Congress | MCQs

Explanation

Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India, as India soon became a Republic in 1950.

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Explanation

The "Day of Deliverance"  led by Muslim League President Muhammad Ali Jinnah

On 2 December 1939, Jinnah put out an appeal,

calling for Indian Muslims to celebrate 22 December 1939 as a "Day of Deliverance" from Congress during the Indian independence movement.

Explanation

In the 1937 elections, the Indian National Congress captured 716 seats.

The elections were held for the provincial assemblies of British India.

• Congress: 716 seats
• Muslim League: 108 seats
• Unionist Party: 103 seats

Explanation

• The Congress League Pact, also known as the Lucknow Pact, was signed between the Indian National Congress and the All-India Muslim League (AIML) in December 1916 at Lucknow.
• The Lucknow Pact was adopted by the Congress on December 29, 1916, and by the AIML on December 31, 1916.

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Congress organized the boycott of British goods as a powerful tactic in their campaign against the Curzon administration (1899-1905).

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In response to the failure of the Cripps Plan, the Congress passed the Quit India resolution, launching the Quit India Movement in 1942.

Explanation

The disobedience organized by Congress to be discontinued under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

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The Muslim League was founded in 1906 in Dhaka with the aim of representing the interests of Indian Muslims.

Retired British Indian Civil Service officer AO Hume founded the Indian National Congress in order to form a platform for civil and political dialogue among educated Indians in 1885

Explanation

The Congress ministries resigned in October and November 1939, in protest against Viceroy Lord Linlithgow's action of declaring India to be a belligerent in the Second World War without consulting the Indian people.