Indian Freedom Struggle, 1885–1947 — Practice

Question 1

The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by

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Question 2

The Partition of Bengal (1905), carried out by Lord Curzon, directly triggered which movement?

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Question 3

The All-India Muslim League was founded in 1906 at

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Question 4

The Lucknow Pact (1916) is significant because it

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Question 5

Gandhi's first satyagraha in India, the Champaran Satyagraha (1917), addressed the grievances of

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Question 6

The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919) occurred in the context of protests against which Act?

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Question 7

The Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22) was called off by Gandhi following

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Question 8

The Simon Commission (1927) provoked widespread protest primarily because

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Question 9

The goal of Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence) was declared at which INC session?

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Question 10

The Poona Pact (1932), between Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar, resulted in

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Question 11

Bhagat Singh and B.K. Dutt threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly in 1929 as part of their association with

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Question 12

Subhas Chandra Bose resigned as INC president in 1939 due to differences with Gandhi, and later founded

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Question 13

The Cripps Mission (1942) was rejected by the Congress primarily because

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Question 14

The Quit India Movement (1942), launched with the call 'Do or Die,' was characterised by

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Question 15

Under the Mountbatten Plan and the Indian Independence Act, 1947, India and Pakistan became independent on

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Practice — Indian Freedom Struggle, 1885–1947