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Q1

Why was the Civil Disobedience movement after the second Round Table Conference short-lived?

1. Only Gandhi was the leader who actively built up the tempo of the movement.

2. The masses were not prepared.

3. The people had lost political faith in the Indian National Congress.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Q2

Who of the following personality/personalities was/were associated with Poona Pact?

1. Madan Mohan Malaviya

2. B. R. Ambedkar

3. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Q3

Which of the following was/were in the Reserved subjects mentioned in the Government of India Act, 1935?

1. Tribal areas

2. Defence

3. Foreign affairs

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Q4

Consider the following statements:

1. Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from Congress after his defeat in the election for the Presidentship of Tripuri session.

2. The Forward Block was a new party outside the Indian National Congress.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Q5

Why did Gandhi not initiate a movement immediately after the beginning of World War-II?

 

 

 

 

Q6

Which of the following statement is incorrect about the August offer?

 

 

 

 

Q7

Consider the following statements:

The Individual Satyagraha was launched

1. To give another opportunity to the Government to accept Congress' demands peacefully.

2. To show that nationalist patience was not due to weakness.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

 

Q8

With reference to the Cripps Mission of 1942, consider the following statements:

4. It mentioned about the creation of Pakistan.

1. It proposed a single Indian Union.

2. It offered a Dominion status to India.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Q9

With reference to the Government of India Act, 1935, Consider the following statement

  1. It was to comprise all British Indian provinces, all chief commissioner’s provinces and the princely states.
  2. Executive councillors were responsible to the Central Legislature.

Which of the statement(S) given above is/are Incorrect?

Q10

Which of the following events take place under the reign of Viceroys Lord Willingdon?

  1. Third Round Table Conference.
  2. Establishment of All India Kisan Sabha
  3. Lahore session of the congress
  4. Enactment of the Government of India Act 1935

Select the correct code using the option given below

Q11

With reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle, Consider the following statement

  1. The British Government came up with August Offer to get the cooperation of India in the War effort.
  2. Cripps Mission refused dominion status to India.

Which of the following statement given above is/are Incorrect?

Q12

Correct the chronological sequence of the following events

  1. Haripura INC Session
  2. August Offer
  3. Second World War
  4. Cripps Mission

Select the correct code using the option given below

Q13

With reference to the Individual satyagraha, consider the following statement

  1. The aims of launching individual satyagraha were to express people's feeling that they were not interested in the war.
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first to offer the satyagraha.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

Q14

Consider the following pairs

  1. Bombay Session(1934) - Rajendra Prasad

  2. Faizpur Session(1936) - Subash Chandra Bose

  3. Tripuri Session(1939) - Jawaharlal Nehru

Which of the following pairs is/are not correctly matched? 

Q15

In which of the following provinces was a congress ministry not formed under the Government of India Act, 1935?

Q1.

Why was the Civil Disobedience movement after the second Round Table Conference short-lived?

1. Only Gandhi was the leader who actively built up the tempo of the movement.

2. The masses were not prepared.

3. The people had lost political faith in the Indian National Congress.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 3 only
b) 2 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1 and 2 only
Solution : b)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Exp) The phase of the Civil Disobedience movement after the second Round Table Conference could not be sustained for long because

(i) Gandhi and other leaders had no time to build up the tempo; hence, statement 1 is incorrect.

(ii) The masses were not prepared. Hence, statement 2 is correct.

(iii) In April 1934, Gandhi decided to withdraw the civil disobedience movement. Though people had been cowed down by superior force, they had not lost political faith in the Congress—they had won freedom in their hearts. Hence, statement 3 is incorrect.

Source)

Chapter 20; page number 434

 

Q2.

Who of the following personality/personalities was/were associated with Poona Pact?

1. Madan Mohan Malaviya

2. B. R. Ambedkar

3. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

a) 2 and 3 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 2 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Solution : b)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Exp) The Poona Pact was the agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Br Ambedkar reached on 25 September 1932.

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was not associated with the Poona Pact.

This Poona Pact was signed by Madan Mohan Malviya, Ambedkar and some other leaders as a means to end the fast that Gandhi was undertaking in jail as a protest against the decision by British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald to give separate electorates to Dalits for the election of members of provincial legislative assemblies in British India. They finally agreed upon 148 seats.

Source)

Chapter 20; page number 438

 

 

Q3.

Which of the following was/were in the Reserved subjects mentioned in the Government of India Act, 1935?

1. Tribal areas

2. Defence

3. Foreign affairs

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 3 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Solution : d)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Exp) The Government of India Act, 1935 act divided the subjects to be administered into reserved and transferred subjects. Reserved subjects—foreign affairs, defence, tribal areas and ecclesiastical affairs—were to be exclusively administered by the governor-general on the advice of executive councillors.

