CBSE Class 10 Social Science Nationalism in India MCQs Set B

Answer : It was an all British commission

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

Answer : B. R. Ambedkar

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

Answer : Swadeshi Movement

Question : When was the Non-Cooperation programme adopted by the Congress? 
a) At Surat in December 1920 
b) At Nagpur in December 1920
c) At Calcutta in January 1921 
d) At Bombay in December 1920 

Answer : At Nagpur in December 1920

Question : Who were Indentured labours?
a) Bonded labours
b) Labours who were widely used for the plantations
c) Labours who resided in particular place for more than 5 years
d) None of the above 

Answer : Labours who were widely used for the plantations

Question : Who wrote the book ‘The History of the Loss of Vietnam’?
a) Phan Boi Chau
b) Phan Chu Trinh
c) Huynh Phu So
d) Bao Dai 

Answer : Phan Boi Chau

Question : Who was the founder of Hoa Hao movement?
a) Phan Boi Chau
b) Ngo Nguyen Anh
c) Huynh Pho So
d) Bao Dai. 

Answer : Huynh Pho So

Question : Who overthrew the Bao Dai regime?
a) Sun-Yat-Sen
b) Nguyen Anh
c) Phan Boi Chau
d) Ngo Diem 

Answer : Ngo Diem

Question : Which one of the following countries is not associated with Indo-China?
a) Thailand
b) Vietnam
c) Laos
d) Cambodia

Answer : Thailand

Question : Which of the following in true with reference of Satyagraha?
(A) It emphasized the muscle power
(B) It emphasized the Power of truth
(C) Gandhiji successfully fought the racist regime of South Africa with the novel method.
a) Only A is true
b) Only B is true
c) Both A and B are true
d) Both B and C are true

Answer : Both B and C are true

Question : At which place congress session of September 1920 held.
a) Nagpur
b) Calcutta
c) Lahore
d) Madras

Answer : Calcutta

Question : Who was the leader of the Peasant Movements of Awadh?
a) Alluri sitaram Raju
b) Baba Ramchandra
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) None of the above

Answer : Baba Ramchandra

Question : Under which act the Plantations workers of Assam were not permitted to leave the tea garden?
a) The Rowlatt Act
b) Cripps Mission
c) The Inland Migration act
d) The Inland Emigration act

Answer : The Inland Emigration act

Question : Name the leaders who founded Swaraj Party?
a) CR Das and Motilal Nehru
b) CR Das and Jawaharlal Nehru
c) CR Das and Gandhiji
d) CR Das and Dr B.R Ambedkar

Answer : CR Das and Motilal Nehru

Question : At which of the following place did Gandhiji make salt out of sea water
a) Ahmedabad
b) Wardha
c) Sabarmati
d) Dandi

Answer : Dandi

Question : Who wrote 'Hind Swaraj?
a) Subhas Chandra Bose
b) Jawaharlal Lal Nehru
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Sardar Patel

Answer : Mahatma Gandhi

Question : Which incident forced Gandhiji to halt the Non – cooperation movement?
a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
b) The Rowlett act
c) Chauri Chaura
d) Arrest of Alluri Sitaram Rammaya 

Answer : Chauri Chaura 

Question : Who among the following led the civil disobedience movement in Peshawar ? 
a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
b) Mohamad Ali
c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
d) None of the above 

Answer : Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan 

Question : Who first created the image of Bharatmata? 
a) Abanindranath Tagore
b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
c) Rabindra nath Tagore
d) None of the above 

Answer : Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay  

Question : Who was Paul Bernard? 
a) A writer and policy-maker
b) A philosopher
c) A politician
d) A diplomat 

Answer : A diplomat 

Question : The elites in Vietnam were influenced by which of the following cultures? 
a) Chinese culture
b) French culture
c) British culture
d) Indian culture 

Answer : Chinese culture 

Question : The French colonial economy in Vietnam was primarily based on what? 
a) Rice cultivation
b) Rubber plantation
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of the above 

Answer : Both a) and b) 

Question : When did the Cochinchina (the South) become a French colony? 
a) 1864
b) 1865
c) 1867
d) 1866 

Answer : 1864 

Question : What happened in Hanoi in 1903? 
a) It was attacked by Vietnamese.
b) It was defeated in a war.
c) It was struck by bubonic plague.
d) None of the above. 

