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QUESTION: 1

Under whose presidency was the Lahore Session of the Indian Congress held in the year 1929, wherein a resolution was adopted to gain complete independence from the British?

Solution:

Answer: c

Exp: Vinoba Bhave was directly influenced by the Sarvodaya movement of Gandhi of whose he was the spiritual heir. The movement was started on 18 April 1951 atPochampally village in Nalgonda district when Telangana peasant movement on the land issue reached the peak. It was a violent struggle launched by poor peasants against the local landlords. Bhave said that rural rich must participate in voluntary distribution of land.

QUESTION: 2

Which one of the following places was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?

Solution:

Answer: c

Exp: Lord Chelmsford (1916 – 1921.

QUESTION: 3

Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?

Solution:

Answer: c

Exp: In 1941 Subhas Chandra Bose reached Germany after making a daring escape from India. In Germany he sought the support of the Third Reich (Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler) and other Axis forces in the liberation of India from British rule. He was able to win support of the Germans and formed the Free Indian centre and a free India radio (Azad Hind Radio).  a military unit raised during World War II in Nazi Germany. Intended to serve as a liberation force for British-ruled India, it was made up of Indian prisoners of war and expatriates in Europe. Because of its origins in the Indian independence movement, it was known also as the "Tiger Legion", and the "Azad Hind Fauj".

QUESTION: 4

During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following raised an army called ‘Free Indian Legion’?
Solution:

The Indian Legion officially the Free India Legion or 950th (Indian) Infantry Regiment, was a military unit raised during the Second World War initially as part of the German Army and later the Waffen-SS from August 1944. Intended to serve as a liberation force for British-ruled India, it was made up of Indian prisoners of war and expatriates in Europe. Because of its origins in the Indian independence movement, it was known also as the "Tiger Legion", and the "Azad Hind Fauj".

Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose initiated the legion's formation, as part of his efforts to win India's independence by waging war against Britain, when he came to Berlin in 1941 seeking German aid.

The initial recruits in 1941 were volunteers from the Indian students resident in Germany at the time, and a handful of the Indian prisoners of war who had been captured during the North Africa Campaign.

It would later draw a larger number of Indian prisoners of war as volunteers

QUESTION: 5

Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in 1932, mainly because
Solution:

In September 1932, Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death to protest British support of a new Indian Constitution that would separate the Indian electorate by caste. After just six days, the British accepted an alternate proposal and he was able to break the fast.

QUESTION: 6

The Rowlatt Act aimed at
Solution:

The correct answer would be Option B. 
The Rowlatt Act aimed at imprisonment without trial and summary procedures for trial. Despite much opposition, the Rowlatt Act was passed in March 1919. The purpose of the act was to curb the growing nationalist upsurge in the country. Mahatma Gandhi, among other Indian leaders, was extremely critical of the Act and argued that not everyone should be punished in response to isolated political crimes.
 

QUESTION: 7

The Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress (1929) is very important in history because

  1. The Congress passed a resolution demanding complete independence.
  2. The rift between the extremists and moderates was resolved in that session.
  3. A resolution was passed rejecting the two-nation theory in that session.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Solution:

The 1929 Lahore session under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru holds special significance as in this session "Purna Swaraj" (complete independence) was declared as the goal of the INC. 26 January, 1930 was declared as "Purna Swaraj Diwas". 

QUESTION: 8

Which of the following parties were founded by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?

  1. The Peasants and Workers Party of India.
  2. All India Scheduled Castes Federation.
  3. The Independent Labour Party.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Solution:

Correct Answer would be Option B, 2 and 3 only.
The Peasants and Workers Party of India is a political party in Maharashtra. The party was founded in Maharashtra by Keshavrao Jedhe of Pune, Nana Patil of Satara and others.
Ambedkar formed the Independent Labour Party (ILP) in August, 1936, which participated in the provincial elections of Bombay and reserved for scheduled castes. Independent Labour Party was transformed by Ambedkar as the All India Scheduled Castes Federation in 1942.
 

