Post-Civil Disobedience Movement (1935-1939)

12 Questions
  1. 1
    Which of the following factors contributed to the formation of the Forward Bloc by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1939?
    1. Bose failed to win the confidence of Mahatma Gandhi.
    2. The Congress Left was disunited and failed to support Bose.
    3. The Communists did not support Bose in his endeavours.
    4. The supporters of M.N. Roy and socialist leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan preferred Congress unity to supporting Bose.
    Select the answer using the code given below :
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  2. 2
    With reference to the Government of India Act, 1935, consider the following statements :
    1. It provided for the establishment of an All India Federation based on the union of the British Indian Provinces and Princely States.
    2. Defence and Foreign Affairs were kept under the control of the federal legislature.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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  3. 3
    The Congress ministries resigned in the seven provinces in 1939, because
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  4. 4

    Consider the following statements:

    1. The ‘Bombay Manifesto’ signed in 1936 openly opposed the preaching of socialist ideals.
    2. It evoked support from a large section of business community from all across India.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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  5. 5

    In which one of the following provinces was a Congress ministry not formed under the Act of 1935?

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  6. 6

    Consider the following statements:
    The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for:

    1. the provincial autonomy.
    2. the establishment of a Federal court.
    3. all India Federation at the centre.

    Which of the statements given above are correct?

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  7. 7

    Consider the following statements:

    Some of the main features of the Government of India Act, 1935 were the:

    1. abolition of diarchy in the Governor's provinces
    2. power of the Governors to veto legislative action and to legislate on their own
    3. abolition of the principle of communal representation

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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  8. 8

    The real intention of the British for including the princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to:

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  9. 9

    Who among the following was the President of the All India States' Peoples' Conference in 1939?

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  10. 10

    Which one of the following is not a feature of the Government of India Act of 1935?

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  11. 11

    While delivering the presidential address, the Congress President who advocated the introduction of Roman script for Hindi language was

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  12. 12

    The given map shows locations of airports labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. What is the correct sequence of the airports in which the hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814 landed after its initial take off from Kathmandu in December 1999?

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