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Answer: Option B. -> Non-cooperation Movement
Answer: (b)
Non-cooperation Movement was abruptly called off on 11 February 1922 by Gandhi following the Chauri Chaura incident in the Gorakhpur district of UP. Earlier on 5th February, an angry mob set fire to the police station at Chauri Chaura, and twenty-two policemen were burnt to death.
Many top leaders of the country were stunned at this sudden suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement. Mahatma Gandhi was arrested on 10 March 1922.
Answer: (b)
Non-cooperation Movement was abruptly called off on 11 February 1922 by Gandhi following the Chauri Chaura incident in the Gorakhpur district of UP. Earlier on 5th February, an angry mob set fire to the police station at Chauri Chaura, and twenty-two policemen were burnt to death.
Many top leaders of the country were stunned at this sudden suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement. Mahatma Gandhi was arrested on 10 March 1922.
Answer: Option D. -> Ramsay Macdonald
Answer: (d)The Communal Award was made by the British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald on 16 August 1932 granting separate electorates in British India for the Forward Caste, Lower Caste, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans and Untouchables (then known as the Dalits), etc. The ‘award’ attracted severe criticism from Mahatma Gandhi, the Akali Dal, etc.
Answer: (d)The Communal Award was made by the British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald on 16 August 1932 granting separate electorates in British India for the Forward Caste, Lower Caste, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans and Untouchables (then known as the Dalits), etc. The ‘award’ attracted severe criticism from Mahatma Gandhi, the Akali Dal, etc.
Answer: Option C. -> Ravindranath Tagore
Answer: (c)Rabindra Nath Tagore had called Subhash Chandra Bose as ‘Desh Nayak.’
Answer: (c)Rabindra Nath Tagore had called Subhash Chandra Bose as ‘Desh Nayak.’
Question 104. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I
List-II
A. Lady Catherine Mayo
1. Freedom at Midnight
B. Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
2. Mother India
C. Ram Manohar Lohia
3. Discovery of India
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Guilty Men of India’s Partition
Codes: A B C D
List-I
List-II
A. Lady Catherine Mayo
1. Freedom at Midnight
B. Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
2. Mother India
C. Ram Manohar Lohia
3. Discovery of India
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Guilty Men of India’s Partition
Codes: A B C D
Answer: Option B. -> 2 1 4 3
Answer: (b)
‘Mother India’ was written by Lady Catherine Mayo.
Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre wrote the book ‘Freedom at midnight'.
Ram Manohar Lohia has written the book ‘Guilty men of India’s partition’.
J.L. Nehru wrote the book ‘Discovery of India’.
Answer: (b)
‘Mother India’ was written by Lady Catherine Mayo.
Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre wrote the book ‘Freedom at midnight'.
Ram Manohar Lohia has written the book ‘Guilty men of India’s partition’.
J.L. Nehru wrote the book ‘Discovery of India’.
Answer: Option B. -> Lahore Session, 1940
Answer: (b)
In the Lahore Session, 1915 of Muslim League, “Two-Nation Theory” was propounded. Fazlul Haq, the premier of Bengal, who along with the Muslim League had formed the government of Bengal Province, moved a resolution, which was passed by Muslim League.
In this session, Jinnah in his presidential address gave the famous Two-Nation Theory as follows:
“India cannot be assumed today to be a Unitarian and homogeneous nation, but on the contrary, there are two nations in the main – the Hindus and Muslims”.
The term Pakistan was not used in this session. Gandhiji rejected the Two-Nation Theory.
Answer: (b)
In the Lahore Session, 1915 of Muslim League, “Two-Nation Theory” was propounded. Fazlul Haq, the premier of Bengal, who along with the Muslim League had formed the government of Bengal Province, moved a resolution, which was passed by Muslim League.
In this session, Jinnah in his presidential address gave the famous Two-Nation Theory as follows:
“India cannot be assumed today to be a Unitarian and homogeneous nation, but on the contrary, there are two nations in the main – the Hindus and Muslims”.
The term Pakistan was not used in this session. Gandhiji rejected the Two-Nation Theory.
Answer: Option D. -> Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: (d)The Sarabandi (no tax) campaign of 1922 was led by Vallabhbhai Patel.
Answer: (d)The Sarabandi (no tax) campaign of 1922 was led by Vallabhbhai Patel.
Answer: Option A. -> 1 only
Answer: (a)The Congress rejected the August offer because no time frame was provided to form a national government and the offer encouraged the anti-congress forces like the Muslim League.
Answer: (a)The Congress rejected the August offer because no time frame was provided to form a national government and the offer encouraged the anti-congress forces like the Muslim League.
Answer: Option D. -> Moti Lal Nehru
Answer: (d)Moti Lal Nehru had supported the Noncooperation Resolution of Mahatma Gandhi in the special session of the Indian National Congress at Calcutta in 1920.
Answer: (d)Moti Lal Nehru had supported the Noncooperation Resolution of Mahatma Gandhi in the special session of the Indian National Congress at Calcutta in 1920.
Answer: Option D. -> Bhagat Singh
Answer: (d)Bhagat Singh was not associated with Kakori conspiracy case. He was a part of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. Bhagat Singh, Azad and Rajguru shot dead Saunders, the police official responsible for the lathicarge in Lahore.
Answer: (d)Bhagat Singh was not associated with Kakori conspiracy case. He was a part of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. Bhagat Singh, Azad and Rajguru shot dead Saunders, the police official responsible for the lathicarge in Lahore.
Answer: Option B. -> Urulikanchan
Answer: (b)When the cabinet mission arrived in India, Mahatma Gandhi was in Urulikanchan.
Answer: (b)When the cabinet mission arrived in India, Mahatma Gandhi was in Urulikanchan.