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Question 1. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
 
List-I (Event)
List-II (Year)
A. Non-Cooperation Movement
1. 1942
B. Civil Disobedience  Movement
2. 1937
C. Formation of Congress Ministries
3. 1930
D. Quit India Movement
4. 1920
Codes: A B C D
  1.    4 3 2 1
  2.    1 2 3 4
  3.    2 1 4 3
  4.    3 4 1 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 4 3 2 1
Answer: (a)
Non-Cooperation Movement started in 1920.
Civil Disobedience Movement started in 1930.
The formation of Congress ministries took place in 1937.
The Quit India Movement began in 1942.
Question 2. Who among the following leaders escaped from the prison and organised underground activities during the Quit India Movement?
  1.    Ram Manohar Lohia
  2.    J.B. Kriplani
  3.    Achyut Patwardhan
  4.    Jayaprakash Narayan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Jayaprakash Narayan
Answer: (d)Jai Prakash Narayan escaped from the prison and organised underground activities during the Quit India Movement.
Question 3. Consider the following statements regarding the revolt of the Royal Indian Navy in 1946:
  1. The revolt was launched to protest against racial discrimination and unpalatable food.
  2. Lord Wavell the concurrent viceroy of India condemned the response of the Indian Army towards the revolt.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    2 only
  2.    1 only
  3.    Both 1 and 2
  4.    Neither 1 nor 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1 only
Answer: (b)Lord Wavell, the concurrent viceroy of India, gave a clean chit to the Indian Army for its role during the revolt of RIN as it, on a whole, had been most commendably steady.
Question 4. The editor of Young India and Harijan was
  1.    B.R. Ambedkar
  2.    Mahatma Gandhi
  3.    Jyotiba Phule
  4.    Subhash Chandra Bose
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: (b)Mahatma Gandhi was the editor of ‘Young India’ and ‘Harijan.’ Young India was a weekly newspaper in English published by Mahatma Gandhi from 1919 to 1932. Gandhi wrote various quotations in this journal that inspired many. Harijan was a newspaper first published on 11 February 1933, brought out by Gandhi from Yerwada Jail during the British rule in India.
Question 5. When did Gandhiji give the slogan of ‘Swaraj in one year’?
  1.    During Round Table Conference
  2.    During Non-cooperation Movement
  3.    During Dandi March
  4.    During Civil Disobedience Movement
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> During Non-cooperation Movement
Answer: (b)During the Non-cooperation Movement, Gandhiji gave the slogan of Swaraj in one year.
Question 6. Which one of the following statements is not correct about the book Indian struggle written by Subhash Chandra Bose?
  1.    It comprises the Haripura (1938) and Tripura (1939) sessions.
  2.    It covers the period of India’s Struggle for freedom between 1920 and 1942.
  3.    It has a chapter ‘The Gandhi-Irwin Pact and after.
  4.    It depicts the comprehensive history of the Peasant Movement in India.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> It depicts the comprehensive history of the Peasant Movement in India.
Answer: (d)The book ‘Indian Struggle’ was written by Subhashchandra Bose. It does not depict the comprehensive history of the peasant movement in India.
Question 7. The national leader who was elected President (Speaker) of the Central Legislative Assembly in 1925 was
  1.    C.R. Das
  2.    Motilal Nehru
  3.    Vallabhbhai Patel
  4.    Vitthalbhai Patel
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Vitthalbhai Patel
Answer: (d)Vitthal Bhai Patel was elected President (Speaker) of the Central Legislative Assembly in 1925.
Question 8. Who authored the famous book ‘The Indian Struggle’?
  1.    Jawahar Lal Nehru
  2.    Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  3.    Lala Lajpat Rai
  4.    Subhash Chandra Bose
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer: (d)Subhash Chandra Bose authored the famous book ‘The Indian Struggle.’
Question 9. In which of the following movements, did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of hunger strike as a weapon?
  1.    Rowlatt Satyagraha
  2.    Non-cooperation Movement
  3.    Ahmedabad Strike
  4.    Bardoli Satyagraha
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Ahmedabad Strike
Answer: (c)In the Ahmedabad strike, Mahatma Gandhi made his first use of hunger strike as a weapon. In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi intervened in a dispute between the workers and mill-owners of Ahmedabad. He advised the workers to go on strike and to demand a 35 per cent increase in wages. But he insisted that the workers should not use violence against the employers during the strike.
Question 10. All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was founded in 1920 by
  1.    S.A. Dange
  2.    V.V. Giri
  3.    P.C. Joshi
  4.    N.M. Joshi
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> N.M. Joshi
Answer: (d)All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was founded on 31 October 1920 in Bombay by N. M. Joshi, Lala Lajpat Rai and a few others and, until 1945 when unions became organised on party lines, it was the primary trade union organisation in India. Since then it has been associated with the Communist Party of India.

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