Knock out the false history lines

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Question

   Three of these lines about the Government of India Act of 1935 are false.

   Choices

   1. Item

      It planned an all India federation

      Correct

      Yes

   2. Explanation

      Defence stayed with the Governor General as a reserved subject.

      Item

      It put defence under the federal house

   3. Explanation

      Joining was voluntary, and too few states signed up for it to start.

      Item

      It forced every princely state to join

   4. Explanation

      Only the provincial part started in 1937; the federal part never did.

      Item

      Its federal part started in 1937

2. Question

   Three of these pairings of a party with its leader are false.

   Choices

   1. Explanation

      Rajagopalachari founded the Swatantra Party in 1959.

      Item

      Socialist Party and C Rajagopalachari

   2. Explanation

      Acharya Narendra Dev led the Socialist Party instead.

      Item

      Swatantra Party and Narendra Dev

   3. Item

      Bharatiya Jana Sangh and S P Mukherjee

      Correct

      Yes

   4. Explanation

      Jagjivan Ram broke away in 1977 to form Congress for Democracy.

      Item

      Congress for Democracy and Lohia

Instructions

Tap the three wrong lines in each set and leave the one true line standing.

Explanation