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Indian National Movement

Indian National Movement is an concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 5 past MPSC questions (2013, 2023, 2025). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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What you need to know first

Non-Cooperation Movement aftermathSwaraj Party historyTimeline of Indian Freedom Struggle 1920-1930World War II impact on IndiaQuit India backgroundHistory of Indian National CongressMass mobilization techniquesBasic understanding of colonialism and freedom movements

What mastering this unlocks

Ethics in governanceColonial oppressionUntouchability EradicationSocial ReformersPeasant movementsEvolution of SwarajConstituent AssemblyCabinet Mission PlanPolitical PartiesCongress DominanceFreedom Struggle in MaharashtraCellular Jail prisonersSwadeshi movementFreedom Struggle LeadersNationalist InstitutionsLala Lajpatrai

Real questions that test this

खालीलपैकी कोणता निर्णय साबरमती कराराने घेण्यात आला ? Which of the following decision was taken by Sabarmati treaty ?

a)प्रतियोगी सहकारिता पक्षाची स्थापना करावी. / A competitive co-operative party should be established.
b)विद्यार्थ्यांना राजकारणात सहभागी करून घेऊ नये. / Students should not be involved in politics.
c)कनिष्ठ जातीय कामगारांमध्ये भेदाभेद करू नये, तसेच 50 स्वयंसेवकाचे पथक उभारावे व हिंदु मुस्लिम ऐक्य राखावे. / There should be no discrimination among lower caste workers and a team of 50 volunteers should be formed and Hindu Muslim unity should be maintained.
d)मोतीलाल नेहरू आणि जयकर यांच्या समितीने मध्यवर्ती विधिमंडळाचे सदस्य निश्चित करावे. / A committee of Motilal Nehru and Jayakar to determine the members of the Central Legislature.✓ Correct

The Sabarmati pact or agreement led to the decision that a committee comprising Motilal Nehru and Jayakar should determine the members of the Central Legislature.

कालानुक्रमे रचना करा. (a) मुस्लिम लीगने नेहरू रिपोर्टपेक्षा जिनांच्या चौदा कलमी कार्यक्रमास पसंती दिली. (b) काँग्रेसने सरकारला एका वर्षात नेहरू रिपोर्ट स्वीकारण्याची मुदत दिली. (c) लाहोर अधिवेशनात काँग्रेसने संपूर्ण स्वातंत्र्याची मागणी केली. (d) गांधीजींनी मिठाचा सत्याग्रह सुरू केला. Arrange in chronological order. (a) Muslim League gave preference to the Fourteen Points of Jinnah rather than the Nehru Report. (b) Congress asked the government to accept the Nehru Report within one year. (c) Congress demanded 'Purna Swaraj' (Complete Independence) in the Lahore session. (d) Gandhiji started Salt Satyagraha.

(a)मुस्लिम लीगने नेहरू रिपोर्टपेक्षा जिनांच्या चौदा कलमी कार्यक्रमास पसंती दिली.

(b)काँग्रेसने सरकारला एका वर्षात नेहरू रिपोर्ट स्वीकारण्याची मुदत दिली.

(c)लाहोर अधिवेशनात काँग्रेसने संपूर्ण स्वातंत्र्याची मागणी केली.

(d)गांधीजींनी मिठाचा सत्याग्रह सुरू केला.

1)(a), (c), (d), (b)
2)(d), (b), (a), (c)
3)(b), (a), (c), (d)✓ Correct
4)(a), (b), (c), (d)

Chronological order: (b) Congress gave a one-year deadline for the Nehru Report in late 1928; (a) Muslim League responded with Jinnah's 14 points in early 1929; (c) Congress passed Purna Swaraj in Lahore in Dec 1929; (d) Gandhi started Salt Satyagraha in March 1930.

11 एप्रिल 1942 रोजी काँग्रेस वर्किंग कमिटीने ________________ नाकारण्यासाठी ठराव पारीत केला. / On 11th April 1942, a resolution was passed by the Congress Working Committee rejecting ________________.

1)(1) क्रिप्स प्रस्ताव✓ Correct
2)(2) अलिगड योजना
3)(3) कर्झन योजना
4)(4) लतिफ योजना

On 11th April 1942, the Congress Working Committee officially rejected the Cripps Mission proposals brought by Sir Stafford Cripps.

no answer to a mass movement that was non-violent and had massive popular support. In practice the colonial authorities constantly vacillated between the two choices, usually plumbing in the end for suppression. By taking resource to suppression of a non-violent movement, they had to suffer constant erosion of hegemony by exposing the basic underpinning of colonial rule in force and coercion. Consequently, the hegemony of colonial rule or its moral basis was destroyed bit by bit.

