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The Self-respect Movement was founded by:

  • Ambedkar
  • Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Naicker
  • Dinkarrao Javalkar
  • Keshavrao Jedhe
  • Correct Option: B  [ Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Naicker ]

    Remark: Self Respect Movement was started in Tamil Nadu in 1925 by E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker popularly known as Periyar.

Who started the Aligarh Movement?

  • Aga Khan
  • Salimulla Khan
  • Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
  • Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
  • Correct Option: C  [ Sir Syed Ahmad Khan ]

    Remark:

The Indian National Association was established in 1876 by _____________ in Calcutta.

  • Badruddin Tyabji
  • V K Chiplunkar
  • Anand Mohan Bose
  • Sisir kumar ghosh
  • Correct Option: C  [ Anand Mohan Bose ]

    Remark:

Where was Chauri Chaura?

  • Patna
  • Bhagalpur
  • Gaya
  • Gorakhpur
  • Correct Option: D  [ Gorakhpur ]

    Remark: The Chauri Chaura incident occurred at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of the United Province, (modern Uttar Pradesh) in British India on 4 February 1922. Mahatma Gandhi, who was strictly against violence, halted the Non-cooperation Movement on the national level on 12 February 1922, as a direct result of this incident.

Gandhiji's 'Wardha Scheme' relates to:

  • Providing basic education to every child
  • Promoting swadeshi goods
  • Alleviation of rural poverty
  • Improving living standards of Harijans
  • Correct Option: A  [ Providing basic education to every child ]

    Remark:

Subhas Chandra Bose was elected as President of Congress in the year:

  • 1938
  • 1933
  • 1928
  • 1923
  • Correct Option: A  [ 1938 ]

    Remark:

From where did the Quit India Movement begin?

  • Nagpur
  • Delhi
  • Calcutta
  • Bombay
  • Correct Option: D  [ Bombay ]

    Remark:

Enfield was the name of a :

  • Place
  • Monument
  • Governor General
  • Rifle
  • Correct Option: D  [ Rifle ]

    Remark:

Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission ?

  • Penthick Lawrence
  • Sir Stafford Cripps
  • A. V. Alexander
  • Lord Wavell
  • Correct Option: D  [ Lord Wavell ]

    Remark:

The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were announced in the year:

  • 1919
  • 1918
  • 1920
  • 1921
  • Correct Option: B  [ 1918 ]

    Remark: The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were announced in the year 1918, which formed the basis of the Government of India Act-1919.