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Indian national movement iii (1930 1947) - Test Set 7

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  1. Question 1

    UPSC CAPF 2017
    The Lahore Resolution passed in 1940 is known for demanding:
    1. Complete Independence
    2. Formation of Pakistan
    3. Formation of Interim Government
    4. Cooperation with British
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  2. Question 2

    BPSC Prelims 2020
    Who among the following drafted the Karachi Resolution of 1931?
    1. B.R. Ambedkar
    2. Mahatma Gandhi
    3. Subhas Chandra Bose
    4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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  3. Question 3

    SSC CGL 2022 Tier-1
    The Poona Pact was signed between:
    1. Gandhi and Jinnah
    2. Gandhi and Ambedkar
    3. Gandhi and Irwin
    4. Nehru and Jinnah
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  4. Question 4

    Who was the first President of the Provisional Government of Free India?
    1. Rash Behari Bose
    2. Subhas Chandra Bose
    3. Mohan Singh
    4. J.P. Narayan
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  5. Question 5

    UPSC NDA 2019
    Which event immediately preceded the Quit India Movement?
    1. Cripps Mission failure
    2. Arrival of the Simon Commission
    3. Cabinet Mission Plan
    4. INA Trials
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  6. Question 6

    BPSC Prelims 2020
    On which date did Muhammad Ali Jinnah celebrate the Day of Deliverance ?
    1. 22nd December 1939
    2. 16th August 1946
    3. 15th August 1947
    4. 22nd October 1947
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  7. Question 7

    For how many months did the Individual Satyagraha continue?
    1. 12 months
    2. 15 months
    3. 18 months
    4. 24 months
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  8. Question 8

    In the absence of Mahatma Gandhi, the Quit India Movement (1942) was primarily led by whom?
    1. Jawaharlal Nehru
    2. Subhas Chandra Bose
    3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    4. Aruna Asaf Ali
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  9. Question 9

    The nerve centre of the Quit India Movement in Bengal was located at:
    1. Kolkata
    2. Howrah
    3. Durgapur
    4. Tamluk
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  10. Question 10

    Which parallel government during the Indian freedom struggle ran for the longest time?
    1. Tamluk Government
    2. Satara Government
    3. Talcher Government
    4. Balia Government
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  11. Question 11

    The Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) was officially formed on:
    1. 1st September 1941
    2. 21st October 1942
    3. 1st September 1942
    4. 15th August 1945
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  12. Question 12

    Subhas Chandra Bose escaped from house arrest and left for Germany on:
    1. 1941
    2. 1942
    3. 1940
    4. 1943
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  13. Question 13

    The Indian National Army (INA) trials were held at the Red Fort in:
    1. 1943
    2. 1945
    3. 1947
    4. 1946
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  14. Question 14

    SSC CGL 2020; CDS 2018; WBCS Prelims 2017, 2022
    The 'Direct Action Day' called by the Muslim League, leading to widespread communal riots, particularly in Calcutta, occurred on:
    1. March 23, 1940
    2. August 8, 1942
    3. June 3, 1947
    4. August 16, 1946
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  15. Question 15

    CDS 2019; NET History 2022
    British Prime Minister Clement Attlee's historic statement fixing a deadline for the British to leave India was made on:
    1. August 15, 1945
    2. February 20, 1947
    3. June 3, 1947
    4. July 18, 1947
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  16. Question 16

    CAPF 2021; SSC CGL 2023
    The Indian Independence Act, 1947, which gave effect to the Mountbatten Plan, received Royal Assent on:
    1. June 3, 1947
    2. July 4, 1947
    3. July 18, 1947
    4. August 15, 1947
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  17. Question 17

    NET Political Science 2019
    M.N. Roy, initially a prominent communist figure, later advocated for:
    1. Radical Humanism
    2. Parliamentary Democracy
    3. Anarchism
    4. Gandhian Socialism
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  18. Question 18

    CDS 2020; CAPF 2018
    The 'August Offer' was rejected by the Indian National Congress primarily because:
    1. It did not offer immediate Purna Swaraj
    2. It proposed partition
    3. It did not sufficiently expand the Viceroy's Executive Council
    4. It gave too much importance to the Princely States
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  19. Question 19

    During the Quit India Movement, Aruna Asaf Ali was associated with which major activity?
    1. Leading the Salt Satyagraha
    2. Hoisting the Indian flag at Gowalia Tank Maidan
    3. Organizing underground resistance activities
    4. Participating in the Round Table Conference
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  20. Question 20

    In the context of Caste Movements, the term 'Adi-Dravida' was popularised by:
    1. E.V. Ramasamy Periyar
    2. Jyotirao Phule
    3. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
    4. Self-Respect Movement activists in Tamil Nadu
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