AP 10th Class Social History Bits 2nd Lesson Nationalism in India
Select and write the most appropriate option :
Question 1.
New leader who appeared and suggested new model of struggle
A) Gandhi
B) Nehru
C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
D) C.R. Das
Answer:
A) Gandhi
Question 2.
Gandhi returned to India in
A) January 1916
B) January 1918
C) January 1915
D) January 1917
Answer:
C) January 1915
Question 3.
Gandhi returned from
A) Britain
B) South Africa
C) South America
D) North America
Answer:
B) South Africa
Question 4.
First Satyagraha movement was organised in
A) Ahmedabad
B) Kheda
C) Dandi
D) Champaran
Answer:
D) Champaran
Question 5.
Satyagraha against oppressive plantation system
A) Dandi
B) Champaran
C) Ahmedabad
D) Kheda
Answer:
B) Champaran
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Question 6.
Kheda is situated in
A) Bihar
B) Gujarat
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer:
B) Gujarat
Question 7.
Satyagraha movement in Ahmedabad was organised by
A) Cotton mill workers
B) Peasants
C) Plantation workers
D) industrial working class
Answer:
A) Cotton mill workers
Question 8.
Rowlatt Act was proposed in the year
A) 1917
B) 1918
C) 1919
D) 1916
Answer:
C) 1919
Question 9.
Non-violent Civil Disobedience Movement against Rowlatt Act started on
A) 6th April, 1917
B) 6th April, 1919
C) 6th April, 1918
D) 6th April, 1916
Answer:
B) 6th April, 1919
Question 10.
What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 presume?
A) Detention of political prisoners without trial.
B) Fored recruitment in the army.
C) Forced manual labour.
D) Equal pay for equal work.
Answer:
A) Detention of political prisoners without trial.
Question 11.
Which of the following was Gandhi’s novel methocT of fighting against the British?
A) Stone pelting
B) Throwing bombs
C) Principle of eye for eye
D) Peaceful demonstration Satyagraha and Non-violence
Answer:
D) Peaceful demonstration Satyagraha and Non-violence
Question 12.
Which of the following is true with reference of Satyagraha?
1) It emphasised the muscle power.
2) It emphasised the power of truth.
3) Gandhi success bought the racist regime of South Africa in a novel method.
A) Only 1 is true
B) Only 2 is true
C) Both 1 amL2 are true
D) Both 2 and 3 are true
Answer:
D) Both 2 and 3 are true
Question 13.
Jallianwalla Bagh incident took place on
A) 13 April 1917
B) 13 April 1919
C) 13 April 1918
D) 13 April 1916
Answer:
B) 13 April 1919
Question 14.
The growth of modern nationalism is intimately connected to
A) Sense of belonging
B) New songs and ideas
C) Anti – colonial movement
D) New symbols and icons
Answer:
C) Anti – colonial movement
Question 15.
Khilafat Committee was formed in 1919 in the city of
A) Calcutta
B) Delhi
C) Lucknow
D) Bombay
Answer:
D) Bombay
Question 16.
Khilafat movement was led by
A) Gandhi and Patel
B) Shaukat Ali and Muhammad Ali
C) Jinnah and Gaffar Khan
D) Jinnah and Nehru
Answer:
B) Shaukat Ali and Muhammad Ali
Question 17.
The Non – Cooperation Khilafat Movement began in
A) January 1921
B) January 1922
C) January 1919
D) January 1920
Answer:
A) January 1921
18. Jallianwala massacre took place in
A) Meerut
B) Lahore
C) Amritsar
D) Lucknow
Answer:
C) Amritsar
19. Satyagraha was
A) Pure soul force
B) Weapon of the weak
C) Physical force
D) Force of arms
Answer:
A) Pure soul force
Question 20.
What does the term Kalifa refer?
A) Sultan of a Muslim country
B) Nawab of a Muslim state
C) Emperor of Mughal period
D) Spiritual leader of the Muslim
Answer:
D) Spiritual leader of the Muslim
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Question 21.
Indians opposed Rowlatt Act because
A) It introduced salt law
B) It introduced income tax
C) It gave the British the power to arrest and detain a person without a trial
D) It banned the Congress
Answer:
C) It gave the British the power to arrest and detain a person without a trial
Question 22.
Hind Swaraj was the book written by
A) Nehru
B) Gandhi
C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
D) C.R. Das
Answer:
B) Gandhi
Question 23.
One of the famous books of Gandhi
A) Main Kamph
B) Hind Swaraj
C) Discovery of India
D) Ignited Minds
Answer:
B) Hind Swaraj
Question 24.
What did Gandhi declare in his book Hind Swaraj?
A) British ruled India because India was militarily weak.
