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The Gandhian Era (1917-47) MCQ

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Q176. Gandhiji Champaran Movement was for-

  1. AThe security of rights of Harijans
  2. BCivil Disobedience Movement
  3. CMaintaining the unity of Hindu Society
  4. DSolving the problem of Indigo Workers
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Answer: D) Solving the problem of Indigo Workers

Q177. The goal of the Lahore Congress (1929) was-

  1. ASelf government for India
  2. BFederal government for India
  3. CComplete Independence for India
  4. DLocal Self-government for India
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Answer: C) Complete Independence for India

Q178. The Muslim League first gave the call for a separate state of Pakistan in-

  1. A1939
  2. B1940
  3. C1941
  4. D1942
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Answer: B) 1940

Q179. Who was the first Indian Woman to preside over the Indian National Congress ?

  1. ASarojini Naidu
  2. BPadmaja Naidu
  3. CAnnie Basant
  4. DPritilata Waddekar
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Answer: A) Sarojini Naidu

Q180. Montague-Chelmsford reforms provided for-

  1. Adiarchy
  2. Bprovincial autonomy
  3. Cpartial independence
  4. Dseparate communal electorate
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Answer: A) diarchy

Q181. Who founded All India Harijan Sangh ?

  1. AB. R. Ambedkar
  2. BMahatma Gandhi
  3. CJai Prakash Narayan
  4. DRaj Narayan
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Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi

Q182. Aim of the Swarajya Party was to-

  1. AAgitate for total freesom
  2. BBoycott the Congress moves
  3. CEnter the legislature and wreck the Government from within
  4. DResort to extremism
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Answer: C) Enter the legislature and wreck the Government from within

Q183. Who gave the slogan 'Jai Hind' ?

  1. AM. K. Gandhi
  2. BJ. L. Nehru
  3. CS. C. Bose
  4. DB. G. Tilak
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Answer: C) S. C. Bose

Q184. When was Non-Co-operation Movement called off ?

  1. A15th February, 1922
  2. B20th February, 1922
  3. C19th February, 1922
  4. D28th February, 1922
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Answer: A) 15th February, 1922

Q185. Who was the first person to establish an independent lndian Army outside lndia ?

  1. AM.N. Roy
  2. BLala Hardayal
  3. CRas Behari Bose
  4. DSubhash Chandra Bose
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Answer: C) Ras Behari Bose

Q186. Who accompanied bhagat singh to bomb at the Central Legislature Assembly in Delhi ?

  1. AChandra Sekhar Azad
  2. BBagha Jatin
  3. CBatukeswar Dutta
  4. DParamanand
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Answer: C) Batukeswar Dutta

Q187. The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year-

  1. A1916
  2. B1918
  3. C1919
  4. D1921
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Answer: C) 1919

Q188. Where did the Tebhaga Movement occur in 1946 ?

  1. ABihar
  2. BPunjab
  3. CGujarat
  4. DBengal
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Answer: D) Bengal

Q189. Who handed over the charge of lndian National Army to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ?

  1. ARas Bihari Bose
  2. BMohan Singh
  3. CHardayal
  4. DMahendra Pratap
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Answer: A) Ras Bihari Bose

Q190. ln which year was the Swarajya Party established ?

  1. A1923
  2. B1925
  3. C1930
  4. D1941
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Answer: A) 1923

Q191. Who was Known as the Frontier Gandhi (Simanta Gandhi) ?

  1. AAbdul Ghaffar Khan
  2. BMahatma Gandhi
  3. CShaukat Ali
  4. DMohammad Ali Jinnah
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Answer: A) Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Q192. When was the Azad Hind Fauj formed ?

  1. A1st October, 1939
  2. B10th August, 1940
  3. C11th May, 1941
  4. D1st September, 1942
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Answer: D) 1st September, 1942

Q193. Who was called the 'Iron Man of India' ?

  1. ASardar Ballabhbhai Patel
  2. BSurendranath Bannerjee
  3. CBipin Chandra Pal
  4. DLala Lajpat Rai
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Answer: A) Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel

Q194. Which one of the following is NOT a feature of the Government of India Act of 1935 ?

  1. ADiarchy at the centre as well as in the provinces
  2. BA bicameral legislature
  3. CProvincial autonomy
  4. DAn All India Federation
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Answer: A) Diarchy at the centre as well as in the provinces

Q195. The Indian National Army (INA) came into existence in 1943 in-

  1. AJapan
  2. Bthen Burma
  3. CSingapore
  4. Dthen Malaya
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Answer: C) Singapore

Q196. After returning from South Africa Gandhiji launched his first successful Satyagraha in-

  1. AChauri-Chaura
  2. BDandi
  3. CCamparan
  4. DBardoli
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Answer: C) Camparan

Q197. Assertion (A) : Lord Linlithgow described the August Movement of 1942 as the most serious revolt after the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.nReason (R) : Peasants joined the movement in large number in som places.

  1. ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. BBoth A and R is true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
  3. CA is true, but R is false
  4. DA is false, but R is true
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Answer: B) Both A and R is true, but R is not a correct explanation of A

Q198. All The time of partiton of lndia, which one of the following provinces of British lndia came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence ?

  1. APunjab
  2. BAssam
  3. CBengal
  4. DBihar
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Answer: A) Punjab

Q199. The Balkan plan for fragmentation of lndia was the brain-child of -

  1. AW. Churchil
  2. BM.A. Jinnah
  3. CLord Mountbatten
  4. DV.P.Menon
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Answer: C) Lord Mountbatten

Q200. Who among the following leaders proposed to adopt Complete lndependence as the goal of the congress in the Ahmedabad Session of 1920 ?

  1. AAbul Kalam Azad
  2. BHasarat Mohani
  3. CJawahar Lal Nehru
  4. DMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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Answer: B) Hasarat Mohani

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