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Who said: ‘Cowardice and Ahimsa do not go together any more than water and fire’

Who said: ‘Cowardice and Ahimsa do not go together any more than water and fire’

Q. Who said: ‘Cowardice and Ahimsa do not go together any more than water and fire’? (a) Acharya Narendra Dev (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Acharya Vinoba Bhave (d) Jayaprakash Narayan Ans: (b) Mahatma Gandhi Explanation: The correct answer is (b) Mahatma Gandhi. The quote, “Cowardice and Ahimsa do not go together any more than water […]

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Who said, ‘The time has come when badges of honour make our shame glaring in their

Who said, ‘The time has come when badges of honour make our shame glaring in their

Q. Who said, ‘The time has come when badges of honour make our shame glaring in their incongruous context of humiliation’? (a) C. R. Das (b) Motilal Nehru (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Rabindranath Tagore Ans: (d) Rabindranath Tagore Explanation: The correct answer is (d) Rabindranath Tagore. The quote, “The time has come when badges of

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Who among the following opposed Mahatma Gandhi’s association with the Khilafat Movement?

Who among the following opposed Mahatma Gandhi’s association with the Khilafat Movement?

Q. Who among the following opposed Mahatma Gandhi’s association with the Khilafat Movement? (a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (b) Fazlul Haque  (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (d) Abul Kalam Azad Ans: (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah Explanation: The correct answer is (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, who later became the founder of Pakistan, opposed Mahatma

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Which of the following was not one of the original methods adopted by the Home Rule Movement?

Which of the following was not one of the original methods adopted by the Home Rule Movement?

Q. Which of the following was not one of the original methods adopted by the Home Rule Movement? (a) Political education through press and public meetings (b) Village reconstruction to involve the masses (c) Social reform to gain a mass base (d) Passive resistance to pressurise the government. Ans: (d) Passive resistance to pressurise the

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Which of the following was not one of the main causes of the call of the noncooperation movement?

Which of the following was not one of the main causes of the call of the noncooperation movement?

Q. Which of the following was not one of the main causes of the call of the noncooperation movement? (a) Repression in Punjab through Rowlatt bills and Jallianwallah Bagh massacre (b) The British introducing dyarchy through the Montague–Chelmsford Reforms (c) The publication of the Hunter Committee Report acquitting Gen. Dyer (d) The publication of the

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Which of the following leaders presided over the 1929 Lahore session of the Indian National Congress?

Which of the following leaders presided over the 1929 Lahore session of the Indian National Congress?

Q. Which of the following leaders presided over the 1929 Lahore session of the Indian National Congress? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Motilal Nehru (d) Subhas Chandra Bose Ans: (b) Jawaharlal Nehru Explanation: The Congress convention began in Lahore in December 1929 and Pandit Nehru was the president of the convention.

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