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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

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

  1. New India and Commonweal

  2. Young India and Home Rule News

  3. Mahratta and Kesari

  4. Home Rule Courier
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A Correct answer
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.

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

  1. G. K. Gokhale

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Aurobindo Ghosh

  4. B. G. Tilak
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a moderate leader, was cautious and believed that the time was not ripe for such a radical agitation as the Home Rule Movement, thus he expressed reservations about it.

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

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
  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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A Correct answer
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 
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 leader was associated with the Home Rule League?

  1. B. G. Tilak

  2. G. K. Gokhale

  3. M. G. Ranade

  4. M. K. Gandhi
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was one of the primary leaders who launched the Home Rule League in 1916, specifically focusing on the Maharashtra and Karnataka regions.

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

  1. Lala Hardayal

  2. Madan Lal Dhingra

  3. Shyamji Krishna Varma

  4. V D Savarkar
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The India House in London was a revolutionary organization founded by Shyamji Krishna Varma to promote the cause of Indian independence among students in Britain.

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Cabinet committee had recommended ________ form of government in India.  

  1. Unitary

  2. Federal

  3. Both A & B

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Indian Constitution establishes a federal system of government, characterized by the division of powers between the central government and the states. While it contains unitary features, the fundamental structure is federal.

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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 ___.

  1. 1907

  2. 1928

  3. 1937

  4. 1940
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D Correct answer
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.

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What was the objective of the Cabinet Mission?

  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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A Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice civics india gains independence cabinet mission freedom and partition of india prominent leaders in indian freedom movement

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

  1. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

  3. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

  4. Acharya J.B Kriplani
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D Correct answer
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.