British Rule | MCQs

Explanation

Gandhi-Irwin Pact, agreement signed on March 5, 1931

Between Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of the Indian nationalist movement

Lord Irwin (later Lord Halifax), British viceroy (1926–31) of India

Participants: Mahatma Gandhi, George Montagu 

Date: March 5, 1931

Location: India

Explanation

Cabinet Mission was sent to India in February 1946.

They arrived in India on March 24, 1946.

The Cabinet Mission Plan was announced on May 16, 1946.

The plan was created by the Cabinet Mission, which was sent to India by British Prime Minister Clement Attlee to discuss transferring power from the British to the Indians.

The mission's members (3) were Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, and A. V. Alexander. 

Explanation

The five ministers from the Muslim League for the interim Government were:

• Liaquat Ali Khan.
• Abdur Rab Nishtar.
• Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar.
• Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan.
• Jogendra Nath Mandal.

These members were joined at the request of Lord Wavell.

Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister 

Liaqat Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of Finance

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Additional Information:

Lord Wavell wrote letters to Nehru and Jinnah on July 22, 1946, and invited them to join an “Interim Coalition Government.”

He suggested that there would be 14 members in the cabinet:

• 6 of them from Congress,
• 5 from the Muslim League,
• 3 would represent the minority parties

Explanation

After the 1857 War of Independence, the British Government took direct control from the East India Company in 1858.

Wood's Despatch (1854) laid the foundation for modern education just before the Company's rule ended.

Explanation

After the failure of the 1857 War of Independence, the British government ended the rule of the East India Company.

India then came directly under the British Crown’s control, starting the period known as the British Raj.

Explanation

On February 20, 1947, Attlee announced that British rule in India would end no later than June 1948.

This declaration set the timeline for India's independence.

Explanation

The Hunter Commission (1882) was appointed to evaluate the outcomes of Wood’s Despatch (1854) on education in India.

It recommended the promotion of primary and secondary education, especially through Indian languages.

Explanation

After the 1857 War of Independence, the British held Muslims primarily responsible due to their leadership role and historical resentment from the fall of the Mughal Empire.

As a result, Muslims faced harsher repression, including loss of property, jobs, and educational opportunities during British rule.

Explanation

The Cripps Mission (1942) offered dominion status after WWII, but was rejected by both the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League.

Gandhi called it a "post-dated cheque," and Jinnah also opposed it as it did not recognize the demand for Pakistan.

Explanation

The leader of the Khilafat movement is Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar and Shaukat Ali

Muhammad Ali Jauhar was born in 10 December 1878

Muhammad Ali Jauhar was died in – 4 January 1931

Muhammad Ali Jauhar  a prominent member of the All-India Muslim League and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia

Shaukat Ali was an Indian Muslim member of the Khilafat Movement.

He was the elder brother of the renowned political leader Mohammad Ali Jouhar.

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related Question to the Khilafat movement:

The Khilafat movement was launched in the subcontinent in 1919 till 1924

The migration Movement was a part of the Khilafat Movement

Khilafat Movement come to an end in 1924

Khilafat Movement announced: Boycott of British goods, Non-Cooperation with the Government, No participation in victory celebrations.

AGM 08-01-2023

ND30-4-2023