Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Which one of the following best distinguishes the Home Rule Movement from the revolutionary response to the First World War?

  1. It sought immediate independence through military conspiracies, mutinies and assistance from Britain’s enemies.
  2. It pursued self-government within the British Commonwealth through sustained political education and popular pressure.
  3. It supported the British war effort as a matter of duty without demanding political concessions.
  4. It avoided popular mobilization and confined political activity to the annual sessions of the Congress.
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  2. After its inaugural session, which one of the following practices was followed by the Indian National…
  3. After the withdrawal of the Civil Disobedience Movement, Gandhi supported the Struggle-Truce-Struggle…
  4. Al-Biruni relied heavily on normative Sanskritic texts, compared the caste system with social divisions in…
  5. Although Bahadur Shah Zafar was the symbolic leader at Delhi, effective command was exercised by
  6. Although most Provincial Congress Committees opposed Jawaharlal Nehru’s nomination, Gandhi supported him for…