*First person to receive Bharat Ratna 
Ans : C.Rajagopalachari
*The person popularly known as Rajaji & C.R 
Ans : C.Rajagopalachari
*The person known as the warrior from the South
Ans : C.Rajagopalachari
*The leader who founded Swatantra Party
Ans : C.Rajagopalachari
*The person who was described as 'keeper of my conscience' by Gandhiji
Ans : C.Rajagopalachari
*Person known as "Vedaranyam Gandhi"
Ans : C.Rajagopalachari
*The Indian Political leader who acquired the nick name 'the mango of Krishnagiri' 
Ans : C.Rajagopalachari

BRITISH REFORMS AND INDIAN STRUGGLES

PARTITION OF BENGAL- 1905

*Declaration of Partition of Bengal was held on
Ans : July 20,1905
*Partition of Bengal was announced by
Ans : Lord Curzon
*Partition of Bengal came into effect on
Ans : October 16,1905
*October 16,1905 was observed in India as 
Ans : National Mourning day
*The Viceroy when the Partition of Bengal came into effect officially
Ans : Minto II
*The Viceroy who stated that partititon of Bengal was just only a readjustment of boundaries
Ans : Lord Curzon
*Partition of Bengal is an example of the British Policy of 
Ans : Divide and Rule
*INC President during the time of partition  of Bengal
Ans : Gopalakrishna Gokhale
*The movement which was started to protest against the partition of Bengal
Ans : Swadeshi Movement
*The resolution Swaraj was passed in the INC session in
Ans : 1906, Calcutta
*The Viceroy who cancelled the partition of Bengal 
Ans : Lord Hardinge
*INC President when the partition of Bengal was cancelled
Ans : B.N.Dhar
*The ceremony or Rakshabandan was observed on
Ans : October 16,1905 

SURAT SPLIT -1907

*The INC session in which Congress split into two
Ans : 1907 Surat  
*The INC split into
Ans : Moderates and Extremists  
*INC President during the time of Surat Split
Ans : Rash Bihari Ghosh  
*The Extremist group of INC was led by 
Ans : Lala Lajpat Rai, Tilak and Bipin Chandrapal
*The Moderate group of INC was led by 
Ans : Gopala Krishna Gokhale
*The INC session in which the Moderates and the Extremists reunited
Ans : 1916 Lucknow
*The INC President of Lucknow session of 1916
Ans : A.C.Majumdar
*The national song which was composed by Rabindranath Tagore at the time of Bengal Partition
Ans : Amarsona Bengla

MINTO-MORLEY REFORMS -1909

*Minto-Morley Reform is also known as
Ans : Indian Council Act of 1909
*During the Minto-Morley Reforms, the Viceroy of India was
Ans : Lord Minto
*During the Minto-Morley reforms, the Liberal Secretary of State for India was
Ans : John Morley
*The reforms which introduced the principle of elections for the first time in India
Ans : Minto-Morley Reforms
*The act which introduced communal representation for the Muslims in India for the first time
Ans : Minto-Morley
*The Governor-General was empowered to nominate one Indian member to his Executive Council as per
Ans : Minto-Morley Reforms
*First Indian member appointed to the Executive Council of Governor General 
Ans : S.P. Sinha
*Minto-Morley Act was repealed by
Ans : Government of India Act 1915

KHILAFAT MOVEMENT -1919

*Khilafat movement was formed in
Ans : 1919
*All India Khilafat Conference was held at 
Ans : Lucknow (September 1919) 
*Prominent leaders of Khilafat Movement 
Ans : Muhammad Ali and Shoukat Ali 
*To force the British Government to change its attitude towards Turkey and restore the Turkish Sultan to his former position was the main objective of
Ans : Khilafat movement 
*Gandhiji  took the leadership of Khilafat movement in
Ans : 1920
*The policy of non-violence and non co-operation were used in India for the first time in the
Ans : Khilafat movement 
*The Khilafat movement collapsed when the Turkish Sultan was dethroned by 
Ans : Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 
*The founder and the first President of the Republic of Turkey
Ans : Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

ROWLATT ACT - 1919

*Rowlatt Act was passed by Britain on 
Ans : February 6,1919  
*The Act which caused the massacre of Jalianwala Bagh 
Ans : Rowlatt Act 
*The British Viceroy who gave the consent to the Rowlatt Act 
Ans : Lord Chelmsford  
*Official name of Rowlatt Act 
Ans : The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act  
*The act empowered the British Government to imprison any person without trial
Ans : Rowlatt Act  
*Rowlatt Act was described as the black act by
Ans : Gandhiji
*Rowlatt Act was described as 'preventive murder' by
Ans : Edwin Samuel Montagu  
*The President of the Rowlatt Committee 
Ans : Justice Sidney Rowlatt  
*The leaders who were imprisoned on account of protesting against Rowlatt Act
Ans : Dr.Satyapal and Dr.Spifuddin Kitchlu

JALLIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE - 1919

*Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy took place on 
Ans : April 13,1919
*Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy took place at 
Ans : Amritsar (Punjab)
*The act which caused the massacre of Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy 
Ans : Rowlatt Act
*The British officer who gave order to fire the protestors
Ans : General Dwyer
*The Governor of Punjab during the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Ans : Michael O' Dwyer
*The committee which was appointed to enquire the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 
Ans : John Hunter Committee 
*Rabindra Nath Tagore renounced his knighthood in protest to
Ans : Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 
*The patriot who killed Michael O Dwyer
 Ans : Udham Singh
*Udham Singh was hanged to death on 
Ans : July 31,1940
*'Crawling Order' was issued by the British Government in India in connection with 
Ans : Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

MONTAGUE - CHELMSFORD REFORMS -1919

*Montague - Chelmsford Reforms (1919) is also known as
Ans : The Government of India Act 1919  
*The Viceroy during the period of Montague- Chelmsford Reforms 
Ans : Chelmsford
*The Liberal Secretary of State for India during the Montague Chelmsford Reforms 
Ans : Edwin Montague
*According to the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, the central legislature would comprise Legislative Assembly and Council of States
*The number of Indians in the Viceroy's Executive Council
Ans : Three out of eight members

CHAURI CHAURA INCIDENT - 1922

*Chauri Chaura is a village situated at
Ans : Gorakhpur district(Uttarpradesh)
*Main cause for the Chauri Chaura incident
Ans : Police firing against the people agitating in favor of Non- cooperation movement
*The people rebelled against the police firing and burnt the police station, which caused the death of twenty two policemen at
Ans : Chauri Chaura
*Chauri Chaura incident took place on
Ans : February 5,1922
*Gandhiji withdrew the Non-cooperation movement due to
Ans : Chauri Chaura incident
*Gandhiji described the Chauri Chaura incident as
Ans : A Himalayan Blunder

NEHRU REPORT -1928

*The memorandum outlining a proposed new dominion status constitution for India 
Ans : Nehru Report
*Nehru Report was prepared under the Chairmanship of
Ans : Motilal Nehru
*The Secretary of the Nehru Report Committee
Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru

SIMON COMMISSION -1927

*Simon Commission was formed on
Ans : November 26,1927
*Simon Commission arrived in India on
Ans : February 3,1928
*The Chairman of the Simon Commission
Ans : Sir John Simon
*Number of members in Simon Commission
Ans : Seven
*The aim of Simon Commission
Ans : To study the constitutional reforms in India
*Simon Commission is also known as
Ans : White Men Commission
*The slogan raised against Simon Commission
Ans : 'Simon go back'
*The slogan 'Simon Go back' was coined by
Ans : Yusuf Meherally 
*The Session of the Congress which passed the resolution to boycott the Simon Commission
Ans : Madras Session (1927)
*The President of the Madras Congress Session in 1927 
Ans : M.A.Ansari
*Simon Commission returned to Britain on 
Ans : March 3,1929
*The Simon Commission submitted its report on
Ans : May 27, 1930
*The national leader who died consequent to the lathi charge in the protest against the arrival of Simon Commission
Ans : Lala Lajpat Rai 


*The Keralites participated in Dandi March
Ans : C. Krishnan Nair, Titus, Raghava Pothuvai, Sankarji
*The leader of Salt Satyagraha in Tamil Nadu
Ans : C. Rajagopalachari
*The leader of Salt Satyagraha in Payyannur
Ans : K. Kelappan
*The song which inspired the Kerala Salt Satyagraha
Ans : Varika Varika Sahajare...
*Gandhiji suspended Civil Disobedience Movement on
Ans : April 7,1934

ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCES 1930-32

First Round Table Conference was held 
Ans : Novemeber 12,1930 and January 19,1931
*Round Table conference was summoned by
Ans : Ramsay MacDonald
*Round Table conference in
Ans : London
*First round table conference was presided over by
Ans : Ramsay MacDonald
The prominent leaders who attended the first round table conference
Ans : Tej Bahadur Sapru,Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Muhammad Shafi, M.A. Jinnah etc.
*The leader who represented for the depressed class in Round Table Conference 
Ans : Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
*The Viceroy of India at the time of first Round Table Conference 
Ans:Lord Irwin 
*The leader who demanded separate electorate for SC/ST in the first Round Table Conference
Ans : Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

SECOND ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE

*Second Round Table Conference was held between
Ans : September 7,1931 and December 2,1931 
*The only Round Table Conference which was attended by Gandhiji
Ans : Second Round Table Conference
*The only Round Table Conference which was attended by Sarojini Naidu 
Ans : Second Round Table Conference
*The Disobedience Movement was restarted due to the failure of 
Ans : Second Round Table Conference
*The Disobedience Movement was restarted on
Ans : January 3,1932
*The Viceroy of India at the time of Second  Round Table Conference 
Ans : Lord Wellingdon
*Mahatma Gandhi participated in the Round Table Conference as an agreement of 
Ans : Gandhi-Irwin Pact (March 5, 1931)
*Gandhi-Irwin Pact is also known as 
Ans : Delhi pact
*As a result of the  Gandhi-Irwin pact (1931) congress decided to stop
Ans : The Civil Disobedience Movement-
*The advisor of Gandhiji at the Second Round Table Conference
Ans : Madan Mohan Malaviya 
*Gandhiji was described as the half naked fakir by
Ans : Winston Churchill
*The INC representative to the Second Round Table Conference was
Ans : Gandhiji
*The representative for Muslim in Second Round Table Conference
Ans:Aga Khan III, Maulana Shaukat Ali, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, A. K. Fazlul Huq, Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Shafi, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Syed Ali Imam, Maulvi Muhammad Shafi Daudi, Raja Sher Muhammad Khan of Domeli, A. H. Ghuznavi, Hafiz Hidayat Hussain, Sayed Muhammad Padshah Saheb Bahadur, Dr. Shafa'at Ahmad Khan, Jamal Muhammad, Nawab Sahibzada Sayed Muhammad Mehr Shah
*The representative for women in Second Round Table Conference
Ans:Sarojini Naidu, Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz, Radhabai Subbarayan

THIRD ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE

*The Third Round Table Conference was held between
Ans : November 17,1932 and December 24,1932 
*The conference which led to the enactment of Government of India Act 1935
Ans : Third Round Table Conference 
*The Viceroy of India at the time of Third Round Table Conference 
Ans : Lord Wellington 
*The representative to labour class in Third Round Table Conference 
Ans : N.MJoshi
*The leaders who participated in all the three round table conferences'
Ans : Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Tejbahadur Sapru
*The only woman leader who participated in all the three round table conferences 
Ans : Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz

COMMUNAL AWARD 1932

*The Communal Award was announced on 
Ans : August 16, 1932
*The Communal Award was announced by 
Ans : Ramsay MacDonald 
*The minorities by community were given separate communal electorates through 
Ans : Communal Award
*The Communal award was opposed by 
Ans : Gandhiji
*The Viceroy of India at the time of the announcement of Communal Award 
Ans : Lord Wellingdon
*The jail in which Gandhiji conducted a fast unto death against Communal Award in 
Ans : Yerwada Jail
*Gandhiji stopped his fast unto death in Yerwada Jail by 
Ans : Poona Pact
*Poona Pact was an agreement between 
Ans : Mahatma Gandhi and Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
*Poona Pact was signed on
Ans : September 24,1932
*Poona Pact was signed between
Ans : Madan Mohan Malaviya and Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
*British Government retrieved the Communal award due to
Ans : Poona Pact

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT - 1935

*Government of India Act was passed in
Ans : 1935
*The Viceroy of India when the Government of India Act 1935 was passed
Ans : Lord Wellington
*Government of India Act of 1935 came into force in
Ans : 1937
*The Viceroy of India when the Government of India Act 1935 came into being
Ans : Lord Linlithgow
*The federal system of Council of States and Federal Assembly were came into effect as per
Ans : Government of India Act 1935
*The Act which introduced provisional autonomy in the provinces and diarchy at the center
Ans : Government of India Act 1935
*First General Election as per the Act of 1935 was held in 
Ans : 1937
*Indian Constitution is mostly owed to 
Ans : Government of India Act 1935 
*The last act passed by the British to rule India
Ans : Government of India Act 1935 
*The act which proposed to establish a Federal Court and Reserve bank
Ans : Government of India Act 1935 
*The act which laid the foundation of democracy in India
Ans : Government of India Act 1935 
*The Government of India Act 1935 was described as a powerful engine without  brakes by
Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru
*August offer was declared on 
Ans : August 8,1940
*August offer was declared during the period of
Ans : Lord Linlithgow
*The British proceedings promised India to give complete freedom after the world war if INC co operated in the war 
Ans : August Offer
*The individual satyagraha due to the dissatisfaction with August Offer was conducted by 
Ans : Gandhiji
*The number of representatives to the Governor General's Council was increased from 8 to 12 as per 
Ans : August Offer
*The political party which refused to accept the August Offer and strongly demanded  for immediate interim government
Ans : INC

