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Why did the Simon Commission come to India ? Identify the correct reason from the following options.

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  1. To control the campaign against the British in cities

  2. To look into the function of the British

  3. To initiate salt law in India

  4. To suggest changes in the functioning of the constitutional system in India.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Simon commission came to India to suggest changes in constitution. (option D)

 (l) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar established the Depressed Classes Association  (A) December 1929
 (II) Gandhiji began the Civil Disobedience Movement  (B) August 1930
 (III) Gandhiji ended the Civil Disobedience Movement   (C)  March 1930
 (IV) Congress adopted the demand for 'Purna Swaraj'  (D) March 1931
Match the above columns: 
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  1. (l) - (C), (lI) - (D), (lIl) - (B), (lV) - (A)

  2. (l) - (B), (II) - (C), (IIl) - (D), (lV) - (A)

  3. (I) - (C), (Il) - (A), (lII) - (B), (IV) - (D)

  4. (I) - (D),(II) - (C), (lII) - (B), (IV) - (A)

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar established the Depressed Classes Association in August 1930 to uplift the condition of down trodden classes. Gandhiji began the Civil Disobedience movement in March 1930 with salt satyagrah to abolish taxes imposed on salt and ended in March 1931 with Gandhi-Irwin pact. In December 1929, Lahore congress adopted  the 'Purna Swaraj' resolution as its main motto.

Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement resulted in which of the following ?

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  1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact

  2. Poona Pact

  3. Government of India Act 1919

  4. Government of India Act 1935

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gandhi met the Viceroy, Lord Irwin and signed an agreement known as the Gandhi-Irwin Pact in March 1931. The government agreed to :

i Release all political prisoners, except those guilty of violence.
ii Permit the free collection or manufacture of salt by persons near the seacoast.
iii Withdraw all ordinances & end prosecutions.
The Congress in turn  consented to the following:
i To suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement.
ii To participate in the second session of the Round Table Conference.
iii Not to press for investigation into police excesses.

A member of Simon Commission later became Prime Minister of Britain and also supported granting of independence to India. He was __________.

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  1. Lord Mountbatten

  2. Lord Irwin

  3. Ramsey Mc Donald

  4. Clement Attlee

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • The Indian Statutory Commission, popularly known as the Simon Commission was a group of seven British Members of Parliament of United Kingdom that had been dispatched to India in 1928 to study the constitutional reform and recommend to the Government. One of its members was Clement Attlee, who subsequently became the British Prime Minister and eventually oversaw the granting of independence to India and Pakistan in 1947.

Why did the Patidars of Gujarat and the Jats of UP participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement?

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  1. They wanted to own the land holdings they were cultivating.

  2. They wanted to cultivate food crops instead of cash crops.

  3. They wanted reduction in the taxes on agricultural income.

  4. They wanted remission of rents on their land holdings.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Being producers of commercial crops, they were hard hit by the trade depression and falling prices. As their cash income disappeared, they found it impossible to pay the government's revenue demand. And the refusal of the government to reduce the revenue demand led to widespread resentment.

What were the major demands of industrialists during the Civil Disobedience Movement ?
(A) Permission to establish large scale industries in India.
(B) Protection against import of foreign goods.
(C) High rupee-sterling ratio.
(D) Nationalization of all industries.

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  1. A, B

  2. B, C

  3. C, D

  4. B, D

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

They wanted protection against imports of foreign goods, & a rupee-sterling foreign exchange ratio that would discourage imports. To organise business interests, they formed the Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress in 1920 & the Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industries (FICCI) in 1927.

Which among the following workers wore Gandhi caps and participated in boycott campaign during Civil Disobedience Movement ?

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  1. Railway workers

  2. Workers of Singareni coal mines

  3.  Dockworkers

  4. Workers of Chotanagpur tin mines

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In 1930, thousands of workers in Chotanagpur tin mines wore Gandhi caps & participated in protest rallies & boycott campaigns.

Match the entries of Column I with those in Column II

Column I Column II
(A) Dandi March (i) 1919
(B) Khilafat movement (ii) 1928
(C) Simon Commission (iii) 1930
(D) Purna Swaraj (iv) 1929
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  1. A - iii, B - i, C - ii, D - iv

  2. A - i, B - iii, C - ii, D - iv

  3. A - iii, B - ii, C - i, D - iv

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Dandi March was carried in the year 1930 against salt tax.
  • Khilafat movement was supported by Gandhi and started in 1919 and continued till 1924. This was mainly to support the Caliph/khalifa of Turkey who was deprived of all the authority.
  • Simon commission came to India in 1928. There were no Indian representatives in it and hence Indians boycotted it.
  • Purna Swaraj resolution was adopted in the Congress session of January 1930 which meant complete independence and it became the goal.

Which of the following statements was true regarding the Round Table Conferences?

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  1. The 1st Round Table Conference was the outcome of Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

  2. The Congress boycotted the 1st Round Table Conference.

  3. 2nd Round Table Conference was the only conference attended by the Congress and Muslim League.

  4. 3rd Round Table Conference was attended by both the Congress and the Muslim League

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Congress which was unhappy with the report of the Simon Commission so, congress boycotted the 1st round table conference. while other political parties participated in 1st Round table conference. 

Following are corrected statements :- 
1) Gandhi-Irwin pact was signed on 5th March 1931 which happened after 1st Round Table conference. 
2) Muslim league participated in all three round table conferences.
3) Congress boycotted 3rd Round Table conference.   

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar established the Depressed Classes Association in ______.

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  1. 1930

  2. 1931

  3. 1932

  4. 1933

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

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