Indian Freedom Struggle II (1917 – 1947) Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (c)

Subhash Chandra Bose, while delivering the presidential address was advocated the introduction of Roman script for Hindi language.

Answer: (c)

1. Dr. M.A. Ansari became the President in Madras session.
2. Purushottam Das Tandon became the President in Nasik session.
3. Sarojini Naidu became the President in Kanpur session.
4. Subhash Chandra Bose became the President in Haripura session.

Answer: (a)

The first All-India Kisan Sabha was formed in Lucknow. The Kisan Sabha movement started in Bihar under the leadership of Swami Sahajanand Saraswati who had formed in 1929 the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS) in order to mobilize peasant grievances against the Zamindari attacks on their occupancy rights. Gradually, the peasant movement intensified and spread across the rest of India.

All these radical developments on the peasant front culminated in the formation of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) at the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress in April 1936 with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati elected as its first President.

The other prominent members of this Sabha were N.G. Ranga, Ram Manohar Lohia, Jayaprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev and Bankim Mukherji.

Answer: (a)

The Gandhi–Irwin Pact was a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin on 5 March 1931 before the second Round Table Conference in London.

The British Government agreed to

1. Withdraw all ordinances and end prosecutions
2. Release all political prisoners, except those guilty of violence
3. Permit peaceful picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops
4. Restore confiscated properties of the satyagraha
5. Permit free collection or manufacture of salt by persons near the sea-coast
6. Lift the ban over congress.

Answer: (d)

The Karachi session was presided over by Sardar Patel. The Congress adopted a resolution on Fundamental rights and economic policy which represented the Party’s social, economic and political programmes.