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1. In 1931, Congress participated in the

(a) First Round Table Conference.
(b) Second Round Table Conference.
(c) Third Round Table Conference.
(d) Poona Pact.

 

 Ans: (b) Second Round Table Conference.

 

2. The journal Harijan was published by

(a) Sardar Vallabhai Patel.
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru.
(c) Mahatma Gandhi.
(d) Rajendra Prasad.

 

 Ans: (c) Mahatma Gandhi.

 

3. Gandhi returned from South Africa to India in

(a) 1900.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1915.

 

Ans: (d) 1915.

 

4. In 1915, Gopal Krishan Gokhale advised Gandhi to:

(a) write autobiography
(b) tour India
(c) do social work
(d) assume leadership of Congress

 

 Ans:  (b) tour India

 

5. The Non-Cooperation Movement was suspended due to the

(a) Chauri Chaura Incident.
(b) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
(c) Lahore Conspiracy.
(d) Kakori Conspiracy.

 

 Ans:  (a) Chauri Chaura Incident.

 

6. Khilafat agitators demanded the restoration of powers of

(a) Mughal emperor.
(b) Ottoman ruler.
(c) British monarch.
(d) German kaiser.

 

 Ans:  (b) Ottoman ruler.

 

7. The Father of Our Nation is

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru.
(c) Mahatma Gandhi.
(d) Bhagat Singh.

 

 Ans:  (c) Mahatma Gandhi.

 

8. The Salt March ended when Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi on

(a) April 6, 1930.
(b) January 26, 1930.
(c) August 13, 1931.
(d) September 30, 1931.

 

 Ans:  (a) April 6, 1930.

 

9. Mahatma Gandhi left India for South Africa in

(a) 1893.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1905.

 

 Ans:  (a) 1893.

 

10. In 1916, the annual session of Indian National Congress was held at

(a) Lahore.
(b) Lucknow.
(c) Nagpur.
(d) Surat.

 

 Ans:  (b) Lucknow.

 

11. Why was charkha chosen as a national symbol?

(a) Symbol of anger and self-confidence.
(b) Symbol of nationalism and self-confidence.
(c) Symbol of self-reliance and patriotism.
(d) Symbol of self-reliance and self-confidence.

 

 Ans:  (d) Symbol of self-reliance and self-confidence.

 

12. What was the significance of Lahore Session of Congress?

(a) Gandhiji postponed Civil Disobedience movement.
(b) Declaration of poorna Swaraj
(c) Oppose Rowlatt Act.
(d) Support the Khilafat Movement.

 

 Ans:  (b) Declaration of poorna Swaraj

 

13. After the failure of the Cripps Mission, Mahatma Gandhi decided to launch which movement?

(a) Civil Disobedience Movement
(b) Quit India Movement
(c) Non Cooperation Movement
(d) None of the above

 

 Ans:  (b) Quit India Movement

 

14. Jinnah called for a ______ to press the League’s demand for Pakistan.

(a) Civil Disobedience Day
(b) Quit India Day
(c) Direct Action Day
(d) Rowlatt Day

 

 Ans:  (c) Direct Action Day

 

15. Who was the writer of the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Ans: C

16. Khilafat Committee was formed in 1919 in the city of
(a) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
(c) Lucknow
(d) Amritsar

Ans: A

17. The Non-cooperation Khilafat Movement began in
(a) January 1921
(b) February 1922
(c) December 1929
(d) April 1919

Ans: A

18. Which of the following was the reason for calling off the Non-cooperation Movement by Gandhiji?
(a) Pressure from the British Government
(b) Second Round Table Conference
(c) Gandhiji’s arrest
(d) Chauri-Chaura incident

Ans: D

19. Baba Ramchandra, a sanyasi, was the leader of which of the following movements?
(a) Khilafat Movement
(b) Militant Guerrilla Movement of Andhra Pradesh
(c) Peasants’ Movement of Awadh
(d) Plantation Workers’ Movement in Assam

