Q10. Name the commission that came to India in 1928 to review its constitutional system.
[SSC CGL Tier-I, 20 August 2017, Shift 1]
A. Rowlatt Act
B. Pitt’s India Act
C. Partition of Bengal
D. Simon Commission
Answer: D. Simon Commission
Explanation: The Simon Commission arrived in India in 1928 to assess the constitutional framework of the Government of India Act 1919. Because it excluded Indian members, its arrival was met by nationwide protests.
Q9. The Chauri Chaura episode was associated with which movement?
[MPPSC Assistant Professor 2017, Political Science Paper II, 11 July 2017]
A. Khilafat Movement
B. Non-Cooperation Movement
C. Civil Disobedience Movement
D. Quit India Movement
Answer: B. Non-Cooperation Movement
Explanation: Chauri Chaura occurred on 4 February 1922 during the Non-Cooperation Movement. Protesters set a police station ablaze after a confrontation, killing policemen. Disturbed by the violence and concerned about discipline, Gandhi called off the ongoing mass campaign.
Q8. Which statement does NOT describe the Khilafat Movement?
[UPSC NDA-I 2017, General Ability Test, 23 April 2017]
A. Gandhi sought to link it with Non-Cooperation
B. The Congress did not support it
C. It sought protection for Ottoman Muslim sacred places
D. It was led by Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
Answer: B. The Congress did not support it
Explanation: The Indian National Congress supported the Khilafat campaign, making the second assertion incorrect. Gandhi connected the agitation with Non-Cooperation to widen anti-colonial mobilisation. The Ali brothers led the cause, seeking protection of the Ottoman Caliph’s position after World War I.
Q7. Who supported the Swaraj Party within the Central Legislative Assembly?
[UPPSC Civil Services Prelims 2017]
A. M. A. Jinnah
B. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
C. Rajendra Prasad
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: A. M. A. Jinnah
Explanation: Muhammad Ali Jinnah cooperated with Swarajist legislators on some issues in the Central Legislative Assembly. Such alliances reflected legislative opposition to colonial authority across different Indian political groupings.
Q6. Gandhi withdrew Non-Cooperation after which incident?
[WBCS Preliminary 2017]
A. Chauri Chaura
B. Rowlatt Act
C. Jallianwala Bagh
D. Dandi March
Answer: A. Chauri Chaura
Explanation: Gandhi suspended Non-Cooperation after Chauri Chaura in February 1922, when a mob set fire to a police station. He argued that a mass movement had to preserve non-violent discipline.
Q5. Which option was NOT a recommendation of the Nehru Report?
[UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandants 2017]
A. Dominion Status
B. Separate electorates
C. Democratic centre
D. Adult franchise
Answer: B. Separate electorates
Explanation: The Nehru Report opposed separate communal electorates, though it provided for minority safeguards. Its recommendations included Dominion Status and constitutional reform, distinguishing it from demands supporting permanent separate electorates.
Q4. What was the name of the party created by Motilal Nehru and C. R. Das in 1923?
[UPPSC Civil Services Prelims 2016]
A. Independence Party
B. Ghadar Party
C. Swaraj Party
D. Indian National Party
Answer: C. Swaraj Party
Explanation: The Swaraj Party was established after disagreements in Congress about continuing the legislative-council boycott. It used elected institutions as an arena for resistance to colonial policies.
Q3. Arrange chronologically: Tilak’s death, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh and the 1919 Amritsar Congress session.
[UPPSC Civil Services Prelims 2014]
A. Rowlatt–Jallianwala–Amritsar Congress–Tilak’s death
B. Amritsar Congress–Jallianwala–Rowlatt–Tilak
C. Jallianwala–Congress–Rowlatt–Tilak
D. Tilak–Rowlatt–Jallianwala–Congress
Answer: A. Rowlatt–Jallianwala–Amritsar Congress–Tilak’s death
Explanation: The Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred in 1919, followed by the Amritsar Congress session later that year. Bal Gangadhar Tilak died in August 1920.
Q2. Order these developments: (a) League preferred Jinnah’s Fourteen Points; (b) Congress gave a one-year deadline for the Nehru Report; (c) Lahore Congress demanded Purna Swaraj; (d) Salt Satyagraha.
[MPSC State Service Prelims 2013]
A. a, c, d, b
B. d, b, a, c
C. b, a, c, d
D. a, b, c, d
Answer: C. b, a, c, d
Explanation: Congress discussed the Nehru Report in 1928; Jinnah’s Fourteen Points followed in 1929, then the Lahore Congress adopted complete independence in December 1929. Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha started in March 1930.
Q1. Which proposals belonged to the Nehru Report: (1) complete independence, (2) joint electorates with reserved minority seats, (3) fundamental rights?
[UPSC CSE Prelims 2011]
A. 1 only
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. All three
Answer: B. 2 and 3 only
Explanation: The Nehru Report recommended joint electorates with minority safeguards and constitutional fundamental rights. It sought Dominion Status rather than immediate complete independence, so statement 1 is i
