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Indian Independence Movement

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The Indian Independence Movement encompasses the efforts and events that led to India freeing itself from colonial rule. This hub covers key leaders, the Indian National Congress, and major movements like Quit India. Questions on this topic frequently appear in general awareness sections.

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Indian Independence Movement Questions

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Harijan Seva Samiti was constituted at Pratapgarh under the leadership of which of the following revolutionaries?

  1. Amrit Lal

  2. Sadhu Sitaram Das

  3. Rao Gopal Singh

  4. Vijay Singh Pathik
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Harijan Seva Samiti was constituted at Pratapgarh under the leadership Amrit Lal. This revolutionary organisation worked for the upliftment of Harijan’s or people from backward classes. It helped in educating backward classes and releasing them from atrocities of few classes.

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Poorna Swaraj was declared in the Congress session of _______.

  1. Kanpur

  2. Surat

  3. Lahore

  4. Karachi
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Purna Swaraj declaration, or Declaration of the Independence of India, was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on 19 December 1929, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj.

The flag of India had been hoisted by Congress President Jawaharlal Nehru on 31 December 1929. The Congress asked the people of India to observe 26 January as Independence Day. The flag of India was hoisted publicly across India by Congress volunteers, nationalists and the public.

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Who among the following did not attend the First Round Table Conference?

  1. MK Gandhi

  2. Sir Taj Bahadur Sapru

  3. Dr Ambedkar

  4. C V Chintamani
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The first Round Table Conference convened by Labour Government Prime Minister Ramsay McDonald from 12 November 1930 to 19 January 1931 in London. While the Congress and most business leaders boycotted it, the Muslim League, the Hindu Mahasabha, the Liberals, and princes attended it. Prior to the Conference, M. K. Gandhi had initiated the Civil Disobedience Movement on behalf of the Indian National Congress and did not attend the conference.

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Who opened the First Round Table Conference?

  1. King George V

  2. MK Gandhi

  3. Lord Irwin

  4. Ramsay McDonald
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The first Round Table Conference convened by Labour Government Prime Minister Ramsay McDonald from 12 November 1930 to 19 January 1931 in London. The Round Table Conference officially inaugurated by His Majesty George V on November 12, 1930, in Royal Gallery House of Lords at London. While the Congress and most business leaders boycotted it, the Muslim League, the Hindu Mahasabha, the Liberals, and princes attended it. The outcomes of the first Round Table Conference were minimal and the British Government realized that the Indian National Congress needed to be part of deciding the future of constitutional government in India.

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The sole representative of the Congress in the Second Round Table Conference was ______.

  1. Subhas Chandra Bose

  2. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The second session (September–December 1931) was attended by Mahatma Gandhi as the Congress representative. It failed to reach an agreement, either constitutionally or on communal representation. The Government failed to concede the basic Indian demand of freedom and Gandhi returned to India on December 28, 1931, and decided to resume the civil disobedience movement.

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Purna Swaraj was declared as the goal of the Congress in the Congress session held at Lahore under the Presidentship of _____.

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. C.R. Das

  3. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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The Purna Swaraj declaration (or complete self-rule independent of the British Empire) was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on 19 December 1929 in its Lahore session under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru. 26th January 1930 was declared as Purna Swaraj Diwas. Purna Swaraj was complete freedom from the British Raj.

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Who among the following had attended all the three Round Table Conferences in London?

  1. M.K Gandhi

  2. B.R. Ambedkar

  3. J.L. Nehru

  4. M.M. Malaviya
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is the prominent Indian leader who attended all three Round Table Conferences held in London between 1930 and 1932.

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Which of the following leader did not attend the First Round Table Conference?

  1. M. K. Gandhi

  2. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru

  3. Dr. Ambedkar

  4. Y. Chintamani
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Explanation

The Indian National Congress, led by M. K. Gandhi, boycotted the First Round Table Conference held in 1930. Other prominent leaders like Sapru and Ambedkar attended to represent various interests.

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Who organised the All India Depressed Classes Association?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

  3. Mahatma Jyotiba Phule

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Dr B.R. Ambedkar, who organised the dalits into the Depressed Classes Association in 1930, clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the second Round Table Conference by demanding separate electorates for dalits.

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Who among the following attended all the three Round Table Conferences?

  1. Jawaharalal Nehru

  2. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

  3. Sardar Vallabhai Patel

  4. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar fought for the upliftment of down trodden classes who faced discrimination from olden times. He always strived for the betterment of lower castes and he was the only person who attended all the three round table conferences.