Q. Individual Civil Disobedience movement was launched in (a) 1942 (b) 1940 (c) 1945 (d) 1947 Ans: (b) 1940

Q. The Civil Disobedience movement caught the imagination of the people even in the Princely states. Significant popular movements emerged. Point the odd one out? (a) Rajkot (b) Hyderabad (c) Travancore (d) Rampur Ans: (d) Rampur Explanation: The odd one out is (d) Rampur.

Q. ‘Nauseating and humiliating spectacle of Gandhiji striding half naked up the steps of the viceroy’s Palace to negotiate .... on equal terms with the representatives of the King Emperor’. Who said this? (a) Clement Attlee (b) William Digby (c) Winston Churchill (d) Strafford Cripps ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

 Q. Who persuaded the ratings of RIN to surrender on 23rd February 1946? 1. Vallabhbhai Patel 2. Jawaharlal Nehru 3. M A Jinnah 4. S C Bose Choose the correct code. (a) Only 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) Only 4 Ans: (c) 1 and 3