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Question 21. Where was the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association founded in 1928?
  1.    Delhi
  2.    Kanpur
  3.    Allahabad
  4.    Lahore
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Delhi
Answer: (a)Hindustan socialist Republican Association before 1928 was known as the Hindustan Republican Association. It is reckoned as one amongst the Indian independence associations during the time of freedom struggle. Bhagat Singh, Yogendra Shukla and Chandrasekar Azad were the key functionaries of Hindustan Socialist Republic Association.
Question 22. Aruna Asaf Ali was connected with which one of the following movements as a woman organiser of underground activity?
  1.    Non-cooperation Movement
  2.    Civil Disobedience Movement
  3.    Quit India Movement
  4.    Swadeshi Movement
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Quit India Movement
Answer: (c)Aruna Asaf Ali was connected with Quit India Movement. The members of the Socialist Party including Ram Manohar Lohia, Jayaprakash Narayan and Aruna Asaf Ali started consolidating underground networks. The role of the underground movement was seen as one keeping up popular morale by providing a line of command and guidance to activists across the country.
Question 23. The book “Mountbatten and the Partition of India” was written by
  1.    M.N. Das
  2.    Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
  3.    Louis Fischer
  4.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
Answer: (b)The book “Mountbatten and the Partition of India” was written by Larry Colling and Dominique Lapierre.
Question 24. Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct?
  1. Subhash Chandra Bose became president of the Congress in 1938 and 1939
  2. He formed the Forward Bloc in 1936.
Select the answer from the codes given below :
  1.    1 only
  2.    2 only
  3.    1 and 2 both
  4.    None
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1 and 2 both
Answer: (c)Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as president of the Congress for the second time in 1939 which was not supported by Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi went on a fast unto death. Bose quit the Congress and formed the Forward Bloc in 1939.
Question 25. Which one of the following leaders was not a part of Non-cooperation Movement?
  1.    M.A. Jinnah
  2.    M.A. Ansari
  3.    Abul Kalam Azad
  4.    Hakim Ajamal Khan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> M.A. Jinnah
Answer: (a)M.A. Jinnah was not a part of Non-cooperation Movement.
Question 26. Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission Plan?
  1.    A.V. Alexander
  2.    Lord Pathic Lawrence
  3.    Sir Stafford Cripps
  4.    Lord Emery
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Sir Stafford Cripps
Answer: (c)
Lord Emery was not a member of the Cabinet Mission Plan. After the Second World War, Lord Atlee became the Prime Minister of England. On 15 March 1946 Lord Atlee made a historic announcement in which the right to self-determination and the framing of a Constitution for India were conceded.
Consequently, three members of the British Cabinet – Pathick Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander – were sent to India. This is known as the Cabinet Mission.
Question 27. Who is the author of the book entitled ‘A Nation in the Making’?
  1.    Surendranath Banerjee
  2.    Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  3.    Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  4.    Subhas Chandra Bose
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Surendranath Banerjee
Answer: (a)Surendra Nath Banerjee is remembered and widely respected today as a pioneer leader of Indian politics – first treading the path of Indian political empowerment. He published an important work. ‘A Nation in Making; which was widely acclaimed.
Question 28. Who was known as the Frontier Gandhi (Simanta Gandhi)?
  1.    Mahatma Gandhi
  2.    Abdul Gaffar Khan
  3.    Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  4.    Abul Kalam Azad
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Abdul Gaffar Khan
Answer: (b)
Abdul Gaffar Khan was known as the Frontier Gandhi (Simanta Gandhi). Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition to the British Raj in British India, and a lifelong pacifist and devout Muslim.
He was a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi and has been referred to as the “Frontier Gandhi” by the Indians. In 1910, he opened a mosque school at his hometown Utmanzai, and in 1911 joined the freedom movement of Haji Sahib of Turangzai, however, in 1915, the British authorities banned his mosque school.
Question 29. The first mass movement started by Mahatma Gandhi was
  1.    Salt Movement
  2.    Non-cooperation Movement
  3.    Quit India Movement
  4.    Indigo Movement
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Non-cooperation Movement
Answer: (b)
The first mass movement started by Mahatma Gandhi was Non-cooperation Movement. Mahatma Gandhi announced his plan to begin Non-Cooperation with the government as a sequel to the Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh massacre, and the Khilafat Movement. It was approved by the Indian National Congress at the Nagpur session in December 1920. The movement began with Mahatma Gandhi renouncing the titles, which were given by the British.
Other leaders and influential persons also followed him by surrendering their honorary posts and titles. Students came out of the government educational institutions. National schools such as the Kashi Vidyapeeth, the Bihar Vidyapeeth, and the Jamia Millia Islamia were set up. All the prominent leaders of the country gave up their lucrative legal practice. Legislatures were boycotted. No leader of the Congress came forward to contest the elections for the Legislatures.
Question 30. What were the programmes of Non-Cooperation Movement?
  1. Boycott elections under the Government of India Act, 1919.
  2. Boycott and violate the laws of the land
  3. Boycott law courts
  4. Boycott government schools and colleges
Select the answer from the codes given below :
  1.    1, 3 and 4 only
  2.    4 only
  3.    1, 2 and 3 only
  4.    1, 2, 3 and 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1, 3 and 4 only
Answer: (a)The main aim of the Non-Cooperation Movement was to boycott law courts, government institutions including school and colleges, foreign goods and renunciation of Government titles. They boycotted elections in 1920 even though the move was opposed by Chittaranjan Das.

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