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

Answer: (a)

Mahatma Gandhi had told, “Destruction is the best method of dealing with foreign clothes.”

Answer: (b)

The Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on 9 December 1946 in the Constitution Hall which is now known as the Central Hall of Parliament House.

The Constituent Assembly took almost three years (two years, eleven months, and seventeen days to be precise) to complete its historic task of drafting the Constitution for Independent India.

During this period, it held eleven sessions covering a total of 165 days. Of these, 114 days were spent on the consideration of the Draft Constitution.

Answer: (c)

The first session of All India Trade Union Congress held in Bombay was presided over by Lala Lajpat Rai. All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was founded on 31 October 1920 in Bombay by N. M. Joshi, Lala Lajpat Rai and a few others and, until 1945 when unions became organised on party lines, it was the primary trade union organisation in India. Since then it has been associated with the Communist Party of India.

Answer: (c)

Asaf Ali was in charge of the railways and transport in the interim Government of India from September 2, 1946, before serving as the first ambassador from India to the USA from February 1947 to mid-April, 1948. He was appointed the governor of Odisha, but he resigned from the post in May 1952 on health grounds.

His last assignment was as India’s minister to Switzerland, Austria and the Vatican; he died in office in Bern.

Answer: (b)

Lala Lajpat Rai declared “ Every blow that is hurled on my back will be a nail in the coffin of the British Empire.

Answer: (b)

The first mass movement started by Mahatma Gandhi was Non-cooperation Movement. Mahatma Gandhi announced his plan to begin Non-Cooperation with the government as a sequel to the Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh massacre, and the Khilafat Movement. It was approved by the Indian National Congress at the Nagpur session in December 1920. The movement began with Mahatma Gandhi renouncing the titles, which were given by the British.

Other leaders and influential persons also followed him by surrendering their honorary posts and titles. Students came out of the government educational institutions. National schools such as the Kashi Vidyapeeth, the Bihar Vidyapeeth, and the Jamia Millia Islamia were set up. All the prominent leaders of the country gave up their lucrative legal practice. Legislatures were boycotted. No leader of the Congress came forward to contest the elections for the Legislatures.