Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following assertion:

Among the radical currents of the 1920s, opposition to imperialism increasingly came to be accompanied by a challenge to indigenous class exploitation.

Which one of the following most strongly supports the assertion?

  1. The emerging Congress Left linked complete independence with opposition to oppression by capitalists and landlords, while Bhagat Singh argued that peasants had to free themselves from both foreign rule and domestic exploiters.
  2. The Swarajists passed adjournment motions, defeated the government on budgetary grants and secured the election of Vithalbhai Patel as Speaker.
  3. The No-Changers promoted national schools, khadi, communal unity and preparation for future civil disobedience.
  4. The HRA carried out the Kakori robbery to obtain official railway funds.
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