Q. The Gandhi-Irwin pact (March 1931) (a) agreed not to enforce the salt laws (b) release all political prisoners except those convicted of violence (c) the Nagpur session approved the agreement (d) the Congress was to suspend the Civil Disobedience movement Ans: (c) the Nagpur session approved the agreement
Q. Who gave Vallabhbhai Patel the title of ‘Sardar’? (a) C Rajagopalachari (b) M K Gandhi (c) J L Nehru (d) M A Jinnah Ans: (b) M K Gandhi Explanation: The correct answer is (b) M K Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi gave Vallabhbhai Patel the title of ‘Sardar.’ The word “Sardar” means “leader” or “chief” in
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Q. Individual Civil Disobedience movement was launched in (a) 1942 (b) 1940 (c) 1945 (d) 1947 Ans: (b) 1940
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Q. The Civil Disobedience movement caught the imagination of the people even in the Princely states. Significant popular movements emerged. Point the odd one out? (a) Rajkot (b) Hyderabad (c) Travancore (d) Rampur Ans: (d) Rampur Explanation: The odd one out is (d) Rampur.
Q. ‘Nauseating and humiliating spectacle of Gandhiji striding half naked up the steps of the viceroy’s Palace to negotiate …. on equal terms with the representatives of the King Emperor’. Who said this? (a) Clement Attlee (b) William Digby (c) Winston Churchill (d) Strafford Cripps Ans: (c) Winston Churchill Explanation: The correct answer is (c)
Q. The second session of the Round Table Conference broke down on the question of (a) Gandhi’s fast unto death (b) separate electorates for the minorities (c) Gandhiji being not treated on equal terms with the representatives of the King Emperor (d) government’s unwillingness to release all political prisoners Ans: (b) separate electorates for the
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Q. The Congress was passing through midnight gloom, and Gandhiji himself withdrew from politics altogether, devoting himself to his social programme. This refers to which period of the Indian National movement. (a) Failure of Round Table Conference and its aftermath (b) Post non-cooperation phase (c) World-wide depression of 1930s (d) None of the above Ans:
Q. Who strongly objected to the British government’s negotiations on terms of equality with the ‘Seditious Fakir’, i.e., Mahatma Gandhi in February–March, 1931? (a) Ramsay MacDonald (b) Lord Linlithgow (c) Winston Churchill (d) Lord Wavell Ans: (c) Winston Churchill Explanation: The correct answer is (c) Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill strongly objected to the British government’s
Q. ‘To sound the order of retreat just when public enthusiasm was reaching the boiling point was nothing short of a national calamity’. Who said it regarding the unilateral withdrawal of the Non-cooperation movement by Gandhi on February, 1922? (a) S C Bose (b) J L Nehru (c) Mohammad Ali (d) C R Das Ans:
Q. The organisational change to turn the Congress Party into a real mass political party was made for the first time in (a) 1916 (b) 1918 (c) 1920 (d) 1930 Ans: (c) 1920 Explanation: The correct answer is (c) 1920. The organizational change to turn the Congress Party into a real mass political party was
