RL MOD IND 2 Flashcards
●The state where the Indian National Congress couldnot attain absolute majority in the generalelections of 1937 was:—
Assam
●Under which act was dyarchy implemented inprovinces/states of India?—
1919 Act
●The Quit India Movement was a result of:— Despairamong Indians due to the proposals of CrippsMission; threat of Japanese invasion of India; anda resolution passed by the All India CongressCommittee in August
1942.
●Who proposed the creation of Pakistan at a Muslimleague Convention in 1940?—
M.A. Jinnah
●The correct chronological order of the events is:—
Cripps Plan—Wavell Plan—Cabinet Mission Plan—Mountbatten Plan
●As a weekly, ‘Young India’ was started by:—
HomeRule Party
●Who authored a book, titled ‘Indian Struggle,’ on theIndian national movement?—
Subhash ChandraBose
●Who was the Congress President at the time of itsBenares session in 1905?—
Gopal KrishnaGokhale
●Who was the first woman President of the IndianNational Congress?—
Annie Besant
●The freedom fighter who died of fast in prison was:—
Jatin Das
●Who announced the ‘Communal Award’?—
RamseyMcDonald
●Even after the merger of other princely states toIndia, which three states delayed their accession toIndia?—
Junagadh, Hyderabad, Jammu andKashmir
●Among the triad of Lal, Bal and Pal, who became thePresident of the Indian National Congress?—
LalaLajpat Rai
●Who was the first President of the Muslim League?—
Aga Khan
●Who became the President of Indian NationalCongress after the resignation of SubhashchandraBose?—
Rajendra Prasad
●Who was the first to call Mahatma Gandhi as ‘Fatherof the Nation’?—
Subhash Chandra Bose
●Who was the Congress president when the Quit Indiaresolution was passed?—
Maulana Abul KalamAzad
●In which year was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed?—
1931
●In which year did the Indian National Congressdeclare ‘Poorna Swaraj’ as its goal? —
1929
●The Hindustan Socialist republican Army wasformed by:—
Chandrashekhar Azad
●What was the result of Khilafat Movement?—
reduction in Hindu-Muslim differences
●Among the Non-Cooperation Movement, DandiMarch, Champaran Satyagraha and Quit IndiaMovement, which one comes third in thechronological order?—
Dandi March
●Who was associated with the English weekly, titled’Vande Mataram’?—
Arvind Ghosh
●The Indian Councils Act of 1909 made provisions for:—
Communal representation
●The Poona Pact was related to:—
Dalit class
●Where was the Muslim league founded in 1906?—
Dhaka
●Who, among Gopal Krishna Gokhale, BalGangadhar Tilak, A.O. Hume and Madan MohanMalaviya, was not a moderate?—
Bal GangadharTilak
“●Who gave the slogan of ““Inquilab Zindabad””?—”
Mohammad Iqbal
●6 April 1930 is known in the Indian History for:—
The Dandi March of Mahatma Gandhi
●Who received the title of ‘National Poet’ for makinginvaluable contributions to the national movementthrough his literary works?—
MaithilisharanGupta
“●Who said: ““Nehru is a patriot, whereas Jinnah is apolitician””?—”
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
●Under whose leadership was the Home Rule startedin 1916-16?—
Tilak and Annie Besant
●The plan for the transfer of sovereign power to theIndians in 1947 is better known as:—
Mountbatten Plan
●Who assassinated General Dyer, responsible for theJallianwala Bagh Massacre?—
Udham Singh
●The Harijan Sangh was formed after the Poona Pactof 1932. Its President was:—
Ghanshyamdas Birla
●The proposal for the partition of India was approvedat the Delhi session of the Congress on 14 June1947. Who presided over this session?—
RajendraPrasad
●Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal in 1905. When wasthe partition annulled?—
1911
●What were the twin principles of Gandhiji’s vision of’Ram Rajya’?—
Abolition of untouchability andprohibition
●Who was the founder of the servants of India society?—
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
●Who was elected as the President of the All IndiaKhilafat Conference in 1919?—
Mahatma Gandhi
●The Dandi March was started to:—
break salt laws
●The Lahore session of the Indian National Congresswas held in:—
1929
●Which movement was proposed to be suspended inthe Gandhi-Irwin Pact?—
Civil Disobedience Movement
●Who was wounded in the lathi charge perpetrated onthe mob protesting against the SimonCommission?—
Lala Lajpat Rai
●How were the members of the Constituent Assemblyelected?—
By Provincial assemblies
●In which of the states among Central Provinces,Bihar, Punjab and Madras, the Indian NationalCongress did not attain absolute majority in theassembly elections held in 1937?—
Punjab
●’My last wish will be to wipe tears from the eyes ofeach person.’ Who said these words?—
MahatmaGandhi
●Who, among the Indian leaders, travelled acrossIndia for social regeneration?—
Tilak and Gandhi
