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When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, the Secretary of State for India was ____.

  1. Salisbury

  2. Curzon

  3. Wedgwood Benn

  4. Montagu
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C Correct answer
Explanation
Gandhi-Irwin Pact was an agreement signed on March 5, 1931, between Mohandas K. Gandhi and Lord Irwin. The Secretary of State at the time was Wedgwood Benn. Some of the features of the pact were:
1. All the political prisoners who were not convicted for creating violence were to be released immediately.
2. Villages that were located along the coast were given the right to make salt for their consumption.
3. The Congress would discontinue the Civil Disobedience Movement and participate in the Round Table Conference.
4. Peaceful picketing of foreign clothes and liquor shops was to be permitted.
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Purna Swaraj was declared as the goal of the Congress in the Congress session held at Lahore under the Presidentship of _____.

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. C.R. Das

  3. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Purna Swaraj declaration (or complete self-rule independent of the British Empire) was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on 19 December 1929 in its Lahore session under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru. 26th January 1930 was declared as Purna Swaraj Diwas. Purna Swaraj was complete freedom from the British Raj.

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Dandi March started on ___________, $1930$.

  1. $12$th March
  2. $12$th April
  3. $12$th February
  4. $12$th May
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Gandhi inaugurated Civil Disobedience Movement by conducting the historic Dandi Salt March starting from Sabarmati Ashram on 12th March 1930.  On the morning of April 6, Gandhi and his followers picked up handfuls of salt along the shore, thus technically producing salt and breaking the law.

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Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement on March $12$, $1930$ by ________.

  1. Asking the Viceroy through a letter containing Eleven Points Programme to remove the evils of the British rule

  2. Dandi March to break the Salt Laws

  3. Asking the people to take Poorna Swaraj Pledge

  4. Launching the non-payment of taxes campaign
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Gandhi inaugurated the Civil Disobedience Movement by conducting the historic Dandi Salt March starting from Sabarmati Ashram from where he went on to break the Salt Laws imposed by the British Government. Along with this activity, activities like no tax campaign, no revenue, and no rent (land tax) campaign became very popular in different parts of India. The movement was very intense in Bengal and the north-west.

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The Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Why did the Congress decide to resume the movement in January $1932$?

  1. Failure of the Second Round Table Conference

  2. Repudiation of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact by the British Government

  3. British policies of repression

  4. All the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The following reasons made Gandhiji and Congress agreed relaunch Civil Disobedience Movement:
1. After the failure of the 2nd round table conference, Congress discovered that the government had began a new cycle of repression.
2. Series of measures had been imposed to prevent meetings and boycotts.

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In May $1933$, Mahatma Gandhi began a fast of $21$ days _______.

  1. To appeal to the Hindus to throw open the temples and public wells to the Harijans

  2. To launch a campaign against untouchability

  3. For his own purification and that of his associates for greater commitment to the cause of the Harijans

  4. For all the above
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C Correct answer
Explanation

In 1933, Gandhi undertook a 21-day fast primarily for self-purification and to strengthen the commitment to the cause of Harijan welfare.

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In $1934$ Mahatma Gandhi withdrew from active politics and even resigned his membership of the Congress because _______.

  1. Of the failure of the Civil Disobedience Movement

  2. The political climate of India was unsuitable for any political movement

  3. He wanted to devote himself fully to constructive programme and Harijan welfare
  4. Of his opposition to the desire of congressmen to enter legislatures under the Government of India Act of $1935$
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Gandhi resigned from the Congress in 1934 to focus his efforts on constructive programs and the welfare of the Harijans, moving away from active political agitation.

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Mahatma Gandhi had been present at the Round Table Conference(s) held in London _______.

  1. Third

  2. Second

  3. First

  4. All of the above
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The second RTC (September–December 1931) was attended by Mahatma Gandhi as the Congress representative. It failed to reach agreement, either constitutionally or on communal representation. The session got deadlocked on the question of the minorities. All minoritites came together in a “Minorities’ Pact”. Gandhi fought desperately against this concerted move to make all constitutional progress conditional on the solving of this issue.

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Which of the following was not one of the techniques of 'Satyagraha' advocated by Mahatma Gandhi?

  1. Violence

  2. Fasting

  3. Civil Disobedience

  4. Non-Cooperation
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Satyagraha, as advocated by Gandhi, is fundamentally based on non-violence (Ahimsa). Therefore, violence is explicitly excluded as a technique.

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Why Simon commission was established?

  1. To enquire into the working of the Government of India Act, 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration.

  2. To enquire into the working of the Marley-Minto reforms.

  3. To declare India as republic state

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation
The Simon Commission was a seven-member commission that came to India in 1928 to inquire into the working of the Government of India Act 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration.