51. Who was the sole representative of the Congress in the Second Round Table Conference in 1931?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D. Surendra Nath Banerjee
Answer:
A. Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation:
Following the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Mahatma Gandhi attended the Second Round Table Conference in London as the singular official representative of the Indian National Congress.
52. What proposal was made in the ‘August Offer’ of 1940?
A. Complete independence for India gradually
B. Dominion status
C. Provincial autonomy
D. Representative government at the centre
Answer:
B. Dominion status
Explanation:
The August Offer made by Viceroy Linlithgow explicitly promised “Dominion status” as the objective for India after the end of World War II.
53. Who was NOT a member of Cabinet Mission which arrived in Delhi in 1946?
A. Lord Pethick Lawrence
B. Sir Stafford Cripps
C. Lord Mountbatten
D. AV Alexander
Answer:
C. Lord Mountbatten
Explanation:
The Cabinet Mission was composed of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, and A.V. Alexander. Lord Mountbatten was not a member.
54. Which calamity of colonial India was regarded as the man made famine?
A. Bengal Famine of 1943
B. Guntur Famine
C. Orissa Famine
D. The Famine of 1876-78
Answer:
A. Bengal Famine of 1943
Explanation:
Modern historians strongly attribute the Bengal Famine of 1943 to wartime colonial policies, hoarding, and distribution failures rather than just crop shortfalls.
55. Which Governor – General of India was primarily responsible for the suppression of thugi?
A. Lord Clive
B. Lord Cornwallis
C. Lord Hastings
D. Lord William Bentinck
Answer:
D. Lord William Bentinck
Explanation:
Governor-General Lord William Bentinck, alongside official William Sleeman, led rigorous operations resulting in the suppression of the Thuggee cults in the 1830s.
