CBSE Class 10 Social Science History MCQs Set 07

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Question 1: Who presided over the Special Session of Congress held in 1920 at Calcutta?
(a) Nehru
(b) LaIa Lajpat Rai
(c) Bose
(d) Gandhi
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Answer: (b) LaIa Lajpat Rai

Explanation:
1. On 4 September 1920, Congress held a special session at Calcutta. It was presided over by Lala Lajpat Rai.

Question 2: Tilak Swarajya Fund was started to finance which of the following movements?
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement
(b) Non Cooperation Movement
(c) Champaran Satyagraha
(d) Rowlatt Satyagraha
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Answer: (b) Non Cooperation Movement

Explanation:
1. On 1st August 1920 Tilak died and later the Tilak Swarajya Fund was started.

Question 3: In which year did the Chauri Chaura incident occur, after which Gandhi withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement?
(a) 1922
(b) 1920
(c) 1919
(d) 1930
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Answer: (a) 1922

Explanation:
1. On 5 February 1922 a mob burnt a police chowki at Chauri Chaura.

Question 4: "Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai" is associated with
(a) Ram Prasad Bismil
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Chandrashekhar Azad
(d) Ashfaqulla Khan
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Answer: (a) Ram Prasad Bismil

Explanation:
1. The poem is by Bismil Azimabadi, popularised by Ram Prasad Bismil.

Question 5: "Back to the Vedas" was the slogan of
(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) Raja Rammohan Roy
(d) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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Answer: (a) Dayanand Saraswati

Explanation:
1. Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj.

Question 6: Who, among the following, has been known as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’?
(a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(b) Khan Saheb
(c) Chaudhary Shaukatullah
(d) Liaquat Ali Khan
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Answer: (a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Explanation:
1. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was known as the Frontier Gandhi.

Question 7: The Chauri Chaura incident took place on
(a) 5 February 1922
(b) 13 April 1919
(c) 8 August 1942
(d) 12 March 1930
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Answer: (a) 5 February 1922

Explanation:
1. Gandhi withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement afterwards.

Question 8: "Saare Jahan Se Achha" was written by
(a) Muhammad Iqbal
(b) Bankim Chandra
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Ram Prasad Bismil
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Answer: (a) Muhammad Iqbal

Explanation:
1. It was written in 1904.

Question 9: "Vande Mataram" was written by
(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Iqbal
(d) Bhartendu
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Answer: (a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Explanation:
1. It appears in Anandamath.

Question 10: The Viceroy who divided Bengal by following the divide and rule policy was:-
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Lytton
(d) Lord Mayo
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Answer: (a) Lord Curzon

Explanation:
1. Lord Curzon announced the Partition of Bengal in 1905.

Question 11: The partition of Bengal was annulled in which year?
(a) 1907
(b) 1911
(c) 1928
(d) 1929
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Answer: (b) 1911

Explanation:
1. The partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911 by Lard Hardinge. Bengal was reunited on linguistic lines.

Question 12: Who led the agitation against the Partition of Bengal (1905)?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) C.R. Das
(c) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
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Answer: (a) Surendranath Banerjee

Explanation:
1. Surendranath Banerjee was the main leader of the anti-partition agitation.

Question 13: The province of Bengal was partitioned into two parts in 1905 by
(a) Lord Lytton
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Dufferin
(d) Lord Curzon
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Answer: (d) Lord Curzon

Explanation:
1. Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal in 1905.

Question 14: When Lord Mountbatten became the first Governor-General of independent India, who became the Governor-General of Pakistan?
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(c) Liaquat Ali Khan
(d) Shaukat Ali
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Answer: (b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Explanation:
1. Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the first Governor-General of Pakistan.

Question 15: Which plan became the platform of Indian Independence?
(a) Cripps Plan
(b) Wavell Plan
(c) Mountbatten plan
(d) Durand plan
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Answer: (c) Mountbatten plan

Explanation:
1. Lord Mountbatten came to India on March 22, 1947 with the purpose to give complete independence to India.

Question 16: When Lord Mountbatten became the first Governor-General of India, who became the first Governor-General of Pakistan?
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(c) Liaquat Ali Khan
(d) Shaukat Ali
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Answer: (b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Explanation:
1. Jinnah was Pakistan's first Governor-General.

