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Q1Consider the following statements: 1. The Nehru Report of 1928 was chaired by Motilal Nehru. 2. The Nehru Report recommended Dominion Status and joint electorates. 3. Jinnah rejected the Nehru Report and presented his Fourteen Points. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is correct because the Nehru Report was chaired by Motilal Nehru. Statement 2 is correct because it recommended Dominion Status and joint electorates, along with other constitutional provisions. Statement 3 is correct because Jinnah rejected it and presented his Fourteen Points.
Q2Consider the following statements: 1. The Poona Pact was signed on 24 September 1932 between Gandhi and Ambedkar. 2. The Poona Pact replaced separate electorates for Depressed Classes with reserved seats in joint electorates. 3. Lord Willingdon was the Viceroy when the Poona Pact was signed. 4. The Communal Award of 1932 granted joint electorates with reserved seats to Depressed Classes before the Poona Pact. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is correct because the Poona Pact was signed on 24 September 1932 between Gandhi and Ambedkar. Statement 2 is correct because it replaced separate electorates for Depressed Classes with reserved seats in joint electorates. Statement 3 is correct because Lord Willingdon was Viceroy at the time. Statement 4 is incorrect because the Communal Award granted separate electorates to Depressed Classes; the joint-electorate arrangement came through the Poona Pact.
Q3Consider the following statements: 1. The Quit India Resolution was passed on 8 August 1942 at Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay. 2. Matangini Hazra was shot dead while leading a procession with the Indian flag during the Quit India Movement at Tamluk. 3. Famous parallel governments during the Quit India Movement included Ballia, Tamluk and Satara. 4. Madras had the most notable parallel government of the Quit India Movement. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is correct because the Quit India Resolution was passed on 8 August 1942 at Gowalia Tank Maidan, now August Kranti Maidan, in Bombay. Statement 2 is correct because Matangini Hazra was shot while leading a flag procession at Tamluk in Midnapore in September 1942. Statement 3 is correct because Ballia, Tamluk and Satara are listed as famous parallel governments. Statement 4 is incorrect because Madras did not have a notable parallel government during the movement.
Q4Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was the first woman to:
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Nehru's sister) became the first woman President of the UN General Assembly in 1953. She also served as India's Ambassador to the USSR, USA, and UK, and was Governor of Maharashtra.
Q5Consider the following statements: 1. The Poona Pact was signed on 24 September 1932. 2. It replaced separate electorates for Depressed Classes with joint electorates and reserved seats. 3. It reduced the reserved seats for Depressed Classes from 148 to 71. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is correct because the Poona Pact was signed on 24 September 1932. Statement 2 is correct because it replaced separate electorates for Depressed Classes with joint electorates and reserved seats. Statement 3 is incorrect because the number of reserved seats increased from 71 under the Communal Award to 148, not the reverse.
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6Consider the following statements: 1. The Temple Entry Proclamation was issued by Sri Chithira Thirunal of Travancore on 12 November 1936. 2. The proclamation allowed all Hindus, irrespective of caste, to enter temples. 3. The Self-Respect Movement was founded by Gandhi in 1925 after the Vaikom Satyagraha. 4. The Vaikom Satyagraha of 1924-25 preceded the Temple Entry Proclamation. Which of the statements given above are correct?
7Consider the following statements: 1. The Simon Commission was boycotted because all its seven members were British and it had no Indian member. 2. The All India Muslim League was founded on December 30, 1906, at Dhaka. 3. Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj at Calcutta in 1875. Which of the statements given above are correct?
8Consider the following statements: 1. The Quit India resolution was passed on 8 August 1942 at the AICC session in Bombay. 2. Gandhi gave the call Do or Die during the Quit India Movement. 3. All major leaders were arrested on 9 August 1942. Which of the statements given above are correct?
9Consider the following statements: 1. At the Calcutta session of 1906, Dadabhai Naoroji declared Swaraj as the goal of the Congress for the first time. 2. The Calcutta session of 1928 accepted the Nehru Report and demanded Dominion Status. 3. The Lahore session of 1929 adopted the demand for Purna Swaraj and declared January 26, 1930 as Independence Day. 4. The Belgaum session of 1924 was the only Indian National Congress session presided over by Mahatma Gandhi. Which of the statements given above are correct?
10Who was the Viceroy when the Indian National Congress was founded in 1885?
11Consider the following statements: 1. The Rowlatt Act of 1919 allowed preventive detention for two years without trial. 2. Gandhi called for a nationwide hartal on 6 April 1919 during the Rowlatt Satyagraha. 3. General Dyer's troops fired 1,650 rounds at Jallianwala Bagh on 13 April 1919 according to official British records. Which of the statements given above are correct?
12The Simon Commission visited India in which year?
13The Dandi March started on March 12, 1930 from which ashram?
14The Sabarmati Ashram was founded by Gandhi in:
15Vivekananda's famous speech at the Parliament of Religions (1893) began with: