CBSE Class 10 Social Science Nationalism in India MCQs Set 04

Question: Which of the following was Mahatma Gandhi’s novel method of fighting against the British?
a) He used violent method of stone pelting.
b) He used arson to burn down government offices.
c) He fought with the principle of ‘an eye for an eye’.
d) He practised open defiance of law, peaceful demonstration, satyagraha and non-violence.
Answer: d

Question: What does satyagraha mean? Choose one from the following options.
a) ‘Satyagraha’ means use of physical force to inflict pain while fighting.
b) ‘Satyagraha’ does not inflict pain, it is a non-violent method of fighting against oppression.
c) ‘Satyagraha‘ means passive resistance and is a weapon of the weak.
d) ‘Satyagraha‘ was a racist method of mass agitation.
Answer: b

Question: What was the purpose of imposing the Rowlatt Act?
a) The Rowlatt Act forbade the Indians to qualify for administrative services.
b) The Rowlatt Act had denied Indians the right to political participation.
c) The Rowlatt Act imposed additional taxes on Indians who were already groaning under the burden of taxes.
d) The Rowlatt Act authorised the government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law.
Answer: d

Question: Where did the brutal ‘Jallianwala Massacre’ take place?
a) Amritsar
b) Meerut
c) Lahore
d) Lucknow
Answer: a

Question: Why did General Dyer order to open fire on a peaceful demonstration at Jallianwala Bagh? Choose from the given options.
a) He wanted to show his power.
b) Firing was ordered because it was an unruly crowd.
c) Because his object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’ to create fear in the minds of ‘satyagrahis’.
d) He ordered to fire because he noticed a sudden unrest in the crowd.
Answer: c

Question: Who was the writer of the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) B.R. Ambedkar
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Answer: c

Question: Khilafat Committee was formed in 1919 in the city of
a) Bombay
b) Calcutta
c) Lucknow
d) Amritsar
Answer: a

Question: The Non-cooperation Khilafat Movement began in
a) January 1921
b) February 1922
c) December 1929
d) April 1919
Answer: a

Question: Which of the following was the reason for calling off the Non-cooperation Movement by Gandhiji?
a) Pressure from the British Government
b) Second Round Table Conference
c) Gandhiji’s arrest
d) Chauri-Chaura incident
Answer: d

Question: Baba Ramchandra, a sanyasi, was the leader of which of the following movements?
a) Plantation Workers’ Movement in Assam
b) Militant Guerrilla Movement of Andhra Pradesh
c) Peasants’ Movement of Awadh
d) Khilafat Movement
Answer: c

Question: Who set up the ‘Oudh Kisan Sabha’?
a) Alluri Sitaram Raju
b) Jawahar Lal Nehru and Baba Ramchandra
c) Jawaharlal Nehru and Shaukat Ali
d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: b

Question: Under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Lahore Congress Session of 1929 formalised the demand of
a) abolition of Salt Tax
b) ‘Purna Swaraj’ or complete independence
c) boycott of Simon Commission
d) separate electorate for the ‘dalits’
Answer: b

Question: The ‘Simon Commission’ was boycotted because
a) there was no British Member in the Commission.
b) it demanded separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims.
c) there was no Indian Member in the Commission.
d) it favoured the Muslims over the Hindus.
Answer: c

Question: A form of demonstration used in the Noncooperation Movement in which people block the entrance to a shop, factory or office is
a) Boycott
b) Begar
c) Picketing
d) Bandh
Answer: c

Question: Who formed the ‘Swaraj Party’ within the Congress?
a) Jawahar Lal Nehru and Motilal Nehru
b) Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi
c) Jawahar Lal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose
d) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru
Answer: d

Question: Who founded the ‘Depressed Classes Association’ in 1930?
a) Alluri Sitaram Raju
b) C.R. Das
c) M.R. Jayakar
d) Dr B.R. Ambedkar
Answer: d

