INDIA QUIZ 2.1-2.3

Question 1

What year was Bengal partitioned between Hindus and Muslims?

Answer 1

-1909

Question 2

According to the British Raj, what position was supreme in India?

Answer 2

-viceroy

Question 3

What name is given to the rural communities where Gandhi preferred to live?

Answer 3

-ashram

Question 4

Why did the Muslim League oppose the 1935 Government of India Act?

Answer 4

-No guarantees were provided for the protection of Muslim rights

Question 5

How many Indian delegates were there at the First Round Table Conference?

Answer 5

-58

Question 6

What name is given to the new Muslim associations of the 1920s ( responsible for preaching and Islamic education)?

Answer 6

-Anjuman

Question 7

In 1929, Jinnah tried to negotiate with congress- how many points did he offer them?

Answer 7

-14

Question 8

Who set up the British Raj in 1858?

Answer 8

-Queen Victoria

Question 9

What did the Nehru Report say?

Answer 9

-proposed that congress would demand ‘dominion status’

Question 10

What name was given to the Acts passed on 1917 that focused on repression?

Answer 10

-Rowlatt Acts

Question 11

What year did the Salt March take place?

Answer 11

-1930

Question 12

What title was given to Gandhi?

Answer 12

-Mahatma

Question 13

Which 3 British individuals supported the India Defence League in the 1930s?

Answer 13

• Winston Churchill
• Lord Rothermere
• Joseph Rudyard Kipling

Question 14

What was agreed in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?

Answer 14

-Prisoners arrested because of Salt March would be released; tax on salt would be removed; most congress prisoners freed; congress would be allowed to Second RTC

Question 15

How did Gandhi respond to the Communal Award?

Answer 15

-Fast unto death

Question 16

How much (in $) had Indians contributed to the First World War by 1918?

Answer 16

-$146 million

Question 17

What traditional Indian clothes did Gandhi adopt?

Answer 17

-Dhoti

Question 18

What agreement was signed between Gandhi and the Viceroy on the 5th March 1931?

Answer 18

-The Gandhi-Irwin Declaration/ Pact

Question 19

How many provinces were created by the 1935 Government of India Act?

Answer 19

-11 provinces

Question 20

Which whites women started a Home Rule League?

Answer 20

-Annie Besant

Question 21

Who was viceroy of India from 1936-1943?

Answer 21

-Lithlingow

Question 22

How many Indians were imprisoned by the British between 1931-35 (after the failure of the Round Table Conferences)?

Answer 22

-80,000

Question 23

What was agreed at Lahore in 1940?

Answer 23

-The Muslim League discussed a new constitution with the British. Said that minorities would be protected and separate states would be formed where they had the majority

Question 24

Who chaired the Simon Commission in 1927?

Answer 24

-Sir John Simon

Question 25

What is a ‘charka’?

Answer 25

-Spinning Wheel

Question 26

How many lawyers stopped work as part on congress’ campaigns from 1920-22?

Answer 26

-200

Question 27

Who was the head of the army at the Amritsar Massacre?

Answer 27

-General Dyer

Question 28

What does the INA stand for?

Answer 28

-Indian National Army

Question 29

What word, meaning ‘division of power’, is used to describe the consequences of the 1919 Government of India Act?

Answer 29

-dyarchy

Question 30

Which protest group did Bose lead?

Answer 30

-Forward Bloc

Question 31

Name the 3 ‘Young Hooligans’:

Answer 31

1) Bose
2) Narayan
3) Nehru

Question 32

By what year had the Khilafat movement collapsed?

Answer 32

-1923

Question 33

How many policemen were killed in February 1922 when violence broke out after Congress’ campaigns?

Answer 33

-22

Question 34

What Sanskrit word means ‘not to harm’?

Answer 34

-Ahimsa

Question 35

What was agreed at the Poona Pact?

Answer 35

-separate electorates would be banned for the untouchables

Question 36

How many Indian soldiers died during the Second World War?

Answer 36

-89,000

Question 37

What is your checklist for the PERFECT 20 mark answer?

Answer 37

In most if not (all)…

1) Define and JUSTIFY criteria as well as prioritise them in terms of importance
2) In main body make sure knowledge is closely link to point your making and have specific examples
3) Make sure you link back to the question
4) Mini conclusions where you compare
5) Reach a justified conclusion and make sure comparative
6) If can add in some knowledge not obvious to the examiner so stand out 🌟