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Indian national movement iii (1930 1947) - Test Set 8

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  1. Question 1

    NDA 2017
    The 'Instrument of Accession' was the legal document used for:
    1. Partitioning Punjab and Bengal
    2. The transfer of power from Britain to India
    3. The integration of Princely States into India or Pakistan
    4. Forming the Interim Government
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  2. Question 2

    NET History 2018
    The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) saw a split in 1929, partly influenced by:
    1. Gandhian ideology
    2. Growing Communist influence
    3. British government repression
    4. Differences over participation in elections
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  3. Question 3

    Who represented the Indian women at the Second Round Table Conference?
    1. Sarojini Naidu
    2. Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz & Radhabai Subbarayan
    3. Aruna Asaf Ali
    4. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
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  4. Question 4

    During the Civil Disobedience Movement, the 'No-Chaukidari Tax' campaign was popular in:
    1. Bihar and Bengal
    2. Punjab
    3. Madras Presidency
    4. North-West Frontier Province
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  5. Question 5

    SSC CGL 2022
    Which leader presided over the Congress session that passed the Quit India resolution?
    1. Mahatma Gandhi
    2. Jawaharlal Nehru
    3. Sardar Patel
    4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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  6. Question 6

    The 'Peshawar incident' during the Civil Disobedience Movement refers to:
    1. A raid on the Peshawar armoury
    2. The refusal of Garhwali soldiers to fire on unarmed protestors
    3. A communal riot instigated by British authorities
    4. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan's arrest
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  7. Question 7

    SSC CGL 2019
    Who among the following was NOT a member of the Cabinet Mission (1946)?
    1. Lord Pethick-Lawrence
    2. Sir Stafford Cripps
    3. A.V. Alexander
    4. Lord Wavell
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  8. Question 8

    UPSC CSE 2016; SSC CGL 2019; CDS 2020
    The defence counsel team for the INA prisoners in the Red Fort Trials included prominent lawyers like:
    1. Bhulabhai Desai, Tej Bahadur Sapru, Jawaharlal Nehru
    2. Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, C. Rajagopalachari
    3. M.A. Jinnah, Liaquat Ali Khan, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
    4. B.R. Ambedkar, M.R. Jayakar, Shyamaprasad Mukherjee
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  9. Question 9

    The 'Tebhaga Movement' (1946-47) in Bengal demanded:
    1. Abolition of the Zamindari system
    2. Land to the tiller
    3. Cancellation of rural debt
    4. Reduction of the share of the produce paid by sharecroppers (bargadars) to landlords (jotedars) from one-half to one-third
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  10. Question 10

    SSC MTS 2019; RRB Group D 2018
    Who was the British monarch when India gained independence in 1947?
    1. Queen Victoria
    2. King Edward VII
    3. King George V
    4. King George VI
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  11. Question 11

    SSC MTS 2021; UPPCS 2018
    During the Individual Satyagraha, Jawaharlal Nehru was the:
    1. First Satyagrahi
    2. Second Satyagrahi
    3. Third Satyagrahi
    4. Organizer of the movement
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  12. Question 12

    JPSC 2021
    Which prominent socialist leader played a key role in organizing underground activities during the Quit India Movement?
    1. Acharya Narendra Dev
    2. Minoo Masani
    3. Jayaprakash Narayan
    4. Asoka Mehta
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  13. Question 13

    The 'Pakistan Day' was observed by the Muslim League on:
    1. March 23, 1940
    2. August 16, 1946
    3. March 23, 1943
    4. August 14, 1947
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  14. Question 14

    Which year was the Congress Socialist Party (CSP) formed within the Indian National Congress?
    1. 1928
    2. 1934
    3. 1936
    4. 1936
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  15. Question 15

    The Communist Party of India was declared illegal in which year?
    1. 1932
    2. 1934
    3. 1936
    4. 1939
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  16. Question 16

    BPSC Prelims 2020
    Who reorganized the Communist Party of India in 1935?
    1. S.A. Dange
    2. P.C. Joshi
    3. M.N. Roy
    4. E.M.S. Namboodiripad
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  17. Question 17

    SSC CGL 2023
    The Dandi March covered approximately how many miles?
    1. 120
    2. 400
    3. 360
    4. 240
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  18. Question 18

    NET History 2022
    M.N. Roy was a pioneer of which ideology in India?
    1. Gandhian
    2. Liberal
    3. Communal
    4. Marxist
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