Ans: C

20. Who set up the ‘Abadh Kisan Sabha’?
(a) Alluri Sitaram Raju
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru and Baba Ramchandra
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru and Shaukat Ali
(d) Mahatma Gandhi

Ans: B

21. Under the presidency of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the Lahore Congress Session of 1929 formalised the demand of
(a) abolition of Salt Tax
(b) ‘Puma Swaraj’ or complete independence
(c) boycott of Simon Commission
(d) separate electorate for the ‘dalits’

Ans: B

22. The ‘Simon Commission’ was boycotted because
(a) there was no British Member in the Commission.
(b) it demanded separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims.
(c) there was no Indian Member in the Commission.
(d) it favoured the Muslims over the Hindus.

Ans: C

23. A form of demonstration used in the Non-cooperation Movement in which people block the entrance to a shop, factory or office is
(a) Boycott
(b) Begar
(c) Picketing
(d) Bandh

Ans: C

43. Who formed the ‘Swaraj Party’ within the Congress?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru and Motilal Nehru
(b) Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru

Ans: D

44. Who founded the ‘Depressed Classes Association’ in 1930?
(a) Alluri Sitaram Raju
(b) C.R. Das
(c) M.R. Jayakar
(d) Dr B.R. Ambedkar

Ans: D

45. 12. Which party did not boycott the Council elections held in the year 1921?
(a) Swaraj Party
(b) Justice Party
(c) Muslim League
(d) Congress Party

Ans: B

46. What do you mean by the term ‘Begar’?
(a) An Act to prevent plantation workers to leave the tea gardens without permission.
(b) The forced recruitment of soldiers in rural areas during World War I.
(c) Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any payment.
(d) Refusal to deal and associate with people, or participate in activities as a form of protest.

Ans: C

47. Where did Mahatma Gandhi start his famous ‘Salt March’ on 12th March 1930?
(a) Dandi
(b) Chauri-Chaura
(c) Sabarmati
(d) Surat

Ans: C

48. Which industrialist attacked colonial control over Indian economy and supported the Civil Disobedience Movement?
(a) Dinshaw Petit
(b) Purshottamdas Thakurdas
(c) Dwarkanath Tagore
(d) Seth Hukumchand

Ans: B

49. Who visualised and depicted the image of ‘Bharat Mata’ through a painting?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Natesa Sastri
(d) Abanindranath Tagore

Ans: D

50. Which of the following was Mahatma Gandhi’s novel method of fighting against the British?
(a) He used violent method of stone pelting.
(b) He used arson to bum down government offices.
(c) He fought with the principle of ‘an eye for i an eye’.
(d) He practised open defiance of law, ; peaceful demonstration, satyagraha and non-violence.

Ans: D

51. What does satyagraha mean? Choose one from j the following options.
(a) ‘Satyagraha’ means use of physical force to inflict pain while fighting.
(b) ‘Satyagraha’ does not inflict pain, it is a : non-violent method of fighting against oppression.
(c) ‘Satyagraha’ means passive resistance and is a weapon of the weak.
(d) ‘Satyagraha’ was a racist method of mass agitation.

Ans: B

52. What was the purpose of imposing the  Rowlatt Act?
(a) The Rowlatt Act forbade the Indians to : qualify for administrative services.
(b) The Rowlatt Act had denied Indians the right to political participation.
(c) The Rowlatt Act imposed additional taxes on Indians who were already groaning under the burden of taxes.
(d) The Rowlatt Act authorised the government to imprison any person i without trial and conviction in a court of j law

Ans: D

53. Where did the brutal ‘Jallianwala Massacre’ j take place?
(a) Amritsar
(b) Meerut
(c) Lahore
(d) Lucknow

Ans: A

54. Why did General Dyer order to open fire on a i peaceful demonstration at Jallianwala Bagh? Choose from the given options.
(a) He wanted to show his power.
(b) Firing was ordered because it was an unruly crowd.
(c) Because his object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’ to create fear in the minds of ‘satyagrahis’.
(d) He ordered to fire because he noticed a j sudden unrest in the crowd.

