CBSE Class 10 Social Science Nationalism in India MCQs Set A

Answer :  Sabarmati

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

Answer :  B.R. Ambedkar

Question :  Who were the Sanatanis?
a) High-caste Hindus
b) Saints
c) Dalits
d) None of the options

Answer :  High-caste Hindus

Question :  What led to the Civil Disobedience Movement?
a) Violation of Salt Tax by Gandhi
b) Arrival of the Simon Commission
c) Working at the firm without payments
d) Fall in demand for agricultural goods

Answer :  Violation of Salt Tax by Gandhi

Question :  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 options

Answer :  It was an all British commission

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) They went on strike
c) They destroyed the plantations
d) None of the options

Answer :  They left the plantations and headed home

Question :  What did the term begar mean?
a) Labour without payment
b) Payment of wages
c) High rents demanded by landlords
d) None of the options

Answer :  Labour without payment

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

Answer :  Baba Ramchandra

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

Answer :  Protest by blocking shop entrances

Question :  What did Mahatma Gandhi in his book, Hind Swaraj, declare?
a) British ruled India because Indians cooperated with them
b) British ruled India because the latter was militarily weak
c) British ruled India because they got international support
d) None of the options

Answer :  British ruled India because Indians cooperated with them

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

Answer :  Detention of political prisoners without trial

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

Answer :  1915

Question :  The famous book of Gandhiji is
a) Main Kampf
b) My Experiments with truth
c) Hind Swaraj
d) Discovery of India

Answer :  Main Kampf

Question :  Whcih of the following formed the Khilafat Commitee in Bombay?
a) Ali Brothers
b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
d) Surendra Nath Banerjee

Answer :  Ali Brothers 

Question :  In which city Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy took place?
a) Amritsar
b) Lahore
c) Agra
d) Meerut

Answer :  Amritsar 

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

Answer :  It authorised the government to imprison people without trial  

Question :  Champaran Satyagraha (1916) was launched by Gandhiji against
a) indigo planters
b) high revenue demand
c) mill owners
d) salt tax

Answer :  indigo planters 

Question :  Satyagraha was
a) pure soul force
b) weapon of the week
c) physical force
d) force of arms

Answer :  pure soul force 

Question :  In which year did Gandhiji return to India from South Africa?
a) Jan. 1915
b) Feb. 1916
c) Jan. 1916
d) Feb. 1915

Answer :  Jan. 1915 

Question :  Which among the following was the prime factor in the emergence of modern nationalism in India?
a) Anti-colonial movement
b) New symbols
c) New ideas
d) Icons

Answer :  Anti-colonial movement