खालील विधाने वाचा : a. 'व्यापक जनसंघटनांच्या आधारे चालविण्यात येणारी एक वर्चस्ववादी चळवळ' असे भारतीय राष्ट्रीय चळवळीचे स्वरूप होते. b. वर्चस्ववादी जनआंदोलनांच्या स्वरूपामुळे अहिंसा राष्ट्रीय चळवळीचा एक मूलभूत घटक ठरली. c. चळवळीचे अहिंसक प्रकार स्वीकारल्याने सर्वसामान्य जनतेला या चळवळीत सहभागी होता आले. Read the statements : a. The Indian National Movement was in the form of a 'hegemonic movement carried out on the basis of broad mass organization'. b. Non-violence became a fundamental element of the National Movement due to the hegemonic nature of the mass movement. c. The adoption of non-violent forms of movement enabled the common people to participate in this movement.

(a)'व्यापक जनसंघटनांच्या आधारे चालविण्यात येणारी एक वर्चस्ववादी चळवळ' असे भारतीय राष्ट्रीय चळवळीचे स्वरूप होते.

(b)वर्चस्ववादी जनआंदोलनांच्या स्वरूपामुळे अहिंसा राष्ट्रीय चळवळीचा एक मूलभूत घटक ठरली.

(c)चळवळीचे अहिंसक प्रकार स्वीकारल्याने सर्वसामान्य जनतेला या चळवळीत सहभागी होता आले.

1)b हे विधान a चे कारण आहे
2)a हे विधान b चा परिणाम आहे
3)c हे विधान a चे कारण आहे
4)c हे विधान b चा परिणाम आहे✓ Correct

Statement b posits that non-violence became a fundamental element due to the hegemonic mass-movement nature of the Indian freedom struggle. Statement c logically follows as an outcome (result) of this adoption, making c the result of b.

no answer to a mass movement that was non-violent and had massive popular support. In practice the colonial authorities constantly vacillated between the two choices, usually plumbing in the end for suppression. By taking resource to suppression of a non-violent movement, they had to suffer constant erosion of hegemony by exposing the basic underpinning of colonial rule in force and coercion. Consequently, the hegemony of colonial rule or its moral basis was destroyed bit by bit.

असत्य विधान ओळखा. (1) सर्वसामान्यांच्या अहिंसक चळवळीला आम जनतेचा पाठिंबा असतो. (2) वसाहतवादी राजवटीचे वर्चस्व किंवा नैतिक आधार कणाकणाने नष्ट होत जातो. (3) अहिंसक चळवळ दडपून टाकल्याने वसाहतवादी राजवटीच्या वर्चस्वाला धक्का पोहोचतो. (4) लोकवाद व नैतिकता हाच वसाहतवादी राजवटीचा खरा आधार असल्याचे उघडकीस येते. Identify the incorrect statement. (1) The non-violent movement of the common people has the support of the general public. (2) The dominance or moral basis of the colonial regime is gradually being destroyed. (3) Suppressing non-violent movements undermines the dominance of colonial rule. (4) It is revealed that populism and morality are the true basis of colonial rule.

1)सर्वसामान्यांच्या अहिंसक चळवळीला आम जनतेचा पाठिंबा असतो. / The non-violent movement of the common people has the support of the general public.
2)वसाहतवादी राजवटीचे वर्चस्व किंवा तिचा नैतिक आधार कणाकणाने नष्ट होत जातो. / The dominance or moral basis of the colonial regime is gradually being destroyed.
3)अहिंसक चळवळ दडपून टाकल्याने वसाहतवादी राजवटीच्या वर्चस्वालाच धक्का पोहोचतो. / Suppressing non-violent movements undermines the dominance of colonial rule.
4)लोकवाद व नैतिकता हाच वसाहतवादी राजवटीचा खरा आधार असल्याचे उघडकीस येते. / It is revealed that populism and morality are the true basis of colonial rule.✓ Correct

Colonial rule is actually based on coercion, exploitation, and institutional dominance, not on populism and morality. Therefore, statement 4 claiming populism and morality as the true basis is incorrect.