222 + Interview Questions in NATIONAL MOVEMENT IN GENERAL AWARENESS Page 5 InterviewSolution

201.	…….. in Ahmedabad Gandhiji led a successful mili workers strike in ……… year. A) 1915 B) 1919 C) 1922 D) 1927
Answer» Answer is (B) 1919

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202.	The Indian Movement in 1942 A) Non-Cooperation B) Quit India C) Civil disobediance D) Satyagraha
Answer» (B) Quit India

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203.	Why do you think people were so much against such laws during the freedom movement?
Answer» Most of the police and higher officials were Britishers at that time. It was most difficult for the people to been the dictatorship. Introducing such laws at that time was like pouring ghee into the fire. So they were against such laws.

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204.	During first ……… years, the Congress was led by the leaders who are known as Moderate Nationalists. A) 10 C) 20 B) 15 D) 25
Answer» During first 20 years, the Congress was led by the leaders who are known as Moderate Nationalists.

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205.	If authorities do not agree to the just requests of people, what do you think the people should do?
Answer» The requests should be not only just but also legal. If the authorities do not agree, one should oppose them democratically and attain them.

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206.	India got independence on A) 15-8-1947 B) 20-8-1947 C) 27-8-1947 D) 28-8-1947
Answer» (A) 15-8-1947 option b is the correct answer

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207.	The first Satyagraha started by Gandhiji. A) Champaran B) Kheda C) Both A & B D) Strike of Ahmedabad Mill labourers
Answer» (C) Both A & B

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208.	The number of people that were arrested by the end of 1943.A) 80,000 B) 85,000 C) 90,000 D) 95,000
Answer» Answer is (C) 90,000

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209.	The Congress leaders who were arrested during the morning on 9-8-1942A) Gandhiji, Patel B) Nehru, Maulana Azad C) Acharya Kripalani, Rajendra Prasad D) All the above
Answer» (D) All the above

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210.	To what extent was the Salt Satyagraha successful in its objectives? Give your assessment.
Answer» A wave of enthusiasm swept the country during the Salt Satyagraha. Sait laws were broken at many places and even women took part in the Civil Disobedience Movement. In Delhi alone, 1600 women were imprisoned. This movement was not confined to the Salt Satyagraha alone. Foreign-cloth shops and liquor shops were picketed and were burned. Hand spinning was taken up as a movement. British schools, colleges, and services were boycotted. The people joined in large numbers in this movement. The combined struggles of the Indian people bore fruit when the Government of India Act of 1935 prescribed provincial autonomy and the government announced elections to the provincial legislatures in 1937. Thus it was successful in its objectives.

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To what extent was the Salt Satyagraha successful in its objectives? Give your assessment.

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A wave of enthusiasm swept the country during the Salt Satyagraha. Sait laws were broken at many places and even women took part in the Civil Disobedience Movement. In Delhi alone, 1600 women were imprisoned. This movement was not confined to the Salt Satyagraha alone. Foreign-cloth shops and liquor shops were picketed and were burned. Hand spinning was taken up as a movement. British schools, colleges, and services were boycotted. The people joined in large numbers in this movement.

The combined struggles of the Indian people bore fruit when the Government of India Act of 1935 prescribed provincial autonomy and the government announced elections to the provincial legislatures in 1937.

Thus it was successful in its objectives.

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211.	The number of followers of Gandhiji that participated in the foot-march of dandi sathyagraha with Gandhiji A) 72 B) 78C) 62 D) 68
Answer» Answer is (B) 78

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212.	The Dandi Sathyagraha was started on this day A) 11-3-1930 B) 12-3-1930 C) 18-4-1930 D) 12-4-1930
Answer» (B) 12-3-1930

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213.	Why did Gandhiji choose to break the salt law?
Answer» Mahatma Gandhi and other nationalist leaders argued that salt was an essential item of our food and hence it was wrong to impose a tax on salt. Moreover, the issue of salt affected all; the rich and poor; alike. Hence, Gandhiji choose to break the salt law.

