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Indian National Movement - General Awareness Questions and Answers for SSC Exam

(201) The Operation Polo was associated with the annexation of which one among the following Princely States into Indian Union ?
[A] Hyderabad
[B] Travancore
[C] Junagadh
[D] Kashmir

Comment

Answer: Option [A]

The correct answer is Hyderabad. Operation Polo was the code name for the police action against the Princely State of Hyderabad in September 1948 by the newly Independent republic of India. The Indian Army marched into Hyderabad following the outbreak of hostilities, overwhelming the Hyderabadi military and annexed Hyderabad into the Indian Union.

(202) Who among the following leaders escaped from the prison and organized underground activities during the ‘Quit India Movement’?
[A] Ram Manohar Lohia
[B] J.B. Kriplani
[C] Jai Prakash Narayan
[D] Achyut Patwardhan

Comment

Answer: Option [C]

Jai Prakash Narayan was the leader who escaped from prison and organized underground activities during the 'Quit India Movement'. He along with Ram Manohar Lohia and Aruna Asaf Ali, took charge of the ongoing stir when all the senior leaders had been arrested.

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(203) Who among the following had led the Swadeshi Movement in Delhi ?
[A] Ajit Singh
[B] Syed Haider Raza
[C] Lala Lajpat Rai
[D] Balgangadhar Tilak

Comment

Answer: Option [B]

The correct answer is Syed Haider Raza. Syed Haider Raza had led the Swadeshi Movement in Delhi.

(204) Who among the following had moved the Non co-operation resolution in the Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress in 1920 ?
[A] C.R. Das
[B] B.C. Pal
[C] Annie Besant
[D] Madan Mohan Malaviya

Comment

Answer: Option [A]

The correct answer is Option A. At the Nagpur session of Congress in 1920, Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das moved the main resolution on Non-Cooperation Movement. In that movement, the surrender of titles, the boycott of schools, courts and councils, the boycott of foreign goods, the promotion maintenance of a Hindu-Muslim unity and strict non-violence was adopted.

(205) Which one of the following observations is not true about the Quit India Movement of 1942 ?
[A] It was a non–violent movement
[B] It was a spontaneous movement
[C] It was led by Mahatma Gandhi
[D] It did not attract the labour class in general

Comment

Answer: Option [A]

The correct answer is it was a non–violent movement.

(206) Give the correct chronological order of the following events:
I. Formation of Muslim League
II. Formation of All India Untouchability League
III. All India Trade Union Congress
IV. Formation of Indian National Congress
[A] II, IV, I, III
[B] III, IV, I, II
[C] IV, III, I, II
[D] IV, I, III, II

Comment

Answer: Option [D]

The correct chronological order of the following events:

  • Formation of Indian National Congress
  • Formation of Muslim League
  • All India Trade Union Congress
  • Formation of All India Untouchability League

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