1. The Government of India Act, 1919 provided for a commission to review the working of the governance scheme after how many years?
2. Who was the chairman of the Indian Statutory Commission?
3. On what date was the Simon Commission set up?
4. Who was the British Prime Minister when the Simon Commission was set up?
5. Which Secretary of State for India was responsible for the appointment of the Simon Commission?
6. Consider the following pairs:
(I) Lee Commission – Recruitment of British officers in the Raj
(II) Mudiman Commission – Deadlock within the diarchic dispensation
(III) Linlithgow Commission – Crisis of Indian agriculture
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
7. What was the most distinctive feature of the composition of the Simon Commission that provoked Indian opposition?
8. Consider the following statements regarding the reasons for the early appointment of the Simon Commission:
(I) The Conservative government feared losing power to the Labour Party and did not want constitutional reforms decided under a Labour government.
(II) Several parliamentary inquiries by the mid-1920s had already pointed to the failure of the 1919 Act.
(III) Universal adult franchise had already been guaranteed in most European countries by this time.
Which of the above is/are correct?
9. Under whose presidency did the Congress session at Madras (December 1927) decide to boycott the Simon Commission?
10. At the Madras session of December 1927, Jawaharlal Nehru got a snap resolution passed declaring what as the Congress goal?
11. Consider the following statements about the Muslim League's response to the Simon Commission in 1927:
(I) At its Calcutta session under Jinnah, the League decided to oppose the Commission.
(II) At its Lahore session under Muhammad Shafi, the League supported the government.
Which of the above is/are correct?
12. Which of the following groups decided NOT to boycott the Simon Commission?
13. On which date did the Simon Commission land in Bombay, triggering a countrywide hartal?
14. Which body appointed Dr Ambedkar to work with the Simon Commission?
15. In which month did Dr Ambedkar go before the Simon Commission?
16. On behalf of which organisation did Ambedkar submit a memorandum to the Simon Commission on rights and safeguards for the depressed classes?
17. Consider the following statements regarding Ambedkar's submissions to the Simon Commission:
(I) He argued for universal adult franchise for both men and women alike.
(II) He stated that the depressed classes had no link with the Hindu community and should be regarded as a distinct, independent minority.
(III) He demanded representation for the depressed classes on the same basis as the Mohammedan minority.
Which of the above is/are correct?
18. What did Ambedkar propose if universal adult franchise was NOT granted?
19. What condition did the Simon Commission's report attach to the reserved seats it granted the depressed classes?
20. What was a significant social feature of the countrywide protests against the Simon Commission?
21. Consider the following statements about radical youth groups linked to the anti-Simon Commission upsurge:
(I) Punjab Naujawan Bharat Sabha
(II) Workers' and Peasants' Parties
(III) Hindustani Sewa Dal, based in Karnataka
Which of the above emerged in this context?
22. Which two Congress leaders emerged as leaders of the new wave of youth and student protest against the Simon Commission?
23. In which city were Jawaharlal Nehru and G.B. Pant beaten up by police during anti-Simon Commission protests?
24. On what date did Lala Lajpat Rai die from the injuries of a police lathicharge?
25. Which of the following was NOT among the two-fold impacts of the Simon Commission's appointment on the national movement, as described?
26. Whose challenge to Indian politicians to produce an agreed constitution was accepted by various political sections following the Simon Commission's appointment?
27. In which month and year did the Simon Commission publish its two-volume report?
28. What did the Simon Commission's report propose regarding dyarchy in the provinces?
29. According to the Simon Commission's report, in relation to what matters was the governor to have discretionary power?
30. Consider the following statements about the Simon Commission's recommendations for the centre:
(I) It rejected parliamentary responsibility at the centre.
(II) The governor-general was to have complete power to appoint cabinet members.
(III) The Government of India would have complete control over the high court.
Which of the above is/are correct?
31. On the question of electorates, what did the Simon Commission's report recommend?
32. What federal-level body did the Simon Commission's report suggest be established, to include representatives of British provinces and princely states?
33. Consider the following statements on territorial changes recommended by the Simon Commission's report:
(I) Sindh should be separated from Bombay.
