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Vaikom is a place in ________.

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Andhra Pradesh

  3. Karnataka

  4. Kerala
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Vaikom is a town situated in the Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India. It is known for Vaikom satyagraha during the independence movement. Vaikom satyagraha was a civil rights movement against the practice of untouchability in the Indian society and aimed at securing freedom of movement for all sections of society.

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At Vedaranyam, the salt law was broken by:

  1. T.S. Rajan

  2. Bakthavachalam

  3. Rajagopalachari

  4. V.O.C.
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Salt March was a major nonviolent protest action in India led by Mahatma Gandhi in March–April 1930. While Gandhi marched along India's west coast, C. Rajagopalachari organized the Vedaranyam salt march in parallel on the east coast. He was arrested shortly after making illegal salt.

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At midnight on December $31$, $1929$ who unfurled the tricolor flag on the bank of  Ravi at Lahore?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Subhas Chandra Bose

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. Motilal Nehru
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The Purna Swaraj declaration (or complete self-rule independent of the British Empire) was promulgated by the Indian National Congress in 1929 in its Lahore session. 26th January 1930 was unofficial to be celebrated as the Independence Day. The flag of India was hoisted by Jawaharlal Nehru on the banks of Ravi at Lahore.

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Which of the following was not one of the historic decisions of the Lahore Session $(1929)$ of the Indian National Congress?

  1. Decision to launch a programme of civil disobedience

  2. Complete independence(Poorna Swaraj) as the goal of the Indian National Congress
  3. Decision to observe January $26$ as the Poorna Swaraj Day

  4. To treat the communal problem as a national issue
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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. 26th January 1930 was declared as Purna Swaraj Diwas. At this session, it was decided that Round Table Conference was to be boycotted and Civil Disobedience was to be launched.

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On account of severe British repression the Civil Disobedience movement was again suspended in July $1933$ and people were asked to offer Satyagraha as ______________.

  1. Individually

  2. In groups

  3. Locally

  4. Against liquor shops
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In 1933, facing severe repression, the Civil Disobedience movement was suspended as a mass movement. Gandhi then encouraged individuals to offer Satyagraha to keep the spirit of the movement alive.

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During the Dandi March the song 'Raghipati Raghav Raja Ram...' had been sung by the renowned musician ______.

  1. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar

  2. Onkar Nath Thakur

  3. Mallikarjun Mansur

  4. Krishna Rao Shankar Pandit
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Gandhi inaugurated The 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. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, an Hindustani musician sang the bhajan Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram during the historic march.

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Consider the following statements related to the Nehru Report?
I. It favoured Dominion Status.
II. It favoured a federal system.
III. It rejected the system of Communal Electorate.
IV. It was against the setting up of a Supreme Court.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

  1. I & IV

  2. I & III

  3. II, III & IV

  4. I, II & III
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The Nehru Report (1928) advocated for Dominion Status, a federal structure for India, and rejected separate communal electorates. It did not oppose the establishment of a Supreme Court; in fact, it proposed one.

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When was Gandhi-Irwin Pact taken place?

  1. September 23, 1932

  2. March 15, 1933

  3. March 5, 1931

  4. February 10, 1930
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The Gandhi-Irwin Pact, also known as the Delhi Pact, was signed on March 5, 1931, between Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin, marking the end of the Civil Disobedience Movement.

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The Civil Disobedience Movement had been led in the North-West Frontier Province(NWFP) by ____________.

  1. Sheikh Mohammed Tyabji

  2. Dr M A Ansari

  3. Badruddin Tyabji

  4. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
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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. In 1930 in NWFP, Ghaffar Khan began mobilizing to support the INC civil disobedience campaign with public demonstrations, pickets, etc.