Quiz 2021: Prelims Power Play 15 August 2021

1. With reference to Dandi March during the Civil Disobedience Movement, consider the following statements:

1. Kelappan organized the Vedaranyam salt march on the east coast.
2. Sarojini Naidu led 2,500 marchers on the Dharasana Salt Works.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

2. Consider the following statements regarding the Cripps Mission:

1. It was for the first time that the British offered Dominion status to India.
2. The making of the Constitution was mainly in the Indian hands.
3. Option was available to any province to have a separate constitution—a blueprint for India’s partition.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

3. Consider the following statements with reference to Quit India Movement:

1. Abul Kalam Azad hoisted the tri colour on the Gowalia Tank ground and on the night of 9 August.
2. Slogan ‘Quit India’ was coined by Mahatma Gandhi.
3. By August 9, Mahatma Gandhi and all other senior Congress leaders had been jailed

Which of the above statements is /are incorrect?

4. Which of the following statements is wrong with respect to Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana?

5. Cellular Jail was a prison where Indians fighting for freedom from the British were exiled and incarcerated under very inhuman conditions. Who of the following freedom fighters were sent to cellular jail as part of punishment to be sent to “Kala Pani”.

1. Veer Savarkar
2. B.K. Dutt
3. Fazl-e-HaqKhairabadi
4. Barindra Kumar Ghose
5. Subhash Chandra Bose

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