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Practice Civil Disobedience, Round Table Conferences and Poona Pact – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 3

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  1. Question 1

    Consider the following statements about Gandhiji's letter to Viceroy Irwin in 1930:

    1. It was sent on 31 January 1930 and contained eleven demands.

    2. It warned that Congress would launch a civil disobedience campaign if the demands were not met by 11 March.

    3. All its demands concerned only the industrialists.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  2. Question 2

    On which date did Gandhiji break the salt law at Dandi by making salt from sea water?

  3. Question 3

    Consider the following statements about the social groups in the Civil Disobedience Movement:

    1. Rich peasant communities such as the Patidars of Gujarat and the Jats of Uttar Pradesh took part.

    2. Industrial workers joined in large numbers across all regions of India.

    3. Industrialists, who had formed FICCI in 1927, supported the movement.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  4. Question 4

    Match List-I with List-II:

    List-I (Person)List-II (Association)
    A. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay1. Presided over the Karachi Congress session of 1931
    B. Abdul Ghaffar Khan2. Persuaded Gandhiji not to restrict the protest to men
    C. Vallabhbhai Patel3. Organised the Depressed Classes Association in 1930
    D. B.R. Ambedkar4. His arrest in April 1930 sparked protests in Peshawar

    Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

  5. Question 5

    Consider the following events:

    1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact

    2. Poona Pact

    3. Arrest of Abdul Ghaffar Khan

    4. First Round Table Conference in London

    Select the correct chronological order.

  6. Question 6

    Consider the following statements about the Round Table Conferences and the Gandhi-Irwin Pact:

    1. Under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, the government agreed to release political prisoners.

    2. The Congress attended the First Round Table Conference before the pact was signed.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  7. Question 7

    Consider the following statements about the Poona Pact:

    1. Ambedkar demanded separate electorates for dalits at the Second Round Table Conference.

    2. Under the pact, the Depressed Classes got reserved seats, but they were to be voted in by the general electorate.

    3. The British government rejected Ambedkar's demand for separate electorates.

    Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?

  8. Question 8

    Consider the following statements:

    1. The Purna Swaraj resolution was passed at the Karachi Congress session of 1931.

    2. The Karachi session endorsed the Gandhi-Irwin Pact and authorised Gandhiji to represent the Congress at the Second Round Table Conference.

    3. Civil disobedience was restarted in 1932 under Viceroy Lord Willingdon and had lost its momentum by 1934.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  9. Question 9

    Consider the following statements about the Dandi March:

    1. It began on 12 March 1930 from Sabarmati Ashram.

    2. Dandi, where the march ended, is a coastal town in Maharashtra.

    3. Gandhiji was accompanied by 78 trusted volunteers, and the march covered over 240 miles.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  10. Question 10

    Consider the following statements about the Civil Disobedience Movement:

    1. As in the Non-Cooperation Movement, people were only asked to refuse cooperation, not to break colonial laws.

    2. Peasants refused to pay revenue and chaukidari taxes.

    3. The Salt March was the first nationalist activity in which women took part in large numbers.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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