1. Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhash Chandra Bose as
Secretaries and S. Srinivasa Iyengar as President
founded Independence for Indian League to oppose the
Nehru Report. They demanded complete independence
and imposition of social structure in the country.
2. Communist Vanguard was an emigre Communist
journal of M.N. Roy.
3. Lucknow Pact - 1916; Introduction of Diarchy
under Montford Reforms (GIA 1919) - December, 1919;
Rowlatt Act - February 1919; Partition of Bengal - 1905.
4. In 1908, Barrah Dacoity was organized by Dacca
Anushilan under Pulin Das in East Bengal.
5. On 12 March, 1930, Gandhi started his civil
disobedience movement by starting Dandi March
from Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat and reached Dandi
on 6 April 1930 and broke the salt law.
6. Satya Sodhak Samaj was founded by Jyoti Ba
Phule in 1873.
7. It was led by Vallabh Bhai Patel in Gujarat.
8. Swaraj party was formed in 1923 by CR Das.
9. The British sovereignty ceased to exist in India
after Aug 15, 1947.
10. The drain theory was put forward by Dadabhai
Naoroji in his book Poverty and Un-British Rule in
India. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan did not believe in the
drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji.
11. He was a resident of Bombay Presidency, but was
elected to Constituent Assembly from WB.
12. The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crime Act
(1919) was popularly known as the Rowlatt Act.
Gandhi ji called it a Black act.
13. First round table conference was initially between
the British and the Indian as equals. The INC did not
participated in the first and third conference.
14. CSP was formed in 1934 by JP Narayan, Acharya
Narendra Dev, Basawon Singh and Yogendra Shukla
15. The correct matches of the following persons
with their books are given below:
Persons Books
Surendra Nath Banerjee A Nation in Making
M.K. Gandhi Hind Swaraj
Subhash Chandr a Bose The Indian Struggle
Lajpat Roy Autobiographical W r itings
16. Acharya JB Kriplani was the president of the
Congress Party in 1947. Dr Rajendra Prasad presided
over the Constituent Assembly. GB Pant formed the
first Congress ministry in United Province before
India attained independence.
17. Cabinet mission proposed a rejection of the
demand for a full fledged Pakistan because the
Pakistan so formed would include large non-muslim
population – 38% in the N-W and 48% in the N-E.
18. Abhinav Bharat – 1904; Anushilan Samiti – 1906;
Gadar Party – 1913; Swaraj Party – 1906
19. First session of National Conference at Calcutta
was organized in 1883, Muslim league was founded
in 1906 at Dacca, the formation of All India States
Peoples Conference was held in 1927 and the
Communal Award from Whitehall was announced
in 1932.
20. Non Cooperation Movement and Khilafat
Movement were launched in 1920. The two
movements emerged from separate issues, but they
adopted a common programme of action that of nonviolent
and non-cooperation. There was increasing
Hindu-Muslim unity against the British.
21. Mahatma Gandhi suggested the winding up of
the Indian National Congress after India attained
independence, as its main aim to fight for Indian
independence had been attained.
22. Butler Committee - Relation between Indian
states & paramount power
Hurtog Committee - Growth of British India
education-its effects
Hunter Commission - Jallianwalabagh massacre
Muddiman Committee - Working of Diarchy as in
Montague Chelmsford reforms
23. This statement relates to Gopal Krishna Gokhale,
who was born May 9, 1866 in Kotaluk, Maharashtra.
Gokhale at the age of 18 graduated from Elphinstone
College in 1884. He at the age of 39 became President
in the 1905 session of INC held at Benaras.
24. Morley-Minto reforms – 1909;
Simon Commission–1927; Chauri-Chaura Incident–
1922; Dandi March–1930
25. Poona Pact was signed by Ambedkar on behalf
of the depressed classes in September, 1932. The pact
abandoned separate electorates for the depressed
classes. But the seats reserved for the depressed classes
were increased both in provincial and state legislatures.
26. Surat split in 1907 session of INC was presided
by Ras Behari Ghosh; Communal Award was
announced by Ramsay McDonald in August, 1932;
Poorna Swarajaya resolution was passed in 1929
session of INC at Lahore presided over by Nehru.
