Freedom movement in India
All questions and answers of Unit 7, Freedom movement in India.
BSC, BCOM, BA 1st year Unit 7 English question and Answers.
Q. 1, How were the British able to establish their empire in India?
Ans. The British were able to establish their empire through diplomacy and battles.
Q. 2, How many delegates attended the first session of the Indian National Congress?
Ans. Only 85 delegates attended the first session of the Indian National Congress.
Q. 3, When did Lokmanya Tilak emerge as a political leader?
Ans. When the activities on the political front were slow, Lokmanya Tilak emerged as a national leader.
Q. 4, What was the slogan Tilak gave to the Indian masses?
Ans. Tilak gave to the people of India the following slogan - "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it".
Q. 5, Who was responsible for the partition of Bengal?
Ans. Lord Curzon was responsible for the partition of Bengal.
Q. 6, When was the All India Muslim league founded and where?
Ans. The All India Muslim League was founded in Dacca in 1906 during the partition of Bengal.
Q. 7, Why were the Rowlatt acts known as Black Acts.
Ans. The Rowlatt acts were known as 'Black Acts' because there were special rules to be used by the government during wartimes, but they retained them and made use of them to torture revolutionaries.
Q. 8, Who organized Satyagrah against the Rowlatt acts?
Ans. Gandhiji called upon the people to oppose the Rowlatt act and staged a Satyagraha against it.
Q. 9, Which two major festivals were popularized by Lokmanya Tilak?
Ans. Ganesh Chaturthi and Shivaji Jayanti were two festivals popularized by Lokmanya Tilak.
Q. 10, Who were called the extremists?
Ans. People who were not satisfied with the moderate leadership of the Indian national congress were called the extremists.
Q. 11, Why was the dismemberment of the Turkish empire resented in India?
Ans. The dismemberment of the Turkish empire was resented in India because majority of Indian Muslims considered the Turkish Sultan as their Khalifa.
Q. 12, When were the people asked to renounce titles offered by the British?
Ans. The people were asked to renounce the titles offered by the British in 1920.
Q. 13, What was the Signal of the Dandi March?
Ans. The manufacturing of salt by Mahatma Gandhi was the signal of the Dandi March.
Q. 14, When was the Quit India movement launched?
Ans. In August 1942, The Quit India movement was launched.
Q. 15, In which year the congress formed ministries in six provinces?
Ans. In 1930 the congress formed ministries in six provinces.
Q. 16, What was the reason advanced for launching this 'Quit India Movement'?
Ans. The British made India a party to the world war || without consulting Indian leaders. Some leaders wanted that India should be given powers. The negotiations failed and the 'Quit Movement was launched.
Q. 17, What was the immediate result of Indian Independence?
Ans. The immediate result of Indian Independence was the partition of India.
Q. 18, What happened in 1857?
Ans. In 1857 in northern and central India, people made a revolt against the British.
Q. 19, When was the Simon Commission appointed by the British?
Ans. The Simon Commission was appointed by the government by the end of 1927.
Q. 20, Under what circumstances did Gandhi launch his non-cooperation movement of 1920?
Ans. When he found the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (1919) inadequate, unsatisfactory and disappointing, Gandhiji launches his non-cooperation movement in 1920.
Q. 21, What was the result of the Gandhi-Irvin pact?
Ans. As a result of the Gandhi-Irvin pact, civil disobedience was suspended.
Q. 22, What did the British say about their primary objective?
Ans. The British kept assuring Indians that their welfare was the primary objective of British rule in India.
Q. 23, Why was the Simon Commission appointed by the British?
Ans. The Simon Commission was appointed to review the constitutional situation in India.
Q. 24, Who started the home rule league?
Ans. Mrs. Annie Besant and Balgangadhar Tilak started home rule league.
