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CBSE Questions for Class 8 History The Making Of The National Movement 1870S To 1947 Quiz 7 - MCQExams.com
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Class 8 History
The Making Of The National Movement 1870S To 1947
Quiz 7
The Special Congress Session held in $$1920$$ at Calcutta was presided over by ____.
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Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
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Lala Lajpat Rai
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S.C. Bose
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Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation
Congress held a special session in Calcutta in September 1920 under the presidentship of Lala Lajpat Rai. It met to pass the resolution of the Non-Cooperation Movement. Mahatma Gandhi wrongly predicted that if the Non-cooperation movement gets successful, Swaraj could be attained in One year.
Who founded the 'All India Harijan Samaj' in $$1932$$?
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Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
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Acharya Narendra Dev
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Jagjivan Ram
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Harijan Sevak Sangh was a non-profit organisation founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1932 to eradicate untouchability in India. It was born out of the historic Poona Pact between Mahatma Gandhi and Babasaheb Ambedkar.
Mahatma Gandhi objected to the provision of separate electorates for the Scheduled Castes granted in the Communal Award of 1932, which in his view separated them from the whole Hindu community.
The number of members in the Simon Commission was/were_____________.
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$$10$$
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$$20$$
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$$7$$
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$$12$$
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Simon Commission was a group appointed in November 1927 by the British Conservative government to report on the working of the Indian constitution established by the Government of India Act of 1919. It had 7 members and was under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon. It was highly protested as it did not include a single Indian as its member.
When was the First Round Table Conference held?
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$$1933$$
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$$1931$$
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$$1930$$
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$$1903$$
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The first Round Table Conference convened by Labour Government Prime Minister Ramsay McDonald in 1930 in London. While the Congress and most business leaders boycotted it, the Muslim League, the Hindu Mahasabha, the Liberals, and princes attended it. The outcomes of the first Round Table Conference were minimal and the British Government realized that the Indian National Congress needed to be part of deciding the future of constitutional government in India.
What was the immediate cause for the launching of Swadesho movement in India?
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$$18$$ months imprisonment was imposed on B.G. Tilak
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Partition of Bengal
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Arrest and deportation of Lala Lajpat Rai
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Death sentence prosecuted on Chapekar brothers
The main objectives of the Non-Cooperation Movement was ____________.
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Restoration of the old status of the Caliph (Khilafat Demand) and attainment of Swaraj for India
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Protest against the Punjab wrongs and withdrawal of the Rowlatt Acts
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Lifting of martial law from Punjab and withdrawal of repressive laws
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None of the above
Explanation
The non-cooperation movement was a movement organized by Mahatma Gandhi, to induce the British government of India to grant self-government, or swaraj, to India. Another objective was the restoration of the old status of the Caliph. On the advice of Gandhiji, the Khilafat leaders had lent their full support to the proposed Non-Cooperation movement and both groups led a joint protest against the British.
Purna Swaraj was declared as the goal of the Congress in the Congress session held at Lahore under the Presidentship of _____.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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C.R. Das
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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The Purna Swaraj declaration (or complete self-rule independent of the British Empire) was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on 19 December 1929 in its Lahore session under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru. 26th January 1930 was declared as Purna Swaraj Diwas. Purna Swaraj was complete freedom from the British Raj.
Which of the following was not of the cardinal principles of Mahatma Gandhiji doctrine of Satyagraha?
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Truthfulness
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Non-Violence
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Fearlessness
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Abstinence
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Satyagraha was a concept introduced in the early 20th century by Mahatma Gandhi to designate a determined but nonviolent resistance to evil. The Gandhian philosophy of satyagraha is a natural outcome of the supreme concept of truth. The satyagrahi must adhere to nonviolence. should be absolutely fearless and firm in his resolve.
Annie Besant became the first woman President of the INC in ____.
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$$1916$$
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$$1917$$
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$$1918$$
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$$1920$$
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Annie Besant was the first woman President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. She first came to India on 16 November 1893. When World War I broke out in 1914, she helped launch the Home Rule League to campaign for democracy in India and dominion status within the Empire.
The Second Round Table Conference failed over the question of _____.
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Communal representation
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Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
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Grant of dominion status
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Date of transfer of power
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The second RTC (September–December 1931) was attended by Mahatma Gandhi as the Congress representative. It failed to reach an agreement, either constitutionally or on communal representation. The session got deadlocked on the question of the minorities. All minorities came together in a “Minorities’ Pact”. Gandhi fought desperately against this concerted move to make all constitutional progress conditional on the solving of this issue.
The Bardoli Satyagraha was led by _____.
