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. Consider the following statement (s) regarding Poona Pact (1932)
I. It  refers to an agreement between Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India.
II. It was signed by Pt Madan Mohan Malviya and B.R. Ambedkar and some Dalit leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada prison to annul the Macdonald Award giving separate electorates to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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  1. Only I

  2. Only II

  3. Both I and II

  4. Neither I nor II

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following is not the provision of government of India act, 1935?

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  1. This act ended the system of diarchy.

  2. The structure for Federation of India was established for both British India and some or all of the princely states.

  3. Burma became the part of India.

  4. The introduction of direct elections, thus increasing the franchise from seven million to thirty-five million people.

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following leader said that the Act of 1935 provided 'a machine with strong brakes but no engine'?

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  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Rajendra Prasad

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. Vallabhbhai Patel

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Correct Option: A

Congress conference at Vatakara in 1931 was the first women conference in Kerala.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In 1931, as part of the Congress conference in Vatakara, a women's conference was also organized. It is known to be the first women conference in Kerala. 

Identify the revolutionary among the following who was not active in London?

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  1. Shyamji Krishna Varma

  2. Ashfaqullah

  3. Lala Hardayal

  4. V D Savarkar

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Correct Option: B

Khudiram Bose was hanged in the year of ________.

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  1. 1905

  2. 1906

  3. 1908

  4. 1910

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Khudiram Bose was hanged on August 11, 1908. He was sentenced to death on the charge conducting a series of the bomb attack.

Who among the following killed Curzon Wyllie in London?

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  1. Bhagat Singh

  2. C. P. Mitra

  3. Madanlal Dhingra

  4. Prasad Bismil

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Curzon Wyllie was murdered by an Indian student Madanlal Dhingra. Dhingra shot Wyllie at a Bloomsbury lecture hall in July 1909. He shot at Curzon Wyllie with V.D. Savarkar and some other revolutionaries. He claimed that he had murdered Curzon as a patriotic act and in revenge of the inhuman killing of Indians by British Government in India.

The secret society Abhinav Bharat was established in ________.

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  1. 1902

  2. 1903

  3. 1904

  4. 1905

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Abhinav Bharat Society was a secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904. It believed in armed revolution. It carried out a few assassinations of British officials, after which the Savarkar brothers were convicted and imprisoned. The society was formally disbanded in 1952.

Who rejected the Muslim League's plan of separate Pakistan?

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  1. The Cabinet Mission

  2. The August Declaration

  3. The Independence Act

  4. The Rowlatt Act

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The cabinet mission recommended an undivided India and turned down the Muslim league’s demand for a separate Pakistan. The Cabinet mission restricted the Communal representation.

When the Cabinet Mission plan were announced?

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  1. 16 May 1946

  2. 25 July 1947

  3. 17 August 1976

  4. 13 March 1975

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The mission spent some 3 weeks to discuss with the leaders of various political parties, but could not arrive at any agreed solution. So finally it announced its own recommendations on May 16, 1946.