Source)

Chapter 20; page number 452

 

Q4.

Consider the following statements:

1. Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from Congress after his defeat in the election for the Presidentship of Tripuri session.

2. The Forward Block was a new party outside the Indian National Congress.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Solution : d)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Exp) Statement 1 is incorrect. Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as the President of the Congress at Haripur (1938) session and Tripuri session by defeating Gandhi’s favorite candidate Pattabhi Sitaramayya (1939). He could not make any compromise with Gandhi and thus resigned his President-ship.

Statement 2 is incorrect. After resigning from the Congress, he organized the famous Forward Block.

Forward Bloc (at Makur, Unnao) was a new party within the Congress.

Source)

Chapter 22; page number 471

Q5.

Why did Gandhi not initiate a movement immediately after the beginning of World War-II?

 

 

 

 

a) Gandhi felt that the masses were not ready for the struggle at that moment.
b) Gandhi believed that there was an absence of Hindu-Muslim unity in the country.
c) Gandhi felt that the August offer is just and will be fulfilled by the British government.
d) Gandhi and some other dominant leaders of the Indian National Congress felt that the cause of Allies was just.
Solution : d)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Exp) Mahatma Gandhi did not initiate a movement immediately after the beginning of World War-II because he and some other dominant leaders felt that the cause of Allies was just.

Jawaharlal Nehru considered the Allied powers as imperialists and his philosophy and political leant towards the idea of an early struggle but that would have undermined the fight against Facism.

Instead of an immediate mass struggle, Gandhi advocated toning up the Congress organisation, carrying on political work among the masses, and negotiating till all possibilities of a negotiated settlement were exhausted.

Source)

Chapter 22; page number 491

Q6.

Which of the following statement is incorrect about the August offer?

 

 

 

 

a) It accepted INC's demand for setting up a national government at the Centre.
b) It proposed to appoint a representative body to prepare the Constitution after the World war.
c) It assured to increase the number of Indians in the Viceroy's Executive council.
d) It assured to set up a war advisory Council.
Solution : a)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Exp) The august Offer turned down the demand of the Indian National Congress to set up a national Government at the centre but proposed the following:

1. After the war, a representative “Constitution Making Body” shall be appointed immediately after the war.

2. The number of the Indians in the Viceroy’s Executive council will be increased.

3. A war advisory Council would be set up.

Source)

Chapter 22; page number 493

Q7.

Consider the following statements:

The Individual Satyagraha was launched

1. To give another opportunity to the Government to accept Congress' demands peacefully.

2. To show that nationalist patience was not due to weakness.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

 

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Solution : c)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Exp) Both the statements are correct. The aims of launching Individual Satyagraha were-

(i) to express people's feeling that they were not interested in the war and they had made no distinction between Nazism and the double autocracy that ruled India;

ii) to show the nationalist patience was not due to weakness;

iii) to give another opportunity to the Government to Congress' demands peacefully.

Gandhi decided to initiate a limited Satyagraha on an individual basis by a fewselected individuals in every locality. The demand of the Satyagrahi would be the freedom of speech against the war through an anti-war declaration. (2nd World War).

Source)

Chapter 22; page number 494

Q8.

With reference to the Cripps Mission of 1942, consider the following statements:

4. It mentioned about the creation of Pakistan.

1. It proposed a single Indian Union.

2. It offered a Dominion status to India.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 2 and 3 only
b) 1 only
c) 1 and 2 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Solution : a)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Exp) Statement 1 is incorrect. The Crips mission did not mention anything about the creation of Pakistan.

Statement 2 is correct. It proposed a single Indian union. The Muslim league criticized this measure.

Statement 3 is correct. It offered a dominion status. It offered to create a constitutional assembly only after the Second World War was over.

Cripps Mission was sent by the British Government in 1942. It came up with constitutional proposals to seek Indian support for ongoing Second World War which in British was involved.

Source)

Chapter 22; page number 496

Q9.

With reference to the Government of India Act, 1935, Consider the following statement

  1. It was to comprise all British Indian provinces, all chief commissioner’s provinces and the princely states.
  2. Executive councillors were responsible to the Central Legislature.

Which of the statement(S) given above is/are Incorrect?

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Solution : b)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Explanation:

  • Statement 1 is Correct: The Government of India Act was passed by the British Parliament in August 1935. It provided for the establishment of an All-India Federation consisting of all British Indian provinces, all chief commissioner’s provinces and the Indian states(princely states) as units.
  • Statement 2 is Incorrect: The federal subjects were divided into twofold categories of Reserved and Transferred subjects. The Reserved list comprised of subjects such as administration of defence, external affairs, ecclesiastical affairs and matters related to tribal areas. These subjects were administered by the Governor-General in his discretion with the help of three councillors appointed by him. But Executive councillors were not responsible to the Central legislature. The administration of the transferred subjects was to be done by Governor-General on the advice of the Council of Ministers, whose number could not exceed 10.

