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NDA 2017 GAT · General Knowledge · Constitution and Fundamental Rights · hard

Simon Commission: 1. It was headed by an Indian chairman. 2. It was boycotted by most Indian political parties because it had no Indian member.

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Consider the following statements about the Simon Commission:
1. It was headed by an Indian chairman.
2. It was boycotted by most Indian political parties because it had no Indian member.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1. A. 1 only
  2. B. 2 only
  3. C. Both 1 and 2
  4. D. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (B) 2 only

Statement 1 is wrong: the commission was chaired by Sir John Simon and consisted of seven British members of Parliament. Statement 2 is right: the all-white composition was seen as an insult to Indian self-respect, so the Congress, the Muslim League majority and others boycotted it with slogans like 'Simon Go Back' in 1928. Lala Lajpat Rai was injured in a lathi charge at Lahore.
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