CRIPPS MISSION -1942

*An attempt by the British government in 1942 to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II
Ans : Cripps Mission
*Cripps Mission arrived in India on
Ans : March 22,1942
*Chairman of Cripps Mission
Ans : Sir.Stafford Cripps
*The Viceroy of India when Cripps Mission reached India
Ans : Lord Linlithgow
*The Prime Minister who sent Sir Stafford Cripps to India was
Ans : Winston Churchill
*The envoy which proposed that India would be given the Dominion status immediately after the end of the World War
Ans : Cripps Mission
*The Cripps Mission Was described as "A post - dated cheque drawn on a crashing bank" by
Ans : Gandhiji

QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT - 1942

*Immediate cause for the launching of Quit India movement
Ans : Failure of the Cripps Mission
*The session of INC in which Quit India Resolution was passed
Ans : Bombay Session
*INC passed the resolution of Quit India on 
Ans : August 8,1942
*Quit India Movement was started on 
Ans : August 9,1942
*Quit India resolution was drafted by 
Ans : Jawaharlal Nehru
*Quit India day is observed on
Ans : August 9
*The Viceroy of India at the time of Quit India Movement
Ans : Lord Linlithgow
 *Hero of Quit India Movement 
Ans : Jayaprakash Narayan
*Heroine of Quit India Movement 
Ans : Aruna Asaf Ali
*The famous Quit India Speech was delivered by
Ans : Gandhiji
*Quit India Speech of Gandhiji was on
Ans : August 8,1942
*Gandhiji delivered the Quit India Speech at
Ans : Gowalia Tank Maidan (Mumbai)
*Present name of Gowalia Tank Maidan
Ans : August Kranti Maidan
*Gandhiji issued his famous call 'Do or Die' during
Ans : Quit India Movement
*The slogan adopted by muslim league in Quit India Movement
Ans : Divide and Quit

WAVELL PLAN - 1945

*Wavell Plan was on
Ans : June 14,1945
*Viceroy who formulated Wavell Plan
Ans : Lord Wavel
*Wavell Plan is otherwise known as
Ans : Breakdown Plan
*The plan which recommended for a formation of a new Executive Council at the Centre in which all the members except Viceroy and the Commander-in-Chief were Indians
Ans : Wavell Plan
*All portfolios except the Defense would be held by the Indian Members was one of the recommendations of the .
Ans : Wavell Plan

CABINET MISSION - 1946

*The envoy appointed by British Government to frame a constitution for India
Ans : Cabinet Mission
*The British Prime Minister who appointed Cabinet Mission
Ans : Clement Attlee
*Chairman of the Cabinet Mission
Ans : Pethick — Lawrence
*Number of members in Cabinet Miss.ion
Ans : 3
*Members of the Cabinet Mission
Ans : Pethick - Lawrence, Stafford Cripps and A.V. Alexander  
*The Cabinet mission arrived in India on 
Ans : March 23,1946
*The Viceroy of India when Cabinet mission arrived in India
Ans : Lord Wavell
*Cabinent mission submitted its final report on 
Ans : May 16,1946

MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS OF CABINET MISSION

*To form an interim Government with Viceroy as the President
*To form a constituent assembly on democratic principle of population
*All the members of the Interim cabinet would be Indians and there would be minimum interference by the Viceroy 
*Formed on - September 2, 1946
*Remained till - August 15,1947

Cabinet of the Interim Government of India

Viceroy and Governor-General of India President of the Executive Council		The Viscount Wavell (15 October 1946 – 20 February 1947)	British Raj
Commander-in-Chief		The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma (21 February 1947)	British Raj

Vice President of the Executive Council External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations		Jawaharlal Nehru	Indian National Congress
Agriculture and Food		Rajendra Prasad	Indian National Congress
Commerce		Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar	All-India Muslim League
Defence		Baldev Singh	Indian National Congress
Finance		Liaquat Ali Khan	All-India Muslim League
Education		C. Rajagopalachari	Indian National Congress
Health		Ghazanfar Ali Khan	All-India Muslim League
Home Affairs Information and Broadcasting		Vallabhbhai Patel	Indian National Congress
Labour		Jagjivan Ram	Indian National Congress
Law		Jogendra Nath Mandal	All-India Muslim League
Railways and Communications Post and Air		Abdur Rab Nishtar	All-India Muslim League
Works, Mines and Power		C.H. Bhabha	Indian National Congress