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Towards Freedom

Description: Towards Freedom-(E)
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Who is the author of the concept of 'Antyodaya'?

  1. Sri Aurobindo

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Jayaprakash Narayan

  4. Vinoba Bhave


Correct Option: D

In which year was the Indian Independence Act passed?

  1. 1944

  2. 1945

  3. 1946

  4. 1947


Correct Option: D

The Parallel government started by Y. B. Chavan in Satara in mid 1943 to 1945 was called

  1. Bharat Sarkar

  2. Prati Sarkar

  3. Gandhi Sarkar

  4. Shivaji Sarkar


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It indeed was the name given to the parallel government set up in Satara in Maharashtra (which was a part of the then Bombay province).

The Cabinet Mission to India was headed by

  1. Lord Pethick Lawrence

  2. Stafford Cripps

  3. Hugh Gaitskell

  4. A. V. Alexander


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government to Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V. Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty. However, Lord Wavell, the Viceroy of India, did not participate.

A British policy was announced for “increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration for progressive realisation of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British empire”. What was the policy called?

  1. Karachi Declaration

  2. August Declaration

  3. Lahore Declaration

  4. August Offer


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

After the Lucknow Pact, a British policy was announced which aimed at increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration for progressive realisation of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British empire. This came to be called as the August Declaration.

The patriot who died in prison after 63 days of fast for the improvement of jail conditions was

  1. Sukh Dev

  2. Ram Manohar Lohia

  3. Jatin Das

  4. Jayprakash Narayan


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct answer is (3). 

By 15th August, 1947, all the princely states had joined either the Indian Union or Pakistan, except

  1. Kashmir, Hyderabad and Junagadh

  2. Kashmir, Sindh and Assam

  3. Kashmir, Hyderabad and Assam

  4. Kashmir, Assam and Pondicherry


Correct Option: A

The Moplah rebellion broke out in

  1. Uttarakhand

  2. Malabar

  3. Chauri Chaura

  4. Telengana


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Moplah Rebellion, which took place in Malabar during 1921, was a conflict rooted in religious revivalism among the Muslim Moplahs. It was based on a deep disaffection with British rule and a burning sectarian resentment against the land owning Hindu Nair community, who sided with the British. 

Which viceroy convened the Shimla Conference in 1945?

  1. Lord Wavell

  2. Lord Mountbatten

  3. Lord Linlithgow

  4. Lord Irwin


Correct Option: A

Mountbatten Plan, which was put out in 1947, was also known as

  1. March Plan

  2. April Plan

  3. May Plan

  4. June Plan


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mountbatten Plan was put out on June 31947 and came to be called the June Plan.

Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got independence?

  1. Anthony Eden

  2. Winston Churchill

  3. Clement Attlee

  4. G. Brown


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Clement Richard Attlee (January 3, 1883 – October 8, 1967) was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and he was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got independence.

Who said “Do not ask for crumbs, ask for the whole bread” during the freedom struggle?

  1. S. C. Bose

  2. B. G. Tilak

  3. Gandhiji

  4. Veer Savarkar


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Bal Gangadhar Tilak said this during the freedom struggle.

Who made the declaration popularly known as 'August Offer'?

  1. Lord Linlithgow

  2. Lord Cornwallis

  3. Lord Wellesley

  4. Lord John


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Lord Linlithgow made the declaration popularly known as 'August Offer'. 

Which of the following was not founded by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?

  1. Samaj Samata Sangh

  2. Depressed Classes Institute

  3. Deccan Education Society

  4. Peoples Education Society


Correct Option: C

Burma was separated from British India in the year

  1. 1937

  2. 1939

  3. 1947

  4. 1950


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In 1937, Burma began to be administered separately by the Burma office under the Secretary of State for India and Burma. 

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