INSIGHTS STATIC QUIZ 2020 - 21
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
Consider the following statements:
- Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan formed a clan of non-violent revolutionaries, the Khudai Khidmatgars.
- Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: a)
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan formed a clan of non-violent revolutionaries, the Khudai Khidmatgars (known as Red Shirts). The Khudai Khidmatgar was founded on a belief in the power of Gandhi’s notion of Satyagraha.
Annie Besant was the first woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress. She became president of INC in 1917 session.
Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the president of the Congress. She became president of INC in 1925 Kanpur session.
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Solution: a)
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan formed a clan of non-violent revolutionaries, the Khudai Khidmatgars (known as Red Shirts). The Khudai Khidmatgar was founded on a belief in the power of Gandhi’s notion of Satyagraha.
Annie Besant was the first woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress. She became president of INC in 1917 session.
Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the president of the Congress. She became president of INC in 1925 Kanpur session.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Consider the following statements.
- A Khilafat Committee was formed in 1915 to defend the Khalifa’s temporal powers.
- Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali, two prominent leaders, decided to boycott the Khilafat Committee.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: d)
The Khilafat committee was formed in the aftermath of the First World War (ending in 1919).
Post-war, there were rumours that a harsh peace treaty was going to be imposed on the Ottoman emperor – the spiritual head of the Islamic world (the Khalifa).
To defend the Khalifa’s temporal powers, a Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay in March 1919.
A young generation of Muslim leaders like the brothers Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali, began discussing with Mahatma Gandhi about the possibility of a united mass action on the issue.
Gandhiji saw this as an opportunity to bring Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national movement.
At the Calcutta session of the Congress in September 1920, he convinced other leaders of the need to start a non-cooperation movement in support of Khilafat as well as for swaraj.
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Solution: d)
The Khilafat committee was formed in the aftermath of the First World War (ending in 1919).
Post-war, there were rumours that a harsh peace treaty was going to be imposed on the Ottoman emperor – the spiritual head of the Islamic world (the Khalifa).
To defend the Khalifa’s temporal powers, a Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay in March 1919.
A young generation of Muslim leaders like the brothers Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali, began discussing with Mahatma Gandhi about the possibility of a united mass action on the issue.
Gandhiji saw this as an opportunity to bring Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national movement.
At the Calcutta session of the Congress in September 1920, he convinced other leaders of the need to start a non-cooperation movement in support of Khilafat as well as for swaraj.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Consider the following statements regarding Home Rule League Movement.
- Home Rule League Movement was the Indian response to the First World War.
- Jawaharlal Nehru, Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Madan Mohan Malaviya supported the Home Rule agitation.
- The Russian Revolution of 1917 led to the decline of the Home Rule League Movement.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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Solution: c)
The Home Rule Movement was the Indian response to the First World War.
The Indian Home Rule Leagues were organized on the lines of the Irish Home Rule Leagues and they represented the emergence of a new trend of aggressive politics. Annie Besant and Tilak were the pioneers of this new trend.
The Home Rule agitation was later joined by Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhulabhai Desai, Chittaranjan Das, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Mohammad Ali jinnah, Tej Bahadur Sapru and Lala Lajpat Rai. Some of these leaders became heads of local branches.
The League campaign aimed to convey to the common man the message of Home Rule as self-government. The Russian Revolution of 1917 proved to be an added advantage for the Home Rule campaign.
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Solution: c)
The Home Rule Movement was the Indian response to the First World War.
The Indian Home Rule Leagues were organized on the lines of the Irish Home Rule Leagues and they represented the emergence of a new trend of aggressive politics. Annie Besant and Tilak were the pioneers of this new trend.
The Home Rule agitation was later joined by Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhulabhai Desai, Chittaranjan Das, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Mohammad Ali jinnah, Tej Bahadur Sapru and Lala Lajpat Rai. Some of these leaders became heads of local branches.
The League campaign aimed to convey to the common man the message of Home Rule as self-government. The Russian Revolution of 1917 proved to be an added advantage for the Home Rule campaign.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
The Ghadar party was
- A revolutionary organization
- Founded in Punjab
- Aiming at securing India’s independence from British rule
Select the correct answer code:
Correct
Solution: b)
The Ghadr Party was a revolutionary group organized around a weekly newspaper The Ghadr with its headquarters at San Francisco and branches along the US coast and in the Far East with the aim of securing India’s independence from British rule.
Key members included Lala Har Dayal, Sohan Singh Bhakna, Abdul Hafiz Mohamed Barakatullah, Kartar Singh Sarabha, and Rashbehari Bose.
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Solution: b)
The Ghadr Party was a revolutionary group organized around a weekly newspaper The Ghadr with its headquarters at San Francisco and branches along the US coast and in the Far East with the aim of securing India’s independence from British rule.
Key members included Lala Har Dayal, Sohan Singh Bhakna, Abdul Hafiz Mohamed Barakatullah, Kartar Singh Sarabha, and Rashbehari Bose.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
Consider the following statements regarding Morley-Minto Reforms
- It retained official majority in the Central Legislative Council but allowed the provincial legislative councils to have non-official majority.
- It introduced a system of communal representation for Muslims by accepting the concept of ‘separate electorate’.
- It granted franchise to a limited number of people on the basis of property, tax or education.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Correct
Solution: b)
Features of Act of 1909:
- It retained official majority in the Central Legislative Council but allowed the provinciallegislative councils to have non-official majority.
- It introduced a system of communal representation for Muslims by accepting the concept of‘separate electorate’. Under this, the Muslim members were to be elected only by Muslim
Government of India Act of 1919 granted franchise to a limited number of people on the basis of property, tax or education.
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Solution: b)
Features of Act of 1909:
- It retained official majority in the Central Legislative Council but allowed the provinciallegislative councils to have non-official majority.
- It introduced a system of communal representation for Muslims by accepting the concept of‘separate electorate’. Under this, the Muslim members were to be elected only by Muslim
Government of India Act of 1919 granted franchise to a limited number of people on the basis of property, tax or education.