Lesson 1J.2.1

1J.2.1 Imperial retreat, 1914–1967 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 9

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The 20 questions

  1. Which League of Nations system granted Britain administrative control over former Ottoman territories like Palestine and Iraq?

    • Dominion status
    • Imperial preference
    • Protectorate system
    • Mandate system

  2. In which 1919 Punjabi event did British troops fire on an unarmed Indian crowd, galvanising nationalist opposition?

    • Cawnpore massacre
    • Sepoy mutiny
    • Amritsar massacre
    • Chauri Chaura incident

  3. Which 1931 law established full legislative independence for British Dominions?

    • Colonial Laws Validity Act
    • Statute of Westminster
    • Dominion Powers Act
    • Balfour Declaration

  4. Which 1935 Act granted elected Indian provincial governments legislative autonomy?

    • Montagu-Chelmsford Act
    • Indian Independence Act
    • Government of India Act
    • Rowlatt Act

  5. Which Indian leader led a campaign of civil disobedience in the 1930s, including the Salt March of 1930?

    • Subhas Chandra Bose
    • Jawaharlal Nehru
    • Mohandas Gandhi
    • Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  6. Which 1942 campaign launched by Gandhi and the Congress demanded an immediate end to British rule in India?

    • Non-Cooperation
    • Swaraj Pact
    • Quit India
    • Swadeshi

  7. Which 1947 Act of Parliament created independent India and Pakistan?

    • Indian Independence Act
    • Dominion of India Act
    • Government of India Act
    • Cabinet Mission Act

  8. Who was the last Viceroy of India who oversaw partition and the transfer of power in 1947?

    • Lord Mountbatten
    • Lord Wavell
    • Lord Linlithgow
    • Lord Curzon

  9. Which 1941 joint declaration by Churchill and Roosevelt affirmed national self-determination, boosting anti-colonial movements?

    • Ottawa Agreement
    • Balfour Declaration
    • Potsdam Declaration
    • Atlantic Charter

  10. Which 1956 crisis, triggered by Egypt's nationalisation of the Suez Canal, ended with British and French withdrawal under US and Soviet pressure?

    • The Aden Emergency
    • The Suez Crisis
    • The Cyprus Emergency
    • The Malayan Emergency

  11. Which 1950s guerrilla uprising by Kikuyu fighters challenged British colonial rule in Kenya?

    • Boer War
    • Maji Maji rebellion
    • Mau Mau rebellion
    • Suez Crisis

  12. Which leader led Ghana to independence in 1957, becoming the first sub-Saharan African colony to gain independence from Britain?

    • Julius Nyerere
    • Jomo Kenyatta
    • Kwame Nkrumah
    • Nnamdi Azikiwe

  13. What action did Ian Smith's white-minority government in Rhodesia take in 1965?

    • Rhodesian Republic Charter
    • Unilateral Declaration of Independence
    • Bantu Administration Act
    • Universal Franchise Decree

  14. Which 1949 agreement permitted republics like India to maintain membership in the Commonwealth?

    • London Declaration
    • Colombo Plan
    • Treaty of Rome
    • Ottawa Agreement

  15. How many years separated the Amritsar massacre in 1919 and the Indian Independence Act in 1947?

    • 22 years
    • 38 years
    • 32 years
    • 28 years

  16. How many years separated the Statute of Westminster in 1931 and the Suez Crisis in 1956?

    • 25 years
    • 30 years
    • 35 years
    • 20 years

  17. How many years separated the Atlantic Charter in 1941 and the Rhodesian UDI in 1965?

    • 20 years
    • 28 years
    • 24 years
    • 32 years

  18. Which political party led the primary mass campaign for Indian independence from British rule?

    • Ghadar Party
    • Swaraj Party
    • Muslim League
    • Indian National Congress

  19. Which British Prime Minister resigned following the international failure and humiliation of the 1956 Suez Crisis?

    • Winston Churchill
    • Anthony Eden
    • Harold Macmillan
    • Clement Attlee

  20. Which African colony experienced the Mau Mau rebellion against British colonial rule during the 1950s?

    • Nigeria
    • Kenya
    • Ghana
    • Uganda

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