CBSE Class 10 Social Science Nationalism in India MCQs Set 08

Answer: (a) 1919

Explanation:
1. The Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay in March 1919, to defend the Khalifa's temporal powers.

Teacher's Note:
a) The Khilafat Committee was founded in 1919.
b) It aimed to defend the Ottoman Khalifa's temporal powers.

Answer: (b) Nagpur Session

Explanation:
1. The Non-Cooperation programme was adopted at the Congress session held at Nagpur in December 1920.

Teacher's Note:
a) Non-Cooperation was adopted at the Nagpur Session (1920).
b) The Lahore Session (1929) is instead known for the Purna Swaraj resolution.

Answer: (c) Passive resistance

Explanation:
1. Satyagraha, emphasising the power of truth over physical force, is also referred to as passive resistance.

Teacher's Note:
a) Satyagraha is also known as passive resistance.
b) It relies on truth and non-violence rather than physical force.

Answer: (a) (ii)-(i)-(iii)-(iv)

Explanation:
1. The First World War (1914-18) came first; Gandhi returned to India in 1915; the Champaran Satyagraha followed in 1917; and the Rowlatt Act was passed in 1919.

Teacher's Note:
a) Correct order: World War → Gandhi's return → Champaran Satyagraha → Rowlatt Act.
b) This traces Gandhi's early satyagraha work up to the nationwide Rowlatt Satyagraha.

Answer: (d) (iv)-(i)-(ii)-(iii)

Explanation:
1. The Non-Cooperation-Khilafat Movement began in 1920; the Chauri Chaura incident occurred in February 1922; Alluri Sitaram Raju was executed in 1924; and the Bardoli Satyagraha took place in 1928.

Teacher's Note:
a) Correct order: Non-Cooperation-Khilafat (1920) → Chauri Chaura (1922) → Sitaram Raju executed (1924) → Bardoli Satyagraha (1928).
b) Each event follows the previous one chronologically across the 1920s.

Answer: (d) Chauri Chaura incident

Explanation:
1. A peaceful demonstration at Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur, turned violent; on hearing of this, Gandhiji decided to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement.

Teacher's Note:
a) The Chauri Chaura incident (1922) led Gandhiji to call off the movement.
b) He insisted on strict non-violence, so the violent turn led him to withdraw it.

Answer: (a) Wanted members of Congress to return to Council politics

Explanation:
1. The Swaraj Party was formed by leaders who wanted Congress members to participate in council politics again, rather than boycott them.

Teacher's Note:
a) Swaraj Party leaders wanted a return to council politics.
b) This was a departure from the full boycott strategy of Non-Cooperation.

Answer: (d) To suggest changes in the functioning of the constitutional system in India

Explanation:
1. The Simon Commission was set up to review and suggest changes to India's constitutional system of governance.

Teacher's Note:
a) The Simon Commission's job was to review and recommend constitutional reforms.
b) It was boycotted because it had no Indian members.

Answer: (a) Industrialists were close to the Congress

Explanation:
1. Industrialists, who were close to the Congress, were reluctant to support worker participation in ways that might harm their own factories' interests, limiting industrial workers' involvement.

Teacher's Note:
a) Industrialists' closeness to the Congress shaped how far workers could get involved.
b) This nuance distinguished industrial workers' limited role from peasants' and the middle class's wider participation.

Answer: (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation:
1. Salt, used by everyone regardless of class, was indeed a powerful unifying symbol — and this universal use is exactly why Gandhiji chose it, making R a correct explanation of A.

Teacher's Note:
a) Salt's universal use across rich and poor made it an ideal unifying symbol.
b) This is why Gandhiji centred the Dandi March on breaking the salt law.