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Q. 2612
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Who among the following was elected as the first President of the All-India Trade Union Congress?
A Vallabhbhai Patel
B Bipin Chandra Pal
C Motilal Nehru
D Lala Lajpat Rai
Correct Option:
D [ Lala Lajpat Rai
]
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Correct answer: D. Lala Lajpat Rai – He was elected as the first President of the All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) at its inaugural session in 1920.
A. Vallabhbhai Patel – Not the first president; a leading Congress leader, later PM, but not the AITUC’s first president.
B. Bipin Chandra Pal – A prominent nationalism figure, not the first AITUC president.
C. Motilal Nehru – Senior Congress leader, but did not hold the first AITUC presidency.
Q. 2611
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Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in 1932 mainly because
A Congress and Muslim League had differences
of opinion
B Round Table Conference failed to satisfy
Indian political aspirations
C Ramsay Macdonald announced the Communal
Award
D None of the statements a, b and c given above is correct in this context
Correct Option:
C [ Ramsay Macdonald announced the Communal
Award ]
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Q. 2610
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Who gave the 'Communal Award' in India?
A C. R. Attlee
B Ramsay Macdonald
C Stafford Cripps
D M. K. Gandhi
Correct Option:
B [ Ramsay Macdonald ]
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Explanation:
The Communal Award was announced by British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. It proposed separate electorates for different religious communities in India, affecting how representatives were elected. Among the options, only Ramsay MacDonald fits as the British leader who announced the award. C. R. Attlee, Stafford Cripps, and M. K. Gandhi were not the initiators of this award. The key idea was to recognize religious communities with separate electoral rights, which later influenced Indian constitutional debates and consequent arrangements.
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Ramsay MacDonald was the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Ramsay MacDonald announced the Communal Award.
Q. 2609
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In which congress session was the Quit
India Resolution ratified?
A 29th December 1929, Lahore
B December 1920, Nagpur
C 11th February, 1922
D 8th August 1942, Bombay
Correct Option:
D [ 8th August 1942, Bombay ]
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Explanation:
The Quit India Resolution was adopted in Bombay on 8 August 1942. This Congress session approved calling for the immediate British withdrawal from India and for civil disobedience to exert pressure for independence. The other dates refer to different historic Congress sessions or events, not the Quit India Decision.
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The Quit India Movement led to widespread protests and the arrest of many leaders, and became one of the final mass campaigns against British rule in India.
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Quit India Resolution: adopted 8 August 1942 in Bombay; called for end to British rule and mass civil disobedience.
Q. 2476
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Who among the following led the Sepoys at Kanpur in the 1857 uprising?
A Kunwar Singh
B Tantia Tope
C Nana Sahib
D Laxmibai
Correct Option:
C [ Nana Sahib ]
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Q. 2475
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Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited India?
A Irwin
B Chelmsford
C Wellington
D Reading
Correct Option:
A [ Irwin ]
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Q. 2474
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Which is the correct chronological order of the following developments?
1. Cripps Mission
2. Gandhi-Irwin pact
3. Simon Commission
4. Partition of the country Choose the correct
order.
A 2, 1, 4, 3
B 3, 2, 1, 4
C 2, 1, 3, 4
D 1, 2, 3, 4
Correct Option:
B [ 3, 2, 1, 4
]
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Q. 2473
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The Indian National Congress was founded by
A Annie Besant.
B W. C. Bannerjee
C A. O. Hume
D Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Option:
C [ A. O. Hume ]
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Q. 2472
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Identify the state that was annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse.
A Awadh
B Punjab
C Jhansi
D Mysore
Correct Option:
C [ Jhansi ]
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Q. 2471
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Aruna Asaf Ali was connected with which one of the following movements as a woman organiser of underground activity?
