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

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: (d)

Baba Ram Chandra was an Indian trade unionist who organised the farmers of Awadh to protest against the landlords in 1920s and 1930s. Other prominent leaders included Jhinguri Singh and Durgapal Singh.

Answer: (d)

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan’s educational and social reform work among the Pathans had politicised them. Gaffar Khan, also called Badshah Khan and Frontier Gandhi had started the first Pushto political monthly, Pukhtoon and had organised a volunteer brigade ‘Khudai Khidmatgars’, popularly known as the ‘Red Shirts’ who were pledged to the freedom struggle and non-violence.

Answer: (c)

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

Answer: (d)

The Government of India Act 1935 provided for the provincial autonomy, the establishment of federal court, and all India Federation at the center.

Answer: (b)

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