UPSC History Indian National Movement Question Bank Modern History & Indian National Movement - I

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    Which of the following statements is correct about the Swarajists?

    A)  They formed a new political party out of the frame of the Indian National Congress

    B)   They won majority of the elected seats in the Central Legislative Assembly in the election of 1923.

    C)  They forced the British Indian Government successfully to change its policies.

    D)   They filled the political void at a time when the national movement was recouping its strength.

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     The new Congress-Khilafat Swarajya Party or Swarajists Party was to function as a group within the Indian National Congress. It won 42 seats out of the 101 elected seats in the Central Legislative Assembly in the election of 1923. The Swarajists failed to change the policies of the British Indian Government and found it necessary to walk out of the Central Assembly first in March 1926 and then in January 1930.


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