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

Answer: (b)

Non-cooperation Movement was abruptly called off on 11 February 1922 by Gandhi following the Chauri Chaura incident in the Gorakhpur district of UP. Earlier on 5th February, an angry mob set fire to the police station at Chauri Chaura, and twenty-two policemen were burnt to death.

Many top leaders of the country were stunned at this sudden suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement. Mahatma Gandhi was arrested on 10 March 1922.

Answer: (b)

1. ‘Mother India’ was written by Lady Catherine Mayo.
2. Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre wrote the book ‘Freedom at midnight'.
3. Ram Manohar Lohia has written the book ‘Guilty men of India’s partition’.
4. J.L. Nehru wrote the book ‘Discovery of India’.

Answer: (c)

Rabindra Nath Tagore had called Subhash Chandra Bose as ‘Desh Nayak.’

Answer: (d)

The Communal Award was made by the British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald on 16 August 1932 granting separate electorates in British India for the Forward Caste, Lower Caste, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans and Untouchables (then known as the Dalits), etc. The ‘award’ attracted severe criticism from Mahatma Gandhi, the Akali Dal, etc.

Answer: (b)

In the Lahore Session, 1915 of Muslim League, “Two-Nation Theory” was propounded. Fazlul Haq, the premier of Bengal, who along with the Muslim League had formed the government of Bengal Province, moved a resolution, which was passed by Muslim League.

In this session, Jinnah in his presidential address gave the famous Two-Nation Theory as follows:

1. “India cannot be assumed today to be a Unitarian and homogeneous nation, but on the contrary, there are two nations in the main – the Hindus and Muslims”.
2. The term Pakistan was not used in this session. Gandhiji rejected the Two-Nation Theory.