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Towards Quit India Movement

Comprehensive quiz covering the Indian independence movement from 1930-1946, focusing on the Quit India Movement of 1942 and key events including Cripps Mission, August Offer, Round Table Conference, and related constitutional developments.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the correct chronological order of the following?

I. Cripps' mission
II. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
III. Simon Commission
IV. Partition of the country

  1. II, I, II, IV
  2. I, II, III, IV
  3. II, I, IV, III
  4. III, II, I, IV
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was involved in the underground “Congress Radio” at Bombay during the Quit India Movement?

  1. G. B. Pant
  2. K. N. Katju
  3. Biju Patnaik
  4. Usha Mehta
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Chittu Pandey established a “parallel government” during the 1942 Quit India Movement at

  1. Saharanpur
  2. Satara
  3. Ballia
  4. Rampur
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements regarding the Quit India Revolution is not true?

  1. The movement was relatively strong in Punjab, NWFP Madras Presidency and Kerala.
  2. The Communists opposed the Quit India Revolution.
  3. Rajgopalachari, the leading Gandhian, opposed Quit India campaign and pleaded for negotiations on the demand for Pakistan.
  4. Golwalkar's RSS kept strictly aloof from the movement.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match list I with list II and choose your answer from the choices given below:

 
List I 
        <font face="Arial" size="2">    <b>(Incident)</b></font>|<font face="Arial" size="2">    <b>List II</b></font>
        <font face="Arial" size="2">    <b>(Personalities)</b></font>|

| A. Kakori Conspiracy | 1. Surya Sen |
| B. Attempt to murder Judge Kingsford | 2. Prafulla Chaki |
| C. Alipur Conspiracy | 3. Bismil |
| D. Chittagong Armoury Raid | 4. Aurobindo Ghosh |

  1. A - 3, B - 2, C - 4, D - 1
  2. A - 2, B - 4, C - 1, D - 3
  3. A - 4, B - 3, C - 1, D - 2
  4. A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Assertion (A) : Cripps came to India with his proposals in 1942 Reasoning (B): there was a German threat to invade Britain and Britain sought Indian cooperation in the war

  1. Assertion (A) and Reasoning ( R ) is correct and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. Assertion (A) and Reasoning ( R ) are correct but R is not the correct explanation for A
  3. Assertion ( A ) is correct and Reasoning ( R ) is wrong
  4. Assertion ( A ) is wrong and Reasoning ( R ) is correct
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements of the August Offer 1940:
I. Dominion Status as the objective for India

II. Provisional government to be set up

III. Constituent Assembly to be set up after the War

IV. Constitution to be adopted after obtaining the consent of minorities

Which if the above statements are correct?

  1. I , II, III and IV are correct
  2. I , II and III only are correct
  3. I, III and IV only are correct
  4. II, III and IV only are correct
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Poorna Swaraj was proclaimed in the _______ session of the INC.

  1. Madras
  2. Lahore
  3. Bombay
  4. Karachi
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements on the Pakistan Resolution
I. The resolution was passed in 1940
II. The session of the Muslim League passing the resolution was held at Karachi
a)
b) II only is correct<o:p>
c) I and II are correct<o:p>
d) I and II are wrong<o:p>

  1. (a)
  2. ( b) is wrong
  3. c is wrong.
  4. d is wrong
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Assertion (A) : the Viceroy put forward the August offer in 1940 Reasoning ( R ): Hitler had stunning success in Europe with the fall of Belgium , Holland and France in 1940

  1. Assertion (A) and Reasoning ( R ) is correct and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. Assertion (A) and Reasoning ( R ) is correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. Assertion ( A ) is correct and REasoning ( R ) is wrong
  4. Assertion ( A ) is wrong and Reasoning ( R ) is correct
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The first President of the All-India Trade Union Congress was

  1. S. A. Dange
  2. Lala Lajpat Rai
  3. Z. A. Ahmed
  4. N. M. Joshi
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for a federation with the princely states as its units. Why did this part of the Act not come into force?

  1. The Muslim League did not accept it.
  2. The Congress did not accept it.
  3. The rulers of the princely states did not consent to join it.
  4. Some of the providences did not accept it.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The second session of the Round Table Conference broke down on the question of

  1. Separate electorates for the minorities
  2. Gandhiji's fast unto death
  3. Government's unwillingness to release all political prisoners
  4. Gandhiji not being treated on equal terms with the representatives of the King Emperor
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

On which ship were the words 'Quit India' written by a naval rating in the RIN revolt of February 1946?

  1. HMIS Talwar
  2. HMIS Akbar
  3. HMIS Hindustan
  4. HMIS Bahadur
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Indian Republican Army was founded in 1933 at

  1. Chittagong
  2. Karachi
  3. Allahabad
  4. Jalalabad
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