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Rajendra Prasad
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Vallabhbhai Patel
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Morarji Desai
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The Bardoli Satyagraha was a peasants’ movement against the British government’s decision to raise land revenue. It was led by Vallabhbhai Patel, and its success gave rise to Patel becoming one of the main leaders of the independence movement. In this struggle, Vallabhbhai Patel got the title of “Sardar” by local farmers of Bardoli.
The immediate forerunner of the Indian National Congress was __________.
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Indian Association of Calcutta
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Indian National Conference
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British India association
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Indian Union
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Indian National Conference is called as predecessor of Indian National Congress. Its main organisers were Surendranath Banerjee and Anandamohan Bose. The first session of the National Conference was held in Calcutta on December 28 - 30, 1883 and was attended by more than a hundred delegates from different parts of India.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokamanya during _______.
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His trial in $$1907-08$$
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The Lucknow pact of $$1916$$
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The Home Rule Movement
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The Congress Session in $$1917$$
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak earned the epithet of Lokamanya during the Home Rule movement. Home Rule Leagues were organizations established in April and September 1916 during WW I, by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant. Many Indian revolutionaries suported the Britishers but Tilak and Besant considered this an opportunity to achieve independence from the British. Thus, they decided to organise a national alliance of leagues across India, specifically to demand Home Rule, or self-government.
After the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement, Gandhiji laid emphasis on ________.
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Compromise with the British
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Limited use of Violence
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Constructive programme
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None of the above
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The Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended, when congress withdrew mass satyagraha in 1934. He decided to focus on constructive work after the failure of the Civil Disobedience movement. The programme of constructive activities included khadi work, temple entry agitation, Communal Unity, Removal of Untouchability, etc.
At the historic Tripuri Session of the Congress(March $$1939$$) Subhas Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi's official candidate for the President ship of the Congress. Who was Gandhiji's nominee?
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Abdul Kalam Azad
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Pattabhi Sitaramayya
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Vallabhbhai Patel
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In 1939, Bose put forward his name for presidentship of the Tripuri session. Mahatma Gandhi, on the other hand, put candidature of Pattabhi Sitaramayya. But the popularity of Bose shattered the hope of Gandhi and became the President. But Bose couldn't preside over the session as result of his illness.
The Non-Cooperation Movement under Gandhi was in full swing during the Viceroyalty of ___________.
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Chelmsford
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Irwin
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Reading
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Hardinge
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Non-cooperation movement was a movement organized by Mohandas Gandhi, to induce the British government of India to grant self-government, or swaraj, to India. Another objective was the restoration of the old status of the Caliph. Lord Reading was the Viceroy during which the Non-cooperation Movement had reached climax and was abruptly withdrawn in 1922.
On account of his differences with Gandhiji, Subhas Chandra Bose resigned the Presidentship of the Congress(April $$1939$$) and organised a new party called _______.
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Congress Socialist Party
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Azad Hind Fauz
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Congress Liberal party
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Forward Block
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In 1939, Subhash Bose believed that the Congress was strong enough to launch an immediate struggle and that the masses were ready for such struggle. Gandhiji's perceptions were very different. So Bose resigned and formed the Forward Bloc.as a new party within the Congress. Bose became the president of the Forward Bloc and S.S. Cavesheer its vice-president.
The youngest President of the Indian National Congress, who held that office at the age of $$35$$, was _______.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Subhash Chandra Bose
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Annuie Besant
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Abul Kalam Azad
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In 1923, at an age of 35, Abul Kalam Azad became the youngest person to serve as the President of the Indian National Congress. He was also a noted writer, poet and journalist. He was a prominent political leader of the Indian National Congress and was elected as Congress President in 1923 and 1940.
Which of the following is not one of the reasons why Mahatma Gandhi is known as the Father of Nation?
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He was universally adored, admired and respected by all castes, communities and classes
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Starting with opposition to the Rowlatt Acts, till the Quit India Movement he was the supreme leader and the main spirit behind the national movement
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His social political, economic and religious ideologies were based on Indian values with a very strong moral and ethical content
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He was the founder President of the Indian National Congress
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Gandhiji's simplicity and love towards others made him closer to the common man. He worked for the benefit of downtrodden community, he taught the non violent method to attain swaraj. Subhash Chandra Bose in respect of Gandhi ji gave him the title of 'Father of Nation'.
He was not one of the founder President of the Indian National Congress.
The first definite and forceful expression of the concept of a separate homeland for the Muslims came from _________.
