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Indian Independence Movement - General Knowledge Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

(121) The first Civil Disobedience Movement started before:
[A] Dandi march
[B] Gandhi Irwin pact
[C] the failure of Cripps Mission
[D] the adoption of a resolution declaring Poorna Swaraj as the objective of the Congress

Comment

Answer: Option [B]

The first Civil Disobedience Movement started before Gandhi Irwin pact. The Gandhi–Irwin Pact was a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, on 5 March 1931 before the Second Round Table Conference in London.

(122) The Indian National Congress represented the views of the microscopic minority in India.

The contention was maintained by:

[A] Lord Curzon
[B] Lord Elgin II
[C] Lord Lansdowne
[D] Lord Dufferin

Comment

Answer: Option [D]

The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 under the tenure of Lord Dufferin. Lord Dufferin came as Viceroy of India in 1884 after Lord Ripon. These lines are saying by Lord Dufferin - "She represents a minority of the public whose numbers are small".

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(123) Mahatma Gandhi was referred to ‘Father of the Nation’ first by:
[A] Jawaharlal Nehru
[B] Vallabhbhai Patel
[C] Subhash Chandra Bose
[D] C. Rajagopalachari

Comment

Answer: Option [C]

Mahatma Gandhi was referred to ‘Father of the Nation’ first by Subhash Chandra Bose. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose while addressing the nation before launching an attack on British India with the Indian National Army in 1945, called Gandhi ji Father of Nation.

(124) The All India Muslim League was formed in December 30, 1906 at:
[A] Dhaka
[B] Lukhnow
[C] Lahor
[D] Aligard

Comment

Answer: Option [A]

The All India Muslim League was formed in December 30, 1906 at Dhaka.

(125) Who among the following had founded the Theosophical Society in the United States of America ?
[A] Madam Camas
[B] Lala Hardayal
[C] Madam Blavatsky and Olcott
[D] Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Comment

Answer: Option [C]

Madam HP Blavatsky ,a Russian woman & Col. H.S Olcott ,an American ,founded the Theosophical Society in Newyork in 1875 . They advocated the revival & strengthening of ancient religions of Hinduism.

(126) Mahatma Gandhi entered into freedom struggle in India in the year:
[A] 1911
[B] 1915
[C] 1917
[D] 1919

Comment

Answer: Option [B]

Mahatma Gandhi entered into freedom struggle in India in 1915.

(127) “At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom” was said by:
[A] Lord Mountbatten
[B] Dr. Rajendra Prasad
[C] Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
[D] None of the above

Comment

Answer: Option [C]

“At the stroke of midnight, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom” was said by Jawaharlal Nehru. He was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secularist, social democrat, and author who served for 16 years as India's first prime minister following India's independence in 1947.

(128) With which one of the following did the Civil Disobedience Movement in India commence ?
[A] The Dandi March
[B] Mahatma Gandhi’s going on fast
[C] No Tax campaign by Sardar Patel
[D] The unfurling of the national flag by Nehru

Comment

Answer: Option [A]

The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mahatma Gandhi.

(129) Of the following, whose ideas had influenced Mahatma Gandhi’s thought ?
[A] Lenin
[B] Tolstoy
[C] Hitler
[D] Karl Marx

Comment

Answer: Option [B]

Raychandbhai by his living contact; Tolstoy by his book, "The Kingdom of God is within you"; and Ruskin by his "Unto This Last". Besides these three personalities, Gopal Krishna Gokhale and the Gita and the Bible were life long sources of inspiration for Gandhi.

(130) The Viceroy upon whom a bomb was thrown but he did not change his attitude towards the Indians, was:
[A] Lord Hardinge
[B] Warren Hastings
[C] Lord Curzon
[D] Lord Chelmsford

Comment

Answer: Option [A]

The Viceroy upon whom a bomb was thrown but he did not change his attitude towards the Indians was Lord Hardinge.

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