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The Khilafat Movement is noted for promoting what?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did the Republic of Turkey abolish the caliphate?Read the answer and worked solution →Which committee under Motilal Nehru was appointed in 1928?Read the answer and worked solution →At which session in December 1929 did the Congress adopt complete self-rule as its aim?Read the answer and worked solution →Which date was observed as Purna Swaraj Day?Read the answer and worked solution →The Salt March of 1930 lasted how many days?Read the answer and worked solution →How many trusted volunteers did Gandhi start the Salt March with?Read the answer and worked solution →Roughly how long was the Salt March route from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did Gandhi pick salt as the focus of protest?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of British Raj tax revenue did the salt tax represent?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Sardar Patel suggest instead of a salt campaign?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Viceroy wrote that a salt campaign did not keep him awake at night?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi chose 6 April as the first day of National Week, begun in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which salt works was the planned site of a satyagraha after Dandi?Read the answer and worked solution →The Salt Satyagraha led to the jailing of how many Indians?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1928 satyagraha won significant concessions from the British?Read the answer and worked solution →Under which 1931 agreement did the government release political prisoners?Read the answer and worked solution →Whose death sentences did Gandhi vainly appeal to end?Read the answer and worked solution →In which month and year were provincial elections held under the 1935 Act?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did the Congress ask its elected members to resign in 1939?Read the answer and worked solution →What did the Lahore Resolution of 1940 demand?Read the answer and worked solution →Which date did Jinnah call the Day of Deliverance?Read the answer and worked solution →In which month and year was the Cripps Mission sent to India?Read the answer and worked solution →Where did Gandhi deliver his Quit India speech on 8 August 1942?Read the answer and worked solution →Which call did Gandhi give in his Quit India speech?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Viceroy called Quit India the most serious rebellion since 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →Roughly how many arrests did the British make in response to Quit India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which senior Congress leader quit the party over the Quit India decision?Read the answer and worked solution →Which step was among the Quit India guidelines?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leader founded the All India Forward Bloc?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Khilafat Movement is noted for promoting what?

  1. Separate electorates
  2. Dominion status
  3. Princely federation
  4. Hindu–Muslim unity
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Correct answer: D. Hindu–Muslim unity

1. Gandhi and the Khilafat leaders allied in 1920. 2. They promised to fight together for Khilafat and Swaraj. 3. The movement is therefore noted for Hindu–Muslim unity. _Source: Wikipedia, Khilafat Movement, Lead section_

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In which year did the Republic of Turkey abolish the caliphate?

  1. 1920
  2. 1922
  3. 1924
  4. 1926
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Correct answer: C. 1924

1. Atatürk's reforms followed the Turkish War of Independence. 2. The Republic of Turkey abolished the caliphate in 1924. 3. This removed the very cause that the Khilafat Movement had defended. _Source: Wikipedia, Khilafat Movement, Partitioning_

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Which committee under Motilal Nehru was appointed in 1928?

  1. One to draft a constitution for India
  2. One to run the salt monopoly
  3. One to inquire into Jallianwala Bagh
  4. One to plan the Dandi march
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Correct answer: A. One to draft a constitution for India

1. An all-party conference met at Mumbai in May 1928. 2. It appointed a committee under Motilal Nehru to create a constitution for India. 3. The other tasks belong to other bodies or events. _Source: Wikipedia, Indian independence movement, Purna Swaraj_

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