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upsc-p1-history-gandhian-movements MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below. List I (Person) A. Anasuya Sarabhai B. C. Rajagopalachari C. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan D. Usha Mehta List II (Associated setting) 1. Vedaranyam March 2. Underground communication during Quit India 3. Khudai Khidmatgars in the North-West Frontier Province 4. Ahmedabad mill labour dispute
Anasuya Sarabhai belongs to the Ahmedabad labour context; C. Rajagopalachari led the Vedaranyam march; Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan led the Khudai Khidmatgars in the North-West Frontier Province; and Usha Mehta was important in underground communication during Quit India. Thus option D gives the complete match.
Q2Arrange the following events in chronological order, from earliest to latest: A. Rowlatt Satyagraha B. Ahmedabad mill strike C. Suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement after Chauri Chaura D. Champaran Satyagraha Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The sequence is Champaran (1917), the Ahmedabad mill strike (1918), the Rowlatt Satyagraha (1919), and suspension of Non-Cooperation after Chauri Chaura (1922). Hence option C gives the correct chronology.
Q3With reference to the Non-Cooperation Movement, consider the following statements: 1. The Nagpur session reorganised the Congress on a linguistic provincial basis and reduced the membership fee. 2. Deliberate breach of selected colonial laws constituted the core method of the movement. 3. Its constructive programme included khadi, national schools, panchayats and removal of untouchability. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 3 are correct. The Nagpur session gave the movement a mass organisational structure, while khadi, national schools, panchayats and removal of untouchability belonged to its constructive programme. Statement 2 describes Civil Disobedience; Non-Cooperation primarily withdrew cooperation from colonial institutions and goods.
Q4Consider the following statements about the Quit India Movement: 1. The Congress Working Committee at Wardha demanded British withdrawal in July 1942. 2. The arrest of most top Congress leaders on 9 August 1942 contributed to decentralised resistance, including underground communication. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Both statements are correct. The Wardha resolution preceded the August meeting in Bombay, and the immediate arrest of the top leadership left the movement leaderless at the centre. Strikes, underground literature, secret radio and local networks then became prominent forms of resistance.
Q5With reference to the Rowlatt Satyagraha and the Punjab events of 1919, consider the following statements: 1. The Rowlatt legislation was connected with the Sedition Committee chaired by Justice Sidney Rowlatt. 2. The arrests of Saifuddin Kitchlew and Satyapal intensified anger in Amritsar. 3. The Hunter Committee was appointed before the Jallianwala Bagh massacre to draft the Rowlatt legislation. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. The Rowlatt Act followed the work of the Sedition Committee chaired by Justice Sidney Rowlatt, and the arrests of Kitchlew and Satyapal sharpened anger in Amritsar. Statement 3 reverses the sequence and function: the Hunter Committee examined the Punjab disturbances and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre afterward.
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6Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below. List I (Event) A. Nagpur Congress B. Gandhi-Irwin Pact C. Poona Pact D. Jallianwala Bagh List II (Marker) 1. Hunter Committee inquiry 2. Reserved seats within joint electorates 3. Congress reorganisation on a linguistic provincial basis 4. Congress participation in the Second Round Table Conference
7Consider the following statements about the Civil Disobedience Movement: 1. Gandhi began the Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram on 12 March 1930 and broke the salt law at Dandi on 6 April 1930. 2. Under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, the government abolished the salt tax completely and agreed to release political prisoners convicted of violence. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
8With reference to Gandhi's early satyagrahas in India, consider the following statements: 1. At Champaran, Gandhi collected testimonies and defied an official order to leave. 2. At Ahmedabad, Gandhi relied on anti-state mobilisation rather than arbitration. 3. At Kheda, the demand was an unconditional refusal of every form of taxation. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
9Arrange the following events in chronological order, from earliest to latest: A. Lahore Congress adopts purna swaraj B. Appointment of the Simon Commission C. Gandhi breaks the salt law at Dandi D. Nehru Report Select the correct answer using the code given below.
10With reference to the Round Table process, consider the following statements: 1. The Congress did not participate in the First Round Table Conference. 2. Gandhi attended the Second Round Table Conference as the Congress representative. 3. The work connected with the Third Round Table Conference, the White Paper and the Joint Select Committee fed into the Government of India Act, 1935. Select the correct answer using the code given below.