27. The Chittagong Armoury Raid was led by Surya
Sen. The Kakori Revolution was a train robbery that
took place between Kakori and Alamnagar, near
Lucknow, on 9 August 1925. The robbery was
conceived by Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah
Khan who belonged to the Hindustan Republican
Association (HRA).
Jatin Das was arrested for revolutionary activities and
was imprisoned in Lahore jail to be tried under the
supplementary Lahore Conspiracy Case.
The founding president of Ghadar Party was Sohan
Singh Bhakna and Lala Hardayal was the co-founder
of this party.
28. The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune,
Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905 by Gopal Krishna
Gokhale. All are related to this organization.
29. Tilak’s Home Rule League – April, 1916;
Karnagatamaru Incident – September, 1914; Mahatma
Gandhi’s arrival in India from South Africa –1915
30. All the 7 members of Simon Commission were
whites.
31.
32. Jalianwala Bagh massacre occurred on April 13,
1919 at Amritsar. This event is characterized by
Montague as 'Preventive Murder'.
33. August Offer–1940; INA Trial–1945; Quit India
Movement–1942; Royal Indian Navy Ratings Revolt–1946
34.
35. Badruddin Tyabji was not associated with the
Muslim League but he was the first Muslim president
of INC in 1887 at Madras.
36. Lord Curzon (1899 –1905)
37. Ghadr was established in 1913 under the
leadership of Lala Hardayal. The HQ of Ghadr was in
San Francisco.
38. He was not able to keep India united so he used
the Plan Balkan.
39. Both are correct and R explains A.
40. A is false as role of moderates continued after
partition of Bengal. Extremists and moderates
separated at Surat session in 1907 but reunited at 1916
session at Lucknow.
41. A is wrong as it was in 1913 and not in 1911 that a
resolution on Education Policy was moved. The
government refused to take up the responsibility of
compulsory education, but accepted the policy of removal
of illiteracy and urged the provincial governments to take
early steps to provide free elementary education to the
poor and more backward sections.
42. A is right as the congress rejected the Cripps
proposals as it recommended dominion status
instead of complete independence after the World
War II. The mission consisted solely of whites.
43. Gandhi started the Non-Cooperation Movement
in 1920. It progressed powerfully from 1920 – Feb,
1922. But the attack on a local police station by angry
peasants at Chauri-Chaura in Gorakhpur district of
UP on Feb 5, 1922 led Gandhi to stop the movement.
44. The Interim Government was formed on
September 2, 1946. With Muslim League joining the
interim government, the second highest-ranking
League politician Liaquat Ali Khan became the head
of the Department of Finance. Abdur Rab Nishtar
headed the Departments of Posts and Air and Ibrahim
Ismail Chundrigar headed the Department of
Commerce. The League nominated a Scheduled Caste
Hindu politician Jogendra Nath Mandal to lead the
Department of Law.
45. 46.
47. ‘Abinava Bharat’ a secret society of revolutionaries
was organised in 1904 by VD Sabarkar.
48. Time span of given acts: Indian Councils Act of
1861 – 31 years; Indian Councils Act of 1892 – 17 years;
Indian Councils Act of 1909 – 10 years; Government
of India Act 1919 – 16 years
49. Cabinet Mission reached Delhi on March 24, 1946.
It put forward its own proposals in May 1946.
50. S.C. Bose and the socialists argued that the war
was an imperialist one since both sides were fighting
for gaining or defending colonial territories. Therefore
the question of supporting either of the two sides did
not arise. Instead advantage should be taken of the
situation to wrest freedom by immediately starting a
Civil Disobedience Movement.
51. Cabinet Mission Plan came into being in May
1946. Sardar Patel was totally in favor of cabinet
Mission Plan.
52. Surendranath Banerji cleared the competitive
examination in 1869, but was barred owing to a
dispute over his exact age. After clearing the matter
in the courts, Banerjee cleared the exam again in 1874
and was posted as assistant magistrate in Sylhet.
However, Banerjee was dismissed soon from his job
owing to racial discrimination. Satyendranath Tagore
in 1863 became the first Indian to qualify the ICS.
