Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Which one of the following conclusions best describes the political significance of Gandhi’s South African experience?

  1. It convinced him that mass participation was impossible without excluding religious and social differences.
  2. It enabled him to test mass action, unite diverse Indians and develop a distinctive method and style of leadership.
  3. It persuaded him that leaders should never take decisions opposed by their most enthusiastic supporters.
  4. It demonstrated that petitions alone could remedy racial discrimination without organized resistance.
  1. A socio-religious organisation was founded in New York in 1875 and later shifted its headquarters to Adyar. It…
  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…