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Question 71. Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct?
  1. In 1937 provincial elections, the Congress swept polls in all the provinces.
  2. The Hindu Mahasabha ceased to be an important force in these elections.
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 B. -> 2 only
Answer: (b)The Congress formed government in all the provinces except Punjab and Bengal. The Muslim league and the Hindu Mahasabha both wee routed out from their strong holds.
Question 72. Gandhiji’s Champaran Movement was for
  1.    Civil disobedience Movement
  2.    The security of the rights of Harijans
  3.    Maintaining of Unity of Hindu Society
  4.    Solving the problems of Indigo worker
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Solving the problems of Indigo worker
Answer: (d)Gandhi was requested by Raj Kumar Shukla to look into the problems of the indigo planters of Champaran in Bihar. The European planters had been forcing the peasants to grow indigo on 3/20 of the total land called Tinkathia system.
Question 73. Who was the founder of the Swaraj Party?
  1.    Jawahar Lal Nehru
  2.    Mahatama Gandhi
  3.    Chittaranjan Das
  4.    Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Chittaranjan Das
Answer: (c)The suspension of the Non-cooperation Movement led to a split within Congress in the Gaya session of the Congress in December 1922. Leaders like Motilal Nehru and Chittranjan Das formed a separate group within the Congress known as the Swaraj Party on 1 January 1923. The Swarajists wanted to contest the council elections and wreck the government from within.
Question 74. In which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress, did Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi participate for the first time?
  1.    Banaras Session 1905
  2.    Calcutta Session 1901
  3.    Surat Session 1907
  4.    Lucknow Session 1916
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Calcutta Session 1901
Answer: (b)In the Calcutta Session 1901 of the Indian National Congress, Mohan Das Karmachand Gandhi participated for the first time. In 1901, Gandhi reached India to attend the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress and had the satisfaction of seeing his resolution on South Africa pass with acclamation.
Question 75. What were the points of the Draft Declaration by the cripps Mission, 1942?
  1. To set up Indian Union soon after the war
  2. To give India complete independence
  3. No partition of India
  4. An elected body will be responsible to frame a new constitution
Select the answer from the codes given below :
  1.    2 and 4 only
  2.    1, 2 and 4 only
  3.    1, 2 and 3 only
  4.    1 and 4 only
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1 and 4 only
Answer: (d)According to declaration, Indian Union would have dominion status with power to secede from the commonwealth. Pakistan was conceded in principle. It was declared that any province may opt out of the Indian Union.
Question 76. Which one of the following was directly related to the Poona Pact of 1932?
  1.    Indian labour class
  2.    Indian women
  3.    Indian farmers
  4.    Indian depressed class
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Indian depressed class
Answer: (d)
Question 77. In which of the following jails, the book “Discovery of India” was written by Jawahar Lal Nehru?
  1.    Alipur Central Jail
  2.    Ahmadnagar Fort Jail
  3.    Yervada Jail
  4.    Deoli Camp Jail
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Ahmadnagar Fort Jail
Answer: (b)
In Ahmadnagar Fort Jail, the book “Discovery of India” was written by Jawahar Lal Nehru. Written over five months when Jawaharlal Nehru was imprisoned in the Ahmadnagar Fort. The Discovery of India has acquired the status of a classic since it was first published in 1946.
In this work of prodigious scope and scholarship, one of the greatest figures of Indian history unfolds the panorama of the country’s rich and complex past, from prehistory to the last years of British colonial rule.
Question 78. The Statement, “ I am a socialist and a republican and do not believe in Kings and Princes”, is associated with
  1.    Achyut Patwardhan
  2.    Narendra Dev
  3.    Jayaprakash Narayan
  4.    Jawahar Lal Nehru
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Jawahar Lal Nehru
Answer: (d)Jawahar Lal Nehru is associated with the statement “I am a socialist and a republican and am no believer in Kings and Princes.”
Question 79. The reason for the defeat of the Indian National Army was
  1.    Death of Subhash Chandra Bose
  2.    Defeat of Japan in the war
  3.    Weak internal organisation
  4.    Lack of support from the Congress
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Defeat of Japan in the war
Answer: (b)Indian National Army (INA) accompanied the Japanese Army in the Imphal campaign. The campaign failed and the Japanese retreated at many fronts. Japan lost the war and INA finally surrendered in mid-1945.
Question 80. Consider the following statements regarding Non-Cooperation Movement:
  1. The Indian National Congress unanimously accepted the proposal of non-cooperation.
  2. Before launch of the movement, Gandhiji gave a notice to the viceroy about the movement.
  3. Lokmanya Tilak passed on the day the movement was launched.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
  1.    2 and 3 only
  2.    1 and 2 only
  3.    1 and 3 only
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 2 and 3 only
Answer: (a)The Indian National Congress unanimously accepted the proposal of non-cooperation. Before launch of the movement, Gandhiji gave a notice to the viceroy about the movement.

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