Insights Revision Plan for Prelims 2016: Test – 9

Consider the following statements:

1. After the abrupt withdrawal of Non-Cooepration Movement, C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru launched a new party named the Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party
2. The Swaraj Party wanted to present the national demand for self- government in the councils and if the demand was rejected, it wanted to resign from councils and initiate mass movement

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. During early 1920s, the no-changers opposed council-entry mainly because the 1919 Act didn’t give them enough powers to function effectively in councils
2. The Congress did not let Congressmen to either to stand as candidates or to exercise their franchise in 1923 legislative council elections

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Gandhiji was completely opposed to council-entry of congressmen, however, he supported the fight of Swarajists
2. Gandhiji was the president of 1924 Belgaum Session of Congress where he gave the Swarajists a majority of seats on his Working Committee

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Government of India 1919 Act, consider the following statements:

1. The Viceroy or the Governor could certify any legislation, including a budgetary grant, if it was rejected in the legislature
2. It made a provision for classification of the central and provincial subjects
3. The Act provided for the establishment of a Public Service Commission in India for the first time

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Vithalbhai Patel, the freedom fighter is well known for

The British Government in India passed the Public Safety Bill in 1928 – which was later defeated in the council – for the purpose of

Which of the following factors influenced the rise of revolutionary terrorism in India during 1920s?

1. The upsurge of working class trade unionism after the War
2. The Russian Revolution
3. Newly formed Communist groups with their emphasis on Marxism, Socialism and the proletariat
4. Failure of Gandhiji as a leader

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Which of the following revolutionaries were tried by the British in the Assembly Bomb Case?

1. Bhagat Singh
2. Sukhdev
3. Rajguru
4. K.Dutt

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With reference to the Bengal revolutionaries of the l920s and 1930s, consider the following statements:

1. Majority of them followed strict Hindu religiosity
2. They did not evolve broader socio-economic goals
3. They retained elements of social conservatism
4. Some of the groups included Muslim members

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following revolutionary wrote The Philosophy of the Bomb?

With reference to Bhagat Singh, Consider the following statements:

1. Before his arrest in 1929, he had abandoned his belief in terrorism and individual heroic action
2. Before his arrest in 1929, he had come to believe strongly that popular broad-based mass movements alone could lead to a successful revolution

Which of the above statements is/are INCORRECT?

With reference to Punjab Naujawan Bharat Sabha, consider the following statements:

1. It was formed with the help of Bhagat SIngh
2. It was anti-communalism
3. It a left-wing association

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to Simon Commission, consider the following statements:

1. It was formed by the British Labour government
2. It was formed to report on the working of the Indian constitution established by the Government of India Act of 1919
3. The report proposed provincial autonomy in India but rejected parliamentary responsibility at the centre
4. It accepted the idea of federalism and sought to retain direct contact between the British crown and the Indian states
5. It was opposed by Indians mainly because it had no Indian member

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to the Nehru Report, consider the following statements:

1. This report sought completely independent India, not the Dominion, as the form of government desired by India
2. It accepted the principle of separate communal electorates to give voice to everyone
3. It recommended universal adult suffrage

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

As of 1928, which of the following leaders sought Dominion Status for India and defended it?

1. Mahatma Gandhiji
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Motilal Nehru
4. Satyamurthi

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On which banks of the river, at midnight on 31 December 1929, the tricolour flag of Indian independence was unfurled?

Which of the following freedom fighters led a salt march from Trichinopoly to Vedaranniyam?

The Vaikom Satyagraha was organized to

During the Civil Disobedience Movement, Eastern India became the scene of a new kind of no-tax campaign — refusal to pay the chowkidara tax. Why?

The terms of the Gandhi – Irwin agreement included

1. The return of confiscated lands not yet sold to third parties
2. Lenient treatment for those government employees who had resigned
3. The immediate release of all political prisoners whether they were convicted for violence or not
4. The right to make salt for consumption to villages along the coast
5. A public inquiry into police excesses during civil disobedience movement

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The impetus for the formation of All India kisan Sabha came from the formation of the Congress Socialist Party (CSP)
2. Setting up of Karshaka Sanghams (peasant associations) in Kerala to mobilize peasants was the result of the efforts mainly of the Congress Socialist Party
3. The CSP members rejected many of Gandhian policies and Congress attitude towards communists

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following was/were both freedom fighter and a major farmer (kisan) leaders during Freedom Struggle?

1. G. Ranga
2. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
3. Indulal Yagnik

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With reference to the national movement and political activities in Princely States, consider the following statements:

1. The Congress did not allow its members to form groups or unions in States in the name of Congress till independence
2. The Congress had passed a resolution in 1920 itself calling upon the Princes to grant full responsible government in their States
3. In later years, the Congress demanded that the Princes guarantee fundamental rights to their people

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

In 1938, the Arya Samaj Satyagraha was launched to protest

What is common between Vadilal Lallubhai Mehta, Samuel Aaron and Lala Shankar Lal?

In a rare coin collection, there is one gold coin for every three non-gold coins. 10 more gold coins are added to the collection and the ratio of gold coins to non-gold coins would be 1: 2. Based on the information; the total number of corns in the collection now becomes

A gardener has 1000 plants: He wants to plant them in such a way that the number of rows and the number of columns remains the same. What is the minimum number of plants that he needs more for this purpose?

A sum of RS. 700 has to be used to give seven cash prizes to the students of a school for their overall academic performance. If each prize is Rs. 20 less than its preceding prize, then what is the least value of the prize?

 Out of 120 applications for a post, 70 are male and 80 have a driver’s license. What is the ratio between the minimum to maximum number of males having driver’s license?

In a garrison, there was food for 1000 soldiers for one month. After 10 days, 1000 more soldiers joined the garrison. How long would the soldiers be able to carry on with the remaining food?