Ans: C

55. The growth of modern nationalism in India , as in Vietnam, is closely connected to
(a) A sense of oppression under colonialism
(b) An Anti-colonial movement
(c) A discovery of unity in their struggle against colonialism
(d) All the above

Ans: D.

56. When was the Non-cooperation programme adopted by the Congress?
(a) At Surat in December 1920
(b) At Nagpur in December 1921
(c) At Calcutta in September 1920
(d) At Nagpur in December 1920

Ans: D

57. The leader of the peasants in the Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh was?
(a) Baba Ramchandra
(b) Venkata Raju
(c) Alluri Sitaram raju
(d) Birsa Munda

Ans: C

58. The two great writers of Bengal and Madras, who contributed to nationalism in the late 19th century through folklore were ?
(a) Abindranath Tagore and Ravi Verma
(b) Rabindranath Tagore and Jamini Roy
(c) Rabindranath Tagore and Natesha Sastri
(d) None of the above

Ans: C

59. ‘Hind Swaraj’ was written by:
(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

Ans: B

60. In 1916, Gandhiji travelled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasant to struggle against the:
(a) Upper caste people
(b) Landless agriculture labourers
(c) Oppressive plantation system
(d) None of them

Ans: C

61. In 1905, who painted the image of Bharat Mata shown as dispensing learning, food and clothing?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Abnindranath Tagore
(c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(d) None of these

Ans: B

62. Who amongst the following led the Civil Disobedience in Peshawar?
(a) Abdul Gaffar Khan
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Ans: A

63. The Simon Commission was boycotted in India because:
(a) There was no Indian member in the Commission.
(b) It supported the Muslim League
(c) Congress felt that people deserved Swaraj
(d) There were differences among the members

Ans: A

64. The resolution of Poorna Swaraj was adopted at which session of the Congress?
(a) Karachi
(b) Haripur
(c) Lahore
(d) Lucknow

Ans: C

65. Which of the following was a cause for the withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
(a) Lack of coordination among the satyagrahi
(b) Outbreak of violence at Chauri Chaura.
(c) Gandhiji wanted to start Civil Disobedience
(d) Other nationalists persuaded Gandhiji

Ans: B

66. Gandhiji in his work ‘Hind Swaraj’ said that:
(a) The British must Quit India
(b) Indians must not cooperate with the British
(c) The Government must concede the right to make salt
(d) Indians must be involved in the governance of India

Ans: B

67. Which of the following in not true about the Rowlatt Act?
(a) It allowed the detention of prisoners for five years without trial.
(b) Gave the government powers to repress political activity
(c) It passed the Act despite opposition from the Indian members in the Imperial Legislative Council.
(d) Led to the launch of a movement under Gandhiji’s leadership.

Ans: A

68. Which of the following best describes Satyagraha as an idea?
(a) Practising civil disobedience
(b) Resignation from official posts
(c) Appealing to the conscience of the adversary without physical force
(d) Boycott of schools and colleges

Ans: A

69. Who among the following was the author of the famous novel ‘Anandamath’?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(b) Abanindranath Tagore
(c) Natesa Sastri
(d) Rabindranath Tagore

Ans: A

70. Which one of the following is not true regarding the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931?
(a) Mahatma Gandhiji decided to call off the Civil Disobedience Movement
(b) Gandhiji consented to participate in a Round Table Conference
(c) The British government agreed to release the political prisoners
(d) The British government agreed to grant independence

Ans: D

71. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in:
(a) 1920
(b) 1913
(c) 1910
(d) 1915

Ans: D

72. What was the effect of the Non-Cooperation Movement on the plantation workers in Assam?
(a) They left the plantations and headed towards home
(b) They went on strike
(c) They destroyed the plantations
(d) They started using violence