Question: Which party did not boycott the Council elections held in the year 1921?
a) Swaraj Party
b) Justice Party
c) Muslim League
d) Congress Party
Answer: b

Question: What do you mean by the term ‘Begar’?
a) An Act to prevent plantation workers to leave the tea gardens without permission.
b) The forced recruitment of soldiers in rural areas during World War I.
c) Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any payment.
d) Refusal to deal and associate with people, or participate in activities as a form of protest.
Answer: c

Question: At the Lahore Session, Congress adopted the demand for:
a) Swaraj
b) Purna Swaraj
c) either Swaraj or Purna Swaraj
d) none of the options
Answer: b

Question: A famous book of Mahatma Gandhi was:
a) Anandamath
b) The Folklore of Southern India
c) Discovery of India
d) Hind Swaraj
Answer: d

Question: Which of the following was Mahatma Gandhi’s novel method of fighting against the British?
a) He used violent method of stone pelting.
b) He used arson to burn down government offices.
c) He fought with the principle of ‘an eye for an eye’.
d) He practised open defiance of law, peaceful demonstration, satyagraha and non-violence.
Answer: d

Question: What does satyagraha mean? Choose one from the following options.
a) ‘Satyagraha’ means use of physical force to inflict pain while fighting.
b) ‘Satyagraha’ does not inflict pain, it is a non-violent method of fighting against oppression.
c) ‘Satyagraha‘ means passive resistance and is a weapon of the weak.
d) ‘Satyagraha‘ was a racist method of mass agitation.
Answer: b

Question: What was the purpose of imposing the Rowlatt Act?
a) The Rowlatt Act forbade the Indians to qualify for administrative services.
b) The Rowlatt Act had denied Indians the right to political participation.
c) The Rowlatt Act imposed additional taxes on Indians who were already groaning under the burden of taxes.
d) The Rowlatt Act authorised the government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law.
Answer: d

Question: Where did the brutal ‘Jallianwala Massacre’ take place?
a) Amritsar
b) Meerut
c) Lahore
d) Lucknow
Answer: a

Question: Why did General Dyer order to open fire on a peaceful demonstration at Jallianwala Bagh? Choose from the given options.
a) He wanted to show his power.
b) Firing was ordered because it was an unruly crowd.
c) Because his object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’ to create fear in the minds of ‘satyagrahis’.
d) He ordered to fire because he noticed a sudden unrest in the crowd.
Answer: c

Fill in the blanks

Question: The name of the ……………………… was being invoked to sanction all action and aspiration,
Answer: Mahatma

Question: On January 6, 1921, the police in United Provinces fired at peasants near ……………………… .
Answer: Rai Bareli

Question: On 10 April, the police in ……………………… fired upon a peaceful procession.
Answer: Amritsar

Question: Many nationalists thought that the struggle against the British could not be won through ……………………… .
Answer: Non-violence

Question: ……………………… is the inalienable right of mankind.
Answer: Revolution

Write true (T) or false (F)

Question: The import of foreign cloth halved between 1921 and 1922, its value dropping from 102 crore to Rs. 57 crore.
Answer: True

Question: Khadi cloth was less expensive than mass-produced mill cloth.
Answer: False

Question: The Simon Commission arrived in India in 1927 and was greeted with the slogan ‘Go back Simon’.
Answer: False

Question: In December 1929, the Lahore Congress formalised the demand of ‘Purna Swaraj’ in India.
Answer: True

Question: In Andhra Pradesh, the villagers considered Alluri Sitaram Raju as an incarnation of God.
Answer: True

Question: Raju was captured by the Britishers and executed in 1925.
Answer: False

Question: It was declared that 26 January 1940, would be celebrated as the Independence Day.
Answer: False

Question: Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a devout disciple of Mahatma Gandhi.
Answer: True

Question: An important feature of the Civil Disobedience Movement was the large- scale participation of women.
Answer: True

Question: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organised the Dalits into the Depressed Classes Association in 1930.
Answer: True