B) British ruled India because Indians cooperated them.
C) British ruled India with the help of France.
D) British ruled India with the help of America.
Answer:
B) British ruled India because Indians cooperated them.
Question 25.
Why did General Dyer order to open fire on a peaceful demonstration at Jallianwala Bagh?
A) He wanted to show his power.
B) Firing was ordered because it was an unruly crowd.
C) He wanted to create fear in the minds of satyagrahis.
D) He noticed some kind of unrest in the crowd.
Answer:
C) He wanted to create fear in the minds of satyagrahis.
Question 26.
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 December 1920
D) At Bombay in December 1920
Answer:
B) At Nagpur in December 1920
Question 27.
At which place Congress session of September 1920 held?
A) Calcutta
B) Lahore
C) Nagpur
D) Amritsar
Answer:
A) Calcutta
Question 28.
Which province did not boycott the council election?
A) Hyderabad
B) Ahmedabad
C) Madras
D) Lucknow
Answer:
C) Madras
Question 29.
A form of demonstration used in the Non-Cooperation Movement in which people block the entrance to a shop, factory or office is
A) Boycott
B) Begar
C) Picketing
D) Hartal
Answer:
C) Picketing
Question 30.
Begar means.
A) An act to prevent plantation workers to leave the tea gardens without permission.
B) Forced recruitment of soldiers from rural areas.
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) Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any payment.
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Question 31.
Refusal to deal and associate with people, or participate in activities as a form of protest.
A) Picketing
B) Begar
C) Boycott
D) Hartal
Answer:
C) Boycott
Question 32.
Which party did not boycott the council elections held in the year 1921?
A) Swaraj Party
B) Muslim League
G) Congress
D) Justice Party
Answer:
D) Justice Party
Question 33.
’Oudh Kisan Sabha’ was set up by
A) Alluri Sitarama Raju and tribal people
B) Gandhi
C) Nehru and Baba Ramachandra
D) Shaukat Ali and Gandhi
Answer:
C) Nehru and Baba Ramachandra
Question 34.
Baba Ramachandra, a sanyasi, was the leader of which of the following movement?
A) Peasants movement of Awadh
B) Plantation workers of Assam
C) Tribal Guerrilla movement in Andhra Pradesh
D) Khilafat movement
Answer:
A) Peasants movement of Awadh
Question 35.
What kind of movement was launched by the tribal peasants of Gudem Hills in Andhra Pradesh?
A) Satyagraha movement
B) Militant Guerrilla movement
C) Non-violent movement
D) None of these
Answer:
B) Militant Guerrilla movement
Question 36.
Alluri Sitaramaraju was captured and executed in the year
A) 1924
B) 1930
C) 1934
D) 1921
Answer:
A) 1924
Question 37.
What was ihe effect of the Non-Cooperation Movement on the plantation worker in Assam?
A) They left the plantations and headed home.
B) They went on strike.
C) They destroyed plantations.
D) None of these.
Answer:
A) They left the plantations and headed home.
38. Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859, the peasants were not permitted to
A) Leave their village
B) Settle in the city.
C) Allow the women to leave farmlands.
D) Leave their plantation without permission.
Answer:
D) Leave their plantation without permission.
Question 39.
When did Gandhi decide to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement?
A) February 1921
B) February 1922
C) February 1920
D) February 1919
Answer:
B) February 1922
Question 40.
Which of the following was the reason for calling off the Non-Cooperation Movement by Gandhi?
A) Pressure from the British
B) Second Round Table Conference
C) Chauri – Chaura incident
D) Gandhi requested
Answer:
C) Chauri – Chaura incident
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Question 41.
Who formed the ‘Swaraj Party’ within the Congress?
A) Nehru and Motilal Nehru
B) Nehru and Bose
C) Gandhi and Abdul Gaffar Khan
D) C.R. Deis and Motilal Nehru
Answer:
D) C.R. Deis and Motilal Nehru
Question 42.
Leaders who pressed for more radical mass agitation
A) Nehru and Bose
B) Gandhi and Abdul Gaffar Khan
C) C.R. Das and Motial Nehru
D) Nehru and Motilal Nehru
Answer:
A) Nehru and Bose
Question 43.
Simon Commission arrived in India in
A) 1927
B) 1926
C) 1928
D) 1925
Answer:
C) 1928
Question 44.
Which one of the following Viceroys announced a vague offer of dominion status for India in October 1929?
A) Lord Dalhousie
B) Lord Mount Batten
C) Lord Irwin
D) None of these
Answer:
C) Lord Irwin
Question 45.
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 Muslims over Hindus.
Answer:
C) There was no Indian member in the commission.
Question 46.
The resolution of Purna Swaraj was adopted at which Congress session?
