Modern History Quiz 3

Swaraj Party was formed by Motilal Nehru and CR Das. It was established as the Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party. It was a political party formed in India on 1 January 1923 after the Gaya annual conference in December 1922 of the National Congress.

On 8th August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the 'Quit India' movement. The next day (9th August 1942), Gandhi, Nehru and many other leaders of the Indian National Congress were arrested by the British Government.

The 19th Century reawakening in India was confined to the upper-middle class.

After the death of Aurangzeb, a war of succession broke out among his three surviving sons. His second son, Prince Muazzam, defeated his brothers and ascended the throne with the title of Bahadur Shah I (or Shah Alam I). The death of Aurangzeb and the subsequent weakness of his successors are generally considered the start of the decline of the mighty Mughal Empire.

Indian Council Act of 1909 is also known as Morley- Minto Reform. It was instituted to placate the Moderates (Congress) and introduces separate electorates on the basis of religion. Therefore, Lord Minto came to be known as Father of Communal Electorate in India.

All of the given answers choices are responsible for the decline of the Indian Handicrafts Industry in the 19th century.

The Kuka Movement marked the first major reaction of the people in Western Punjab to the new political order initiated by the British after 1849. The Namdhari Movement, of which the Kuka Movement was the most important phase, aimed at overthrowing the British rule.

The Deccan Education Society (DES) was established in October 1884, and with a span of just a few months, it founded the Fergusson College in January 1885.

A constituent assembly was an assembly of popularly elected representatives which was assembled for the purpose of drafting or adopting a constitution. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the President of the Constituent Assembly.

The Union of India, also called the Dominion of India (Bharatiya Adhirajya), was an independent dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations between 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950. India attained “Dominion Status” on 15 Aug 1947 by the Mountbatten plan.