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The founder-president of India independence League was ________.

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  1. Rash Behari Bose

  2. Subhas Chandra Bose

  3. MK Gandhi

  4. Motilal Nehru

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Indian Independence League was a political organisation started by Rash Behari Bose which operated from the 1920s to the 1940s. It was set up to organize those living outside of India into seeking the removal of British colonial rule over India. After the arrival of Subhas Chandra Bose in South East Asia and the revival of the INA, the League came under his leadership.

Who established a political party "Forward Bloc"?

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  1. Subhash Chandra Bose

  2. Rasbihari Bose

  3. Khudiram Bose

  4. Satyendranath Bose

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Correct Option: A

The INA was largely composed of ____________.

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  1. Indian Revolutionaries

  2. Overseas Indians

  3. Indian Prisoners of war under the Japanese

  4. Deserters from the British Indian Army

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Indian National Army (INA) was originally founded by Capt Mohan Singh in Singapore in September 1942 with Japan's Indian Prisoners of war.  It was formed with Japanese aid and support after the Fall of Singapore. The INA's first commitment was in the Japanese push towards Eastern Indian frontiers of Manipur.

At the historic Tripuri Session of the Congress(March $1939$) Subhas Bose defeated Mahatma Gandhi's official candidate for the President ship of the Congress. Who was Gandhiji's nominee?

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  1. Abdul Kalam Azad

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Pattabhi Sitaramayya

  4. Vallabhbhai Patel

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In 1939, Bose put forward his name for presidentship of the Tripuri session. Mahatma Gandhi, on the other hand, put candidature of Pattabhi Sitaramayya. But the popularity of Bose shattered the hope of Gandhi and became the President. But Bose couldn't preside over the session as result of his illness. 

Subhash Bose selected the best soldiers from the three existing brigades (named after Gandhi, Azad and Nehru) and organised a new brigade which the soldiers themselves called ____________.

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  1. Himalayan Brigade

  2. Swatantra Bharat Brigade

  3. Bhagat Singh Brigade

  4. Subhash Brigade

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Correct Option: D

The Royal Indian Navy revolt at Bombay in February $1946$ was calmed down largely by the efforts of __________.

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  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. C Rajagopalachari

  3. Jawahar Lal Nehru

  4. Vallabhbhai Patel

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Correct Option: D

The Indian naval mutiny against the British took place in the year ___________.

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  1. $1857$

  2. $1919$

  3. $1946$

  4. $1947$

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Correct Option: C

On account of his differences with Gandhiji, Subhas Chandra Bose resigned the Presidentship of the Congress(April $1939$) and organised a new party called _______.

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  1. Congress Socialist Party

  2. Azad Hind Fauz

  3. Congress Liberal party

  4. Forward Block

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In 1939, Subhash Bose believed that the Congress was strong enough to launch an immediate struggle and that the masses were ready for such struggle. Gandhiji's perceptions were very different. So Bose resigned and formed the Forward Bloc.as a new party within the Congress. Bose became the president of the Forward Bloc and S.S. Cavesheer its vice-president.

Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23 January 1897 at _________ in Odisha.

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  1. Bhubaneshwar

  2. Rourkela

  3. Balasore

  4. Cuttack

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Subhash Chandra Bose was  born on 23 January 1897 at Cuttack in Odisha. He was an Indian revolutionary who believed in violent resistance to British rule. He joined the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) in 1943. He took formal command of the demoralised and undermanned Indian National Army from Rashbehari Bose and turned it into a professional army with the help of the Japanese. INA played a significant role in the Indian National Movement.

When did Subhash Chandra Bose form the 'Forward Bloc Party'?

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  1. 3rd May 1939

  2. 9th December 1939

  3. 21th May 1938

  4. 24th March 1938

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Subhas Chandra Bose felt the urgent need for an organised left-wing party in the Congress. After resigning from the Presidentship of the Congress in 1939, he laid the foundation of a new party within the Congress, to bring the entire left wing under one banner. This party, known as Forward Bloc, was formed on May 3, 1939.