A) Bombay
B) Karachi
C) Calcutta
D) Lahore
Answer:
D) Lahore
Question 47.
Under the presidency of Nehru the Lahore Congress session of 1929 formalised the demand of
A) Purna Swaraj or complete independence
B) Boycott of Simon Commission
C) Separate electorate for Dalits
D) Abolition of salt tax
Answer:
A) Purna Swaraj or complete independence
Question 48.
Who initiated ‘Purna Swaraj’?
A) Gandhi
B) Motilal Nehru
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Bose
Answer:
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 49.
Viceroy at the time of Salt march
A) Mountbatten
B) Dalhousie
C) Irwin
D) Curyon
Answer:
C) Irwin
Question 50.
When did Gandhi reach in Dandi to violate the Salt law?
A) 5th April, 1930
B) 6th April, 1930
C) 6th May, 1930
D) 7th April, 1930
Answer:
B) 6th April, 1930
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Question 51.
When did Gandhi start his famous ‘Salt March’ on 12th March 1930?
A) Sabarmati
B) Dandi
C) Chauri – Chaura
D) Surat
Answer:
A) Sabarmati
Question 52.
Gandhi Ashram was located in
A) Sabarmati
B) Dandi
C) Allahabad
D) Nagpur
Answer:
A) Sabarmati
Question 53.
What led to the Civil Disobedience Movement?
A) Arrival of the Simon Commission
B) Working in the farms without payment
C) Fall in demand for agricultural goods
D) Violation of Salt Tax by Gandhi
Answer:
D) Violation of Salt Tax by Gandhi
Question 54.
Gandhi made salt from sea water in
A) Ahmedabad
B) Gandhinagar
C) Sabarmati
D) Dandi
Answer:
D) Dandi
Question 55.
The Poona Pact took place in the year
A) 1857
B) 1932
C) 1935
D) 1925
Answer:
B) 1932
Question 56.
The pact Gandhi and Irwin entered was
A) Gandhi – Irwin pact
B) Poona pact
C) Lahore pact
D) Gandhi – Simon pact
Answer:
A) Gandhi – Irwin pact
Question 57.
Gandhi and Irwin entered into pact on
A) 5th March 1930
B) 5th March 1928
C) 5th March 1931
D) 5th March 1929
Answer:
C) 5th March 1931
Question 58.
Who organised dalits into the Depressed Classes Association?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
C) Gandhi
D) Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer:
B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Question 59.
By what name were the dalits referred by Gandhi….
A) Untouchables
B) Sudras
C) Harijans
D) None of these
Answer:
C) Harijans
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Question 60.
The image of Bharat Mata first created by
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Gandhi
C) Abanindranath Tagore
D) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Answer:
D) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Question 61.
Who visualised and depicted the image of ‘Bharat Mata’ through a painting?
A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
B) Natesa Sastri
C) Abanindranath Tagore
D) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer:
C) Abanindranath Tagore
Question 62.
What moved Abanindranath Tagore to paint the famous image of Bharat Mata?
A) Civil Disobedience movement
B) Swaclesi movement
C) Quit India movement
D) All of these
Answer:
B) Swaclesi movement
Question 63.
‘Who wrote ‘Vande Mataram’?
A) Abanindranath Tagore
B) Ravindranath Tagore
C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
D) Ravi Varma
Answer:
C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Question 64.
‘The Folklore of Southern India’ was published by
A) Natesa Sastri
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Abanindranath Tagore
D) Nehru
Answer:
A) Natesa Sastri
Question 65.
Sanatanls arc
A) High caste Hindus
B) Saints
C) Dalits
D) Satyagrahis
Answer:
A) High caste Hindus
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Question 66.
Choose the correct statement:
P : Gandhi decided to take up the Khilafat issue.
Q : Gandhi wanted to bring the Muslims into the fold of nationalist movement.
A) Pis correct
B) Q is correct
C) Both P and Q are correct
D) Both P and Q are wrong
Answer:
C) Both P and Q are correct
Question 67.
Which of the following event was related to the image of Gandhi?
