indian freedom struggle II (1917–1947) MCQs set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Clement Attlee said “ Imperialism is dead as dodo.”

Answer: (b)

Swami Sahajanand Saraswati presided over the first session of All India Kisan Sabha.

Answer: (a)

• Dr. Ambedkar attended all the three Round Table Conferences in London and forcefully argued for the welfare of the “untouchables”. Meanwhile, the British Government decided to hold provincial elections in 1937.
• Dr. B.R. Ambedkar set up the “Independent Labor Party” in August 1936 to contest the elections in the Bombay province. He and many candidates of his party were elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly.

Answer: (a)

Both the Swarajists and the No-Changers were engaged in a fierce political struggle, but both were determined to avoid the disastrous experience of the 1907 split at Surat. On the advice of Gandhi, the two groups decided to remain in the Congress but to work in their separate ways. There was no basic difference between the two. Swarajist members were elected to the councils.

Answer: (b)

In the Lahore 1929 session of the Indian National Congress, ‘Poorna Swaraj’ was declared the goal of Congress. In the prevailing atmosphere of restlessness, the annual session of the Congress was held at Lahore in December 1929.

During this session presided over by Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress passed the Poorna Swaraj resolution. Moreover, as the government failed to accept the Nehru Report, Congress gave a call to launch the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Answer: (c)

Ashfaque-ullah Khan the first recorded Muslim revolutionary who was hanged for India’s independence.