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Freedom Struggle — Third Phase (1927–1939) — GK Questions with Answers

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  1. Indians protested against the Simon Commission mainly because — (IAS 2013)
    1. They never wanted the 1919 Act reviewed
    2. It proposed ending dyarchy in the provinces
    3. It had no Indian member
    4. It suggested partitioning the country
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    Answer: (C) It had no Indian member

    All seven members were British MPs.

  2. Moderates who left the Congress in 1918 (after the Montford proposals split the party) formed —
    1. Indian Liberal Federation
    2. National Party
    3. Congress Socialist Party
    4. Unionist Party
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    Answer: (A) Indian Liberal Federation

    Led by Surendranath Banerjea and others; it later sent Sapru, Sastri and Chintamani to the RTCs.

  3. Against the Partition of Bengal, the main weapon of the nationalists was —
    1. Satyagraha
    2. Civil disobedience
    3. Non-cooperation
    4. Swadeshi and boycott
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    Answer: (D) Swadeshi and boycott

    The Swadeshi movement of 1905.

  4. How did the government first react to the Salt March?
    1. It banned the Congress at once
    2. It used heavy repression from day one
    3. It treated it lightly
    4. It arrested Gandhi before he reached Dandi
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    Answer: (C) It treated it lightly

    Irwin thought the salt campaign posed little danger; repression came after the law-breaking spread.

  5. Under the Poona Pact, seats reserved for the Depressed Classes were —
    1. increased
    2. decreased
    3. kept the same
    4. abolished
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    Answer: (A) increased

    71 under the Award → 148 under the Pact, but in a joint electorate.

  6. What led Jinnah to put forward his Fourteen Points?
    1. Fear of majority rule in general
    2. Hindu Mahasabha politics
    3. Disagreement with the Nehru Report
    4. A British challenge to draft a constitution
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    Answer: (C) Disagreement with the Nehru Report

    The Nehru Report had dropped separate electorates.

  7. Gandhi’s fast unto death in 1932 was against separate electorates for —
    1. Depressed Classes
    2. Backward Classes
    3. Europeans
    4. Christians and Sikhs
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    Answer: (A) Depressed Classes

    He saw it as splitting them from Hindu society.

  8. Which was NOT a reason the Third RTC is called mere window-dressing?
    1. Its membership had changed
    2. Most work was done by committees of the Second RTC
    3. With no basic issue left, it dealt with details
    4. Only the princes came from India
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    Answer: (D) Only the princes came from India

    Indian delegates such as Sapru and Ambedkar also attended.

  9. Which pair (province : premier after 1937) is wrong?
    1. Bombay : Dr N.B. Khare
    2. Bihar : Sri Krishna Sinha
    3. Madras : C. Rajagopalachari
    4. Assam : Bordoloi
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    Answer: (A) Bombay : Dr N.B. Khare

    Bombay — B.G. Kher; Khare led the Central Provinces.

  10. Who spoke for the Liberals at the Second RTC?
    1. Muhammad Iqbal
    2. G.D. Birla
    3. B.R. Ambedkar
    4. T.B. Sapru
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    Answer: (D) T.B. Sapru

    Iqbal — Muslims; Birla — capitalists; Ambedkar — Depressed Classes.

  1. Why did the Congress ministries resign in 1939?
    1. They could not form ministries elsewhere
    2. The left wing made work impossible
    3. Communal riots in their provinces
    4. None of these
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    Answer: (D) None of these

    They resigned because India was made a party to the war without consultation.

  2. Who drafted the Fundamental Rights resolution for the Karachi Congress, 1931? (IAS 2005)
    1. B.R. Ambedkar
    2. Jawaharlal Nehru
    3. Rajendra Prasad
    4. Vallabhbhai Patel
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    Answer: (B) Jawaharlal Nehru

    Patel presided over the session; Nehru drafted the resolution.

  3. Gandhi’s 1932 fast unto death was mainly because — (IAS 2012)
    1. The RTC failed Indian hopes
    2. Congress and League differed
    3. MacDonald announced the Communal Award
    4. None of these
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    Answer: (C) MacDonald announced the Communal Award

    The Award gave separate electorates to the Depressed Classes.

  4. Purna Swaraj was adopted as the Congress goal at —
    1. Calcutta, 1928
    2. Lahore, 1929
    3. Karachi, 1931
    4. Lucknow, 1936
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    Answer: (B) Lahore, 1929

    Under Jawaharlal Nehru; 26 January 1930 was the first Independence Day.

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