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Internal Debates & Path to Civil Disobedience
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Q1.The Swaraj Party, formed within the Congress, advocated for:
- A.Returning to council politics to oppose British policies from within✓ Correct Answer
- B.Immediate armed rebellion
- C.Complete boycott of all Congress activities
- D.Alliance with the Muslim League exclusively
Explanation: The Swaraj Party argued that entering the councils could be used to expose the hollowness of British reforms from within.
Q2.Who were the founders of the Swaraj Party?
- A.C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru✓ Correct Answer
- B.Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose
- C.Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel
- D.Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Explanation: C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the Swaraj Party to argue for a return to council politics.
Q3.The Simon Commission, set up in 1928, provoked widespread protest in India mainly because:
- A.It did not include a single Indian member✓ Correct Answer
- B.It proposed complete independence
- C.It recommended abolition of the salt tax
- D.It was headed by an Indian
Explanation: All members of the Simon Commission were British, which Indians saw as an insult.
Q4.The slogan raised during protests against the arrival of the Simon Commission in 1928 was:
- A."Go back Simon"✓ Correct Answer
- B."Inquilab Zindabad"
- C."Quit India"
- D."Do or Die"
Explanation: Demonstrators across India greeted the Simon Commission with the slogan "Go back Simon."
Q5.Lala Lajpat Rai died from injuries sustained while leading a protest against:
- A.The Simon Commission in Lahore✓ Correct Answer
- B.The Rowlatt Act in Amritsar
- C.The Salt March in Dandi
- D.The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai was fatally injured in a police lathi charge during a Simon Commission protest in Lahore.
Q6.The Nehru Report of 1928, drafted to propose a constitutional framework for India, was authored mainly by:
- A.Motilal Nehru✓ Correct Answer
- B.Jawaharlal Nehru
- C.Mahatma Gandhi
- D.Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Explanation: Motilal Nehru drafted the report along with other leaders in response to the Simon Commission's all-British composition.
Q7.The Nehru Report's proposals deepened political differences mainly because:
- A.Muhammad Ali Jinnah's demand for separate electorates for Muslims was not accepted✓ Correct Answer
- B.It proposed complete independence too soon
- C.It rejected dominion status entirely
- D.It was rejected outright by the British government
Explanation: Jinnah's demand for separate electorates was not accommodated, straining Congress-League relations.
Q8.At the Lahore session of the Indian National Congress in December 1929, presided over by Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress declared:
- A."Purna Swaraj," or complete independence, as its goal✓ Correct Answer
- B.Support for the Simon Commission
- C.Formation of the Swaraj Party
- D.Acceptance of dominion status
Explanation: The Lahore session formally proclaimed Purna Swaraj (complete independence) as the Congress goal.
Q9.Which date was declared to be celebrated as "Independence Day" following the Lahore Congress session of 1929?
- A.26 January 1930✓ Correct Answer
- B.15 August 1930
- C.6 April 1930
- D.1 January 1930
Explanation: 26 January was declared Independence Day at the Lahore session, a date India later adopted as Republic Day.
Q10.The fall in agricultural prices from the mid-1920s, worsening after the Great Depression of 1930, shaped the late-1920s political climate by:
- A.Making it hard for peasants to sell harvests and pay revenue, fuelling renewed mass agitation✓ Correct Answer
- B.Increasing peasant prosperity and reducing unrest
- C.Strengthening the plantation economy
- D.Ending demands for swaraj
Explanation: Collapsing agricultural incomes created fresh grievances that helped build support for renewed mass struggle.
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