14.National Movement in India- Partition and Independence: 1939 - 1947
*Choose the Correct Answers:
*Match the following (TS April 2023) ( )
1.Announcement of partion of the country - A) M.S. Khan
2.A Navel Central Strike Committee - B) Mohammad Iqbal
3.Need for North-West Muslim state - C) Jawahar Lal Nehru
4.A resolution on the Rights of the minorities - D) Lord Mountbatten
A) (1) - D, (2) - A, (3) - B, (4) - C
B) (1) - C, (2) - A, (3) - B, (4) - D
C) (1) - D, (2) - A, (3) - C, (4) - B
D) (1) - B, (2) - D, (3) - A, (4) - C
*The Hindu Mahasabha and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh wished to unite (TS Aug 2022) ( )
A) Muslims
B) Hindus
C) Christians
D) People of all religions in India
*With police action, the princely state merged in Union of India is (TS Aug 2022) ( )
A) Kashmir
B) Junagadh
C) Hyderabad
D) Travancore
*To fight against the British, Subhash Chandra Bose sought the help of: (TS May 2022) ( )
A) China
B) Japan
C) Mynmar
D) None
*The Princely State that joined Indian Union by 15th August 1947 was (TS May 2022) ( )
A) Kashmir
B) Hyderabad
C) Junagadh
D)Travancore
*The movement that was started after the failure of Cripps Mission (TS June 2019) ( )
A) Quit India Movement
B) Civil Disobedience Movement
C) Vandemataram Movement
D) Non-cooperation Movement
*The British cabinet sent a three member mission team to Delhi in 1946 to examine the demand to (TS March 2019). ( )
A) Suggest a suitable political frame work for Indian freedom
B) Divide India
C) Unite India
D) Implement land reforms
*Mahatma Gandhi decided to launch his third major movement against British rule (TS March 2019) ( )
A) Champaran
B) Vande Mataram Movement
C) Quit India Movement
D) Non-Cooperation Movement
*Tebhaga movement was started by (TS June 2018) ( )
A) Small, poor peasants
B) Zamindars and landlords
C) Government employees
D) Sepoys
*The reason for the Quit India Movement (TS March 2018) ( )
A) Failure of Puna pact
B) Pressure of moderates
C) Failure of Cripp's mission
D) Pressure of extremists
*Till 1930, Muslim League represented the interests of (TS March 2018) ( )
A) Muslim industrialists
B) Sikh landlords
C) Muslim women
D) Muslim landlords of Uttar Pradesh
*Privy purse was given to (TS March 2018) ( )
A) Take up welfare programmes in princely states
B) Encourage revolts in princely states
C) Wage a war against princely states
D) Meet the personal expenses of royal families of princely states
*The organisation wished to unite all the Hindus and overcome the divisions of caste and sect to reform their social life is (TS June 2017) ( )
A) Indian National Army
B) Kerala Shastra Sahitya Parishad
C) Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh
D) Youth congress .
*In 1947, the charge for integration of princely states was given to (TS March 2016) ( )
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Sardar Patel
C) Ambedkar
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
*The party which led a massive movement of farmers of the Telangana region in Hyderabad (TS March 2016) ( )
A) Congress Party
B) Communist Party
C) Bharatiya Janata Party
D) Kisan Sabha
*Peasant movement was related to (TS June 2015) ( )
A) Justice Party
B) Republican Party
C) Communist Party
D) Jana Sangh
*Which demand was NOT related to the Royal Indian Navy strike? (TS June 2015) ( )
A) Bad food
B) Behaviour of their British Officers
C) Release of INA prisoners
D) Promotions
*Who led the Quit India Movement? (TS June 2015) ( )
A) Subhash Chandra Bose
B) Gandhiji
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
*'Do or Die' slogan related to (TS March 2015) ( )
A) Non-cooperation movement
B) Quit India movement
C) Khilafat movement
D) Civil disobedience movement
*Mohammed Ali Jinnah actively participated
in (TS March 2015) ( )
A) Indian National Congress
B) Swarajya Party
C) Muslim League
D) Republican Party
*Main objective of the day of direct action ( )
A) Achieving independence for India
B) Achieving a separate Pakistan
C) To achieve Hindu Muslim unity
D) To achieve international peace
*Match the following
i.Subhash Chandra Bose ( ) a) Quit India
ii.Vallabhbhai Patel ( ) b) Indian National Army
iii.Tebhaga Movement ( ) c) Merger of States
iv.Gandhiji ( ) d) Peasant movement
A) i - a, ii - b, iii - c, iv - d
B) i - d, ii - c, iii - b, iv - a
C) i - b, ii - c, iii - d, iv - a
D) i - b, ii - c, iii - a, iv - d
*Subject related to the Telangana Farmers Movement under the leadership of the
Communist Party ( )
1.Cancellation of Farmers’ Loans
3.Land to the tillers
2.Stopping bonded labour
4. Opposing feudal system
A) 3 only
B) 3 and 4
C) 2, 3, 4
D) 1, 2, 3, 4
*Resolution passed by Congress at the initiative of Gandhiji and Nehru ( )
A) Two nation theory
B) Minority rights
C) Complete Independence
D) Non-Cooperation Movement
*Which of the following is the reason for the change in Muslim mindset between
1937-1947? ( )
i.Congress showing indifference towards meet the needs of Muslims
ii.Prohibition of membership of Congress party and Muslim League party members
iii.Congress Party and Muslim League Party portraying it as a pro-Hindu party
iv.Banned the Muslim League by Congress Party
A) i and ii
B) i, ii and iii
C) i, ii and iv
D) i, ii, iii and iv
*Give the correct sentence in the following regarding the partition of the country ( )
a)Around 1.5 crore Hindu and Muslim people were displaced.
b)Around 5 lakh Hindu and Muslim people were killed.
c)Many have become refugees.
d)Gandhi sat on hunger strike after celebrating Independence Day.
A) d
B) a, b, c
C) a,b
D) All of the above
*Who led the Tebhaga Movement? ( )
A) Naval Central Strike Committee
B) Provincial Kisan Sabha
C) Indian National Army
D) Communist Party of India
*The movement undertaken by Gandhiji after the failure of the Cripps Mission is ( )
A) Non-Cooperation Movement
B) Salt Satyagraha Movement
C) Quit India Movement
D) Civil Disobedience Movement
*An organization that was wished to unite the country across castes and communities ( )
A) Congress
B) Muslim League
C) RSS
D) Communist parties
*The organisation responsible for the partition of the country ( )
A) Congress
B) Muslim League
C) RSS
D) Communist parties
