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To campaign for Home rule, Mrs Annie Besant published the newspaper(s) _________.

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  1. New India and Commonweal

  2. Young India and Home Rule News

  3. Mahratta and Kesari

  4. Home Rule Courier

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Annie Besant first came to India on 16 November 1893. When World War I broke out in 1914, she helped launch the Home Rule League to campaign for democracy in India and dominion status within the Empire. She published New India and Commonweal. The Commonweal was a weekly dealing with issues of national reform and New India was a daily newspaper which for fifteen years was a powerful instrument promoting Home Rule and revolutionizing Indian journalism.

Who among the following freedom fighter opposes the Annie Besant's idea of launching Home Rule Movement?

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  1. G. K. Gokhale

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Aurobindo Ghosh

  4. B. G. Tilak

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Correct Option: A

Match the following.

List-I List-II
A. Irish Parliamentary Party $1$. Annie Besant
B. Home Rule Movement in India $2$. Isaac Butt
C. Ferguson College $3$. Motilal 
D. Nehru report $4$. Tilak
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  1. A-$2$, B-$1$, C-$4$, D-$3$

  2. A-$4$, B-$3$, C-$2$, D-$1$

  3. A-$3$, B-$4$, C-$1$, D-$2$

  4. A-$1$, B-$2$, C-$3$, D-$4$

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Irish Parliamentary Party - formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt.
Home Rule Movement in India - established in 1916 Annie Besant.
Fergusson College - was founded in 1885 by Tilak.
Nehru Report -  prepared in 1928 Motilal Nehru 

Which of the following leader was associated with the Home Rule League?

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  1. B. G. Tilak

  2. G. K. Gokhale

  3. M. G. Ranade

  4. M. K. Gandhi

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Correct Option: A

The Home Rule Society, popularly called 'India House', had been established in London to promote the cause of Indian independence by _________.

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  1. Lala Hardayal

  2. Madan Lal Dhingra

  3. Shyamji Krishna Varma

  4. V D Savarkar

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Correct Option: C

Cabinet committee had recommended ________ form of government in India.  

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  1. Unitary

  2. Federal

  3. Both A & B

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B

Which party was ruling in Britain at the time of Indian independence? 

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  1. Labour Party

  2. Conservative Party

  3. Liberal Party

  4. Republican Party

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

At the time of Independence Clement Attlee was the Prime Minister of Britain and the leader of Labour Party.

The demand for a separate State of Pakistan was made on the basis of 'two nation' theory at the Lahore Session of All Indian Muslim League held in ___.

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  1. 1907

  2. 1928

  3. 1937

  4. 1940

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Pakistan Movement was a political movement in the 1940s that aimed for and succeeded in the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India.The movement progressed within India alongside the Indian independence movement, but the Pakistan Movement sought to establish a new nation-state that protected the religious identity and political interests of Muslims in South Asia.

What was the objective of the Cabinet Mission?

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  1. To find out ways and means for peaceful transfer of power in India

  2. Partition of India

  3. To help Governor-General during transition of power

  4. To give Indian representation in Assembly

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Clement Attlee, the new British Prime Minister declared in the House of Commons on February 19, 1946, that a Cabinet Mission would be sent to India to facilitate the process of transfer of power. The Mission's aim would also be to help the Indian leaders decide the form of government that would suit them after the transfer of power.

Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India?

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  1. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

  3. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

  4. Acharya J.B Kriplani

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Partition of India was mentioned in the Mountbatten Plan. It was also known as Indian Independence Act 1947 and was put forward by Lord Mountbatten on June 3, 1947. It resulted in the creation of two independent dominions, India and Pakistan. Acharya J.B Kriplani was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India. He also served in the interim government of India (1946–1947) and the Constituent Assembly of India.