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30 Days Revision Module Day 11 - Indian National Movement (UPSC Prelims 2021)

1) Consider the following statements

  1. The formal proclamation of the Swadeshi movement was made in 1905 in a conference convened by Surendranath Banerjee at Barisal.
  2. On the day of partition of Bengal, the famous Boycott resolution was passed by the leaders of the Swadeshi movement in Bengal.
  3. Chidambaram Pillai took the Swadeshi movement to Madras Presidency.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. b. c. d.

2) The truly all-India nature of the Non-Cooperation-Khilafat upsurge is best indicated by its penetration of the south. Which one of the linguistic regions of south India, remained largely unaffected?

a. b. c. d.

3) Consider the following statements regarding Borsad satyagraha

  1. It was organized at Borsad in Kheda district in 1923-24 under the leadership of Vallabhai Patel
  2. It was directed against a poll-tax imposed on every adult in Borsad to pay for police required to suppress a wave of dacoities.

Which of the given statements above is/are correct?

a. b. c. d.

4) Consider the following statements about Harcourt Butler Committe

  1. It was setup during the governor-general ship of Lord Irwin to look into the power of Paramountcy over Princely States.
  2. It recommended that Paramountcy would be exercised by the viceroy directly and not by the Governor-General in Council.

Which of the given statements above is/are correct?

a. b. c. d.

5) Consider the following statements regarding Independence for India League

  1. Jawaharlal and Subhas Chandra Bose organized the Independence for India League in the back drop of Nehru report opted for Dominion Status.
  2. It was established as an independent pressure-group outside congress to carry on the campaign for acceptance of the goals of complete independence.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

a. b. c. d.

6) Consider the following statements about Abdul Ghaffar Khan

  1. Abdul Ghaffar Khan had started educational and social reform work deriving inspiration from the Deoband Muslim nationalist group and Khilafat Movement.
  2. He started the first Pushto political monthly Pakhtun in 1928.
  3. He attended the Lahore Congress Session along with a large contingent of Pathans.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. b. c. d.

7) Consider the following statements regarding Prati Sarkar

  1. It was a parallel government organized in Satara region during Quit India Movement.
  2. Its activities included the running of people's courts nyayadan mandals and constructive work along Gandhian lines.
  3. It took effective measures against local dacoits.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. b. c. d.

8) The leaders associated with pioneering labour movement in India were

  1. Aswinicoomar Banerji
  2. A K Ghosh
  3. Premtosh Bose
  4. Prabhatkusum Roychaudhuri

Select the correct code

a. b. c. d.

9) During the stormy years from 1918 into the 1920s, the Liberals kept trying to vindicate their constitutionalist, reform-oriented position as a correct balance of British and Indian interests. With the Indian National Congress boycotting the Reform Act of 1919 during its early trials of 1920-1923, and with British officialdom resisting every challenge to its authority, failure stalked Indian Liberal efforts. As a group, their fortunes sank, while increasingly they found that their voices counted only when coming from individuals among them whose reputation as mediators suited a particular moment or circumstance. Who among the following were considered constitutionalists within the Indian National Congress?

a. b. c. d.

10) Consider the following statements about the Wavell plan of 1945

  1. The executive council can nominate members from amongst the nationalist leaders.
  2. The executive council may have equal number of caste Hindu and Muslim representatives.
  3. The veto power of the governor General was to be abolished.
  4. The subject of foreign affairs was to be transferred from the Governor General to an Indian Member of the council.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. b. c. d.

11) During the Indian Freedom struggle, consider the following statements with reference to the Home Rule Movement

  1. During this movement, Tilak linked the question of Swaraj with the demand for the establishment of linguistic States and providing education in the Vernacular languages.
  2. At Allahabad, Jawaharlal Nehru joined Annie Besant’s Home Rule League.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. b. c. d.

12) Gandhiji declared 21 days fast while in jail at 1943, what was the reasoning behind this move?

a. b. c. d.

13) Which of the following statements regarding Non-cooperation movement is not correct?

a. b. c. d.

14) On 22 June 1897, the Diamond Jubilee of the coronation of Queen Victoria, Rand and his military escort Lt. Ayerst were shot while returning from the celebrations at Government House. Both died, Ayerst on the spot and Rand of his wounds on 3 July. The Chapekar brothers and two accomplices were charged with the murders and were found guilty and hanged. What was the reason behind this Murder?

a. b. c. d.

15) As for Gandhi himself, the widespread violence on his home-ground, led him to confess to a 'Himalayan blunder' and quickly call off the satyagraha. The statement particularly refers to

a. b. c. d.

16) Consider the following statements regarding Nehru report:

  1. Tej Bahadur Sapru participated in drafting this report.
  2. It accepted the principle of separate communal electorates.
  3. It defined the Dominion status as the form of government desired by India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. b. c. d.

17) Consider the following statements

  1. The first session of the All-India Hindu Mahasabha was held under the Presidentship of the Maharaja of Kasim Bazar.
  2. The Jabalpur Session of Hindu Mahasabha in 1928 adopted resolutions calling for conversion of non-Hindus into Hinduism.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. b. c. d.

18) Consider the following statements

  1. The revolutionaries under the leadership of Surya Sen set up a “Provisional Independent Government of India” at Chittagong.
  2. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose proclaimed the establishment of a “Provisional Government of Free India” at Singapore.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. b. c. d.

19) Consider the following passage:

“He was arrested and deported to Myanmar’s Mandalay jail for leading an agitation for peasant rights, popularly known as ‘Pagri Sambhal Jatta’. He mobilised peasants against two new colonial laws, the Colonisation Act and the Doab Bari Act. He also went on to form a revolutionary organisation called the Bharat Mata Society in 1907. He lived in exile for 38 long years fighting for India’s freedom and died on the day India got independence. He wrote his autobiography named ‘Buried Alive’.”

Which one of the following personalities is described in the above passage?

a. b. c. d.

20) Consider the following statements about the Ghadar party

  1. The party was formed by revolutionaries who were mostly peasants and ex-soldiers.
  2. Lala Hardyal was the chief architect of the formation of this party in North America.
  3. There was no major women’s participation in the Ghadar movement.
  4. Defence of India act, 1915 was passed to suppress the revolutionary movement in India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. b. c. d.
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