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Question. Who was the Khalifa ?
(a) The political leader of the Islamic world
(b) The spiritual head of the Islamic world
(c) The spiritual leader of the whole world
(d) The spiritual leader of Saudi Arabia

Question. Who wrote the book Hind Swaraj ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(d) Maulana Azad

Question. When did the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre take place ?
(a) 1919
(b) 1921
(c) 1922
(d) 1928

Question. Who wrote ‘Vande Mataram’?
(a) Abanindranath Tagore
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(d) Ravi Varma

Question. Gandhiji agreed to participate in a Round Table Conference in London in …….
(a) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(b) Poona Pact
(c) Lahore Pact
(d) Gandhi-Simon Pact

Question. The Act that gave enormous powers to the British government to repress political activities was …….
(a) Rowlatt Act
(b) Seditious Meetings Act
(c) Arms Act
(d) Vernacular Press Act

Question. When was a Khilafat Committee founded ?
(a) 1919
(b) 1020
(c) 1927
(d) 1922

Question. Who initiated ‘Purna Swaraj’?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Question. The Poona Pact took place in the year …..
(a) 1857
(b) 1932
(c) 1935
(d) 1942

Question. Whose name is associated with The Folklore of Southern India ?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Natesa Sastai
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) T. Krishnamurthy

Question. The Non-Cooperation programme was adopted in the ……
(a) Lahore session
(b) Congress session at Nagpur
(c) Gujarat Congress
(d) Second Round Table Conference

Question. What does Satyagraha mean ?
(a) Fight against injustice
(b) Complete independence
(c) Following the path of truth and non-violence
(d) All of the above

Question. Gandhiji called off the Non-Cooperation Movement due to ……
(a) Jallianwalla Bagh incident
(b) Chauri Chaura incident
(c) Tribals’ agitation
(d) All of the above

Question. Where was the Non-Cooperation Movement turned violent ?
(a) Kheda in Gujarat
(b) Champaran in Bihar
(c) Nagpur in Maharashtra
(d) Chauri Chaura in Uttar Pradesh

Question. Who painted the image of Bharat Mata ?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Abanindranath Tagore
(c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(d) Natesa Sastri

Question. Who was the first writer to create the image of ‘Bharat Mata’ as an identity of India and how?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1870, by writing the song “Vande Mataram” and later including it in his novel ‘Anand Math’
(b) Rabindranath Tagore through his collection of ballads, nursery rhymes and myth
(c) Mahatma Gandhiji during his salt march and satyagraha
(d) Abanindranath Tagore by his paintings of a mother figure in 1905

Question. What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 presume?
(a) Equal pay for equal work
(b) Forced recruitment in the army
(c) Detention of political prisoners without trial
(d) Forced manual labour

Question. The refusal to deal and associate with people, or participate in activities, or buy and use things; usually a form of protest refers to:
(a) opposing
(b) struggle
(c) Boycott
(d) withdrawal

Question. Who led the peasants in Awadh?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) None of these
(c) Baba Ramchandra
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Question. Which one of the following statements is not the basic concept of ‘Satyagraha’?
(a) Emphasis on enduring the British dominance
(b) Emphasis on non-violence
(c) Emphasis on the power of truth
(d) Emphasis on the need to restrain oneself

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

Question. Why did production of Indian textiles and handloom go up during the Non- Cooperation Movement?
(a) All of these
(b) Foreign cloth was burnt in huge bonfires
(c) The import of foreign clothes was halved and the value dropped from Rs 102 crores to Rs 57 crores
(d) People discarded imported clothes and wore only Indian ones

Question. Nationalism spreads when people begin to believe that
(a) they are part of different regions
(b) they should aim for luxuries
(c) they fight amongst themselves
(d) they are all part of the same nation

Question. What led to the Civil Disobedience Movement?
(a) Arrival of the Simon Commission
(b) Violation of salt tax by Gandhi
(c) Fall in demand for agricultural goods
(d) Working at the farm without payments

Question. The main features of the Poona Pact of September 1932 were:
(a) Reserved seats for Depressed Classes in provincial and central legislative councils
(b) To be voted by special electorates
(c) The Dalits to be called Depressed Classes and not Harijans
(d) Separate electorates for Dalits