(II) Burma should be separated from India.
(III) NWFP and Baluchistan should get local legislatures and representation at the centre.
Which of the above is/are correct?
34. What did the Simon Commission's report recommend regarding the Indian army?
35. Why had the Simon Commission's report lost much of its relevance by the time it was published?
36. The Nehru Report was drafted by a sub-committee appointed by which body, in response to Lord Birkenhead's challenge?
37. In which month and year did the All Parties Conference appoint the sub-committee to draft a constitution?
38. Who chaired the committee that drafted the Nehru Report?
39. Consider the following statements about the Nehru Committee:
(I) Its members included Tej Bahadur Sapru, Subhash Bose, and Shuab Qureshi.
(II) It was the first major Indian attempt to draft a constitutional framework for the country.
(III) Its report was finalised by August 1928.
Which of the above is/are correct?
40. On what basis of government did the Nehru Committee's recommendations divide, with the majority favouring one position and a section (including Nehru) favouring another?
41. What geographical scope did the Nehru Report confine itself to?
42. What form of government did the Nehru Report recommend for the dominion?
43. On electorates, what did the Nehru Report recommend?
44. How many fundamental rights did the Nehru Report recommend, including equal rights for women and the right to form unions?
45. Consider the following statements about the central legislature proposed in the Nehru Report:
(I) The House of Representatives was to have 500 members elected on adult suffrage, with a 5-year tenure.
(II) The Senate was to have 200 members elected by provincial councils, with a 7-year tenure.
(III) The governor-general was to be appointed by the British government but paid out of Indian revenues.
Which of the above is/are correct?
46. What tenure did the Nehru Report propose for provincial councils?
47. Besides responsible government and fundamental rights, which of the following did the Nehru Report also recommend?
48. What did the Nehru Report recommend regarding the relationship between the State and religion?
49. Who acted on the advice of the provincial executive council under the Nehru Report's proposed provincial structure?
50. The 'Delhi Proposals' emerged from a Muslim League session held in which month and year?
51. Which Congress session accepted the Muslim League's Delhi Proposals?
52. Consider the following statements regarding the Delhi Proposals:
(I) They called for joint electorates in place of separate electorates, with reserved seats for Muslims.
(II) They demanded one-third representation for Muslims in the Central Legislative Assembly.
(III) They demanded the formation of three new Muslim-majority provinces — Sindh, Baluchistan, and NWFP.
Which of the above is/are correct?
53. What structural demand did the Hindu Mahasabha make regarding the constitution, alongside opposing new Muslim-majority provinces?
54. Consider the following statements about the concessions made in the Nehru Report to Hindu communal opinion:
(I) Joint electorates were proposed everywhere, but reservation only where Muslims were a minority.
(II) Sindh's separation from Bombay was to occur only after dominion status was granted, and subject to weightage for the Hindu minority in Sindh.
(III) The political structure proposed was broadly federal, with residual powers resting with the provinces.
Which of the above is/are correct?
55. What dilemma did Motilal Nehru and the other drafters of the Nehru Report face during deliberations?
56. At which city's All Parties Conference session (December 1928) did Jinnah propose amendments to the Nehru Report?
57. Consider the following statements about Jinnah's amendments to the Nehru Report:
(I) One-third representation for Muslims in the central legislature.
(II) Reservation for Muslims in Bengal and Punjab proportionate to population, till adult suffrage was established.
(III) Residual powers to the provinces.
Which of the above is/are correct?
58. In which month and year did Jinnah put forward his Fourteen Points?
59. Jinnah's Fourteen Points became the basis for the future propaganda of which faction of the Muslim League?
60. Which of the following was one of Jinnah's Fourteen Points?
61. Consider the following statements about Jinnah's Fourteen Points:
(I) They demanded a federal constitution with residual powers to provinces.
(II) They demanded one-third Muslim representation in the central legislature and in any cabinet.
(III) They demanded that territorial redistribution not affect the Muslim majority in Punjab, Bengal, and NWFP.
Which of the above is/are correct?
62. Angered by the Nehru Report's dominion status proposal, which two leaders jointly set up the Independence for India League?
