Indian National Movement (Part-I)

1. The radical wing of the Congress Party with Jawaharlal Nehru as one of its main leaders, founded the Independence for India League in opposition to: [1995]

(a) the Finance Commission
(b) the National Development Council
(c) Nehru Report
(d) the Constitution of India

Correct Answer: (c) Nehru Report

Solution:Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhash Chandra Bose as Secretaries and S. Srinivasa Iyengar as President founded Independence for Indian League to oppose the Nehru Report. They demanded complete independence and imposition of social structure in the country.

The 'Independence for India League' was founded in opposition to the Nehru report. Jawaharlal Nehru along with Srinivasa Iyengar and Subhash Chandra Bose founded the Independence for India League in the year 1928 which put forth the demand for complete independence. Srinivasa Iyengar was its first president.

Indian Independence League was a political organization operated from the 1920s to the 1940s to organize those living outside India into seeking the removal of British colonial rule over India.

2. Which one of the following was an emigre communist journal of M.N. Roy? [1995]

(a) Kisan Sahba
(b) The Worker
(c) Vanguard
(d) Anushilan

Correct Answer: (c) Vanguard

Solution:Communist Vanguard was an emigre Communist journal of M.N. Roy.

3. What is the correct sequence of the following events? [1995]

1. The Lucknow Pact

2. The Introduction on Dyarchy

3. The Rowlatt Act

4. The Partition of Bengal

Codes:

(a) 1, 3, 2, 4
(b) 4, 1, 3, 2
(c) 1, 2, 3, 4
(d) 4, 3, 2, 1

Correct Answer: (b) 4, 1, 3, 2

Solution:Lucknow Pact 1916; Introduction of Diarchy under Montford Reforms (GIA 1919) December, 1919; Rowlatt Act - February 1919; Partition of Bengal - 1905.

4. The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorists of the freedom movement in: [1995]

(a) Bombay-Karnataka
(b) Punjab
(c) East Bengal
(d) The Madras Presidency

Correct Answer: (c) East Bengal

Solution:In 1908, Barrah Dacoity was organized by Dacca Anushilan under Pulin Das in East Bengal.

5. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started Civil Disobedience Movement from: [1995]

(a) Sevagram
(b) Dandi
(c) Sabarmati
(d) Wardha

Correct Answer: (c) Sabarmati

Solution:On 12 March, 1930, Gandhi started his civil disobedience movement by starting Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat and reached Dandi on 6 April 1930 and broke the salt law.

6. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [1995]

(a) Jamnalal Bajaj-Satyagraha Ashram at Wardha
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji-Bombay Association
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai-National School at Lahore
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak-Satya Shodhak Sabha

Correct Answer: (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak-Satya Shodhak Sabha

Solution:Satya Sodhak Samaj was founded by Jyoti Ba Phule in 1873.

7. The Sarabandi (no tax) campaign of 1922 was led by: [1996]

(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Chittaranjan Das
(c) Rajaguru
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel

Correct Answer: (d) Vallabhbhai Patel

Solution:It was led by Vallabh Bhai Patel in Gujarat.

8. Which one of the following first mooted the idea of a constituent assembly to frame a constitution for India? [1996]

(a) Swaraj Party in 1934
(b) Congress Party in 1936
(c) Muslims League in 1942
(d) All Parties Conference in 1946

Correct Answer: (a) Swaraj Party in 1934

Solution:Swaraj party was formed in 1923 by CR Das.

9. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason (R). [1996]

Assertion (A): The British sovereignty continued to exist in free India.

Reason (R): The British sovereign appointed the last Governor General of free India.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

(a) Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true

Correct Answer: (d) A is false but R is true

Solution:The British sovereignty ceased to exist in India after Aug 15, 1947.

10. Who among the following leaders did not believe in the drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji? [1996]

(a) B.G. Tilak
(b) R.C. Dutt
(c) M.G. Ranade
(d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Correct Answer: (d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Solution:The drain theory was put forward by Dadabhai Naoroji in his book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan did not believe in the drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji.