CDM & RTC

Question 1

Indian Statutory Commission is popularly known as ?

Answer 1

Simon Commission

Question 2

Simon commission was set up in ?

Answer 2

1927

Question 3

Indian National Liberal Federation was founded by ?

Answer 3

Surendernath Banerjee

Question 4

Tej Bahadur Sapru, S. Srinivasa Sastri and M. R. Jayakar are associated with ?

Answer 4

Indian National Liberal Federation

Question 5

INLF was founded in

Answer 5

1919

Question 6

Jinnah favoured the boycott wrt Simon Commissipn. True or False ?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Leader who was killed in Lahore during lathi charge in Simon commission protests.

Answer 7

Lala Lajpat Rai

Question 8

This report was prepared as a response to the challenge posed by Lord Birkenhead.

Answer 8

Nehru report under Motilal Nehru (1928)

Question 9

Deepawali declaration is also known as ? Date ?

Answer 9

Irwin Declaration , 31st Oct 1929

Question 10

Irwin Declaration - context ?

Answer 10

Dominion status to India but no proper timeline was mentioned

Question 11

Arrange in order of chronology:
1) Simon commission- setup
2) Delhi Manifesto
3) Irwin Declaration
4) Simon commission report

Answer 11

1) Simon Commission - setup (1927)
2) Irwin Declaration (Oct 31, 1929)
3) Delhi Manifesto (Nov 2, 1929)
4) Simon commission report (1930)

Question 12

Events of 1929

Answer 12

1) Foreign cloth boycott (started by Gandhi)
2) Meerut conspiracy case (March) ( case came to trial in 1930)
4) Central Assembly bombing by BS and BK Dutt (April)
5) Irwin Declaration
6) Delhi Manifesto (Nov)
7) Lahore session and declaration of purna swaraj
8) Hoisting of tricolour flag in the banks of Ravi with slogan of Inquilab Zindabad

Question 13

Delhi Manifesto proposals

Answer 13

RTC will be attended on a few conditions
1) Basis will be the formulation of constitution and implementation of dominion status and not whether dominion status should be given or not
2) Majority representation of INC
3) General amnesty for political prisoners

Question 14

Gandhi’s 11 demands were of 3 categories. Name them

Answer 14

1) General interest
2) Bourgeoise
3) Peasants

Question 15

General demands in Gandhi’s 11 points

Answer 15

1) Reduction in army and civil services expenditure
2) Reforms in CID
3) Control on the issue of arms
4) Release of political prisoners
5) Accept Postal Reservation Bill

Question 16

Bourgeoise demands in Gandhi’s 11 points

Answer 16

1) Reduce rupee sterling ratio
2) Textile protection
3) Reserve coastal shipping for Indians

Question 17

Peasant demands in Gandhi’s 11 points

Answer 17

1) Reduce land revenue tax by 50%
2) Abolish salt tax and govt’s salt monopoly

Question 18

Dandi March - Date, Place?

Answer 18

March 12- April 6 1930, Sabarmati ashram to Dandi coast

Question 19

Who lead the Dharsana salt works raid?

Answer 19

Sarojini Naidu, Imam Sahib and Manilal as Gandhi was arrested

Question 20

Salt Satyagraha in TN ? Place ?

Answer 20

Rajaji, Trichirapalli to Vedaranyam

Question 21

Choolai mills strike was a part of ?

Answer 21

Salt Satyagraha in TN

Question 22

Salt satyagraha in Kerala ?

Answer 22

Vaikkom Satyagraha, Kelappan

Question 23

Delhi Pact is also known as

Answer 23

Gandhi Irwin Pact