Ans: A

73. Name the Sanyasi who was an indentured labourer in Fiji:
(a) Baba Ramchandra
(b) Baba Ramdev
(c) Baba Sitaraman
(d) Baba Jaidev

Ans: A

74. The concept of Non-Cooperation was turned into a movement through the:
(a) surrender of government awarded titles
(b) boycott of foreign goods and schools
(c) boycott of civil services, army, police, courts and legislative councils
(d) all of these

Ans: D

75. By whom was the song ‘Vande Mataram’ composed?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
(d) Natesa Sastri

Ans: A

76. How did the Indian people belonging to different communities, regions or languages develop a sense of collective belonging?
(a) Through the experience of united struggles
(b) Through cultural process
(c) Through the several of Indian folklore.
(d) All of these

Ans: D

77. The peasants of Kheda district could not pay the revenue because they were affected by:
(a) extreme poverty
(b) the crop failure
(c) a plague epidemic
(d) all the above

Ans: D

78. The relationship between the poor peasants and the Congress remained uncertain during the Civil Disobedience Movement because
(a) The poor peasants were interested in the lowering of the revenue demand
(b) They launched a no rent campaigns
(c) They were hard hit by the depression
(d) All the above

Ans: B

79. Why was Simon Commission sent to India in 1928?
(a) To look into the functioning of Indian constitutional system and suggest reforms.
(b) To try Indian revolutionary leaders.
(c) To frame a new Constitution for India.
(d) To persuade Gandhiji to attend the Round Table Conference.

Ans: A

80. In the countryside, rich peasants and Jats of Uttar Pradesh actively participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement because
(a) They wanted Poorna Swaraj
(b) They were very hard hit by the trade depression and falling prices.
(c) They wanted the unpaid rent to the landlord to be remitted
(d) The government was forcing land ceiling

Ans: B

81. Which one of the following was the main reason behind the start of the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920?
(a) To fulfill the demand for Swaraj.
(b) To oppose the arrival of Prince of Wales.
(c) To surrender the titles vested by British.
(d) To boycott the civil services, army, police, courts and legislative councils.

Ans: A

82. Which one of the following leaders headed Abadh Kisan Sabha?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Motilal Nehru

Ans: A

83. Which one of the following is not true regarding the impact of the First World War on India?
(a) Defence expenditure resulted in increased taxes.
(b) Forced recruitment of soldiers was introduced in the villages
(c) Income tax was introduced and customs duties increased
(d) The hardships ended with the war as the British introduced the Rowlatt Act

Ans: D

84. Which pact resolved the issue of separate electorates for dalits between Gandhi and Ambedkar in 1932?
(a) Lucknow pact
(b) Nagpur pact
(c) Poona pact
(d) Surat pact

Ans; C

85. Who was the writer of “ The Folklore of Southern India”?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Abindranath Tagore
(c) Natesh Shastri
(d) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Ans: C

86. The business groups and industrialists lost enthusiasm for the Civil Disobedience Movement because:
(a) They lost faith in Gandhiji’s methods
(b) They were frightened by the British repression
(c) The spread of violent activities worried them about prolonged disruption of business and the failure of the Round Table Conference made them afraid
(d) All the above

Ans: C

87. Who visualized and depicted the image of ‘ Bharat Mata’ through a painting?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Natesha Shastri
(d) Abindranath Tagore

Ans: D

88. Which Industrialist attacked colonial control over Indian economy and supported the Civil Disobedience Movement ?

(a) Dinshaw Petit
(b) Purshottamdas Thakurdas
(c) Dwarkanath Tagore
(d) Seth Hukumchand

Ans: B

89. A form of demonstration used in the Non-cooperation Movement in which people block the entrance to a shop, factory or office is
(a) Boycott
(b) Begar
(c) Picketing
(d) Bandh

Ans: C

90. In which Round Table conference , Congress did not participate ?
(a) I & II
(b) I & III
(c) II & III
(d) None of the above

