Gandhian Phase II

Question 1

Simon commission based on which act

Answer 1

GoI act 1919

Question 2

Simon commission appointed by?
Members, chairman?

Answer 2

Lord Birkenhead, secretary of state for India announced
7 members
Chairmanship- John Simon assisted by Clement Attlee

Question 3

Simon commission mandate

Answer 3

Enquire into
Working of system of government
Growth of education
Growth of representative institutions in British India
Relations between British India and Indian states
Desirability - principle of responsible government
Second chambers of local legislature possible or not?

Question 4

Opponents of Simon commission

Answer 4

Congress
Muslim league majority faction led by Jinnah
Liberal federation led by Tej Bahadur Sapru
Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress
Hindu Mahasabha
Revolutionaries like bhagat singh

Question 5

Supporters of Simon commission

Answer 5

All India Achut federation
Central Sikh Sangh
Justice party in madras
Muslim league led by Muhammad shafi- minority faction

Question 6

Which session congress decided to boycott SC

Answer 6

1927 Madras
M.A Ansari

Question 7

Nehru committee members

Answer 7

Motilal Nehru
Tej bahadur sapru
Ali Imam
M S Aney
Mangal Singh
Shuab Quereshi
G R Pradhan
Subhash Chandra Bose

Question 8

Salt Satyagraha
Tanjore coast
Malabar
Orissa- Balasore, Cuttack, puri
Bihar nakhas pond
Leader?

Answer 8

Tanjore - C rajagopalachari
Malabar kelappan
Orissa Gopalbandhu Chaudhuri
Bihar- Ambika Kant Sinha

Question 9

Chittagong raid leader

Answer 9

Surya sen

Question 10

Peshawar
Khudai khidmatgars
Leader

Answer 10

Frontier gandhi

Question 11

Dharasana Satyagraha leaders

Answer 11

Sarojini Naidu
Imam Saheb
Manilal

Question 12

Anti chowkidari tax agitation began where?
Leaders?

Answer 12

Bihar
Rajendra Prasad and Abdul bari

Question 13

Forest satyagraha
Where?

Answer 13

Maharashtra
Karnataka
Central provinces

Question 14

Anti Cunningham

Answer 14

Assam

Question 15

No revenue No rent campaign
Where

Answer 15

UP
main centres- Agra and Bareilly

Question 16

Less support in CDM
which groups compared to NCM?

Answer 16

Urban intelligentia
Muslim

Question 17

1st RTC chaired by?
recommended?

Answer 17

Ramsay Macdonald
Responsible govt at centre recommended

Question 18

TB sapru and MR Jayakar initiated

Answer 18

Gandhi Irwin pact

Question 19

Karachi session 1931

Answer 19

Ratified gandhi irwin pact
- only time sardar Patel president
Purna Swaraj reiterated
2 resolutions-
Fundamental rights
National economic programme
1st time defined what swaraj would mean for the masses

Question 20

Karachi FR

Answer 20

Free speech and free press
Free assembly and freedom of association
Equality before law irrespective of caste, creed or sex
Neutrality of the state in regard to all religions
Elections on the basis of universal adult franchise
Free and compulsory primary education

Question 21

NATIONAL ECONOMIC PROGRAMME

Answer 21

Reduction in rent and revenue
Relief from agricultural indebtness and usury
Better conditions for workers and special protection of women workers
Right to organise and form unions- workers and peasants
State ownership or control of key industries

Question 22

2nd RTC outcomes

Answer 22

2 muslim provinces Sindh and NWFP
Formation of Indian Consultative committee
3 expert committees- finance, franchise and states
Prospect of unilateral communal award

Question 23

Lucknow session 1936

Answer 23

Jawaharlal Nehru
Invited socialists to cwc - achyut patwardhan, jayprakash Narayan, acharya Narendra dev

Question 24

Elections of 1937
Congress clear majority?
Single largest party
Poor performance
Could not get single muslim seat

Answer 24

Congress clear majority- COMBU-
UP, Bihar, CP, Orissa, Madras
Single largest party BBNA-
Bombay, Bengal, NWFP, Assam

Poor performance
Sind, Punjab
Reserved constituencies except labour seats

Could not get single muslim seat
BB UPSC
Bengal, Bombay, UP, Sind, CP

Question 25

1937- office acceptance opposed by

Answer 25

Nehru, Bose, N G Ranga, Sahajanand Saraswati, Indulal Yagnik