●The time scale which denotes the period of friendshipbetween the Indian National Congress andMuslim league was:—
1916-1922
●Who was the founder of a newsletter, titled ‘Kesari’?—
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
●Who set up the first independent Indian governmentabroad?—
Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh
●When did the Congress split?—
1907
●Who gave the slogan of ‘Jai Hind’?—
SubhashChandra Bose
●Where did the Quit India Movement begin from?—
Bombay
●What was the purpose behind the visit of SimonCommission to India in 1928?—
to discussadministrative reforms
●With which movement was Gandhi unassociated?—
Swadeshi Movement
●Who was the viceroy of India when the capital ofIndia was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in1911?—
Lord Hardinge
●The Non-Cooperation Movement started in 1920. Inwhich year did it end?—
1922
●In which movement did Sardar Vallabhbhai Patelplay a crucial role?—
Bardoli Satyagraha
●Who took Gandhiji’s place after he was arrested atthe time of Salt Satyagraha?—
Jawaharlal Nehru
●Against the arrest of which two leaders did peoplegather in huge numbers at the Jallianwala Bagh ofAmritsar on 13 April 1919?—
Dr. SaifuddinKichlu and Dr. Satyapal
●During which movement was ‘Vande Mataram’ usedas a slogan for the first time?—
Partition ofBengal in 1905
●Who voted against the partition of India at the AllIndia Congress Committee meeting held on 14June 1947?—
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
●Which Gandhian movement was related to thestruggle of industrial workers?—
Ahmedabadagitation
●Who described the burning of foreign clothes duringthe Non-Cooperation Movement as a brutalwastage?—
Rabindranath Tagore
●Which among the Congress leaders was fully infavour of the Cabinet Mission Plan?—
SardarPatel
●For participating in which movement was VinobaBhave arrested for the first time?—
CivilDisobedience Movement
●Who gave the slogan of ‘Do or Die’?—
MahatmaGandhi
●The idea for the setting up of a Constituent Assemblyfor the drafting of a constitution for a free Indiawas first proposed by:—
Congress in 1936
●During the national movement the event whichshowed the seeds of differences and ultimately ledto the partition of the nation was:—
Provision ofreservation of seats and separate electorates forMuslims in the legislative assemblies.
●Gandhi started his first Satyagraha movementagainst:—
low wages paid to workers
“●Who said: ““the congress is tottering to its fall, andone of my great ambitions, while in India, is toassist it to a peaceful demise””?—”
Lord Curzon
●Who was the writer of the official history ofCongress?—
Pattabhi Sitaramaiya
●The draft of Quit India resolution was prepared by:—
Mahatma Gandhi
●The Home Rule movement represented the arrival ofa new phase in India’s struggle for independencebecause:—
it put forward a concrete plan of self government before the country.
●In which year was the Ghadar Party formed?—
1913
●Who was secretary of Mahatma Gandhi during theNoakhali episode?—
Pyarelal
●Jai Prakash Narayan got recognition as a nationalleader during the:—
Quit India Movement
●Who was the last Governor General of free India?—
C. Rajagopalachari
●After the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement,Gandhiji assigned primacy to:—
Constructiveprogramme
●The reason behind the revival of revolutionaryactivities in Indian politics during the period of1923-28 was:—
Suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement by Gandhiji
●Which region witnessed relatively widespread riots inthe wake of the Quit India Movement?—
Biharand United Provinces
●In which Satyagraha movement Gandhiji did notparticipate directly?—
Rajkot Satyagraha
●After the passage of Quit India resolution, Gandhijiwas imprisoned in:—
Aga Palace
●Who was elected as the President of Congress in1938?—
Pattabhi Sitaramaiya
●The Moplah Rebellion of 1921 was an offshoot of:—
Khilafat Movement
●Mahatma Gandhi had discussed the Quit IndiaMovement at the meeting of Congress WorkingCommittee in Wardha on 6 July 1942. Who wasthe Chairman of that committee?—
MaulanaAbul Kalam Azad
●The real name of ‘Frontier Gandhi’ is:—
AbdulGaffar Khan
●Who presided over the convention of the BenaresHindu Mahasabha in August 1923?—
SwamiShraddhananda
●Bihar witnessed several episodes of violence due tocrackdown on Gandhiji and his supporters in1942. This had paralyzing effect on Railways.Which was the most affected district?—
Patna
●In which year was the Indian National Army (I.N.A)founded?—
1943
●Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged in:—
March 1931
●Who had fired bullets at General Dyer in London?—
Udham Singh
●The Indian National Army was formed in:—
Singapore
●Who was elected President of the All India KhilafatConference in 1919?—
Mahatma Gandhi
●Bal Gangadhar Tilak was imprisoned in 1908 for:—
6 years
