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History

Chap.11-TheNat i
onalMov
ement
Part-2
(AnswerKey )

Answert
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ions:

1.WhySi monCommi ssiondidcomet oIndia?Whydi dIndiansopposeit?


Answer:I nNovember1927, t
heBri
ti
shgov ernment, appointedtheSi
mon
Commi ssiontorepor
tonI ndia'
sconsti
tut
ionalprogressf orintr
oduci
ng
const
it
utionalref
orms,aspr omised.
TheCommi ssi
onwasst ronglyopposedbymanyI ndiansast he commissi
ondi
d not
haveany I
ndian member.

2.WhywasCr i
ppsMi ssionsenttoIndia?
Answer:TheBr i
ti
shGov ernment 
sentCr i
ppsmission 
inMarch1942t o I
ndi
a t
o
seekcooperati
onfrom theIndiansintheirwareffor
ts.I
tpr
omi sedfortheful
fi
ll
ment
ofself
-governmentto I
ndian peopl
e.
Thisproposalwasrejectedasi tdi
dnotpr oposeanyimmediatetransf
erofpower.

3.Wr
it
eshor
tnot
eon

A.TwoNationTheory
Answer:
i
) Thetwonati
ontheorywasgivenbyMuhammadAl iJi
nnah.
i
i) Twonat
iont
heoryi
st hebasi
sofcreat
ionofPak
ist
an.

i
i
i)I
tstat
esthatMusli
msandHindusaretwoseparatenati
onsfrom ever
y
def
ini
ti
on,t
heref
oreMusli
msshouldhaveaseparatehomelandintheMus l
i
ms
major
it
yareasofIndi
a,wher
etheycanspendtheirl
iv
esaccor di
ngtothe
gl
ori
ousteachi
ngsofIsl
am.

B.RowlattAct
Answer:
i
) TheRowl attActwaspassedi nMarch1919byt heBri
ti
shgov er
nmentto
i
ncreasetheirgri
ponpowerov ert
hecommonf olk.
i
i) Thi
slawgav ethem thepowert
oarrestanypersonwithoutanytri
al.
i
ii
) Toaboli
sht hisact,
Gandhiandtheotherleader
scall
edf oraHartal
(
suspensi
onofwor
k)t
oshowI
ndi
ans’
obj
ect
ionwi
tht
hisr
ule.

C.Civi
lDi
sobedienceMovement
Answer:
i
) GandhichoseDandi
,aseashor
e,i
nGujar
attobegi
ntheSal
tSat
yagr
aha
agai
nsttaximposedonsaltbyBr
it
ishGover
nment.
i
i
) On12Mar ch1930Gandhi
jisetoutf
rom Sabar
mat
iAshr
am wi
th78f
oll
ower
s
forl
aunchi
ngtheSal
tSaty
agraha.
i
i
i) Adistanceofapproximatel
y385km wascov
eredonf
ootandGandhi
j
i
del
i
v eredspeechesinthevi
ll
agesontheway
.
i
v) DuetoGandhi

sspeeches,messageofCi
vi
lDi
sobedi
enceMov
ementspr
ead
ever
ywher
eandafavourabl
eatmospher
ewascreat
ed.
v
) On5Apr
il1930,
Gandhi
reachedDandi
.
v
i) On6Apr i
lGandhij
ibroket
hesaltactbypicki
ngupthesaltlay
ingonthesea
shoreofDandiandtheCiv
ilDi
sobedienceMov ementst
artedall
overthe
countr
y.

D.QuitIndi
aMov ement
Answer:
i
) On8th August1942, Gandhi
j
i l
aunchedtheQuitI
ndiaMov ement(“
Bharat
ChhodoAndol an”
)inBombaydeclaringi
tsdemandf oranimmediateend
ofBri
ti
shr ule.
i
i) Gandhij
i’
ssl oganof‘DoorDie’(
‘KaroyaMaro’
)inspi
redthenati
on.

i
i
i) esswasbannedandon9thAugust1942Gandhi
TheCongr j
iandmostof
t
heCongr
essl
eader
swer
ear
rest
ed.

i
v) Ther
ewer
ehar
tal
sanddemonst
rat
ionsal
lov
ert
hecount
ry.

v
) Thepeopl
eat
tackedal
lsy
mbol
soft
heBr
it
ishgov
ernmentsuchasr
ail
way
st
ati
ons,
lawcour
tsandpol
i
cest
ati
ons.

v
i) Ther
ewer
elat
hi-
char
gesandf
ir
ingatt
heunar
meddemonst
rat
ors.
v
ii
) Pr
otest
orswer
ear
rest
edandt
ort
uredandt
hei
rhomesr
aidedand
dest
roy
ed.

v
ii
i) ByDecember1942,
oversi
xtyt
housandpeopl
ehadbeenj
ail
ed.

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