Question. The Non-Cooperation Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in support of:
(a) Khilafat and Swaraj
(b) Swaraj
(c) Khilafat
(d) Chauri Chaura

Question. Which one of the following is not true regarding the Khilafat Movement?
(a) It aimed at bringing the Hindus and Muslims together in the Non- Cooperation Movement
(b) It resulted in the restoration of the power of the Khilafat of Turkey
(c) It aimed at defending the Ottoman Emperor’s temporal powers
(d) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali led the movement in India

Question. Which was the main cause for boycotting foreign goods during Non- Cooperation Movement?
(a) A symbol of foreign rule
(b) A symbol of western economic and cultural dominations
(c) A symbol of oppressive rule
(d) A symbol of western political domination

Question. In 1905, who painted the image of Bharat Mata shown as dispensing learning, food and clothing?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(b) Abnindranath Tagore
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Ravi Verma

Question. 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) Income tax was introduced and customs duties increased
(c) The hardships ended with the war as the British introduced the Rowlatt Act
(d) Forced recruitment of soldiers was introduced in the villages

Question. Which one of the following is not true regarding the Jallianwala Bagh incident?
(a) Its aim was to create a feeling of terror
(b) Its aim was to create a ‘moral effect’ in the minds of the satyagrahis
(c) It took place on 13th April, 1918
(d) The martial law had been imposed by Dyer

Question. ______cloth was often more expensive than mass produced mill cloth.
(a) Cotton
(b) jute
(c) Khadi
(d) silk

Question. What was the effect of the Non-cooperation Movement on the plantation workers in Assam?
(a) They left the plantations and headed home
(b) None of these
(c) They destroyed the plantations
(d) They went on strike

Question. What was the main problem with the Simon Commission?
(a) It was formed in Britain
(b) It was an all British commission
(c) All of the above
(d) It was set up in response to the nationalist movement

Question. By 1921,________ had designed the Swaraj flag.
(a) Mahatma Gandhiji
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Abanindranath Tagore
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Question. The tribals’ chanting Gandhiji’s name and raising slogans demanding ‘Swatantra Bharat’ as:
(a) It showed the greatness of Mahatma Gandhi
(b) The various ways in which ‘Swaraj’ was interpreted by different people
(c) They were a unifying force of the Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) They were going beyond their own locality and emotionally identifying with an all-India movement

Question. Indians boycotted the Simon Commission because:
(a) It was an all-British Commission
(b) It was only for privileged class of Indians
(c) It was set up to oppose the Nationalist Movement
(d) It was formed in Britain

Question. Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any payment is referred to as:
(a) Auzar
(b) Begar
(c) Madadgar
(d) Rozgar

Question. Name two industrial organizations established by Indian merchants and industrialists to protect their business interests.
(a) The Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress (1920) and The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
(b) The Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress (1920) and Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) in 1927
(c) The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Union of Commerce and Trade
(d) The Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in 1927 and The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

Question. Who led the peasants’ movement in Oudh during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
(a) Jawahar lal Nehru
(b) Baba Ramchandra
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Mahatma Gandhi

Question. Annextation of the Punjab by the British in
(a) 15 August 1947 A.D.
(b) 26 January 1950 A.D.
(c) 29 March 1849 A.D.
(d) 21 Febvoury 1949 A.D.

Question. Who was the editor of ‘Young India’ magazine ?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Question. The Poona Pact was signed between _____ and _______ 
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru Mothilal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi – Lord Irrwin
(c) Mahatma Gandhi – B.R. Ambedakar
(d) Mahatma Gandhi – Mount batten

Question. Match List I with List II by using the code given below :

List I	List II
(a) Salyashodak Samaj	(i) Dhondo Keshav Karve Vidya Sagar
(b) S.N.D.T University	(ii) Dayananda Saraswathi
(c) Poona Sarvajanika Sabha	(iii) Jyothibha Phule
(d) Mahadeva Govinda RAnade	(iv) Mahadev Govind Rande

(a) (a) – (iv), (b) – (iii), (c) – (ii), (d) – (v)
(b) (a) – (v), (b) – (iii), (c) – (ii), (d) – (iv)
(c) (a) – (iv), (b) – (ii), (c) – (iii), (d) – (v)
(d) (a) – (iii), (b) – (ii), (c) – (ii), (d) – (v)

Question. Consider the following points :
(a) Mahatma Gandhi started Salt March with his 78 confidential volunteers.
(b) Mahatma Gandhi violated the Salt law at Dandi on April 20th, 1930. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
(a) only (a)
(b) only (b)
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these.

