The Making of the National Movement 1870 to 1947 Test

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Question 1
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Consider the following statements related to the Nehru Report?
I. It favoured Dominion Status.
II. It favoured a federal system.
III. It rejected the system of Communal Electorate.
IV. It was against the setting up of a Supreme Court.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

A
I & IV

B
I & III

C
II, III & IV

D
I, II & III

Solution

Nehru Report features keypoints such as: It favoured Dominion Status, It favoured a federal system, It rejected the system of Communal Electorate. The main points of the Nehru report were as follows:
1.India would be given Dominion status. This means independence within the British Commonwealth.
2.India will be a federation which shall have a bicameral legislature at the centre and Ministry would be responsible to the legislature.
3.Governor General of India would be the constitutional head of India and will have the same powers as that of British Crown.
4.There will be no separate electorate.
Question 2
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The name of the periodical published by Gandhi during his stay in South Africa was ________.

A
Navjivan

B
India Gazette

C
Afrikaner

D
Indian Opinion

Solution

The Indian Opinion was a newspaper established by Mahatma Gandhi. He decided in 1903 to launch the newspaper in response to the growing need in South Africa to voice effectively the feelings of Indians against racial intolerance of the white regime.
Question 3
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Which of the following institutions was not founded by Gandhi?

A
Sevagram Ashram

B
Ramakrishna Mission

C
Phoenix Ashram

D
Sabarmati Ashram

Solution

Ramakrishna Mission institution was not founded by Gandhi. Ramakrishna Mission was founded near Calcutta (now Kolkata) by Vivekananda in 1897 with a twofold purpose: to spread the teachings of Vedanta as embodied in the life of the Hindu saint Ramakrishna (1836–86) and to improve the social conditions of the Indian people.
Question 4
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The Communal Award, which was subsequently changed, following Gandhi's fast unto death in jail at Poona, had been given by _______.

A
Ramsay Mcdonald

B
Lloyd George

C
Stanley Baldwin

D
A.V. Alexander

Solution

On August 16, 1932, the British Prime Minister McDonald announced the Communal Award. It declared the depressed classes to be minorities, and entitled them to separate electorates. Mahatma Gandhi objected to this provision which in his view separated them from the whole Hindu community.
Question 5
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Who was the Congress President at the time when India become free?

A
Jawaharlal Nehru

B
V L Pandit

C
Sardar Patel

D
J B Kripalani

Solution

J B Kripalani was the Congress President at the time when India become free. Jivatram Bhagwandas Kripalani (11 November 1888 – 19 March 1982), popularly known as Acharya Kripalani, was an Indian politician, noted particularly for holding the presidency of the Indian National Congress during the transfer of power in 1947 and the husband of Sucheta Kripalani.
Question 6
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Which of the following statement is not correct about Poona pact?

A
It was agreed between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar

B
It was signed on January 23, 1932

C
It was signed in yarvada jail in Puna

D
This act increased the number of seats reserved for depressed class from 71 to 148.

Solution

The Poona Pact refers to an agreement between Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune, India.
Question 7
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The Government of India Act of $$1935$$ has divided India into __________ provinces.

A
$$5$$

B
$$8$$

C
$$11$$

D
$$14$$

Solution

Government of India Act of 1935 was the last constitution of British India, before the country was divided, in 1947 and worked till the Indian Constitution was framed. Some of its features were:
1. Introduced provincial autonomy and dyarchy at centre.
2. It provided for the establishment of a federal court.
3. It gave a measure to form a federal form of government and an all India Federation. The proposed all India federation included 11 provinces of British India, 6 Chief Commissioners Provinces and those princely states who might accede to the federation.
Question 8
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The Act of ___________ had introduced the system of separate electorates.

A
$$1874$$

B
$$1893$$

C
$$1909$$

D
$$1926$$

Solution

The Indian Councils Act 1909 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that brought about a limited increase in the involvement of Indians in the governance of British India. It introduced a system of communal representation for Muslims by accepting the concept of ‘separate electorate’. The act was also called Morley-Minto Reforms and it was formulated by John Morley, secretary of state for India.
Question 9
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The passage of the Rowlatt Act had been almost immediately followed by the _____________.

A
Minto-Morley Reforms

B
Khilafat Movement

C
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

D
Chauri-Chaura incident

Solution

Rowlatt Act allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and permitted imprisonment of suspects without trial. It was immediately followed by the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. It was the incident in which British troops fired on a large crowd of unarmed Indians in Amritsar killing several hundred people and wounding many hundreds more. On 13 April 1919, thousands of people were gathered at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. General Dyer arrived there with armed troops and ordered ruthless firing on the uninformed crowd.
Question 10
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Tilak was sentenced and transported to _______.

A
Mandalay

B
Malaya

C
Australia

D
Andaman

Solution

In Kesari, Tilak defended the two young men and called for immediate swaraj. This was followed by the immediate arrest of Tilak by the British on charges of sedition. He was sentenced to a jail term from 1908 to 1914 in Mandalay in Burma. While in prison, he wrote `Gita Rahasya', a treatise on the Bhagavadgita.

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Question 1

I & IV

I & III

II, III & IV

I, II & III

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Question 2

Navjivan

India Gazette

Afrikaner

Indian Opinion

Solution

Question 3

Sevagram Ashram

Ramakrishna Mission

Phoenix Ashram

Sabarmati Ashram

Solution

Question 4

Ramsay Mcdonald

Lloyd George

Stanley Baldwin

A.V. Alexander

Solution

Question 5

Jawaharlal Nehru

V L Pandit

Sardar Patel

J B Kripalani

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Question 6

It was agreed between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar

It was signed on January 23, 1932

It was signed in yarvada jail in Puna

This act increased the number of seats reserved for depressed class from 71 to 148.

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Question 7

$$5$$

$$8$$

$$11$$

$$14$$

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Question 8

$$1874$$

$$1893$$

$$1909$$

$$1926$$

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Question 9

Minto-Morley Reforms

Khilafat Movement

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Chauri-Chaura incident

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Question 10

Mandalay

Malaya

Australia

Andaman

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