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When the British conceded separate electorates for dalits, Gandhi responded with:Read the answer and worked solution →The Poona Pact of September 1932 gave the Depressed Classes:Read the answer and worked solution →In October 1929, Lord Irwin announced a vague offer of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which parties joined the demonstrations against the Simon Commission?Read the answer and worked solution →The deadline Gandhi's letter set before civil disobedience would begin was:Read the answer and worked solution →Chauri Chaura, where the 1922 clash occurred, is located in:Read the answer and worked solution →The volunteers on the salt march walked about how far each day?Read the answer and worked solution →Non-cooperation was proposed in support of Khilafat as well as:Read the answer and worked solution →What was rumoured to be used in the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle cartridges, giving the final spark in 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Act transferred the East India Company's territory to the British government?Read the answer and worked solution →In which city did seventy-two delegates found the Indian National Congress in 1885?Read the answer and worked solution →A retired Scottish civil servant whose suggestion inspired the founding of the Congress was?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leader's popular sentence was "Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it"?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leader was the political mentor of Mahatma Gandhi?Read the answer and worked solution →Tilak was backed by Bipin Chandra Pal and which Punjab leader?Read the answer and worked solution →Who ordered the partition of Bengal in July 1905?Read the answer and worked solution →Against the 1905 partition, the Congress advocated boycotting British goods under which banner?Read the answer and worked solution →The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was an alliance between the Congress and which body?Read the answer and worked solution →Who helped found the Indian National Association in 1876?Read the answer and worked solution →Who presided over the first Congress session in 1885?Read the answer and worked solution →Tilak's newspaper Kesari was published in which language?Read the answer and worked solution →Where did Congress formally split in December 1907?Read the answer and worked solution →Early Congress demands for 'Indianisation' chiefly sought what?Read the answer and worked solution →The nationalist Drain Theory criticised which colonial process?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Rowlatt Act power alarmed Indian nationalists?Read the answer and worked solution →Who led the Khilafat Movement in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Khilafat demands concerned which ruler?Read the answer and worked solution →Which action followed Non-Cooperation's programme?Read the answer and worked solution →How did many lawyers practise Non-Cooperation?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi's suspension of Non-Cooperation stressedRead the answer and worked solution →

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When the British conceded separate electorates for dalits, Gandhi responded with:

  1. A boycott of elections
  2. A march on Delhi
  3. A fast unto death
  4. A new khadi drive
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Correct answer: C. A fast unto death

1. Gandhi feared separate electorates would isolate dalits. 2. He believed it would slow their integration into society. 3. He began a fast unto death against the award. _Source: syllabus History, 'Nationalism in India' (jess302)_

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The Poona Pact of September 1932 gave the Depressed Classes:

  1. Fully separate electorates
  2. Their own party ministries
  3. A veto over provincial laws
  4. Reserved seats in the councils
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Correct answer: D. Reserved seats in the councils

1. Ambedkar ultimately accepted Gandhi's position. 2. The Poona Pact reserved seats for the Depressed Classes. 3. Those seats were filled by votes of the general electorate. _Source: syllabus History, 'Nationalism in India' (jess302)_

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In October 1929, Lord Irwin announced a vague offer of:

  1. Dominion status for India
  2. Full independence by 1935
  3. Provincial self-rule only
  4. A new round of elections
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Correct answer: A. Dominion status for India

1. The Simon Commission protests had united all parties. 2. To win them over, Irwin made an announcement in October 1929. 3. It was a vague offer of dominion status, with no date specified. _Source: syllabus History, 'Nationalism in India' (jess302)_

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