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

Answer: (b)

The league was launched by Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhash Chandra Bose. Its aim was to fight for complete independence and a socialist revision of the economic structure of society.

Answer: (a)

Mahatma Gandhi gave the slogan “Do or Die” during Quit India Movement. The failure of the Cripp’s Mission and the fear of an impending Japanese invasion of India led Mahatma Gandhi to begin his campaign for the British to quit India.

Mahatma Gandhi believed that an interim government could be formed only after the British left India and the Hindu-Muslim problem sorted out. The All India Congress Committee met at Bombay on 8 August 1942 and passed the famous Quit India Resolution. On the same day, Gandhi gave his call of ‘do or die’.

Answer: (c)

The correct chronological order of the events related to India’s freedom struggle is:

1. Bomb–hurling at the Central legislative Assembly Hall in Delhi (8 Apr. 1929)
2. Martyrdom of Jatin Das (13 Sep. 1929)
3. Martyrdom of Bhagat Singh (23 March, 1931)
4. Karachi Session of Indian National Congress (March, 1931)

Answer: (b)

Hunter Committee was appointed in October

1. 1919 for Jalianwala Bagh massacre and gave its report in March 1920.
2. Home Rule Movement was started in Poona on 23rd April 1916 by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
3. Jalianwala Bagh Massacre happened on 13 April 1919 and
4. Rowlatt Act was passed in March 1919. It was an anarchical and revolutionary crimes Act.

Answer: (a)

Web Miller was the foreign journalist who reported Satyagrah at Dharsana salt works. American journalist Web Miller was an eye-witness to the beating of Satyagrahis with steel-tipped Lathis. Miller’s first attempts at telegraphing the story to his publisher in England were censored by the British telegraph operators in India.

Only after threatening to expose British censorship was his story allowed to pass. The story appeared in 1,350 newspapers throughout the world and was read into the official record of the United States Senate by Senator John J. Blaine.

Answer: (b)

The Congress met at Karachi in March 1931 to endorse the Gandhi-Irwin or the Delhi Pact. It was presided over by Sardar Patel.

This session became memorable for its resolution on the Fundamental Rights and the National Economic Programmes. In short, it set the parameters of the Swaraj was reflecting the then-dominant leftwing ting of the national movements. It was drafted by the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.