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Indian National Movement (Part-III)

📆 March 6, 2025

Total Questions: 50

21. Who among the following used the phrase 'UN-British' to criticize the English colonial control of India? [2008]

Correct Answer: (c) Dadabhai Naoroji
Solution:He wrote a book entitled Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.

22. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed? [2008]

Correct Answer: (c) Lord Chelmsford
Solution:Lord Chelmsford (1916-1921) was governor general when the Rowlatt Act was passed in March, 1919.

23. Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession? [2008]

Correct Answer: (c) JB Kriplani
Solution:Following his education at Fergusson College in Pune, Kriplani worked as a school teacher before joining the freedom movement following Gandhi'sreturn from South Africa. He was a professor of English and History. Kripalani came in contact with Gandhi in 1917 during Champaran Satyagraha.

24. Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad? [2008]

Correct Answer: (a) Al-Hilal
Solution:The Al-Hilal was a newspaper established by Indian leader Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and used as a medium for criticism of the British Raj in India. The newspaper also espoused the cause of the Indian independence movement and exhorted Indian Muslims to join the movement. The newspaper was shut down under the Press Act of 1914.

25. Where was the First Session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1885? [2008]

Correct Answer: (b) Bombay
Solution:INC was formed on 28 Dec, 1885 in Bombay and its first session was held under the presidentship of W.C. Banerjee.

26. Who among the following wrote the poem, Subh-e Azadi? [2008]

Correct Answer: (b) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Solution:Subh-e Azadi (Dawn of freedom) was written in August, 1947 after the partition of India.

27. Assertion (A): The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939. [2008]

Reason (R): The Congress did not accept the decision of the Viceroy to declare war against Germany in the context of the Second World War.

Correct Answer: (a) Both A are R are true but R is the correct explanation of A
Solution:Rexplains A. As in September, 1939, the viceroy unilaterally declared that India was at war with Germany without bothering to consult any Indian leader. In protest, Congress ministeries resigned in October, 1939. Muslim league declared it as the Day of Delivarance.

28. In the 'Individual Satyagraha', Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi. Who was the second? [2009]

Correct Answer: (b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Solution:It was started in October 1940.

29. Consider the following statements: [2009]

The Cripps Proposals include the provision for

1. Full independence for India.

2. Creation of constitution-making body.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: (b) 2 only
Solution:The Cripps proposals did not include the provision for full independence for India but offered an Indian union with a dominion status. The Congress objected to the provision of dominion status instead of complete independence. After the war, a constituent assembly would be convened to frame a new constituion.

30. During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in: [2009]

Correct Answer: (c) Quit India Movement
Solution:There was an award of 5000 on her arrest. Later she was called the grand old lady of the independence movement.
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