indian freedom struggle II (1917–1947) MCQs set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Moti Lal Nehru had supported the Noncooperation Resolution of Mahatma Gandhi in the special session of the Indian National Congress at Calcutta in 1920.

Answer: (d)

Bhagat Singh was not associated with Kakori conspiracy case. He was a part of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. Bhagat Singh, Azad and Rajguru shot dead Saunders, the police official responsible for the lathicarge in Lahore.

Answer: (a)

The Congress rejected the August offer because no time frame was provided to form a national government and the offer encouraged the anti-congress forces like the Muslim League.

Answer: (d)

The Sarabandi (no tax) campaign of 1922 was led by Vallabhbhai Patel.

Answer: (b)

In the Lahore Session, 1915 of Muslim League, “Two-Nation Theory” was propounded. Fazlul Haq, the premier of Bengal, who along with the Muslim League had formed the government of Bengal Province, moved a resolution, which was passed by Muslim League.

In this session, Jinnah in his presidential address gave the famous Two-Nation Theory as follows:

1. “India cannot be assumed today to be a Unitarian and homogeneous nation, but on the contrary, there are two nations in the main – the Hindus and Muslims”.
2. The term Pakistan was not used in this session. Gandhiji rejected the Two-Nation Theory.

Answer: (d)

The Communal Award was made by the British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald on 16 August 1932 granting separate electorates in British India for the Forward Caste, Lower Caste, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans and Untouchables (then known as the Dalits), etc. The ‘award’ attracted severe criticism from Mahatma Gandhi, the Akali Dal, etc.