A) Dandi March
B) Kheda Satyagraha
C) Non-cooperation movement
D) None of these
Answer:
A) Dandi March
Fill in the blanks:
1. Modern nationalism was associated with _______
Answer: nation-states
2. In India nationalism is associated with _______ movement.
Answer: anti – colonial
3. Gandhi believed that _______ could unite all Indians.
Answer: dharma of non-violence
4. To inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system Gandhi travelled to _______
Answer: Champaran
5. Rowlatt Act was proposed in _______
Answer: 1919
6. Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on _______
Answer: 13 April, 1919
7. Unaware villagers attended Jallianwala Bagh for _______
Answer: Baisakhi fair
8. The spiritual head of the Islamic world _______
Answer: the Khalifa
9. Famous book of Gandhi _______
Answer: Hind Swaraj
10. Plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission under_______ Act.
Answer: Inland Emigration Act of 1859
11. Elections to the provincial councils had been set up by the _______ Act.
Answer: Government of India Act of 1919
12. C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed _______ party within the Congress.
Answer: the Swaraj
13. Leaders who pressed for more radical agitation within Congress were _______ and _______
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose
14. Statutory commission under Sir John Simon was constituted by _______
Answer: Tory government
15. The thing that is consumed by the rich and the poor alike is the _______
Answer: Salt
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16. The beginning of the Civil obedience movement was _______
Answer: the Dandi March
17. Devout disciple of Gandhi ______
Answer: Abdul Ghaffar Khan
18. Civil obedience movement restarted in the year _______
Answer: 1932
19. FICCI means _______
Answer: Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries
20. Railway workers went on strike in _______
Answer: 1930
21. Dock workers went on strike in _______
Answer: 1932
22. Gandhi called untouchables as _______ or _______
Answer: harijan, children of God
23. Depressed classes later known as _______
Answer: Scheduled Castes
24. Vande Mataram hymn was included in the novel _______
Answer: Anandamath
25. Massive four volume collection of Tamil Folk Tales _______
Answer: The Folklore of Southern India
26. The Folklore of Southern India was published by _______
Answer: Natesa Sastri
27. Gandhi designed Swaraj Flag in _______
Answer: 1921
Matching:
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1. Folk Hero | A) Rabindranath Tagore |
| 2. The Folklore of Southern India | B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| 3. Bharat Mata image | C) Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 4. Vande Mataram | D) Natesa Sastri |
| 5. Jana Gana Mana | E) Alluri Sitarama Raju |
| F) Abanindranath Tagore |
Answer:
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1. Folk Hero | E) Alluri Sitarama Raju |
| 2. The Folklore of Southern India | D) Natesa Sastri |
| 3. Bharat Mata image | F) Abanindranath Tagore |
| 4. Vande Mataram | B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| 5. Jana Gana Mana | A) Rabindranath Tagore |
Question 2.
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1. Champarzin Satyagraha | A) 1919 |
| 2. Kheda Satyagraha | B) 1918 |
| 3. Ahmedabad Satyagraha | C) 1921 |
| 4. Satyagraha against the proposed RowlattAct | D) 1916 |
| 5. Salt/Dandi March | E) 1930 |
| F) 1917 |
Answer:
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1. Champarzin Satyagraha | D) 1916 |
| 2. Kheda Satyagraha | F) 1917 |
| 3. Ahmedabad Satyagraha | B) 1918 |
| 4. Satyagraha against the proposed RowlattAct | A) 1919 |
| 5. Salt/Dandi March | E) 1930 |
Question 3.
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1. JGiilafat committee formed in Bombay | A) February, 1922 |
| 2. Non-cooperation and Khilafat movement launched | B) December, 1931 |
| 3. Gandhi returned from South Africa | C) March, 1919 |
| 4. Gandhi withdrawn Non-Cooperation Movement after Chauri – Chaura Incident | D) January, 1921 |
| 5. Second Round Table Conference | E) 1925 |
| F) 1915 |
Answer:
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1. JGiilafat committee formed in Bombay | C) March, 1919 |
| 2. Non-cooperation and Khilafat movement launched | D) January, 1921 |
| 3. Gandhi returned from South Africa | F) 1915 |
| 4. Gandhi withdrawn Non-Cooperation Movement after Chauri – Chaura Incident | A) February, 1922 |
| 5. Second Round Table Conference | B) December, 1931 |
True or false:
1. During the First World War, the Indian industrialism suffered huge loss. ( )
Answer: False
2. Gandhiji’s idea which emphasized truth and non-violence is referred as Swaraj. ( )
Answer: False
3. Khilafat movement was led by the Ali brothers. ( )
Answer: True
4. Baba Ramachandra and Jawaharlal Nehru headed Oudh Kisan Sabha. ( )
Answer: True
5. Th6 term ‘begar’ means homeless labour. ( )
Answer: False
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6. Alluri Sitarama Raju could perform miracles. ( )
Answer: True
7. The massive four volume collection of Tamil folk tales was published by Natesa Sastri.( )
Answer: True
8. Violation of salt tax by Gandhi led to the Civil Disobedience movement. ( )
Answer: True
9. Satyagraha emphasised struggle against injustice and the use of physical force against the oppressor. ( )
Answer: False
10. Gandhi believed if Indians refused to cooperate the British rule in India would collapse. ( )
Answer: True