Question 17: Shishir Kumar Ghosh founded _____ in 1875 to inculcate a sense of nationalism among Indians.
(a) Indian Association
(b) Arya Samaj
(c) East India Association
(d) Indian League
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Answer: (d) Indian League

Explanation:
1. Shishir Kumar Ghosh founded Indian League in 1875 to inculcate a sense of nationalism among Indians.

Question 18: The Quit India resolution was passed in which city?
(a) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
(c) Madras
(d) Lucknow
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Answer: (a) Bombay

Explanation:
1. The AICC passed the Quit India resolution at Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay, on 8 August 1942.

Question 19: At which of the following places the ‘Jatiya Sarkar’ was formed during the Quit India Movement?
(a) Ballia
(b) Nagpur
(c) Satara
(d) Tamluk
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Answer: (d) Tamluk

Explanation:
1. The ‘Jatiya Sarkar’ or the parallel government was formed at Tamluk during the Quit India Movement.

Question 20: Gandhi gave the slogan "Do or Die" on
(a) 8 August 1942
(b) 9 August 1942
(c) 26 January 1930
(d) 15 August 1947
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Answer: (a) 8 August 1942

Explanation:
1. He gave the call at the AICC session in Bombay.

Question 21: Mangal Pandey attacked his officer on 29 March 1857 at
(a) Barrackpore
(b) Meerut
(c) Delhi
(d) Kanpur
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Answer: (a) Barrackpore

Explanation:
1. He belonged to the 34th Native Infantry.

Question 22: Nana Sahib was the adopted son of
(a) Peshwa Baji Rao II
(b) Baji Rao I
(c) Balaji Baji Rao
(d) Madhav Rao
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Answer: (a) Peshwa Baji Rao II

Explanation:
1. His pension was denied by the British.

Question 23: At which of the following places the Ghadar Party was formed?
(a) USA
(b) Japan
(c) India
(d) Germany
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Answer: (a) USA

Explanation:
1. The Ghadar Party was formed on 15 July 1913 in the USA by Lala Hardayal and Sohan Singh Bhakna.

Question 24: The founding president of the Ghadar Party was
(a) Sohan Singh Bhakna
(b) Lala Hardayal
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Rash Behari Bose
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Answer: (a) Sohan Singh Bhakna

Explanation:
1. Sohan Singh Bhakna was the first president; Lala Har Dayal was the secretary.

Question 25: The name of Ram Prasad Bismil is associated with the:
(a) Kanpur Conspiracy Case
(b) Alipore Conspiracy Case
(c) Kakori Conspiracy Case
(d) Meerut Conspiracy Case
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Answer: (c) Kakori Conspiracy Case

Explanation:
1. Bismil led the Kakori train action (1925) and was hanged in the Kakori Conspiracy Case.

Question 26: The two great revolutionaries who threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly were
(a) Bhagat Singh & BK Dutt
(b) Bhagat Singh & Chandrashekhar Azad
(c) Chandrashekar Azad & Bismil
(d) Bhagat Singh & Ashfak Ullah Khan
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Answer: (a) Bhagat Singh & BK Dutt

Explanation:
1. On 8 April 1929 Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly, Delhi.

Question 27: Ram Prasad Bismil was associated with which case?
(a) Alipore conspiracy
(b) Kakori conspiracy
(c) Kanpur conspiracy
(d) Meerut conspiracy
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Answer: (b) Kakori conspiracy

Explanation:
1. Ram Prasad Bismil was hanged in 1927 for the Kakori train robbery (Kakori conspiracy) of 1925.

Question 28: The name of Ram Prasad Bismil is associated with
(a) Kanpur Conspiracy Case
(b) Alipore Conspiracy Case
(c) Kakori Conspiracy Case
(d) Meerut Conspiracy Case
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Answer: (c) Kakori Conspiracy Case

Explanation:
1. Bismil led the 1925 Kakori train robbery and was hanged in 1927.

Question 29: "Inquilab Zindabad" was the slogan popularised by
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Chandrashekhar Azad
(c) Ram Prasad Bismil
(d) Subhas Bose
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Answer: (a) Bhagat Singh

Explanation:
1. It was raised in 1929.

