Indian National Movement (Part-II)

Total Questions: 50

21. The Hunter Commission was appointed after the: [2001]

(a) Black-hole incident(b
(b) Jalianwalla Bagh massacre
(c) Uprising of 1857
(d) Partition of Bengal

Correct Answer: (b) Jalianwalla Bagh massacre

Solution:Hunter Commission was appointed after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13 April 1919). Aseparate Hunter Commission (1882-83) emphsised on primary and secondary education.

22. Who among the following leaders proposed to adopt Complete Independence as the goal of the Congress in the Ahmedabad session of 1920? [2001]

(a) Abdul Kalam Azad
(b) Hasrat Mohani
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Mohandas Karamachand Gandhi

Correct Answer: (b) Hasrat Mohani

Solution:Before any of the main political parties in India, CPI raised the demand of complete independence. At the 1921 session (36th) of the INC held at Ahmedabad, the party made its presence known among the delegates through the distribution of a manifesto. The manifesto, signed by M. N. Roy and Abani Mukherjee, demanded complete independence from British rule and asked the INC to sever all connections with the British Empire and offer full support to the struggles of the working class and peasantry. The manifesto was mailed to other parts of the country also. The influence that the manifesto exerted on the delegates and participants could be seen from the fact that a radical Congressman, Maulana Hazrat Mohani, moved a resolution in favour of complete Independence.

23. Who among the following organized the famous Chittagong Armoury raid? [2001]

(a) Laxmi Sehgal
(b) Surya Sen
(c) J.M. Sengupta
(d) Batukeshwar Datta

Correct Answer: (b) Surya Sen

Solution:The raid was conducted in April 1930 by Surya Sen and involved 65 activists under the banner of Indian Republican army-Chittagong Branch. Surya Sen was arrested in Feb 1933 and hanged in Jan 1934.

24. A London branch of the All India Muslim League was established in 1908 under the presidency of: [2001]

(a) Aga Khan
(b) Ameer Ali
(c) Liaquat Ali Khan
(d) M.A. Jinnah

Correct Answer: (b) Ameer Ali

Solution:Syed Ameer Ali established a branch of the League in London in 1908, supporting the same objectives.

25. Who among the following was the President of the All India States' Peoples' Conference in 1939? [2001]

(a) Jaya Prakash Narayan
(b) Sheikh Abdullah
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Correct Answer: (c) Jawahar Lal Nehru

Solution:The All India States Peoples' Conference was a political organization in India during the British Raj. The first session of the organisation was held in Bombay in December 1927. Nehru was its president between 1935-1947.

26. With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of the following statements in not correct? [2002]

(a) Liaquat Hussain led the Muslim peasants of Barisal in their agitation
(b) In 1889, the scheme of national education was formulated by Satish Chandra Mukherjee
(c) The Bengal National College was founded in 1906 with Aurobindo as the Principal
(d) Tagore preached the cult of Atmasakti, the main plank of which was social and economic regeneration of the villages

Correct Answer: (a) Liaquat Hussain led the Muslim peasants of Barisal in their agitation

Solution:Liakat Hussain did not lead the Barisal movement of peasant. Barisal movement was for salt breaking during civil disobedience movement.

27. With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following statements is not correct? [2002]

(a) Hakim Ajmal Khan was one of the leaders to start a nationalist and militant Ahrar movement
(b) When the Indian National Congress was formed, Syed Ahmed Khan opposed it
(c) The All-India Muslim League which was formed in 1906 vehemently opposed the partition of Bengal and separate electorates
(d) Maulana Barkataullah and Maulana Obeidullah Sindhi were among those who formed a provisional government of India in Kabul.

Correct Answer: (c) The All-India Muslim League which was formed in 1906 vehemently opposed the partition of Bengal and separate electorates

Solution:TheAll-India Muslim League foundedat Dacca (now Dhaka, Bangladesh), in the Bengal Presidency, in 1906. It supported the partition of Bengal to create a majority of Muslims after partition of the province.

28. The real intention of the British for including the princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to: [2002]

(a) exercise more and direct political and administrative
(b) involve the princes actively in the administration of the colony
(c) finally effect the complete political and administrative take-over of all the princely states by the British
(d) use the princes to counter-balance the anti-imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders

Correct Answer: (d) use the princes to counter-balance the anti-imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders

Solution:The real intention of the British to include the princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to use the princes to counter balance the anti imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders.

29. The President of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India was: [2002]

(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) J. B. Kripalani
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Correct Answer: (b) J. B. Kripalani

Solution:Acharya J.B. Kriplani was the Indian National Congress President (Nov, 1946-Dec 1947). In 1946, the INC session was held at Merrut.

30. With reference to colonial period of Indian history, match List-I (Person) with List-II (Event) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2002]

List-I	List-II
A. Macdonald	1. Doctrine of Lapse
B. Linlithgo	2. Communal Award
C. Dalhousie	3. August Offer
D. Chelmsford	4. Dyarchy

Codes:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	3	2	1	4
(b)	3	2	4	1
(c)	2	3	1	4
(d)	2	3	4	1

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:The Communal Award was announced by British PM. Ramsay McDonald in August 1932. August Offer - 1940; Under Doctrine of Lapse, Dalhousie annexed Satara, Jaitpur, Sambalpur, Udaipur, Jhansi, Nagpur and Awadh. Government of India Act 1919, introduced diarchy during the viceroyality of Chelmsford.

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