 

Q10.

Which of the following events take place under the reign of Viceroys Lord Willingdon?

  1. Third Round Table Conference.
  2. Establishment of All India Kisan Sabha
  3. Lahore session of the congress
  4. Enactment of the Government of India Act 1935

Select the correct code using the option given below

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1, 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 4 only
Solution : d)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Explanation:

  • Option D is the Correct Answer: Main incidents during the Viceroyship of Lord Willingdon (1931-36) are:
  • Second and Third Round Table conferences.
  • Announcement of Communal award (1932) by Ramsay Mac Donald.
  • Poona pact between Gandhi and Ambedkar(1932).
  • Enactment of the Government of India Act 1935.
  • Foundation of Socialist Party by Acharya Narendra Dev and Jai Prakash Narayan (1934) and the All India Kisan Sabha(1936).
  • Burma separated from India(1935)
  • Launch of Individual civil disobedience(1933).
Q11.

With reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle, Consider the following statement

  1. The British Government came up with August Offer to get the cooperation of India in the War effort.
  2. Cripps Mission refused dominion status to India.

Which of the following statement given above is/are Incorrect?

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Solution : b)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Explanation:

  • Statement 1 is Correct:
  • Statement 2 is Incorrect: The Cripps Mission was sent by the British government to India in March 1942 to obtain Indian cooperation for the British war efforts in the 2nd World War. It was headed by Sir Richard Stafford Cripps, a labour minister in Winston Churchill’s coalition government in Britain. Main proposals of the Cripps mission were, An Indian Union with a dominion status would be set up under the British Government.
Q12.

Correct the chronological sequence of the following events

  1. Haripura INC Session
  2. August Offer
  3. Second World War
  4. Cripps Mission

Select the correct code using the option given below

a) 1-2-4-3
b) 2-1-3-4
c) 1-3-2-4
d) 1-3-4-2
Solution : c)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Explanation:

  • Option C is the Correct Answer
  • The Indian National Congress met at Haripura from 19 to 22 February 1938, under the presidency of Subhas Chandra Bose; he was elected President of the Haripura Congress Session in 1938.
  • The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Simla on 8 August 1940 in the response of when congress formally asks England to affirm its adherence to the goal of Independence for India which is popularly known August Offer.
  • World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. World War II officially began on September 1, 1939.
  • Cripps Mission was sent by the British Government in March 1942 to India with key objective to secure Indian cooperation and support for British War Efforts. Headed by Sir Stafford Cripps, this mission sought to negotiate an agreement with Indian leaders.
Q13.

With reference to the Individual satyagraha, consider the following statement

  1. The aims of launching individual satyagraha were to express people's feeling that they were not interested in the war.
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first to offer the satyagraha.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Solution : a)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Explanation:

  • The aims of launching individual satyagraha were-
  1. To show that nationalist patience was not due to weakness
  2. To express people’s feeling that they were not interested in the war and that they made no distinction between Nazism and the double autocracy that ruled India. Hence Statement 1 is Correct.
  3. To give another opportunity to the government to accept Congress demands peacefully.
  • Statement 2 is Incorrect: Vinoba Bhave was the first to offer the satyagraha and Nehru, the second.

 

Q14.

Consider the following pairs

  1. Bombay Session(1934) - Rajendra Prasad

  2. Faizpur Session(1936) - Subash Chandra Bose

  3. Tripuri Session(1939) - Jawaharlal Nehru

Which of the following pairs is/are not correctly matched? 

a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Solution : c)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Explanation:

  • Pair 1 is Correct: Bombay Session of the INC in 1934 presided by Rajendra Prasad
  • Pair 2 is Incorrect: Faizpur Session of the INC in 1936 presided by Jawaharlal Nehru. It was here, for the first time that Congress held its Annual Session in a backward rural setting.
  • Pair 3 is Incorrect: Subhash Chandra Bose was re-elected the President of INC at the Tripuri Session in 1939 by defeating Pattabhai Sitaramaiyya.
Q15.

In which of the following provinces was a congress ministry not formed under the Government of India Act, 1935?

a) Bihar
b) Madras
c) Orissa
d) Punjab
Solution : d)
Unattempted. Explanation :-

Explanation:

  • Option D is the Correct Answer: Congress ministries were formed in Bombay, Madras, Central provinces, Orissa, United Provinces, Bihar and later in NWFP and Assam also.