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Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were executed on:Read the answer and worked solution →Who persuaded Gandhi to allow women to join the Salt Satyagraha?Read the answer and worked solution →After the 1937 elections the Congress formed governments in how many of the 11 provinces?Read the answer and worked solution →By the end of 1943, how many people had been arrested in the Quit India movement?Read the answer and worked solution →Subhas Chandra Bose secretly left his Calcutta home to raise the Azad Hind Fauj in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Muslim League's Direct Action Day, which set off riots in Calcutta, was:Read the answer and worked solution →The first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence, in 1957, was:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the early Congress leadersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the RadicalsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the national movement datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the movement wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Moderate or RadicalRead the answer and worked solution →Sort by decadeRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →National movement bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Raja Rammohun Roy founded which reform association in Calcutta?Read the answer and worked solution →Sati was banned in:Read the answer and worked solution →Whose use of ancient texts led to the 1856 law permitting widow remarriage?Read the answer and worked solution →Who formed an association for widow remarriage in the Telugu-speaking areas of the Madras Presidency?Read the answer and worked solution →Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in:Read the answer and worked solution →Tarabai Shinde's book comparing the lot of women and men was:Read the answer and worked solution →Pandita Ramabai founded a home for ill-treated widows at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Paramhans Mandali, founded in Bombay in 1840, worked for the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Satnami movement among leatherworkers of Central India was founded by:Read the answer and worked solution →Shri Narayana Guru, who preached one caste, one religion, one god for humankind, came from which caste?Read the answer and worked solution →Jyotirao Phule founded which association to propagate caste equality?Read the answer and worked solution →Phule's book Gulamgiri, dedicated to Americans who fought slavery, appeared in:Read the answer and worked solution →Ambedkar started his temple entry movement with Mahar followers in:Read the answer and worked solution →Periyar founded the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were executed on:

  1. 26 January 1930
  2. 23 March 1931
  3. 8 April 1929
  4. 17 December 1928
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Correct answer: B. 23 March 1931

1. Their leaflet said the bomb was to make the deaf hear. 2. They were hanged on 23 March 1931. 3. Bhagat Singh was only 23. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 9, The Making of the National Movement 1870s-1947._

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Who persuaded Gandhi to allow women to join the Salt Satyagraha?

  1. Ambabai of Udipi
  2. Annie Besant
  3. Sarojini Naidu
  4. Kasturba Gandhi
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Correct answer: C. Sarojini Naidu

1. Gandhi was at first opposed to women's participation. 2. Sarojini Naidu persuaded him. 3. She was the first Indian woman Congress President in 1925. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 9, The Making of the National Movement 1870s-1947._

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After the 1937 elections the Congress formed governments in how many of the 11 provinces?

  1. Five
  2. Nine
  3. Eleven
  4. Seven
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Correct answer: D. Seven

1. The Government of India Act 1935 gave provincial autonomy. 2. The Congress won 7 of 11 provinces. 3. Its ministries resigned in 1939. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 9, The Making of the National Movement 1870s-1947._

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