Indian National Movement 11

Indian National Movement (Civil Service Examination), Questions and Answers, GK for UPSC, Bank PO & All Exams

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1. An important aspect of the Cripps Mission of 1942 was: [2003]

that all Indian States should join the Indian Union as a condition to consider any degree of autonomy for India

the active participation and cooperation of the Indian people, communities and political parties in the British war efforts as a condition for granting independence with full sovereign status to India after war

the framing of a constitution for the entire Indian Union, with no separate constitution for any province, and a Union Constitution to be accepted by all provinces

the creation of an Indian Union with Dominion status very soon after the Second World War

2. The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was: [2003]

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Vithalbhai J. Patel

Mahadev Desai

Mahatma Gandhi

3. Consider the following statements:
Some of the main features of the Government of India Act, 1935 were the:
1. Abolition of diarchy in the Governor’s provincesbr>2. Power of the Governors to veto legislative action and to legislate on their own
3. Abolition of the principle of communal representation. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1, 2 and 3

1 only

1 and 2 [2004]

2 and 3

4. When Congress leaders condemned the Montagu- Chelmsford Report, many moderates left the party to form the: [2003]

Independence Federation of India

Swarajya Party

Indian Freedom Party

Indian Liberal Federation

5. Who headed the Interim Cabinet formed in the year 1946?

Rajendra Prasad [2003]

Jawaharlal Nehru

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Rajagopalachari

6. The members of the Constituent Assembly which drafted the Constitution of India were: [2002]

elected by the Legislative Assemblies of various province

nominated by the Governor General

nominated by the British Parliament

elected by the Indian National Congress and Muslim League

7. Assertion (A): In 1916, Maulana Mohammad Ali and Abul Kalam Azad resigned from the Legislative Council. Reason (R): The Rowlatt Act was passed by the Government in spite of being opposed by all Indian members of the Legislative Council. {2003]

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

A is false but R is true

A is true but R is false

Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A

8. The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of: [2002]

Cabinet Mission

Rajagopalachari Formula

Cripps Mission

Wavell Plan

9. With reference to Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following statements is NOT correct? [2003]

Subhas Chandra Bose formed the Forward Bloc

The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave of popular indignation and led to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre

In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi opposed Gandhi-lrwin Pact

Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan Republican Socialist Association

10. Consider the following statements:
1. The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta
2. The Second Session of the Indian National Congress was held under the presidentship of Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Both Indian National Congress and Muslim League held their sessions at Lucknow in 1916 and concluded the Lucknow Pact
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

3 only

2 only

1 and 2

2 and 3

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