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'Communal Veto' comes under?

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  1. Drawbacks of Lucknow Pact

  2. Significance of the Lucknow Pact

  3. Causes of Lucknow Pact

  4. All above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Lucknow Pact provided for a communal veto in legislation, because no Legislature could proceed with any bill if three-fourths of the members of a particular community opposed it.

Who was the President of Congress Lucknow Session in 1916?

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  1. Ambica Charan Mazumdar

  2. Bipin Chandra Pal

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. Mahatma Gandhi

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Both the wings of the Congress came together in 1916 and as a result, the Congress was strengthened. The Congress President of the Lucknow session in 1916, Ambica Charan Mazumdar rightly remarked, "if the united Congress was buried at Surat, it is reborn at Lucknow",

Who said "If the united Congress was buried at Surat, it reborn at Lucknow"?

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  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  3. Annie Besant

  4. Ambica Charan Mazumdar

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Both the wings of the Congress came together in 1916 and as a result, the Congress was strengthened. The Congress President of the Lucknow session in 1916, Ambica Charan Mazumdar rightly remarked, "if the united Congress was buried at Surat, it is reborn at Lucknow",

Which of the following are the causes of Lucknow Pact ?

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  1. Abolition of the India Council

  2. Provincial Legislature

  3. Minorities in Elected Bodies

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following promised a policy of gradual development of self-government institutions in India?

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  1. Declaration of August 20, 1917

  2. Declaration of Independence Act, 1947

  3. Government of India Act,1935

  4. All above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

As the First World War continued, and the Home Rule League was gaining momentum, the leaders of the Congress and the League impressed upon the British Government that their demands for constitutional reforms should not be rejected if they wished Indians to be loyal to the British. The Government, therefore, felt it necessary to pacify the Indians by the Declaration of August 20, 1917, which promised a policy of gradual development of self-government institutions in India.

Lucknow Pact confined only to _____.

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  1. Educated

  2. Rich Hindus

  3. Rich Muslims

  4. All above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Lucknow Pact was not concluded through mass participation. It was primarily a brainchild of the educated and rich Hindus and Muslims. The Pact accepted in principle that the interests of the Hindus and Muslims were separate.

Which of the following indicates the significance of Lucknow Pact?

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  1. Hindu-Muslim Unity

  2. Unity within the Congress

  3. Pressure on the Government

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D

The Lucknow Pact demanded the abolition of The India Council of the Secretary of State. It was operating from?

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  1. India

  2. England

  3. Singapore

  4. Burma

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Lucknow Pact demanded the abolition of the India Council- The India Council of the Secretary of State, which operated from England, The Secretary of State for India was to be assisted by two Under-Secretaries, of whom one should be an Indian.

"By accepting separate electorates for Muslims, the Congress lost its secular character and paved the way for future communal tension" comes under?

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  1. Significance of the Lucknow Pact

  2. Cause of the Lucknow Pact

  3. Drawbacks of the Lucknow Pacts

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Drawbacks of the Lucknow Pacts-By accepting separate electorates for Muslims, the Congress lost its secular character and paved the way for future communal tension.

Lokmanya Tilak and __________ organised the Home Rule league.

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  1. Kadimbini Ganguly

  2. Sarojini Naidu

  3. Annie Besant

  4. None

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To make the radicals politically inactive, the British tried to win the favour of the moderates and Muslims by giving greater representation in the legislature. To carry out this intention Morley-Minto reformations were implemented in 1909. In this act they created a separate election constituency for the Muslims. Meanwhile, the First World War broke out (1914).This gave a new force to the national movement. In 1916 Lokamanya Tilak and Annie Besant organised Home Rule movement.