CBSE Questions for Class 8 History The Making Of The National Movement 1870S To 1947 Quiz 3 - MCQExams.com

• Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the first president of INC.

• INC was founded in Dec 1885 at Bombay(Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College)

• The first session was held from 28 to 31^st December, 1885.

• It was attended by 72 political delegates from all over India.

• A.O.Hume played an important role in the formation of INC.

• Gandhiji gave the slogan "Do or Die" during the speech delivered by him on August 8, 1942.
• Quit India Movement was started by Gandhiji on August 8,1942.
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• The resolution for Quit India Movement was passed by Gandhiji on August 8,1942.
• The Primary cause to start Quit India Movement is failure of Cripps Mission
• On August 9, 1942 every major political leader was arrested by the British.
• Gandhiji gave the slogan "Do or Die" during the speech delivered by him on August 8, 1942.

• 'Do or Die' is the slogan given by Gandhiji during the speech of Quit India resolution approval .
• Quit India resolution was passed on August 8,1942.
• Gandhiji was backed by right-wingers like Patel, Rajendra Prasad and Kriplani.

On the historic day of 12th March 1930, Gandhi inaugurated The Civil Disobedience Movement by conducting the historic Dandi Salt March. Followed by seventy nine ashramites, Gandhi embarked on his march from his Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi that is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea.

On 6th April 1930, he reached Dandi, & ceremonially violated the law, manufacturing salt by boiling sea water.

Khilafat movement was originally in support of the Caliph who was deprived of all authority. But it was withdrawn when the final blow came with the victory of Mustafa Kemal's forces, which overthrew the Ottoman rule and established a pro-western, secular republic in independent Turkey. He abolished the role of Caliph.

Khilafat movement was originally in support of the Caliph who was also the religious leader of the Muslims. It was led by Mohammad Ali & Shaukat Ali to support the Caliph.

• In 1918, Gandhiji organised a satyagraha to support the peasants of the Kheda district of Gujarat.
  
• Affected by crop failure, the peasants of Kheda could not pay the revenue, and were demanding that revenue collection be relaxed.
  

• The Second Round Conference opened on September 7, 1931, in England. 
  
• It was attended by Gandhiji as a sole representative of the Congress, according to the terms of the Gandhi-Irwin pact of 1931.

he 1929 Lahore session under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru holds special significance as in this session "Purna Swaraj" (complete independence) was declared as the goal of the INC. 26 January, 1930 was declared as "Purna Swaraj Diwas".

Gandhi embarked on his march from his Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi that is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan nicknamed Bacha Khan was a Pashtun independence activist against the rule of the British Raj. He was a political and spiritual leader known for his nonviolent opposition, and a lifelong pacifist and devout Muslim. A close friend of Mohandas Gandhi, Bacha Khan was nicknamed the "Frontier Gandhi" in British India. Bacha Khan founded the Khudai Khidmatgar ("Servants of God") movement in 1929, whose success triggered a harsh crackdown by the British Empire against him and his supporters, and they suffered some of the most severe repression of the Indian independence movement.