Ans: B

91. When FICCI established?
(a) 1927
(b) 1928
(c) 1929
(d) 1930

Ans: A

92. When was Swaraj Dal established ?
(a) 1921
(b) 1922
(c) 1923
(d) 1924

Ans: C

93. When did the Chauri-Chaura incident happen?
(a) 6th February 1922
(b) 12th February 1922
(c) 6th April 1930
(d) 12th march 1930

Ans: A

 

Case Study Questions

Passage -1

 

Mahatma Gandhi found in salt a powerful symbol that could unite the nation. On 31 January 1930, he sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin stating eleven demands. Some of these were of general interest; others were specific demands of different classes, from industrialists to peasants. The idea was to make the demands wide-ranging, so that all classes within Indian society could identify with them and everyone could be brought together in a united campaign. The most stirring of all was the demand to abolish the salt tax. Salt was something consumed by the rich and the poor alike, and it was one of the most essential items of food. The tax on salt and the government monopoly over its production, Mahatma Gandhi declared, revealed the most oppressive face of British rule.

Mahatma Gandhi’s letter was, in a way, an ultimatum. If the demands were not fulfilled by 11 March, the letter stated, the Congress would launch a civil disobedience campaign. Irwin was unwilling to negotiate. So Mahatma Gandhi started his famous salt march accompanied by 78 of his trusted volunteers. The march was over 240 miles, from Gandhiji’s ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi. The volunteers walked for 24 days, about 10 miles a day. Thousands came to hear Mahatma Gandhi wherever he stopped, and he told them what he meant by swaraj and urged them to peacefully defy the British. On 6 April he reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the law, manufacturing salt by boiling sea water

Q. 1. Who was the Viceroy during the Dandi March?

a.  Viceroy Lord Irwin

b. Viceroy Lord Dafrin

c. Viceroy Lord Macdonald

D. Viceroy Lord Minto

Ans: A

Q. 2. When Gandhiji sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin stating Eleven demands?

a. 26^th January 1930

b. 11^th march 1930

c. 12^th march 1931

d. 31^st January 1930

Ans: D

Q. 3. When did Mahatma Gandhi start the Salt March?

a. 12^th April 1930

b. 12^th March 1930

c. 24^th March 1930

d. 6^th April 1930

Ans : B

Q.4. Salt March is also known as ….?

a. Non-cooperation movement

b. Khilaphat Movement

c. Dandi March

d. Quit India Movement

Ans: C

 

Case Study Questions

Passage-2

Dr B.R. Ambedkar, who organised the dalits into the Depressed Classes Association in 1930, clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the second Round Table Conference by demanding separate electorates for dalits. When the British government conceded Ambedkar’s demand, Gandhiji began a fast unto death. He believed that separate electorates for dalits would slow down the process of their integration into society. Ambedkar ultimately accepted Gandhiji’s position and the result was the Poona Pact of September 1932. It gave the Depressed Classes (later to be known as the Schedule Castes) reserved seats in provincial and central legislative councils, but they were to be voted in by the general electorate. The dalit movement, however, continued to be apprehensive of the Congress led national movement.

Q. 1. Who participated in the second round table conference on behalf of Congress?

a. Jawahar Lal Nehru

b. Mahatma Gandhi

c. Sardar Patel

d. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Ans: B

Q.2. Who founded the Depressed Classes Association?

a. Mahatma Gandhi

b. Periyar

c. Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar

d. C. Rajgoplachari

Ans: C

Q. 3. Why Gandhiji began fast unto death when the British government conceded Ambedkar’s demand?

a. Gandhiji was against Ambedkar ideas.

B. British did not accept 11 demands of Gandhiji .

c. the British government conceded Ambedkar’s demand, separate electorates for dalits.

d. Due to Poona Pact .

Ans: C

Q. 4. Depressed Classes later known as …..?

a. Schedule Caste

b. Schedule Tribe

c. Other backward Class

d. Minorities Class

Ans: A