●Most of the moderates were from:—
urban areas
●Two leaders of Hazaribagh who were arrested on 6August 1942 were:—
Shiv Kumar andRamananda
●What was the name of the wife of Shri Jagat NarayanLal?—
Srimati Rampyari
●After being arrested on 9 August 1942, Dr. RajendraPrasad was sent to:—
Hazaribagh Jail
●Jai Prakash Day was celebrated on:—
January 1946
●Which Indian leader participated in the First RoundTable Conference held in London?—
MaulanaMohammad Ali
●Which leader presided over the Calcutta session ofCongress in 1906?—
Dadabhai Naoroji
“●According to whom, ““The Cripps Mission was a post-dated cheque upon a crashing bank””?—”
MahatmaGandhi
●The Quit India Movement was started in:—
1942
●Where was the first meeting of Congress SocialistParty held?—
Patna
●Who composed the song ‘Vande Mataram’?—
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
“●”“Swaraj is my birthright, and I will take it.”” Whosewords were these?—”
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
●The Indian National Congress was founded by:—
A.O. Hume
●The Partition of Bengal took place in:—
1905
●Where was the first session of the Indian NationalCongress held?—
Bombay
●Who, among Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Madanlal, GopalKrishna Gokhale and Udham Singh, was not anextremist?—
Gopalkrishna Gokhale
●Dr. Rajendra Prasad was a native of:—
Bihar
●Birsa Munda was in favour of:—
Jharkhand
Who presided over the Constituent Assembly on 9December 1946?—
Sachidananda Sinha
●Who composed the ‘Flag Song’?—
Shyamlal Parshad
●Who used the word ‘Sarvodaya’ for the first time?—
Vinoba Bhave
●The Muslim delegation which met Lord Minto atShimla in 1906 asked for:—
Separate electoratesfor the Muslims
●The objective of Poona Pact was to:—
giverepresentation to the Dalit class
●What was the goal of Butler Committee of 1927?:—
Betterment of relations between the Governmentof India and native states
●What was responsible for the decline of textileindustry of Bengal in the 18th century?—
Hightaxation rates on goods exported to Britain
●The Second Round Table Conference held in Londonfailed under the cover of:—
Gandhi-Irwin Pact
●The Indian National Congress was proclaimed illegalby an executive order passed in 1932. Which wasthat order?—
Executive Rights Ordinance
●The Englishman who remained a close friend ofMahatma Gandhi during the independencestruggle was:—
Reverend Charlie Andrews
●The first India to become the Governor General ofindependent India was:—
C. Rajagopalachari
●Mahatma Gandhi felt that any participation in theSecond World War would be a violation of theprinciple of:—
Ahimsa (Non-violence)
●In the Congress Working Committee meeting held inAllahabad (April-May 1947), a member was ableto muster support in favour of his plan forguerilla war against Japan because of his definitestand against Fascism and Nazism. Who was thatmember?—
Jawaharlal Nehru
●Who was the Chairman of the Joint ParliamentaryCommittee formed under the 1935 Bill which ledto the Government of India Act 1935?—
LordLinlithgow
●In which state, among Hyderabad, Oudh, Mysoreand Junagadh, did the Congress have a fullydeveloped organization at the time of transfer ofpower?—
Oudh
●Against the arbitrary rule of which Diwan ofTravancore state did Congress launch the CivilDisobedience Movement?—
C.P. RamaswamyIyer
●Who is credited with the propagation of socialistideas in Bihar before India’s independence?—
Western education of Jayaprakash Narayan andB.P. Sinha
●Under which class were the cultivators of Bihar keptduring the British rule in India?—
Three-foldclassification
●Which revolutionary was not hanged in the LahoreConspiracy case?—
Batukeshwar Dutt
●The birth and death years of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkarwere:—
1891, 1956
●Which far-reaching decision was mainly taken at theLucknow session of Congress in 1919?—
Temporary merger of Congress and MuslimLeague
●Which Muslim leader was associated with the HomeRule movement?—
M.A. Jinnah
●When was the Non-Cooperation movement calledoff?—
12 February, 1922
●In which year did Bhagat Singh and BatukeshwarDutt hurl bombs in the Central LegislativeCouncil?—
1929
●When was the national flag of India first unfurled?—
1907
●Who was the viceroy of India when the CrippsMission delegation came to India?—
LordLinlithgow
●The Swadeshi Movement was started:—
as a protestagainst the partition of Bengal.
●At the height of Civil Disobedience Movement, withwhom did Gandhiji sign an agreement in 1931?—
Lord Irwin
●Who was ruling Pakistan at the time of Bangladesh’sindependence?—
Yahya Khan
●Who founded the ‘Deccan Educational Society’during India’s freedom struggle?—
M.G. Ranade
●Who founded the All India Harijan Sangh in 1932?—
Mahatma Gandhi
●At which place was the Azad Hind government ofindependent India proclaimed on 21 October1943?—
Singapore