MCQ on Poona Pact and Communal Arbitration

MCQ on Poona Pact and Communal Arbitration

Question 1. Which were not allocated separate electorate and reserved seats by Communal Award of MacDonald?

(A) Buddhists

(B) Depressed Castes

(C) Sikhs

(D) Muslims

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(A) Buddhists

Question 2. When did Mahatma Gandhi start first fast unto death?

(A) At the time of Delhi Riots

(B) At the time of Jallianwala Bagh Mishap

(C) At the time of Calcutta Riots

(D) At the time of Communal Award

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(D) At the time of Communal Award

Question 3. Who among the following issued the ‘Communal Award’?

(A) Winston Churchill

(B) Neville Chamberlain

(C) Stanley Baldwin

(D) Ramsay MacDonald

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(D) Ramsay MacDonald

Question 4. A separate electoral group was made by the communal Tribunal of Ramsay MacDonald first time in August, 1932 ___________.

(A) for Untouchables

(B) for Anglo-Indians

(C) for Indian Christians

(D) for Muslims

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(A) for Untouchables

Question 5. Mahatma Gandhi undertook fast unto death in 1932, mainly because________.

(A) None of the statements

(B) Ramsay MacDonald announced the Communal Award

(C) Congress and Muslim League had difference of opinion

(D) Round Table Conference failed to satisfy Indian political aspirations

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(B) Ramsay MacDonald announced the Communal Award

Question 6. How many seats were given to depressed classes under Communal Award and Poona Pact?

(A) 78 and 69, respectively

(B) 78 and 80, respectively

(C) 71 and 147, respectively

(D) 74 and 79, respectively

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(C) 71 and 147, respectively

Question 7. The Poona Pact was concerned with________.

(A) Educational reforms

(B) Constitutional progress

(C) Hindu-Muslim unity

(D) Depressed classes

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(D) Depressed classes

Question 8. The purpose of Poona Pact was________.

(A) Reconsideration of Dyarchy

(B) To privileged the Kings

(C) To provide representation of untouchables

(D) Hindu-Muslims unity

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(C) To provide representation of untouchables

Question 9. Dr. Ambedkar and Gandhiji had a Pact called_______.

(A) Lahore Pact

(B) Poona Pact

(C) London Pact

(D) Calcutta Pact

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(B) Poona Pact

Question 10. Which among of following implemented after announcement of ‘Communal Award’?

(A) Poona Pact

(B) Lahore Agreement

(C)  Karachi Agreement

(D) Lucknow Pact

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(A) Poona Pact

Question 11. Which of the following did not sign on historical Poona Pact of 1932?

(A) M.K. Gandhi

(B) C. Rajagopalachari

(C) Madan Mohan Malviya

(D) B.R. Ambedkar

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(A) M.K. Gandhi

Question 12. After Poona Pact of 1932, Harijan Sewak Sangh was established. Its President was  ___________.

(A) Amrit Lal Thakkar

(B) B.R. Ambedkar

(C) Ghanshyam Das Birla

(D) Jagjiwan Ram

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(C) Ghanshyam Das Birla

Question 13. Who among the following was the first President of all India Anti-Untouchability League (later changed to Harijan Sewak Samaj)?

(A) M.K. Gandhi

(B) Jyotiba Phule

(C) G.D. Birla

(D) B.R. Ambedkar

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(C) G.D. Birla

Question 14.The first President of the All India Anti-Untouchability League formed in 1932, was_______.

(A)  M.K. Gandhi

(B) G.D. Birla

(C) Amrit Lal Thakkar

(D) B.R. Ambedkar

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(B) G.D. Birla

Question 15. ‘Harijan Sewak Sangh’ was organized by _________.

(A) Swami Vivekananda

(B) G.D. Birla

(C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(D) Mahatma Gandhi

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(D) Mahatma Gandhi

Question 16. The former name of Harijan Sevak Sangh was________.

(A) Association of Untouchables

(B) Depressed  Classes Association for Social Reforms

(C) All India Depressed Classes Association

(D) All India Anti-Untouchability League

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(D) All India Anti-Untouchability League

Question 17. ‘Depressed Classes League’ was established by_______.

(A) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule

(B) N.S. Kajrolkar

(C) Babu Jagjiwan Ram

(D) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

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(D) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Question 18. Who of the following said, “Mahatma Gandhi like fleeting phantom raises dust but not the level”? 

(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(B) V.D. Savarkar

(C) M.A. Jinnah

(D) None of the above

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(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Question 19.

  • Assertion (A): The Poona Pact defeated the purpose of Communal Award.
  • Reason (R): It paved the way for reservation of seats in the Parliament and the State Assemblies for the SC and ST people.

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

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(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)