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Q1Match the following events with their correct details: List I: 1. Lahore Congress 2. Independence Day observance 3. Dandi action 4. Gandhi-Irwin Pact List II: a. Civil Disobedience was suspended and Congress participation in the Second Round Table Conference became possible b. Purna Swaraj was declared as the Congress goal c. Gandhi broke the salt law d. 26 January was observed across India
The Lahore Congress of December 1929, under Jawaharlal Nehru, declared Purna Swaraj as the Congress goal. The next cue is 26 January 1930, observed as Independence Day across India. Gandhi then turned salt into the mass symbol and broke the salt law at Dandi on 6 April 1930. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 5 March 1931 suspended Civil Disobedience and allowed Congress to attend the Second Round Table Conference. That sequence gives the matching Lahore-Purna Swaraj, Independence Day-26 January, Dandi-salt law, and Pact-suspension.
Q2Match List I with List II. List I: 1. Purna Swaraj declared as Congress goal 2. Gandhi broke the salt law 3. Gandhi-Irwin Pact 4. Vedaranyam march List II: a. C. Rajagopalachari b. 5 March 1931 c. Lahore Congress, December 1929 d. Dandi, 6 April 1930 Choose the correct matching.
Purna Swaraj is placed at the Lahore Congress of December 1929 under Jawaharlal Nehru's presidency. Gandhi broke the salt law at Dandi on 6 April 1930 after leaving Sabarmati on 12 March. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact is dated 5 March 1931 and suspended Civil Disobedience for Congress participation in the Second Round Table Conference. C. Rajagopalachari led the Vedaranyam march in the south. These four links make the sequence Lahore Congress, Dandi, Gandhi-Irwin Pact and C. Rajagopalachari.
Q3Which one of the following statements about princely-state integration and republican nation building is incorrect?
The incorrect statement transfers the Jammu and Kashmir sequence to Hyderabad. Jammu and Kashmir acceded after a Pakistan-backed tribal invasion in October 1947; Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession and Indian troops were airlifted to Srinagar. Hyderabad was different: it tried to remain outside both dominions until Operation Polo in September 1948 ended the Nizam's resistance. Patel and Menon, the accession subjects of defence, external affairs and communications, and the Constitution coming into force on 26 January 1950 are all stated correctly.
Q4Which early Gandhian struggle in India directly challenged indigo planter coercion under the tinkathia system?
Champaran in 1917 is linked with the grievances of indigo cultivators under the tinkathia system, where peasants were forced to set aside part of their land for indigo. Gandhi collected testimonies and defied orders to leave, turning enquiry into resistance. Kheda dealt with revenue remission after crop failure, Ahmedabad with a labour dispute, and Dandi with the salt law in 1930. The cue is the specific phrase “indigo planter coercion under the tinkathia system”, which points only to Champaran Satyagraha.
Q5Which statement about Subhas Chandra Bose and the INA phase is correct?
Bose's INA phase is distinct from the Quit India underground phase. They state that the INA first took shape after the fall of Singapore in February 1942 and gained wider political power after Bose reached Singapore in July 1943. The Provisional Government of Azad Hind was then proclaimed on 21 October 1943. The Forward Bloc belongs to 3 May 1939, Captain Lakshmi Sahgal is linked with the Rani of Jhansi Regiment, and Aruna Asaf Ali is linked with the Congress flag at Gowalia Tank during Quit India.
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6Assertion (A): The Cripps Mission proposal created nationalist anxiety about fragmentation. Reason (R): It offered a post-war constitution-making process but included an option for provinces to stand outside the future Union. Choose the correct answer.
7Which one of the following statements is incorrect about post-independence integration and republican nation-building?
8Consider the following statements about the Rowlatt-Jallianwala-Non-Cooperation sequence: Statement 1: The Rowlatt Act extended wartime emergency powers into peacetime and allowed detention without normal judicial safeguards. Statement 2: Jallianwala Bagh strengthened Gandhi's faith that British rule could be morally corrected through cooperation alone. Which of the statements is/are correct?
9Which statement best captures Gandhi's method during the Champaran Satyagraha of 1917?
10Statement 1: The Non-Cooperation Movement helped turn Congress into a mass organisation through boycotts, national education and wider membership. Statement 2: Gandhi withdrew the movement after the Chauri Chaura violence because he treated non-violence as an essential condition of the struggle. Which of the statements is/are correct?