INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT MCQS SET 76

INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT MCQS SET 76

751) The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost. with the rejection of
A) Cripps Mission
B) Rajagopalachari Formula
C) Cabinet Mission
D) Wavell Plan

Answer: Cabinet Mission
   
752) Who among the following was not a member of the Constituent Assembly?
A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
B) Acharya JB Kripalani
C) Lok Nayak Jayprakash Narayan
D) KM Munshi

Answer: Lok Nayak Jayprakash Narayan
   
753) In the context of CR Formula, which was proposed to solve the political deadlock between All India Muslim League and All India National Congress on the independence of India from the British rule, which of the following statements is incorrect?
A) The League was to endorse the Indian demand for independence and to co operate With the Congress to form a Provincial Interim Government up to the commencement of the Constitution constituted by Indigenous Constituent Assembly
B) All parties would be allowed to express their stance on the partition andtheir views before the plebiscite
C) The transfer of population, if any would be absolutely on a voluntary basis
D) In the event of separation, a mutual agreement would be entered into for safeguarding essential matters such as defence, communication and for other essential services '

Answer: The League was to endorse the Indian demand for independence and to co operate With the Congress to form a Provincial Interim Government up to the commencement of the Constitution constituted by Indigenous Constituent Assembly
   
754) Which one of the following observations about the Congress Ministries constituted in 1937 under the Government of India Act, 1935 is incorrect?
A) They reduced their own salaries drastically
B) They curbed the powers of the police and released the political prisoners including a large number of revolutionary terrorists
C) They introduced prohibition against intemperance in selected areas
D) They could not succeed much in controlling the communal riots

Answer: They could not succeed much in controlling the communal riots
   
755) When National Planning Committee set up under the Chairmanship of Jawaharlal Nehru, who was the President of the Indian National Congress?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Nellie Sengupta
C) Subhash Chandra Bose
D) Abul Kalam Azad

Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose

756) Which of the following years, the sessions for the Indian National Congress could not be held?
A) 1930-1935
B) 1935-1939
C) 1941-1945
D) 1943-1941

Answer: 1941-1945
   
757) As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that he
A) postpone granting of independence
B) invite Jinnah to form the government
C) invite Nehru and Jinnah to form the government together
D) invite the Army to take over for some time

Answer: invite Jinnah to form the government
   
758) Which of the following statements is not correct?
A) The first session of Indian National Congress was held in Bombay under the leadership of WC Banerjee
B) The second session of Indian National Congress was held at Calcultta under the leadership of Dadabhai Naoroji
C) Both Indian National Congress and Muslim League held their sessions at Lucknow in 1916 and concluded the Lucknow pact
D) All of the above

Answer: All of the above
   
759) The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because
A) the principle of two Nation theory was then acceptable to them
B) it was imposed by the British Government and the Congress was helpless in this regard
C) they wanted to avoid large scale communal riots
D) Indiawould have otherwise lost the opportunity to attain freedom

Answer: they wanted to avoid large scale communal riots
   
760) After Quit India Movement, C Rajagopalachari issued a pamphlet entitled 'The Way Out'. Which one of the following was a proposal in this pamphlet?
A) The establishment of a 'War Advisory Council' composed of representatives of British India and the Indian States
B) Reconstitution of the Central Executive Council in such a way that all its members, except the Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chlef should be Indian leaders
C) Fresh elections to the Central and Provincial Legislatures to be held at the end of 1945 and the Constitution making body to be convened as soon as possible
D) A solution fer the constitutional deadlock

Answer: A solution fer the constitutional deadlock