INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT MCQS SET 56

INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT MCQS SET 56

551) During the lndian Freedom Struggle, the Simon Commission was appointed to
A) examine the working of reforms of 1919
B) determine the relations of the British Government with the Indian States
C) review the provisions of the Rowlatt Act
D) explore the possibility of granting dominion status of india

Answer: examine the working of reforms of 1919
   
552) Who among the following has authored the book 'Hind Swaraj'?
A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) MG Ranade

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
   
553) In which one of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress was it proposed that
the State shall own or control the key industries, mines and means of transport?
A) Lahore Session, 1929
B) Karachi Session, 1931
C) Calcutta Session, 1933
D) Lucknow Session, 1936

Answer: Karachi Session, 1931
   
554) Consider the following declaration and identify the person who made it using the codes given below?
The time has come when badges of honour make our shame glaring in their incongruous context of humiliation and I, for my part, wish to stand shorn of all special distinction, by the side of my countrymen who, for their so-called insignificance are liable to suffer degradation not fit for human beings.
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Dadabhai Naoroji
D) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
   
555) Consider the following statements
1. The 'Bombay Manifesto' signed in 1936 openly opposed the preaching of socialist ideals.
2. It evoked support from a large section of business community from all across India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2 .

Answer: Only 1

556) Consider the following statements
1. A nine member reform enqu committee headed by Alexanc Muddimen appointed to examine tl working of dyarchy.
2. In 1927, a three member committe headed by Hascourt Butter appointe to inquire into the relationship betwee lndian states and the paramour power.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) None of the above

Answer: Both 1 and 2
   
557) Consider the following statements about the Ahmedabad Mill Strike of 1918
1. it was related to a dispute between the workers and the European mill owners regarding hours of work.
2. Gandhiii advised the workers to go on strike.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: Only 2
   
558) Who was the founder of Nationalist Party?
A) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
B) AsafAli
C) Moulana Abdul Kalam Azad
D) MC Chagla

Answer: MC Chagla
   
559) Consider the following statements about the Non Cooperation Movement
1. The movement was a mixture of nationalism, middle class politics, religion, feudalism, agrarian discontent and working class agitation.
2. The movement was much greater in intensity than any other political agitation which came before it.
3. The movement helped to foster Hindu-Muslim unity.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
A) Only 2
B) 2 and 3
C) Only 3
D) 1 and 3

Answer: 2 and 3
   
560) Consider the following statements relating Gandhian strategy of Satyagraha
1. Under the Gandhian strategy, which may be described as Struggle Truce Struggle (STS) phase ot a vigorous extra-legal mass movement and confrontation with colonial authority alternate with phases, during which direct confrontation is withdrawn.
2. The entire political process of STS was upward spiraling one, which also assumed that the freedom struggle would pass through several stages, ending with the transfer of power by the colonial regime itself.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: Both 1 and 2