Answer : It was struck by bubonic plague.

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

Answer : (b) Chauri Chaura incident

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

Answer : (b) The spiritual head of the Islamic world 

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

Answer : (a) Mahatma Gandhi 

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 

Answer : (a) Gandhi-Irwin Pact 

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

Answer : (b) Abanindranath Tagore 

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

Answer : (a) 1919 

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

Answer : (b) 1932 

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 

Answer : (b) Congress session at Nagpur 

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

Answer : (d) Jawaharlal Nehru 

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 

Answer : (a) Rowlatt Act 

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 

Answer : (b) Natesa Sastai 

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

Answer : (c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay 

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 

Answer : (c) Following the path of truth and non-violence 

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 

Answer : (d) Chauri Chaura in Uttar Pradesh 

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

Answer : (a) 1919

Assertion Reason questions
Directions :
In the following questions,
A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Mark the correct choice as:
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true

Question. Assertion (A): Mahatma Gandhi decided to take up the Khilafat issue.
Reason (R): He wanted to bring the Muslims into the fold of nationalist movement
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true
Answer : A

Question. Assertion (A): Gandhiji's idea of 'Satyagraha' emphasised the power of truth and the need to search for truth.
Reason(R): Gandhiji believed that a Satyagrahi could win the battle by appealing to the conscience of the oppressor.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true
Answer : A

Question. Assertion (A): Dyer entered the area, blocked the exit points and opened fire on the crowd, killing hundreds.
Reason (R): His object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’, to create in the minds of satyagrahis a feeling of terror and awe.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true
Answer : A

Picture based questions

Question. Which one of the following event was related to this image of Gandhiji?

a) Non-Cooperation Movement
b) Kheda Sathyagraha
c) Dandi March
d) None of the above
Answer : C

Question. Which of the following event is related to the given image?

a) Non- Cooperation Movement
b) Jallianwala Bagh incident
c) Civil Disobedience Movement
d) Swadeshi Movement
Answer : B

Question. Which of the options best signifies the image?

a) Protest of Indian workers in South Africa
b) Indians welcoming Mahatma Gandhi at Champaran
c) Protestors gathered at the Non-Cooperation Movement
d) Participation of Indians in the Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer : A

1.Read the following passage and answer the following questions
‘It is said of “passive resistance” that it is the weapon of the weak, but the power which is the subject of this article can be used only by the strong. This power is not passive resistance; indeed it calls for intense activity. The movement in South Africa was not passive but active.
… Satyagraha is not physical force. A satyagraha does not inflict pain on the adversary; he does not seek his destruction … In the use of satyagraha, there is no ill-will whatever.
‘Satyagraha is pure soul-force. Truth is the very substance of the soul. That is why this force is called satyagraha. The soul is informed with knowledge. In it burns the flame of love. … Non violence is the supreme dharma
‘It is certain that India cannot rival Britain or Europe in force of arms. The British worship the war-god and they can all of them become, as they are becoming, bearers of arms. The hundreds of millions in India can never carry arms. They have made the religion of non-violence their own.

Question. Whose words are given above?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Ambedkar
(C) C R Das
(D) Gandhiji
Answer : D

Question. Satyagraha is a passive resistance of the weak.
(A) True
(B)False.
Answer : B

Question. Satyagraha is based on
(A) Truth
(B) Non violence
(C) Both A and B
(D) None of the above
Answer : C

Question. Satyagraha is based on ----------
A) Violence
B) Non violence
Answer : B

Emboldened with this success, Gandhiji in 1919 decided to launch a nationwide satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act (1919). This Act had been hurriedly passed through the Imperial Legislative Council despite the united opposition of the Indian members. It gave the government enormous powers to repress political activities, and allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years. Mahatma Gandhi wanted non-violent civil disobedience against such unjust laws, which would start with a hartal on 6 April.
Rallies were organised in various cities, workers went on strike in railway workshops, and shops closed down. Alarmed by the popular upsurge, and scared that lines of communication such as the railways and telegraph would be disrupted, the British administration decided to clamp down on nationalists. Local leaders were picked up from Amritsar, and Mahatma Gandhi was barred from entering Delhi. On 10 April, the police in Amritsar fired upon a peaceful procession

