CBSE Class 10 Social Science Nationalism in India MCQs with Answers Set 11

1. By whom was the Swaraj Party formed?
(a) Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das (b) Subhas Chandra Bose and Sardar Patel (c) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad (d) Motilal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad

2. By whom was the first image of Bharat Mata painted?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Abanindranath Tagore (c) Ravi Verma (d) Nandalal Bose

3. Why did Indians oppose the Rowlatt Act?
(a) It introduced the Salt Law (b) It increased taxes on land (c) It gave the British power to arrest and detain a person without trial (d) It banned the Congress party

4. By what name did Gandhiji refer to the dalits?
(a) Untouchables (b) Shudras (c) Harijans (d) Achchuts

5. Why did Gandhiji organise a Satyagraha in the Ahmedabad mills in 1918?
(a) To protest against poor working conditions (b) To demand higher wages for workers (c) To protest against high revenue demand (d) None of the above

6. Why was the Round Table Conference held in England?
(a) To discuss the provisions of a future Indian Constitution (b) To check the Indian national movement (c) To give concessions to Indians (d) To improve agriculture in India

7. What does the term Khalifa refer to?
(a) Sultan of a Muslim country (b) Spiritual leader of the Muslims (c) Nawab of a Muslim state (d) Badshah of the Mughal period

8. What kind of movement did the tribal peasants of the Gudem Hills in Andhra Pradesh launch?
(a) Satyagraha movement (b) Militant guerrilla movement (c) Non-violent movement (d) None of the above

9. 'Hind Swaraj' was written by:
(a) Abul Kalam Azad (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Sardar Patel (d) Subhas Chandra Bose

10. Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 the plantation workers were not permitted to:
(a) Leave their village (b) Settle in the city (c) Leave the plantation without permission (d) Allow women to leave farmlands

11. Which was the prime factor in the emergence of modern nationalism in India?
(a) New symbols (b) New ideas (c) Icons (d) The anti-colonial movement

12. In which year did Gandhiji return to India from South Africa?
(a) January 1915 (b) February 1916 (c) January 1916 (d) February 1915

13. Satyagraha was:
(a) Pure soul force (b) Weapon of the weak (c) Physical force (d) Force of arms

14. The Champaran Satyagraha (1916) was launched against:
(a) High revenue demand (b) Indigo planters (c) Mill owners (d) Salt tax

15. Which was the reason for Indian opposition to the Rowlatt Act (1919)?
(a) It was passed hurriedly (b) It gave the government enormous powers (c) Local leaders were picked up (d) It authorised the government to imprison people without trial

16. In which city did the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy take place?
(a) Amritsar (b) Lahore (c) Agra (d) Meerut

17. Who formed the Khilafat Committee in Bombay?
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah (b) The Ali Brothers (c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan (d) Surendra Nath Banerjee

18. The famous book of Gandhiji is:
(a) My Experiments with Truth (b) Hind Swaraj (c) Discovery of India (d) Mein Kampf

19. When did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?
(a) 1913 (b) 1919 (c) 1915 (d) 1921

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

21. What did Gandhi declare in Hind Swaraj?
(a) British ruled India because it was militarily weak (b) British ruled India because Indians cooperated with them (c) British ruled India because they got international support (d) None of these

22. What did the term 'picket' refer to?
(a) Stealing from shops (b) Import of goods (c) Protest by blocking shop entrances (d) Boycott of clothes and goods

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

24. What did the term 'begar' mean?
(a) Payment of wages (b) High rents demanded by landlords (c) Labour without payment (d) None of these

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

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

27. Where was Gandhi's ashram located?
(a) Dandi (b) Sabarmati (c) Allahabad (d) Nagpur

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

29. Who were the 'Sanatanis'?
(a) Saints (b) Dalits (c) High-caste Hindus (d) None of these

30. Who organised the dalits into the Depressed Classes Association?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Subhas Chandra Bose (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) B.R. Ambedkar

31. What moved Abanindranath Tagore to paint the image of Bharat Mata?
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement (b) Swadeshi Movement (c) Quit India Movement (d) All of these

32. Who wrote 'Vande Mataram'?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Abanindranath Tagore (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

33. Who was Sir Muhammad Iqbal?
(a) Congress President (b) President of the Muslim League, 1930 (c) Gandhiji's devout disciple (d) None of these