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161 The resolution to start the Quit India Movement was adopted by INC at its session held at:
A Bombay
B Lahore
C Calcutta
D Karachi

Answer: Option [A]

The resolution to start the Quit India Movement was adopted by INC at its session held at Bombay. On 7 to 8 August 1942, the All India Congress Committee met in Bombay and ratified the 'Quit India' resolution.

162 Who was instrumental in bringing the Extremists and the Moderates together at Lukhnow ?
A Tilak
B Annie Besant
C Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D None of these

Answer: Option [B]

Annie Besant was instrumental in bringing the Extremists and the Moderates together at Lukhnow. Moderate and Extremist split in Surat Session 1907 and reunited in 1916 Session due to efforts of Annie Besant. Annie Besant was a Irish-British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights activist, writer, orator, political party member, educationist, and philanthropist.

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163 The partition of Bengal was in reality:
A an attempt to split the Congress
B an act to appease Muslim sentiments
C a step taken for administrative convenience
D an attempt to weaken the nationalism in Bengal

Answer: Option [D]

The partition of Bengal was in reality an attempt to weaken the nationalism in Bengal. The Partition of Bengal in 1947, part of the Partition of India, divided the British Indian province of Bengal based on the Radcliffe Line between the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan.

164 Who headed the Cabinet Mission 1946 ?
A A.V. Alexander
B Sir Stafford Cripps
C Lord Pethick Lawrence
D None of the above

Answer: Option [C]

Lord Pethick Lawrence headed the Cabinet Mission in 1946. Cabinet Mission was a high-powered mission sent in February 1946 to India by the Atlee Government (British Prime Minister.) The mission had three British cabinet members – Pethick Lawrence, Stafford Cripps, & and A.V. Alexander.

165 Who was the first Indian to raise the National Flag ?
A Madam Cama
B Annie Beasnt
C Mahatma Gandhi
D Sardar Patal

Answer: Option [A]

The correct answer is Madam Cama. Bhikaji Cama was one of the pioneers of India's struggle for independence. On August 21, 1907, an International Socialist Conference was being held in Stuttgart, a city in Germany. On this occasion, Bhikaji Rustam Cama unfurled the first version of the Indian National Flag.

166 According to the Govt. of India ACT of 1935, India had been divided into …………… provinces.
A 9
B 11
C 12
D 14

Answer: Option [B]

According to the Govt. of India ACT of 1935, India had been divided into 11 provinces. The proposed all India federation included 11 provinces of British India, 6 Chief Commissioners Provinces and those princely states who might accede to the federation.

167 The Khilafat Movement was started to protest against the:
A peace terms offered to Turkey by the allied powers in May, 1920
B atrocities committed by the British government on the Muslims
C undue favors shown by the Viceroy of India towards the Hindus
D inadequate concessions granted to the Muslims in the Govt. of India Act, 1919

Answer: Option [A]

The Khilafat Movement was started to protest against the peace terms offered to Turkey by the allied powers in May, 1920. It was a protest against the sanctions placed on the caliph and the Ottoman Empire after the First World War by the Treaty of Sèvres.

168 The Indian National Army (I.N.A.) came into existence in:
A Japan
B Burma
C Malaysia
D Singapore

Answer: Option [D]

The Indian National Army (I.N.A.) came into existence in Singapore. On 4 July 1943, Rash Bihari Bose assumed the leadership of the IIL and the INA in a ceremony at the Cathay Building. Capt initially founded the Indian National Army (INA). Mohan Singh in Singapore in September 1942 with Japan’s Indian POWs.

169 Who first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in India ?
A Allama Iqbal
B M.A. Jinnah
C Syed Ahmad Khan
D None of the above

Answer: Option [A]

Allama Iqbal first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in India. The leadership of the League was taken over by Sir Muhammad Iqbal, who in 1930 first put forward the demand for a separate Muslim state in India.

170 Who was responsible for the integration of Indian Princely States ?
A Lord Mountbatten
B Jawaharlal Nehru
C C. Rajagopalachari
D Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer: Option [D]

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was responsible for the integration of Indian Princely States. Vallabhbhai Patel as Minister for Home and States Affairs had the responsibility of welding the British Indian provinces and the princely states into a united India.

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