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Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Indian National Congress? I. The Poorna Swarajya resolution was passed in Lahore session of the Congress held in December II. The Congress Working Committee which met on January 2, 1930, decided that January 26,1930, should be observed as the Poorna Swarajya Day

A. Only II

B. Only I

C. Both I and II

D. Neither I nor II

Answer

Correct Answer : Both I and II

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Q. Which of the following statement is not true about the Indian National Congress?

A. W.C. Bannerjee was the first president of congress

B. It was formed in 1885

C. It was formed when 72 delegates from all the presidencies and provinces of India met at Bombay

D. Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India

Answer

Correct Answer : Its founder, Allan Octavian Hume, was a retired British professor in India

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Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding Poona Pact (1932)? I. It refers to an agreement between Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India. II. It was signed by Pt Madan Mohan Malviya and B. R. Ambedkar and some Dalit leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada prison to annul the Macdonald Award giving separate electorates to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India

A. Only II

B. Only I

C. Both I and II

D. Neither I nor II

Answer

Correct Answer : Both I and II

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Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct related to the Non-cooperation Movement? I. It aimed to resist British rule in India through non violent means. Protestors would refuse to buy British goods, adopt the use of local handicrafts and picket liquor shops. II. The ideas of Ahimsa and nonviolence, and Gandhi’s ability to rally hundreds of thousands of common citizens towards the cause of Indian independence, were first seen on a large scale in this movement through the summer 1920, they feared that the movement might lead to popular violence

A. Only II

B. Only I

C. Both I & II

D. Neither I nor II

Answer

Correct Answer : Both I & II

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Q. Which of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi’s views on Satyagraha is not correct?

A. It is the exercise of the purest soul force against all injustice, oppression and exploitation

B. It denotes assertion of the power of the human soul against social, political and economic dominance

C. It is the best weapon of the weak against the strong

D. Mahatma Gandhi's theory of Satayagraha was based on the acceptance of the concept of self-suffering

Answer

Correct Answer : It is the best weapon of the weak against the strong

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Q. Which of the following statements best explains the nature of revolt of 1857?

A. Mutiny of a section of sepoys of the British Army

B. The last effort of the old political order to regain power

C. A struggle of the common people to overthrow common rule

D. An effort to establish a limited Indian nation

Answer

Correct Answer : The last effort of the old political order to regain power

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Q. Which of the following statements is not correct with reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle?

A. Subhash Chandra Bose formed the Forward Bloc

B. The Rowlatt Act aroused a wave popular indignation and led to the JalianwallaBagh Massacre

C. Bhagat Singh was one of the founders of Hindustan Republican Socialist Association

D. In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi opposed Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Answer

Correct Answer : In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi opposed Gandhi-Irwin Pact

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Q. Which of the following tribes is associated with the “Tana Bhagat” movement?

A. Munda

B. Uraon

C. Santhal

D. Konadora

Answer

Correct Answer : Uraon

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Q. Which of the following trio leaders referred to as Lal, Bal and Pal during the freedom movement?

A. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal

B. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal

C. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopala Krishna Gokhale

D. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and C. Rajagopalachari

Answer

Correct Answer : Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal

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