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

Answer: (c)

Lord Emery was not a member of the Cabinet Mission Plan. After the Second World War, Lord Atlee became the Prime Minister of England. On 15 March 1946 Lord Atlee made a historic announcement in which the right to self-determination and the framing of a Constitution for India were conceded.

Consequently, three members of the British Cabinet – Pathick Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander – were sent to India. This is known as the Cabinet Mission.

Answer: (b)

Abdul Gaffar Khan was known as the Frontier Gandhi (Simanta Gandhi). Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition to the British Raj in British India, and a lifelong pacifist and devout Muslim.

He was a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi and has been referred to as the “Frontier Gandhi” by the Indians. In 1910, he opened a mosque school at his hometown Utmanzai, and in 1911 joined the freedom movement of Haji Sahib of Turangzai, however, in 1915, the British authorities banned his mosque school.

Answer: (a)

The main aim of the Non-Cooperation Movement was to boycott law courts, government institutions including school and colleges, foreign goods and renunciation of Government titles. They boycotted elections in 1920 even though the move was opposed by Chittaranjan Das.

Answer: (c)

Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as president of the Congress for the second time in 1939 which was not supported by Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi went on a fast unto death. Bose quit the Congress and formed the Forward Bloc in 1939.

Answer: (a)

M.A. Jinnah was not a part of Non-cooperation Movement.

Answer: (b)

The book “Mountbatten and the Partition of India” was written by Larry Colling and Dominique Lapierre.