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

Answer: (d)

Chandrashekhar was the one to have escaped being hanged in the Kakori Conspiracy case.

Answer: (a)

Abul Kalam Azad was the President of Congress when Mahatma Gandhi launched the Quit India Movement in 1942.

Answer: (c)

In the first Round table conference Dr. Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for the depressed classes. The Indian National Congress did not take part in the third Round Table conference.

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: (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: (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.