UPSC Modern Indian History – Chapter 19: Swarajists, Simon Commission and the Rise of the Left (25 MCQs)

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UPSC Modern Indian History – Chapter 19: Swarajists, Simon Commission and the Rise of the Left (25 MCQs) – 25 questions, subject: History. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

The Swaraj Party was formed in January 1923 by:

Correct Answer: D [C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru]

Explanation:

C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru founded the Congress–Khilafat Swaraj Party on 1 January 1923 after Gaya rejected council entry.

2.  

The first Indian elected President of the Central Legislative Assembly (1925) was:

Correct Answer: A [Vithalbhai Patel]

Explanation:

Vithalbhai Patel, a Swarajist, was elected President of the Central Legislative Assembly in August 1925, the first Indian to hold it.

3.  

The Simon Commission arrived in India on:

Correct Answer: B [3 February 1928]

Explanation:

The Simon Commission landed at Bombay on 3 February 1928 and was met with an all-India hartal and 'Simon Go Back'.

4.  

The Nehru Report (1928) recommended:

Correct Answer: C [dominion status and joint electorates]

Explanation:

The Nehru Report asked for dominion status and joint electorates with reserved seats for minorities instead of separate electorates.

5.  

The Lahore session of 1929 was presided over by:

Correct Answer: B [Jawaharlal Nehru]

Explanation:

Jawaharlal Nehru presided over the Lahore session of December 1929, which adopted Poorna Swaraj as the Congress goal.

6.  

The Communist Party of India was first founded abroad in 1920 at:

Correct Answer: A [Tashkent]

Explanation:

M.N. Roy and others founded the emigre Communist Party of India at Tashkent on 17 October 1920.

7.  

Lala Lajpat Rai was fatally injured in a lathi charge while protesting against the Simon Commission at:

Correct Answer: C [Lahore]

Explanation:

Lajpat Rai was lathi-charged at Lahore on 30 October 1928 while leading an anti-Simon protest and died on 17 November 1928.

8.  

Jinnah's Fourteen Points were put forward in:

Correct Answer: D [1929]

Explanation:

Jinnah put forward his Fourteen Points in March 1929, in response to the Nehru Report.

9.  

The Vaikom Satyagraha (1924–25) was for:

Correct Answer: C [the right of all castes to use roads near the temple]

Explanation:

The Vaikom Satyagraha in Travancore demanded that all castes be allowed to use the public roads around the Vaikom temple.

10.  

Consider the following about the Simon Commission:

1. It was headed by Sir John Simon.
2. It had two Indian members.
3. Its report recommended provincial autonomy.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 3 only]

Explanation:

Simon headed the all-British Commission (statement 1) and its 1930 report recommended provincial autonomy (statement 3); it had no Indian member.

11.  

Assertion (A): Indians boycotted the Simon Commission.

Reason (R): The Commission appointed to review India's constitution had no Indian member.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

Indians boycotted the Commission precisely because this all-white body, deciding India's constitutional future, had no Indian member.

12.  

The Kanpur Bolshevik Conspiracy Case (1924) was against:

Correct Answer: B [communist leaders such as S.A. Dange and Muzaffar Ahmed]

Explanation:

In the Kanpur Bolshevik Conspiracy Case of 1924, communists such as S.A. Dange, Muzaffar Ahmed and Shaukat Usmani were convicted.

13.  

Which of the following was a founder of the Congress Socialist Party?

Correct Answer: D [Jayaprakash Narayan]

Explanation:

Jayaprakash Narayan, with Acharya Narendra Dev and others, founded the Congress Socialist Party in 1934 as a group within the Congress.

14.  

The tricolour was hoisted on the banks of the Ravi on:

Correct Answer: C [31 December 1929]

Explanation:

Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the tricolour on the banks of the Ravi at midnight of 31 December 1929 at the Lahore session.

15.  

The Secretary of State who challenged Indians to frame an agreed constitution was:

Correct Answer: A [Lord Birkenhead]

Explanation:

Lord Birkenhead, Secretary of State, challenged Indians to produce an agreed constitution; the Nehru Report of 1928 was the reply.

16.  

The Gaya session of the Congress (1922), which rejected council entry, was presided over by:

Correct Answer: C [C.R. Das]

Explanation:

C.R. Das presided over the Gaya session of 1922; when it rejected council entry he resigned and formed the Swaraj Party.

17.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Lahore session – Poorna Swaraj
2. Formation of the Swaraj Party
3. Nehru Report
4. Appointment of the Simon Commission

Select the correct answer:

Correct Answer: C [2-4-3-1]

Explanation:

Order: Formation of the Swaraj Party (1923) → Appointment of the Simon Commission (1927) → Nehru Report (1928) → Lahore session – Poorna Swaraj (1929).

18.  

Which of the following were No-changers?

1. Vallabhbhai Patel
2. C. Rajagopalachari
3. Motilal Nehru

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: D [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

Vallabhbhai Patel and C. Rajagopalachari were No-changers, while Motilal Nehru was a Swarajist who favoured entering the councils.

19.  

Lord Irwin's declaration of 31 October 1929 stated that the natural goal of India's constitutional progress was:

Correct Answer: A [dominion status]

Explanation:

On 31 October 1929 Irwin declared dominion status the natural goal of India's constitutional progress and promised a Round Table Conference.

20.  

A member of the Simon Commission who later became British Prime Minister was:

Correct Answer: A [Clement Attlee]

Explanation:

Clement Attlee sat on the Simon Commission and became British Prime Minister in 1945, presiding over Indian independence in 1947.

21.  
UPSC Prelims 2017

The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to

Correct Answer: D [Improve the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian States.]

Explanation:

The Butler Committee (1927), under Harcourt Butler, examined relations between the paramount power and the Indian States.

22.  
UPSC Prelims 2017

The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for

Correct Answer: D [A system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.]

Explanation:

The Act set up Courts of Inquiry and Boards of Conciliation and banned strikes in public utilities without notice or meant to coerce Government.

23.  
UPSC Prelims 2015

With reference to Congress Socialist Party, consider the following statements:

1. It advocated the boycott of British goods and evasion of taxes.
2. It wanted to establish the dictatorship of proletariat.
3. It advocated separate electorate for minorities and oppressed classes.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: D [None]

Explanation:

The CSP worked within the Congress for democratic socialism; it did not adopt tax evasion, proletarian dictatorship or separate electorates.

24.  
UPSC Prelims 2014

The 1929 Session of Indian National Congress is of significance in the history of the Freedom Movement because the

Correct Answer: B [attainment of Poorna Swaraj was adopted as the goal of the Congress]

Explanation:

The Lahore session of December 1929 under Jawaharlal Nehru adopted Poorna Swaraj, complete independence, as the goal of the Congress.

25.  
UPSC Prelims 2013

The people of India agitated against the arrival of Simon Commission because

Correct Answer: C [there was no Indian member in the Simon Commission]

Explanation:

The Commission had seven British members and no Indian, so Indians saw it as an insult to their right of self-determination.

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