) A is false, but R is true

Q71. Consider the following incidents with reference to the Civil Disobedience Movement during freedom struggle :n1. Chittgong armoury raidn2. Refusal of a platoon of Garhwal Regiment to open fire on a batch of Khudai Khidmatgarsn3. Strike of textile workers in Sholapur involving attacks to government buildingdn4. Increase the number of Muslim participants in it all provincesnWhich of these incidents caused alarm among the British rulers ?

  1. A1, 2 and 3
  2. B2, 3 and 4
  3. C1 and 4
  4. D1, 2, 3 and 4
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Answer: A) 1, 2 and 3

Q72. During the Indian freedom struggle, which one among the following formed earliest ?

  1. ACobgress Socialist Party
  2. BCommunist Party of India
  3. CHindustan Republican Socialist Association
  4. DAll India State people's Conference
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Answer: B) Communist Party of India

Q73. Two independent states of India and Pakistan were created by-

  1. AThe Simla Conference
  2. BThe Cripps Proposal
  3. CThe Cabinet Mission plan
  4. DThe Indian Independence Act
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Answer: D) The Indian Independence Act

Q74. The lady Congress leader who went underground during the Quit India Movement was-

  1. ASucheta Kripalani
  2. BVijay Laxmi Pandit
  3. CAruna Asaf Ali
  4. DSarojini Naidu
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Answer: C) Aruna Asaf Ali

Q75. After the elections in 1937, Congress ministers tendered their resignations because-

  1. AThe British Government declared India a party to World War II without consulting them
  2. BOf undue interference in their working by the Government
  3. COf paucity of financial resources which hampered all developmental works
  4. Dof their inexperience to run the administration
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Answer: A) The British Government declared India a party to World War II without consulting them

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