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UPSC EPFO: Indian History Test 1

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Question 1

Consider the following statements regarding 1929 Lahore Session of Indian National Congress:

1) It was the first session to be presided by Mahatma Gandhi.

2) Civil disobedience Movement was formally abandoned.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Question 2

Which of these personalities was/were associated with founding of the Home Rule Movement (1916)?

1) Annie Besant

2) Madame Blavtasky

3) A.O. Hume

4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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Question 3

Fasting was made a major instrument for Satygraha in British India by Gandhi. He undertook fast unto death for which of these causes?

Question 4

‘Swaraj’ is an analogous concept to Freedom in Indian political thought. Which of the following are the ideas related to Swaraj, as outlined by Gandhiji?

1) It is swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves.

2) Swaraj is not just freedom but liberation in redeeming one’s self-respect and capacities for self-realisation from institutions of dehumanisation.

3) Understanding the real ‘Self’, and its relation to communities and society, is critical to the project of attaining Swaraj.

4) Sacrificing oneself for a larger cause is Swaraj.

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Question 5

Which of the following was not the objective of Home Rule Movement in India?

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