Question 30: "Sarfaroshi ki tamanna" was written by
(a) Ram Prasad Bismil
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Ashfaqulla Khan
(d) Chandrashekhar Azad
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Answer: (a) Ram Prasad Bismil

Explanation:
1. He was a Kakori revolutionary.

Question 31: The Second Round Table Conference failed over the question of which among the following?
(a) Communal representation
(b) Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Grant of dominion status
(d) Date of transfer of power
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Answer: (a) Communal representation

Explanation:
1. The Second Round Table Conference failed over the question of communal representation.

Question 32: Who among the following had attended all three Round Table Conferences in London?
(a) M K Gandhi
(b) B R Ambedkar
(c) J L Nehru
(d) M M Malaviya
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Answer: (b) B R Ambedkar

Explanation:
1. The Round Table Conferences were held in the year 1930, 1931 and 1932. B.R. Ambedkar attended all three round table conferences.

Question 33: The First Round Table Conference was held in
(a) 1930-31
(b) 1932
(c) 1929
(d) 1935
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Answer: (a) 1930-31

Explanation:
1. It began in November 1930 in London.

Question 34: The Second Round Table Conference was held in
(a) 1931
(b) 1930
(c) 1932
(d) 1935
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Answer: (a) 1931

Explanation:
1. Gandhi attended it.

Question 35: When did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre take place?
(a) 24 February 1919
(b) 10 March 1919
(c) 13 April 1919
(d) 24 July 1927
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Answer: (c) 13 April 1919

Explanation:
1. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar took place on 13 April 1919 (Baisakhi).

Question 36: Which of the following act is known as the Black Act?
(a) Regulating Act of 1773
(b) Charter Act of 1813
(c) Vernacular Press Act 1878
(d) Rowlatt Act 1919
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Answer: (d) Rowlatt Act 1919

Explanation:
1. The Rowlatt Act of 1919, which allowed detention without trial, was called the 'Black Act'.

Question 37: The Jallianwalla Bagh incident happened in:
(a) Punjab
(b) Delhi
(c) Kashmir
(d) Kerala
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Answer: (a) Punjab

Explanation:
1. The Jallianwalla Bagh incident happened in Amritsar, Punjab on April 13, 1919. General Dyer ordered troops of the British Army to fire on an unarmed Indian crowd who got together in Jallianwala Bagh to protest peacefully and celebrate Baisakhi.

Question 38: Which commission was set up to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh incident?
(a) Fraser Commission
(b) Raleigh Commission
(c) Hunter Commission
(d) Butler Commission
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Answer: (c) Hunter Commission

Explanation:
1. The government appointed a Disorders Inquiry Committee commonly known as Hunter Commission in October 1919 to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh Incident.

Question 39: Who among the following was the Congress President at Madras Session of 1927 when it boycotted the Simon Commission?
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) MA Ansari
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
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Answer: (b) MA Ansari

Explanation:
1. Dr M.A. Ansari presided over the Madras session (1927), which resolved to boycott the Simon Commission.

Question 40: Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited India?
(a) Lord Chelmsford
(b) Lord Reading
(c) Lord Irwin
(d) Lord Willingdon
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Answer: (c) Lord Irwin

Explanation:
1. The Simon Commission visited India in 1928 when Lord Irwin was Viceroy.

Question 41: With whom did Subhas Chandra Bose form an alliance to destroy the Holwell Monument in Calcutta during 1939-40?
(a) The Communist Party of India
(b) The Muslim League
(c) The Hindu Mahasabha
(d) The Unionist Party
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Answer: (b) The Muslim League

Explanation:
1. In 1940 Bose allied with the Muslim League in Bengal for the movement to remove the Holwell Monument in Calcutta.

Question 42: Subhas Chandra Bose formed the Provisional Government of Free India (Azad Hind) in Singapore on:
(a) 22 September 1943
(b) 20 October 1943
(c) 21 October 1943
(d) 22 October 1943
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Answer: (c) 21 October 1943

Explanation:
1. The Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind was proclaimed on 21 October 1943.

Question 43: Who among the following was the advocate at the INA Trials of 1945?
(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Aruna Asif Ali
(c) Bhulabhai Deasi
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
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Answer: (c) Bhulabhai Deasi

Explanation:
1. Three Indian National Army soldiers were accused of treason against the country during the WW II. Their trial began in October, 1945 at the Red Fort in Delhi.

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