QUESTION: 9

 In the context of the Indian freedom struggle, 16th October 1905 is well known for which one of the following reasons?
Solution:
QUESTION: 10

Consider the following statements:

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?
Solution:

Answer: b

Exp: The army was first formed in 1942 under Mohan Singh, by Indian PoWs of the British-Indian Army captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore. An armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. Its aim was to secure Indian independence from British rule

QUESTION: 11

Azad Hind Fauj was founded in 1943 in
Solution:
QUESTION: 12

Consider the following statements:

  1. The discussions in the Third Round Table Conference eventually led to the passing of the Government of India Act of 1935
  2. The government of India Act of 1935 provided for the establishment of an All India Federation to be based on a Union of the provinces of British India and the Princely States. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Solution:

Answer: c

Exp: India's first experiment with an electric telegram took place in 1839 after which the service developed in leaps and bounds. Lord Dalhousie paved the way for the Imperial Telegraph Department in 1850. A year later, British India's first telegraph line and office was opened in October 1851, between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour along the busy shipping route on the Hooghly. The first Export processing zone in India was set up in Kandla.

QUESTION: 13

Consider the following statements:

  1. The first telegraph line in India was laid between Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) and Diamond Harbour.
  2. The first Export processing zone in India was set up in Kandla.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Solution:

Answer: c

Exp: An Indian independence activist who is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tankmaidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement, 1942

QUESTION: 14

During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in
Solution:

Answer: c

Exp: During the Indian Freedom Struggle, Rowlatt Act 1919 aroused popular indignation as it  authorized the government to imprison people without trial.

QUESTION: 15

During the Indian Freedom Struggle, why did Rowlatt Act arouse popular indignation?
Solution:

Answer: c

Exp: The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818) was the final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. The troops were led by the Governor General Hastings and he was supported by a force under General Thomas Hislop. It resulted in the formal end of the Maratha Empire and firm establishment of the British East India Company in entire India.

QUESTION: 16

During whose Governor Generalship the Maratha confederacy ended?
Solution:
QUESTION: 17

Gandhiji started Satyagraha in 1919 to protest against the
Solution:
QUESTION: 18

In collaboration with Dravid hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?
Solution:

Answer: d

Exp: In Lord Dalhousie's reign railway lines in India were established. 

QUESTION: 19

In which Governor-General’s reign railway lines in India were established?
Solution:
QUESTION: 20

The first Individual Satyagrahi, Acharya Vinoba Bhave offered Satyagraha in which among the following way?
Solution:

Answer: c

Exp: In 1609/ 1610 Emperor Jehangir issued  permitting the English to establish a factory at Surat and in 1613 the English East India Company's factory was set up at Surat.

QUESTION: 21

In which year Jahangir issued the charter to East India Company for establishing the trade establishments in India?
Solution:

Answer: a 

Exp: August Offer 1940, Cripps Mission 1942 (March), Quit India Movement 1942 (August), Bombay Mutiny 1946

QUESTION: 22

Arrange the following events in their correct chronological order:

  1. August Offer
  2. Cripps India Mission
  3. Bombay Mutiny
  4. Quit India Movement
Solution:
QUESTION: 23

Which among the following acts is also known to be a beginning of the parliamentary System in India?
Solution:

Answer: b

Exp: In 1859, Canning had already introduced the Portfolio system. Under this portfolio system, the work of the Government, divided into several branches, was entrusted to different members of the Governor General's council. The act of 1861 envisaged that the member in-charge of his department could issue final orders with regard to matters which concerned his department. In 1861, the portfolio system led to creation of some kind of cabinet system. The Indian Councils Act 1861 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that transformed the Viceroy of India's executive council into a cabinet run on the portfolio system. This cabinet had six "ordinary members", who each took charge of a separate department in Calcutta's government: home, revenue, military, law, finance, and (after 1874) public works. The military Commander-in-Chief sat in with the council as an extraordinary member.

QUESTION: 24

Who among the following is known to have started portfolio system in India?
Solution:

Answer: b

Explanation: Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842-1901) was a distinguished Indian scholar, social reformer and author, sometimes called a Father of renaissance of Western India. He was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress. He established the “Widow Marriage Association” in 1861 to encourage and popularize it Ranade founded the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha in 1870, to represent the Government, the aspiration of the people. He is known to be the mentor and political guru of famous freedom fighters Gopal Krishna Gokhale, and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. He was against caste system, untouchability and was a strong supporter of widow-remarriage

QUESTION: 25

Father of renaissance of Western India was 
Solution:

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