Challenge Prelims V1.0 – Day 54 – GS Paper (Modern History)

1. Who among the following was/were associated with the Kheda Satyagraha organised by Mahatma Gandhi in 1918?

1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
2. Rajendra Prasad
3. Indulal Yagnik

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

2. Champaran Satyagraha was launched against the:

3. Consider the following personalities associated with Gandhi during his early career and activism:

1. Ambalal Sarabhai
2. Brij Kishore
3. Mahadev Desai
4. Narhari Parekh

How many of the personalities given above actively supported Gandhiji in the 1918 Ahmedabad Mill owners dispute?

4. With reference to Lucknow Pact of 1916, consider the following statements:

1. Both Congress and Muslim league put forward a joint scheme of political reforms.
2. Both Congress and Muslim league rejected separate electorate.

Which of the statements given above is/ are not correct?

5. In the context of Montague-Chelmsford reforms, how many of the statements are correct?

1. Dyarchy was introduced at the level of the central government.
2. Majority of the members of the Provincial Legislative Councils were to be elected.
3. Congress leader Surendranath Banerjea was in favor of accepting the reforms.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

6. Tolstoy farm, the precursor of the later Gandhian Ashrams was set up during which among the following events?

7. The Nehru Report of 1928 demanded which of the following?

1. Reservation for Muslims in all the provinces
2. Equal rights for women
3. Freedom to form unions
4. Dissociation of the state from religion in any form

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

8. Consider the following statements with respect to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre:

1. Large crowd gathered at Jallianwalla Bagh to protest against the arrest of Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal.
2. After the incident, Mahatma Gandhi formed Satyagraha Sabha to organize an all-India hartal against the massacre.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

9. With reference to the Simon Commission 1927, which of the following was the primary reason for its boycott by most of the important leaders and parties of India?

10. With reference to the Congress Working Committee resolution of 12th February 1922 popularly known as the Bardoli resolution, which one of the following statements is correct?

11. With reference to the changes made to Congress Constitution after the 1920 Nagpur session, consider the following statements:

1. Provincial Congress Committees were now to be organized on a linguistic basis.
2. The Congress was now to have a Working Committee of fifteen members to look after its day-to-day affairs
3. The requirement to pay an annual membership fee was done away with to enable the poor to become members.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

12. With reference to the terms of the GandhiIrwin Pact, consider the following statements:

1. The agreement included the immediate return of all lands confiscated from the peasants.
2. The Government also conceded the right to make salt for consumption to villages along the coast.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

13. With respect to the Communal Award as announced in 1932 by British Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, consider the following statements:

1. It was based on the findings of the Indian Franchise Committee or Lothian Committee.
2. It granted separate electorates to Muslims, Europeans, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians and women.
3. It accorded the status of minority to the depressed classes.

How many of the statements given above is/are correct?

14. Consider the following statements:

1. It was brought to eliminate the spread of socialism through the deporting of undesirable foreigners including Britishers.
2. Motilal Nehru called it ‘the Slavery of India, Bill No.1’.
3. Capitalists like Purshottam Thakurdas and G.D. Birla opposed the bill.

Which of the following bills has been described by the statements given above?

15. Consider the following statements regarding the Chamber of Princes, 1921:

1. The Chamber of Princes was formed under the policy of the Subordinate Union.
2. The chamber of Princes was merely an advisory and consultative body.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?