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 […]

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

Q. Which of the following demand was not central to the Khilafat movement? (a) That the Turkish Sultan or Khalifa must remain in control over the Muslim’s sacred places (b) The Khalifa must be left with sufficient territory to enable him to defend the Islamic faith (c) Arab, Syria, Iraq, and Palestine (Jazirat-ul-Arab) must remain

Q. At the Tripuri session of the Indian National Congress (March 1939), Subhas Chandra Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi’s candidate for Presidentship. Who was he? (a) Abdul Kalam Azad (b) V Rajagopalachari (c) Pattabhi Sitaramayya (d) Vallabh Bhai Patel Ans: (c) Pattabhi Sitaramayya  Explanation: The correct answer is (c) Pattabhi Sitaramayya. At the Tripuri session of

Q. On September 20, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yerwada Jail against (a) British repression of the satyagrahis (b) violation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact (c) communal Award of Ramsay Macdonald (d) communal riots in Calcutta Ans: (c) communal Award of Ramsay Macdonald Explanation: The correct answer is (c) communal Award of