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Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

The Home Rule Movement was aimed at ________.

  1. Complete independence for India

  2. Complete autonomy to India

  3. Self-government for India within the British Common wealth

  4. Larger participation of Indians in India's administration
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Home Rule Leagues were organizations established in April and September 1916 during WW I, by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and  Annie Besant. Many Indian revolutionaries suported the Britishers but Tilak and Besant considered this an opportunity to achieve independence from the British. Thus, they decided to organise a national alliance of leagues across India, specifically to demand Home Rule, or self-government within the British commonwealth.

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

The idea of starting a Home Rule League in $1915$ was first propounded by ________.

  1. B G Tilak

  2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

  3. Annie Besant

  4. Both (a) and (b) above
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Home Rule Leagues were organizations established in April and September 1916 during WW I, by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and  Annie Besant. The idea was propounded by Annie Besant on the lines of Irish Home Rule movement. Many Indian revolutionaries suported the Britishers but Tilak and Besant considered this an opportunity to achieve independence from the British. Thus, they decided to organise a national alliance of leagues across India, specifically to demand Home Rule, or self-government within the British commonwealth.

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

The Lucknow Session of INC and the Lucknow Pact $(1916)$ were significant on account of _______.

  1. Unity between the Moderates and the Extremists with the return of the Extremists to the Congress

  2. The pact between the Congress and Muslim League

  3. Both (a) and (b) above

  4. The beginning of the tide of Indian Nationalism
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Explanation

Lucknow pact was an agreement made by the Indian National Congress headed by Maratha leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak and the All-India Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah at the Lucknow session of 1916.  After a lapse of about 10 years both the Moderates and Extremists were united again at this session. Congress and Muslim League decided to make a united demand for self-government. 

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

 Annie Besant was Associated with __________.

  1. Ramakrishna Mission

  2. Arya Samaj

  3. ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)

  4. Theosophical Society
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Explanation

The Theosophical Society was founded by Madame Blavatsky and Col. Olcott in 1875 in New York. Mrs. Annie Besant made the movement very popular in India. It represented both Indian and international character. It preached universal brotherhood of men irrespective of distinctions of caste, creed, race or sex. 

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

Who among the following leader presided the historic 1916 Lucknow Session of the Congress?

  1. Annie Besant

  2. Madan Mohan Malviya

  3. Ambika Charan Majumdar

  4. Subhas Chandra Bose
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Explanation

The historic 1916 Lucknow Session of the Indian National Congress, which saw the reunion of the moderates and extremists and the signing of the Lucknow Pact, was presided over by Ambika Charan Majumdar.

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

In which year was the Indian Home Rule Society founded?

  1. $1905$
  2. $1908$
  3. $1911$
  4. $1914$
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A Correct answer
Explanation
The Indian Home Rule Society (IHRS) was an Indian organisation founded by Shyamji Krishna Varma in London in 1905 that sought to promote the cause of self-rule in British India. Its objective were 
  • Carrying on propaganda in England by all practical means with a view to attain the same
  • Spreading among the people of India knowledge of freedom and National unity
Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

Who had founded the Indian Home Rule Society?

  1. Madan Lal Dhingra

  2. V D Savarkar

  3. Lala Hardayal

  4. Shyamji Krishna Varma
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D Correct answer
Explanation
The Indian Home Rule Society (IHRS) was an Indian organisation founded by Shyamji Krishna Varma in London in 1905 that sought to promote the cause of self-rule in British India. Its objective were 
  • Carrying on propaganda in England by all practical means with a view to attain the same
  • Spreading among the people of India knowledge of freedom and National unity.
Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

Which of the following events inspired for the formation of the Home Rule Leagues?

  1. First World War

  2. Just before the First World War

  3. After the First World War

  4. After the passing of the Act of 1909
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The First World War created conditions of economic hardship and political unrest in India, which provided the backdrop and inspiration for the launch of the Home Rule Leagues to demand self-government.

Multiple choice civics the national movement (during the first world war) home rule and lucknow pact home rule movement home rule movement and khilafat movement

Where and when the extremists were readmitted into the Congress?

  1. Lahore, 1916

  2. Lucknow, 1916

  3. Karachi, 1917

  4. Surat, 1917
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Lucknow Congress session of 1916 adopted an agreement known as the Lucknow Pact. It marked the coming together of moderates and extremists in Congress on common platform again after nearly a decade and concession of separate electorates given by the Congress to the Muslim League.