Question. The state of India where the Jallianwalla Bagh is situated, is
(a) Haryana
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Rajasthan.

Question. The Jallianwala Bagh incident place on :
(a) 13th April 1910
(b) 13th April 1912
(c) 13th April 1917
(d) 13th April 1919

Question. Who called the revolution of 1857 as the first war of indepence of india ?
(a) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(b) Bahadur Shah Jafar
(c) Tatya Tope
(d) Mangal Pandey

Question. In which year India’s rule was given to the British Crown ?
(a) 1773
(b) 1813
(c) 1833
(d) 1858

Question. By which Act, Communal Electoral system was introduced in India ?
(a) Indian Councils Act, 1892
(b) Indian Councils Act, 1909
(c) Indian Councils Act, 1919
(d) Indian Independence Act, 1947

Question. Pay attention on the following points:
(a) The Non-cooperation-Khilafat Movement began in January 1921.
(b) In February 1922, Mahatma Gandhi decided to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below
(a) only (a)
(b) only (b)
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these.

Question. Kheda Satyagrah was related to
(a) Against the oppressive plantation system
(b) Movement of cotton mill workers
(c) Relaxation in revenue collection
(d) None of the above

Question. Non co – operation movement was withdrawn due to:
(a) Jalian Wala Bagh Masscare
(b) Chauri –Chaura incident
(c) Rowlatt Act Introduced
(d) Nehru Report Rejection

FILL IN THE BLANK :

Question. Due to a violent incident in ………. , Gandhiji called off the Non-cooperation Movement.         

Question. ………. was known as ‘Lion of Punjab’.       

Question. Gandhiji called Dalits as ………. .       

Question. Mahatma Gandhi return to India in 1915 from ……… .     

Question. In ………. movement, women participated in large numbers for the first time.     

TRUE/FALSE :

Question. Alluri Sitaram Raju was the leader of militant Guerilla Movement in the Gudem Hills.    

Question. Colonial exploitation under the British rule was the important factor of nationalism in Europe.   

Question. 300 miles were covered in Gandhiji’s Salt March.     

Question. Baba Ramchandra led the Civil Disobedience movement.    

Question. The Rowlatt Act gave the British Government power to suppress political activity.   

ASSERTION AND REASON :

DIRECTION : Mark the option which is most suitable :
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are false.

Question. Assertion : The Non-Cooperation Movement gradually slowed down for a variety of reasons in the cities.
Reason : As the boycott movement spread, and people began discarding imported clothes and wearing only Indian ones, production of Indian textile mills and
handlooms went up.     

Question. Assertion : Rich peasants became enthusiastic supporters of the Civil Disobedience Movement, organising their communities and at times forcing reluctant members to participate in the boycott programmes.
Reason : However, they were deeply happy when the movement was called off in 1931 with revenue rates being lowered.     

Question. Assertion : The council elections were boycotted in most provinces except Madras.
Reason : In many places, merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign trade.    

Question. Assertion : Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote ‘Vande Mataram’ as a hymn to the motherland and it was later included in his novel Anandamath and widely sung during the Swadeshi movement.
Reason : Rabindranath Tagore painted his famous image of Bharat Mata, which is portrayed as an ascetic figure, who is calm, composed, divine and spiritual.    

Question. Assertion : When Simon Commission arrived in India, it was greeted with the slogan ‘Go back Simon’.
Reason : This happened as Mahatma Gandhi was on Dandi March during that time.   

Question. Assertion : In 1917, Gandhiji organised a satyagraha to support the peasants of the Kheda district of Gujarat.
Reason : The peasants were affected by crop failure and plague epidemic. They could not pay the revenue and were demanding that revenue collection be relaxed.    

Question. Assertion : In Awadh, the peasants were led by Alluri Sitaram Raju.
Reason : The movement here was against Oudh Kisan Sabha.     

Question. Assertion : Gandhiji entered into Gandhi-Irwin Pact on 5 March 1931.
Reason : Ghaffar Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru were both put in jail, the Congress was declared illegal, and a series of measures had been imposed to prevent meetings, demonstrations and boycotts.    

 

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