indian freedom struggle II (1917–1947) MCQs set 5 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Shaukat Ali and Mohammad Ali had started the Khilafat movement in 1919.

Answer: (b)

Gandhi was requested by Raj Kumar Shukla to look into the problems of the indigo planters of Champaran in Bihar. The European planters had been forcing the peasants to grow indigo on 3/20 of the total land called Tinkathia system.

Answer: (d)

Bhudeva Mukherjee was the Bengali writer to suggest the adoption of Hindi as India’s national language.

Answer: (b)

1. In Kanpur case, British government started the case against four communists including Nalini Gupta for conspiring against British government.
2. Sachin Sanyal was accused of attempting Lord Hardinge in Delhi and Rajguru of assassinating Saunders in Lahore.

Answer: (c)

Mahatma Gandhi said, “Cripp’s proposals were a post-dated cheque of a crashing bank”. The major political parties of the country rejected Cripp’s proposals. Gandhi called Cripp’s proposals a “Postdated Cheque”.

They did not like the rights of the Princely States either to send their representatives to the Constituent Assembly or to stay out of the Indian Union. The Muslim League was also dissatisfied as its demand for Pakistan had not been conceded in the proposal.

Answer: (a)

1. Rajendra Lahiri was hanged in Gonda Jail,
2. Sukhdeo (associated with Rajguru and Bhagat Singh) was hanged in Lahore Jail,
3. Roshan Singh was hanged in Allahabad jail and
4. Ram Prasad Bismil was hanged in Gorakhpur Jail.
5. Rajendra Lahiri, Roshan Singh and Ram Prasad Bismil were all associated with Kakori Kand.