Question. On which date Gandhiji called for a nationwide hartal against Rowlatt Act?
(A) 20th January 1919
(B) 6th April 1919
(C) 13th April 1919
(D) 10th April 1919
Answer : B

Question. Rowlatt Act aimed to strengthen nationalist movement in India
(A) Yes
(B) No
Answer : B

Question. Rowlatt Act was passed in
(A) 1919
(B) 1920
(C) 1915
(D) 1916
Answer : A

Question. On 6th April 1919 which of the following events took place in India?
(A) Hartals
(B) Strikes in railway work shop
(C) Both A and B
(D) None of the above
Answer : C

Short Answer questions

Question. What were the effects of non cooperation on the economic front?
Answer : Foreign goods were boycotted, Liquor shops picketed and foreign cloth burnt in huge bonfire many traders refused to import foreign cloth the import of foreign cloth reached to half.

Question. What were the causes for the gradual slowing down of the Non- co operation movement in the cities?
Answer : (1) Khadi was more expensive than the mill produced cloth and the poor could not afford it.
(2) British institutions were boycotted but the process of establishing Indian institutions was slow so the students and teachers started joining the British institution again.

Question. Describe the main events leading to civil disobedience.
Answer : 1) World wide economic depression
2) Simon commission was constituted in 1929 and no Indian member was appointed.
3) Lord Irwin announced that Dominion State would be granted to India.
4) At the Lahore congress session resolution for purna swaraj was passed.

Question. What did freedom mean to Plantation workers in Assam?
Answer : 1) Right to move freely in and out of their enclosures.
2) Retaining link with their villages
3) They were not allowed to leave the tea garden without permission which they wanted.

Question. what was the role of women in the civil Disobedience movement?
Answer : 1) Participated is the salt Satyagraha in large number.
2) They participated in protest marches and also manufactured salt.
3) Many women went to jails
4) In rural areas the women considered service to the nation a sacred duty.

Question. Explain the problems faced in unifying people.
Answer : All credits of glorious past were attributed to the Aryans and their contributions therefore it became difficult to bring all communities on a single platform.

Question. Why and how is the identity of a nation symbolized in a Figure?
Answer : It helps create an image with which people can identify the nation.
2) With the growth of nationalism identify of India came to be associated with the image of Bharat Mata.

Long answer questions

Question. What was the outcome of the Poona pact? How did it benefit the dalits?
Answer : The Poona pact of sept. 1932 gave the depressed classes reserved seat in provincial and central legislative councils but they were to be voted in by the general electorate.

Question. Explain the differences that emerged the congress and the Muslim league on Political issues.
Answer : The important differences were over the question of representation in the future assemblies that were to be elected Muhammad Ali Jinnah of the Muslim league was willing to give up that demand for separate electorates if Muslim were given reserved seats in the central assembly and representation in proportion to population in the Muslim dominated provinces.

Question. How did Mahatma Gandhi organize Satyagraha in various places in India ?
Answer : In 1917 he traveled in champaran ran, Bihar to inspire the peasants to struggle against oppressive plantation system.
2) In 1919 he organized Satyagraha to support peasants of Kheda in Gujarat.
3) In 1918 he went to Ahmedabad to organize this movement amongst cotton mill workers.
4) In 1919 he launched Satyagraha against Rowlatt act.

Question. Explain the factors responsible for the growth of nationalism in the later half of the 19th century.
Answer : 1) Economic exploitation 2) Administrative and economic unification of the country. 3) Western education' 4) Development of Press.

Extra questions
Q.1 What do you know about peasants movement in Awash? Explain
Q.2 What do you know about Gandhi Irwin pact?
Q.3 What was Khilafat movement?
Q.4 What do you know about Alluri Sitaram Raju
Q.5 What were the causes of withdrawal of non co operation movement?
Q.6 Explain the impact of the Jalliawala incidents on the people
Q.7 How could the non co operation become a movement? Explain
Q.8 How was civil disobedience movement was different from Non cooperation movement?