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The Nationalist Movement - II

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Gandhiji's first Satyagraha in India took place at

  1. Champaran

  2. Ahmedabad

  3. Kheda

  4. Transvaal


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gandhiji's first Satyagraha in India took place at Champaran in 1917 for the benefit of indigo planters.

Which of the following was set up to hold enquiry on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

  1. Simon Commission

  2. Hunter Commission

  3. Cripps Mission

  4. India State People's Conference


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It was set up to hold enquiry on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. 

Which of the following was not a step taken to promote the use of khadi?

  1. Compulsion for all members of the Congress to spin 2000 yards of yarn every month.

  2. Setting up of Khadi Bhandars

  3. Providing free khadi clothes to poor people

  4. Setting up of All India Spinner's Association


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This step was not taken.

The main reason for the protest against Simon Commission by the Indians was

  1. unfair suggestions given by it

  2. presence of General Dyer in the commission

  3. presence of no Indian in the commission

  4. brutal suppression of Lala Lajpat Rai's rally


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

People wanted an Indian in it so that India would be benefitted.

Gandhiji supported the Khilafat movement to

  1. protect the Ottoman empire

  2. get appreciation from Muslims

  3. unite Hindus and Muslims

  4. all of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

He launched the Non-Cooperation movement at the same time because he thought it was a great opportunity to unite Hindus and Muslims.

Which revolutionary was sentenced to death for attacking on the armoury at Chittagong?

  1. Surya Sen

  2. Jatin Das

  3. Ram Prasad Bismil

  4. Benoy Bose


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

He attacked the armoury on 18th April, 1930.

Which of the following was not a change made in the central legislature by the Government of India Act, 1919?

  1. Replacement of central legislature by two houses

  2. Elected members were to have majority in both houses, but no power.

  3. Introduction of Dual Government

  4. Members of the Executive Council were not responsible to the legislature.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This change was brought in the Provincial Legislature. The subjects were divided into two lists; reserved and transferred.

Sardar Vallabhai Patel was also known as

  1. Iron Man

  2. Frontier Gandhi

  3. Netaji

  4. Gurudev


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

He was populary known as 'Iron Man of India'.

The Government of India Act, 1935

  1. separated Burma from India

  2. created provinces of Orissa and Sind

  3. made the Central legislature bicameral

  4. all of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All of these were the features.

What was/were the feature(s) of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?

  1. Participation of the INC in the Round Table conference

  2. Removal of tax on salt

  3. Release of prisoners arrested for participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement.

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

They all were the features of the Pact.

Why did Gandhiji relaunch the Civil Disobedience movement?

  1. He was unhappy with the Gandhi-Irwin pact.

  2. He was dissatisfied with the second Round Table Conference.

  3. Killing of Lala Lajpat Rai by Britishers

  4. A resolution was passed to do so in the Karachi session of Congress.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

He was dissatisfied because transfer of power was not discussed.

Which organisation was formed by Subhash Chandra Bose after quitting Congress in 1939?

  1. Indian Independence League

  2. Provisional Government of India

  3. All India Forward Bloc

  4. Indian National Army


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This party was formed by Bose after quitting Congress.

Which of the following was not made a part of Pakistan?

  1. West Punjab

  2. Sind

  3. NWFP

  4. NEFP


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

NEFP remained a part of India.

The policy of Satyagraha was mainly inspired by

  1. Leo Tolstoy

  2. Jainism

  3. Upanishads

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All of these inspired the Satyagraha of Gandhiji.

Who was the viceroy of India when the Government of India Act,1919 was passed?

  1. Lord Hardinge

  2. Lord Chelmsford

  3. Lord Reading

  4. Lord Irwin


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

His tenure was from 1916 to 1921. On his name, the Act was also called Montague-Chelmsford Reforms.

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