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21
Which of the following was not included in Pakistan by the Independence Act?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
West Bengal was not included in Pakistan by the Independence Act.
22
When was the August Kranti pulled back?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
On August 8, 1942 Mahatma Gandhi and the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) launched the Quit India Movement or Bharat Chodo Andolan at the Bombay session. As the Quit India Movement was launched in August, it is also known as August Movement or August Kranti.
23
Who has written the book "Tuzuk-i- jahangiri"?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri is the autobiographical account of the Mughal Emperor jahangir (1605-1627 AD). It is variously called Tarikh-i-Salimxahi, Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri, Karnama-i- Jahangiri, Waqiat-i-Jahangiri and Jahangirnamah etc. Jahangir himself wrote this book.
24
Who introduced the Ryotwari System in India?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The Ryotwari System was a land revenue system introduced during British rule in India.

It was implemented mainly in the Madras and Bombay Presidencies.

Under this system, the revenue was collected directly from the farmers (ryots) by the British government, without any intermediaries like zamindars.

This system was introduced by Thomas Munro and Charles Reed in the early 19th century.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option A: Munro and Charles Reed.
25
According to Gandhiji, which of the following are the major means of Satyagraha ?
I. non-cooperation
II. Strike,
III. Demonstration
IV. Civil disobedience
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Major means of Satyagraha of Gandhiji was Non-cooperation and civil disobedience.
26
Which of the following is not true about the Muslim League?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Founded in In 30 December 1906, the All-India Muslim League was founded at Dhaka. Founders: Khwaja Salimullah, Vikar-ul-Mulk, Syed Amir Ali, Syed Nabiullah. The All-India Muslim League (popularised as Muslim League) was a political party established during the early years of the 20th century in the British Indian Empire. Its strong advocacy for the establishment of a separate Muslim-majority nation-state, Pakistan, successfully led to the partition of British India in 1947 by the British Empire.
27
Champaran Satyagraha was led by __________
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first Satyagraha movement inspired by Gandhi and a major revolt in the Indian Independence Movement. It was a farmer's uprising that took place in Champaran district of Bihar, India during the British colonial period. The farmers were protesting against to grow opium with barely any payment for it.
28
The Home Rule Society, popularly called 'India House' , had been established in London to promote the cause of Indian independence, by
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The society was foundations of the India House and, along with Krishna Varma's journal The Indian Sociologist, was the foundation of the militant Indian nationalist movement in Britain.
29
After the Bardoli Satyagraha, the title of 'Sardar' to Vallabhbhai Patel was given by
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
Vallabhbhai Patel was respectfully called Sardar by his colleagues and followers during the satyagraha against steep tax hikes in a famine hit Bardoli in 1928. He had led the Satyagraha when Gandhiji was imprisoned, at the request of the congress members. Sardar Patel was freed in 1931, following the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
30
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding Poona Pact (1932)?
I. It refers to an agreement between Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India.
II. It was signed by Pt Madan Mohan Malviya and B. R. Ambedkar and some Dalit leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada prison to annul the Macdonald Award giving separate electorates to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The statement(s) that are correct regarding Poona Pact (1932) are It refers to an agreement between Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India and It was signed by Pt Madan Mohan Malviya and B.R. Ambedkar and some Dalit leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada prison to annul the Macdonald Award giving separate electorates to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India.