INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT MCQS SET 58

INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT MCQS SET 58

571) The Poona Pact which was signed between the British Government and Mahatma Gandhi in 1934 provided for
A) the creation of dominion status for India
B) separate electorates for the Muslims
C) separate electorates for the Harijans
D) joint electorate with reservation of Harijans

Answer: joint electorate with reservation of Harijans
   
572) With reference to the Civil Disobedience movement, consider the following statements
1. Champaran Satyagraha was the first Civil Disobedience Movement.
2. Second phase of Civil Disobedience Movement was started with Dandi March.
Which of the above is/are correct?
A) 1 and 2
B) Only1
C) Only 2
D) None of these

Answer: 1 and 2
   
573) Which one of the following with regard to the Poona Pact, 1932 is not correct?
A) Adequate representation of depressed sections in government iobs
B) Reservation of seats for the depressed classes in the provincial legislature
C) Acceptance of joint electorate System
D) Reservation of seats for the depressed classes in the central legislature

Answer: Adequate representation of depressed sections in government iobs
   
574) Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Movement/Satyagraha Person Actively Associated With
1. Champaran : Rajendra Prasad
2. Ahmedabad Mill Workers : Morarji Desai
3. Kheda : Vallabhbhal Patel
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A) 1 and 2
B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3
D) All of these

Answer: All of these
   
575) Identify, using the codes given below, the nationalist leader who was sentenced in the words outlined below.
"The fact that in the eyes of millions of your countrymen you are a great patriot and great leader but as a man subject to the law, who has, by his own admission broken the law you are subject to six years imprisonment."
A) CR Das
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Subhash Chandra Bose
D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

576) Which of the statements given below about the Champaran Satyagraha is/are correct?
1. It was related to Indigo plantations.
2. It started because the European planters oppressed the Zamindars.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: Both 1 and 2
   
577) Who among the following was nominated by Mahatma Gandhi for the Presidentship of the Congress in 1939 against Subhash Chandra Bose?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
C) Govind Ballabh Pant
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer: Pattabhi Sitaramayya
   
578) The agenda for the Round Table Conferences held in London was to
A) discuss the report of the Simon Commission
B) form a Constitution for India
C) find a solution of the communal problem in India
D) find a solution for the problems of the 'depressed' classes of India

Answer: discuss the report of the Simon Commission
   
579) Mahatma Gandhi said that some of his deepest convictions were reflected in a book titled. 'Unto the Last' and the book transformed his life. What was the message from the book that transformed Mahatma Gandhi?
A) Uplifting the oppressed and poor is the moral responsibility of an educated man
B) The good of individual is contained in the good of all
C) The life of celibacy and spiritual pursuit are essential for a noble life
D) All of the above

Answer: The good of individual is contained in the good of all
   
580) Which one among the following was part of Gandhi-Irwin Agreement of 1931?
A) Stern action against policemen guilty of brutal assault on Satyagrahis
B) Nehru to represent Congress at the Round Table Conference of 1931
C) Deletion of communal question from the agenda of the Conference
D) Release of political prisoners excepting those guilty of arson and violence

Answer: Release of political prisoners excepting those guilty of arson and violence