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Match the following.

A B
a Bhai Kotwal 1) Azad Radio
b General Awari 2) Parallel government
c Usha Mehta 3) Azad Dasta
d Midnapore 4) Red Army


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  1. a-2 b-3 c-4 d-1

  2. a-1 b-2 c-3 d-4

  3. a-4 b-1 c-2 d-3

  4. a-3 b-4 c-1 d-2

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Correct Option: D

The Working Committee of the Congress passed the Quit India resolution on ________.

civics the national movement (1935-42) cabinet mission freedom and partition of india prominent leaders in indian freedom movement

  1. July $14$, $1942$

  2. August $10$, $1942$

  3. August $8$, $1942$

  4. June $30$, $1942$

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Correct Option: A

In March $1942$, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill appointed the Cripps Mission to resolve Indian political crisis because __________.

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  1. He was under pressure from the US President Roosevelt

  2. Of the gravity of the Japanese war menace on India's borders

  3. Both (a) and (b) above

  4. Of INA's initial success of India's eastern borders

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Stafford Cripps, a member of the War Cabinet, was dispatched to India to discuss the British Government’s Draft Declaration on the Constitution of India with representative Indian leaders from all parties. It was sent due to two reasons:
1. Because of the reverses suffered by Britain in South-East Asia, the Japanese threat to invade India seemed real now ‘and Indian support became crucial.
ii. There was pressure on Britain from the Allies (USA, USSR, and China) to seek Indian cooperation.

Which of the following was not one of the points stressed by Mahatma Gandhi while exhorting the people to join the Quit India Movement?

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  1. Forget the difference between the Hindus and Muslims and think of yourselves as Indians only

  2. Our quarrel is not with British people, we fight their imperialism and we must purge ourselves of hatred

  3. Feel from today that you are a free man and pot a dependent. Do or die. Either free India or die in the attempt

  4. Freedom of India is an end that will purify all means employed to achieve it

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Correct Option: D

The Cripps Offer was regarded as a 'post dated cheque' by _________.

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  1. Nehru

  2. Jinnah

  3. Gandhi

  4. Rajaji

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In March 1942, a mission headed by Stafford Cripps was sent to India with constitutional proposals to seek Indian support for the war. The Mission declared that entire India was to be a Dominion and after the war its constitution was to be framed by an elected body which was to be accepted by the British Government. Gandhi said that Cripps' offer of Dominion Status after the war was a "post-dated cheque drawn on a failing bank".

The Indians were allowed to frame their Constitution by _____.

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  1. The Council Act of $1909$

  2. Montford Reforms

  3. August Offer

  4. The Government of India Act of $1935$

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, issued a statement from Simla on 8 August 1940 known as the August Offer. It was an attemt to secure the cooperation of the Indians in WW II. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of England at the time. Some of the provisions of the August Offer were:
1. Dominion status as the objective for India.
2. The number of the Indians in the Viceroy’s Executive council will be increased.
3. A representative Indian “Constitution Making Body” shall be appointed immediately after the war which would be responsible for framing the Constitution.

What was the another name of 'Quit India movement'?

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  1. Khilafat Movement

  2. Swadeshi Movement

  3. Home Rule Movement

  4. India August Movement

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following is not a problem created by the Green Revolution?

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  1. Conflict between large and small farmers

  2. Conflict between industrial workers and farm workers

  3. Conflict between owners and tenant farmers

  4. Conflict between employers and employees on agricultural farms

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Correct Option: B

The Bhakra-Nangal dam is in the state of _____.

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  1. Punjab, Himachal Pradesh

  2. Odisha

  3. Andhra Pradesh

  4. Madhya Pradesh

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Correct Option: A

The _____ revolution helped farmers to produce higher level of foodgrains and non-foodgrains on the same plot of land.

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  1. Blue

  2. White

  3. Green

  4. Red

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Green revolution was introduced as a package programme with seed-water-fertilizer-pesticide-technology components. It was launched in Kharif of 1966-67. Its main objective was to attain self-sufficiency in food by 1970-71. This programme was mainly launched to increase the productivity of food grains by adopting latest varieties of inputs of crops. The green revolution helped farmers to produce higher level of food grains and non-food grains on the same plot of land.