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214.	The distance of Gandhiji foot-march from Sabarmathi Ashram to Dandi village A) 200 kms B) 300 kms C) 375 kms D) 400 kms
Answer» Answer is (C) 375 kms

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215.	The number of Sathyagrahis’s that were arrested during Salt Sathyagrahas A) 80,000 B) 90,000 C) 1,00,000 D) 1,20,000
Answer» Answer is (B) 90,000

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216.	Gandhiji disobeyed the British rules as a part of Salt Sathyagraha A) 6-4-1930 B) 12-4-1930C) 28-4-1930 D) 1-5-1930
Answer» (A) 6 - 4 - 1930

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217.	The people of Chirala – Perala refused to pay the taxes and migrated to a new settlement calledA) Rayanampadu B) Ramnagar C) Krishna Nagar D) Vankayala Nagar
Answer» The people of Chirala – Perala refused to pay the taxes and migrated to a new settlement called Ramnagar

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218.	The seeds of a new consciousness were sown in …….. A) the second half of 18th century B) the first half of 19th century C) the second half of 19th century D) the first half of 19th century
Answer» (C) the second half of 19th century

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219.	With the growth of ……. Education during the late nineteenth century a new consciousness began to develop. A) English B) Old C) Sanskrit D) None of the above
Answer» Answer is (A) English

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220.	Do you think it is right to give the police such powers to suppress revolts?
Answer» Terrorism and showing anger through demonstrations are two delicate issues. The police should recognize the tenderness and difference between these two. Then only it is right to give such powers.

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221.	Read the following passage and write a meaningful question.In Class VII, you had read about the revolt of 1857 in which the soldiers, ordinary peasants, artisans and landlords and even princes joined the struggle against the British rule. While the movement was opposed to the British, it did not have any new vision of the country. It in fact wanted to restore the rule of the old kings and queens and also the same caste based society.
Answer» “Why did the 1857 revolution fail?”

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222.	Read the following passage and answer the questions.In the next Congress session (1905), the extremist Nationalists led by Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pai and Lala Lajapat Rai were in favour of extending the movement to the rest of India and to demand for full fledged freedom or ‘Swaraj’. Bal Gangadhar Tilak gave the famous slogan, “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it.” They wanted to move away from the earlier strategy of submitting petitions to government to mobilising the masses against the British rule and forcing the British to give up and go. They called the earlier strategy as ‘mendicancy’ (or begging for alms). The old leaders, called ‘Moderate nationalists’.1) Name any two extremists.2) What is meant by ‘Swaraj’?3) What is the slogan of Tilak?4) How did they call the policy of moderates?5) What did the moderates do?
Answer» 1) Tilak, Bipin Chandrapal. 2) Swaraj means complete independence. 3) Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it. 4) They called it ‘mendicancy’. 5) The moderates tried with petitions.

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Read the following passage and answer the questions.In the next Congress session (1905), the extremist Nationalists led by Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pai and Lala Lajapat Rai were in favour of extending the movement to the rest of India and to demand for full fledged freedom or ‘Swaraj’. Bal Gangadhar Tilak gave the famous slogan, “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it.” They wanted to move away from the earlier strategy of submitting petitions to government to mobilising the masses against the British rule and forcing the British to give up and go. They called the earlier strategy as ‘mendicancy’ (or begging for alms). The old leaders, called ‘Moderate nationalists’.1) Name any two extremists.2) What is meant by ‘Swaraj’?3) What is the slogan of Tilak?4) How did they call the policy of moderates?5) What did the moderates do?

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1) Tilak, Bipin Chandrapal.

2) Swaraj means complete independence.

3) Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it.

4) They called it ‘mendicancy’.

5) The moderates tried with petitions.

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The number of people that were arrested by the end of 1943.A) 80,000 B) 85,000 C) 90,000 D) 95,000

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To what extent was the Salt Satyagraha successful in its objectives? Give your assessment.

The number of followers of Gandhiji that participated in the foot-march of dandi sathyagraha with Gandhiji A) 72 B) 78C) 62 D) 68

The Dandi Sathyagraha was started on this day A) 11-3-1930 B) 12-3-1930 C) 18-4-1930 D) 12-4-1930

Why did Gandhiji choose to break the salt law?

The distance of Gandhiji foot-march from Sabarmathi Ashram to Dandi village A) 200 kms B) 300 kms C) 375 kms D) 400 kms

The number of Sathyagrahis’s that were arrested during Salt Sathyagrahas A) 80,000 B) 90,000 C) 1,00,000 D) 1,20,000

Gandhiji disobeyed the British rules as a part of Salt Sathyagraha A) 6-4-1930 B) 12-4-1930C) 28-4-1930 D) 1-5-1930

The people of Chirala – Perala refused to pay the taxes and migrated to a new settlement calledA) Rayanampadu B) Ramnagar C) Krishna Nagar D) Vankayala Nagar

The seeds of a new consciousness were sown in …….. A) the second half of 18th century B) the first half of 19th century C) the second half of 19th century D) the first half of 19th century

With the growth of ……. Education during the late nineteenth century a new consciousness began to develop. A) English B) Old C) Sanskrit D) None of the above

Do you think it is right to give the police such powers to suppress revolts?

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