53. Imperial Preference (later Commonwealth
Preference) was a proposed system of reciprocallylevelled
tariffs or free trade agreements between different
Dominions and Colonies within the British
Commonwealth of Nations. The purpose of such practices
was to promote the mutual prosperity, and thus unity, of
allied imperial nations. So best answer is a.
54. This movement placed the demand for
independence on the immediate agenda of national
movement. After Quit India, there could be no going
back. In this struggle, common people displayed
unparalleled heroism. That’s why Lord Linlithgow
(1936–44) described the Quit India Movement as the
most serious revolt after the sepoy mutiny.
55. Champaran movement was the first action of
Gandhi on all India level. Satyagraha was to be
launched on April 6, 1919. But after the Jallianwala
Bagh massacre, Gandhiji was alarmed by the
atmosphere of violence and withdrew the Movement
on April 18, 1919.
56. Bal Gangadhar Tilak described the method of
three P’s – Prayer, petition and protest as political
mendicancy. He propagated militancy and not
mendicancy.
57. Here the best possible answer is a.
58.
59. In the Act of 1935 provincial autonomy replaced
diarchy. The GIA, 1919 provided for diarchy at the
Centre as well as in the provinces.
60. In Japan INA came into existence in March, 1942
under the leadership of Mohan Singh. The idea of INA
was first conceived in Malaya.
61. Mountbatten Plan came into existence on June 3,
1947. Gandhi ji suggested that he should invite Jinnah
to form the government rather than partition of India.
62.
63. Gandhi ji returned from South Africa in 1915 and
in 1917 he launched his first successful Satyagraha in
Champaran in Bihar against the indigo planters at
the request of Raj Kumar Shukla.
64. Chittagong Armoury Raid – April 1930; Abhinav
Bharat–1904; Anushilan Samiti – (1902, Calcutta)
65. This movement placed the demand for
independence on the immediate agenda of national
movement. After Quit India, there could be no return.
In this struggle, common people displayed
unparalleled heroism. That’s why Lord Linlithgow
(1936-44) described the Quit India Movement as the
most serious revolt after sepoy mutiny.
66. R is incorrect as early nationalists fought for the
rights of common people.
67. In 1938, Haripura session by S.C. Bose
68.
69. Balkan Plan (1947) was the brain child of
Mountbatten. This plan envisaged the transfer of
power to separate provinces with Punjab and Bengal
given the option to vote for partition of their
provinces. The partioned units thus formed will have
the choice to join India or Pakistan or remaining
independent.
70. Sarojini Naidu was the second woman to be the
President of the Congress (1925, Kanpur) first being
Annie Beasant (1917, Calcutta). A.O. Hume was the
founder of INC in 1885. Alfred Webb was the President
of the Congress in 1894 at Madras. C.R. Das acted as
the President in 1921 in Ahmedabad session.
71. Hunter Commission was appointed after the
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13 April 1919). A separate
Hunter Commission (1882-83) emphsised on primary
and secondary education.
72.
73. The raid was conducted in April 1930 by Surya
Sen and involved 65 activists under the banner of
Indian Republican army – Chittagong Branch. Surya
Sen was arrested in Feb 1933 and hanged in Jan 1934.
74. Syed Ameer Ali established a branch of the League
in London in 1908, supporting the same objectives.
75. The All India States Peoples’ Conference was a
political organization in India during the British Raj.
The first session of the organisation was held in
Bombay in December 1927. Nehru was its president
between 1935–1947.
76.
77. The All-India Muslim League founded at Dacca
(now Dhaka, Bangladesh), in the Bengal Presidency,
in 1906. It supported the partition of Bengal to create
a majority of Muslims after partition of the province.
78.
79. Acharya J.B. Kriplani was the Indian National
Congress President (Nov, 1946 – Dec 1947). In 1946,
the INC session was held at Merrut.
80. The Communal Award was announced by
British PM, Ramsay McDonald in August 1932.
August Offer - 1940; Under Doctrine of Lapse,
Dalhousie annexed Satara, Jaitpur, Sambalpur,
Udaipur, Jhansi, Nagpur and Awadh. Government of
India Act 1919, introduced diarchy during the
viceroyality of Chelmsford.
