CBSE Questions for Class 8 History The Making Of The National Movement 1870S To 1947 Quiz 1 - MCQExams.com

• Depressed Class Association was started by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in the year 1930 for the upliftment of backward classes.
  
• Civil disobedience movement: As the British Government did not show any interest in providing meaningful political concessions to Indians, Mahatma Gandhi decided to start the Civil Disobedience Movement and launched the ‘Satyagraha’ campaign by manufacturing salt at Dandi. He ended it as a result of a long negotiation, on 5th March 1931, when the Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed.
  
• Purna Swaraj which is a demand for complete independence was adopted in the Lahore session of Indian National Congress in December 1929.
  

Civil disobedience movement: As the British Government did not show any interest in providing meaningful political concessions to Indians, Gandhi decided to start the Civil Disobedience Movement and launched the ‘Satyagraha’ campaign by manufacturing salt at Dandi. The movement involved non-payment of taxes and land revenue as well as the violation of laws of different kinds in addition to Non-Cooperation activities. 

Many within the Congress were initially opposed to the idea of non-cooperation because they were reluctant to boycott the council election scheduled for November 1920. Because some leaders thought that they can fight for freedom by staying within the government and wanted Indians to have representation. 

The Early Nationalists had full faith in the British sense of justice, fair play, honesty, and integrity. The Early Nationalists were staunch believers in open-minded and moderate politics.

Lala Lajpat Rai was assaulted by the British police during a peaceful demonstration against the Simon Commission. He succumbed to injuries that were inflicted on him during the demonstration.

In an effort to win them over, the viceroy, Lord Irwin, announced in October 1929, a vague offer of dominion status for India in an unspecified future, and a Round Table Conference to discuss a future constitution. 

In December 1929, under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Lahore Congress formalised the demand of Purna Swaraj or full independence for India. 

When the Simon Commission arrived in India in  1928, it was greeted with the slogan Go back Simon. All parties, including the Congress and the Muslim League, participated in the demonstrations. In an effort to win them over, the viceroy, Lord Irwin, announced in October 1929, a vague offer of dominion status for India in an unspecified future, and a Round Table Conference to discuss a future constitution.

The problem was that the commission did not have a single Indian member. They were all British.

In December 1929, under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Lahore Congress formalised the demand of Purna Swaraj or full independence for India.

In December 1929, under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Lahore Congress formalised the demand of Purna Swaraj or full independence for India.

Kheda satyagraha was launched in 1918 under the leadership of Gandhiji, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel etc.

Farmers here faced a terrible famine. After this British conducted a land survey and increased the tax based on area which was not acceptable at all to the farmers.

When government refused to accept the petition to reduce the tax, Gandhi resorted to Satyagraha.