indian freedom struggle II (1917–1947) MCQs set 4 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Rabindra Nath Tagore took the burning of the foreign clothes as the “ insensate waste” during the Non-cooperation Movement.

Answer: (c)

Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel was not amongst the laywers to fight the case of Indian National Army in 1946 in the Delhi Red Fort trial.

Answer: (a)

By Non-cooperation Movement, Gandhi meant a peaceful rebellion. He appealed to everybody to adopt the policy of the ‘progressive, non-violent, noncooperation’ movement. The program of the Noncooperation Movement was multidimensional.

It included the surrender of all titles and government posts. The boycott program had its tremendous impact on the people of India. Gandhi himself surrendered the title of Kaiser-i-Hind. Chita Raman Das, Motilal Nehru, Rajendra Prasad; Jawaharlal Nehru, etc. left their legal practices.

Students started to boycott the government or government-aided institutions.

Answer: (b)

• Abul Kalam Azad – Al-Hilal
• Feroz Shah Mehta – Bombay Chronicle
• Annie Besant – New India
• Mahatma Gandhi – Young India

Answer: (d)

Albert Einstein said about Mahatma Gandhi, “Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe that such one as this ever in flesh and blood, walked upon this earth.”

Answer: (a)

Bhagat Singh founded the Indian nationalist youth organisation Naujawan Bharat Sabha (“Youth Society of India”) in March 1926. He also joined the Hindustan Republican Association, which had prominent leaders, such as Ram Prasad Bismil, Chandrashekhar Azad and Ashfaqulla Khan. The name of the organisation was changed to Hindustan Socialist Republican Association at Singh’s insistence.