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Sir Mohammad Iqbal
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Rahmat Ali
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MA Jinnah
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Liaqat Ali
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Mohammad Iqbal is credited with the idea of Pakistan. He believed that Muslims are a distinct nation and thus deserve political independence from other regions and communities of India. He devised the idea of a north-western Muslim province when he became convinced that Muslims faced extinction in India.
Where did Mahatma Gandhi first apply his technique of Satyagraha?
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Dandi
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Noakhali
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England
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South Africa
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Gandhi first propagated the philosophy of Satyagraha and propelled the country towards a no class discrimination society. The campaigners went on peaceful marches and presented themselves for arrest in protest against unjust laws. This form of action later became one of the great political tools of the 20th century.
Which of the following was not one of the historic decisions of the Lahore Session $$(1929)$$ of the Indian National Congress?
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Decision to launch a programme of civil disobedience
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Complete independence(Poorna Swaraj) as the goal of the Indian National Congress
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Decision to observe January $$26$$ as the Poorna Swaraj Day
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To treat the communal problem as a national issue
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The Purna Swaraj declaration (or complete self-rule independent of the British Empire) was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on 19 December 1929 in its Lahore session. 26th January 1930 was declared as Purna Swaraj Diwas. At this session, it was decided that Round Table Conference was to be boycotted and Civil Disobedience was to be launched.
The first Indian to be elected as a member of the British House of Commons was ____________.
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Dadabhai Naoroji
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Surendra Nath Banerjee
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DR BR Ambedkar
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C R Das
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Dadabhai Naoroji was the first Indian to be elected as a member of the British House of Commons. He was of the view that Indians should participate in British political institutions and raise their voice in it. He was accepted by the Liberal Party as a candidate and became the first non-white member of the House of Commons. he represented his constituency well and raised a variety of issues like civil rights situation in India, the condition of Indians in South Africa, etc.
The Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Why did the Congress decide to resume the movement in January $$1932$$?
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Failure of the Second Round Table Conference
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Repudiation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact by the British Government
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British policies of repression
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All the above
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The following reasons made Gandhiji and Congress agreed relaunch Civil Disobedience Movement:
1. After the failure of the 2nd round table conference, Congress discovered that the government had began a new cycle of repression.
2. Series of measures had been imposed to prevent meetings and boycotts.
The name of the periodical published by Gandhi during his stay in South Africa was ________.
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Navjivan
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India Gazette
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Afrikaner
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Indian Opinion
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The Indian Opinion was a newspaper established by Mahatma Gandhi. He decided in 1903 to launch the newspaper in response to the growing need in South Africa to voice effectively the feelings of Indians against racial intolerance of the white regime.
Which of the following institutions was not founded by Gandhi?
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Sevagram Ashram
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Ramakrishna Mission
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Phoenix Ashram
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Sabarmati Ashram
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Ramakrishna Mission institution was not founded by Gandhi. Ramakrishna Mission was founded near Calcutta (now Kolkata) by Vivekananda in 1897 with a twofold purpose: to spread the teachings of Vedanta as embodied in the life of the Hindu saint Ramakrishna (1836–86) and to improve the social conditions of the Indian people.
Tilak started his career as a _________.
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Writer
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Professor
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Journalist
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Lawyer
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Tilak was a scholar, mathematician, philosopher, and ardent nationalist. He received his law degree in 1879. After finishing his education, he started teaching English and Mathematics at a private school in Poona. He developed the institution into a university college which aimed at educating the masses.
Motilal Nehru presided over the Congress Session of $$1919$$ held at ________.
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Lahore
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Amritsar
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Calcutta
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Bombay
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The 34th Session of Congress was held at Amritsar in 1919. Under the presidentship of Motilal Nehru, the Congress condemned the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in the strongest of terms. It expressed its deep solidarity with the people killed in the massacre in the city earlier that year..
Which of the following statement is not correct about Poona pact?
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It was agreed between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar
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It was signed on January 23, 1932
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It was signed in yarvada jail in Puna
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This act increased the number of seats reserved for depressed class from 71 to 148.
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The Poona Pact refers to an agreement between Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune, India.
The Government of India Act of $$1935$$ has divided India into __________ provinces.
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$$11$$
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$$14$$
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Government of India Act of 1935 was the last constitution of British India, before the country was divided, in 1947 and worked till the Indian Constitution was framed. Some of its features were:
1. Introduced provincial autonomy and dyarchy at centre.
2. It provided for the establishment of a federal court.
3. It gave a measure to form a federal form of government and an all India Federation. The proposed all India federation included 11 provinces of British India, 6 Chief Commissioners Provinces and those princely states who might accede to the federation.
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