81. Khudai Khidmatgars were organized by Khan
Abdul Gaffar Khan (Frontier Gandhi). Khudai
Khidmatgar literally translates as the servants of God,
represented a non-violent freedom struggle against
the British Empire by the Pashtuns (also known as
Pathans, Pakhtuns or Afghans) of the North-West
Frontier Province.
82. The labour leaders were influenced by
communist ideology and considered INC as
bourgeoisie and reactionary. That's why their
participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge was
limited.
83. Cabinet Mission (1946) was the last opportunity
to avoid the partition of India with the formation of
interim Government. But Muslim League rejected the
plan even though they won 73 out of 78 seats in the
interim government. They did not attend the first
meeting of Constituent Assembly on Dec 9, 1946.
84. The members of the Constituent Assembly which
drafted the Constitution of India were to be elected
by provincial assemblies under the system of
proportional representation.
85. Interim government was formed on Sept 2, 1946
as per Cabinet mission proposal. It was headed by
Jawahar Lal Nehru.
86. The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928, in the state of
Gujarat was led by Vallabhbhai Patel. The women of
Bardoli gave him the title of Sardar.
87. Rowlatt Act was passed in March, 1919. The act
authorized the government to imprison any person
without trial and conviction in a court of law. Maulana
Mohd. Ali and Abul Kalam Azad resigned from the
legislative council in 1919 during the Khilafat
Movement and not in 1916.
88. In 1931, the Congress Session at Karachi endorsed
(not opposed) Gandhi-Irwin Pact. It was presided over
by Vallabh Bhai Patel.
89. Statement d is incorrect as any province not
willing to join the Union could have a separate
constitution and form a separate union. Cripps
Mission provides for an Indian Union with a dominion
status after the second world war; which would be
free to decide its relations with the Commonwealth
and free to participate in the United Nations and other
international bodies.
90. When Congress leaders condemned the Montagu-
Chelmsford Report (July, 1918), many moderates led
by Surendra Nath Banerjea left the party to form
Indian Liberal Federation in 1919.
91. Provincial autonomy replaced diarchy. The
Governor could refuse assent to bill, promulgate
ordinances, and enact governor's acts. Statement 3 is
incorrect as separate electorates based on communal
representation persisted in the GIA, 1935.
92. Statement 1 is incorrect as first session was held
in 1885 at Bombay (not in Calcutta) under the
presidentship of W.C. Banerjee. The second session
was held in Calcutta. Lucknow session in 1916 was
presided over by A.C. Majumdaar.
93. The first session of the Constituent Assembly of
India was held on Dec 9, 1946.
94. Montagu-Chelmsford or Montford Reforms
which were announced in July, 1918 in line with the
government policy contained in Montagu's statement
(August, 1917) formed the basis of GIA, 1919.
95. Maulana Hasrat Mohani proposed that Swaraj
should be defined as complete independence free from
all foreign control in 1921 when he was presiding over
the session of All India Muslim League in Lucknow.
96. Rabindra Nath Tagore returned the Knighthood
conferred on him by the British Government as a
token of protest against the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(April 13, 1919).
97. Chauri–Chaura–Feb 1922; Minto–Morley
Reforms-1909; Dandi March – 1930; Montagu–
Chelmsford Reforms–1918.
98. Ghadr revolutionaries were based in San
Francisco (North America) and branches along the
US Coast and in the far East.
99. Gandhiji asked the government servants not to
resign but declare their allegiance to the Congress.
Soldiers were asked not to leave their posts but not to
fire.
100. Congress ministeries were formed in Bombay,
Madras, Central Provinces, Orissa, United Provinces,
Bihar and later in NWFP and Assam also.
101. At Lahore session (1929, President - J.L. Nehru)
the working committee was authorised to launch a
programme of Civil Disobedience.
102. The other prominent persons include Abani
Mukherjee and Mohd. Ali Mohd. Shafiq.
103. Nehru drafted the resolution on Fundamental
Rights. The Karachi Session was presided over by
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel.
104. UP Kisan Sabha was founded by
Indra Narayani Dwivedi and Gauri Shankar Misra in
1918. MM Malviya supported their efforts.
105. Champaran (First Civil Disobedience)–1917;
Ahmedabad Mill Strike (First Hunger Strike)–March
1918; Kheda Satyagraha (First Non-Cooperation)–
