Multiple Choice Questions

( MCQs)Nationalism in India, History, chapter-2, class 10

1.When Gandhi Ji returned to India from South Africa?

(a) 1918
(b) 1910
© 1915
(d) 1905

2. Who formed the ‘Swaraj Party’ within the Congress?

(a) Jawahar Lai Nehru and Motilal Nehru
(b) Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi
© Jawahar Lai Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru

3. In Which areas did Gandhi organize the Satyagraha?

(a) Champaran in Bihar and Ahmedabad
(b) Champaran in Bihar, Kheda district of Gujarat, Ahmedabad
(c ) Kheda district of Gujarat, Ahmedabad
(d ) Champaran in Bihar, Kheda district of Gujarat

4. Why did Gandhi Ji organize Satyagraha in 1917 in Kheda district of Gujarat?

(a) To support the plantation workers
(b) To protest against high revenue demand
(c ) To support the mill workers to fulfill their demand
(d) To demand loans for the farmers

5. Why was Satyagraha organized in Champaran in 1916?

(a) To oppose the British laws
(b) To oppose the plantation system
© To oppose high land revenue
(d) To protest against oppression of the mill workers.

6. Why did the Indians oppose the Rowlett Act?

(a) It introduced the Salt Law.
(b) It increased taxes on land.
© It gave the British the power to arrest and detain a person without a trial.

(d) It banned the Congress party.

7. Where did the brutal ‘Jallianwala Massacre’ take place?

(a) Amritsar
(b) Meerut
© Lahore
(d) Lucknow

8. Which British officer open- fired at the Jallianwala Bagh congregation?

(a). Sir John Simon
(b). General Dyer
©. Montgomery
(d). Mountbatten

9. Why did General Dyer open fire on the peaceful crowd in Jallianwalla Bagh? (Mark the most important factor.)

(a) To punish the Indians
(b) To take revenge for breaking martial laws
© To create a feeling of terror and awe in the mind of Indians
(d) To disperse the crowd

10.Who among the following two leaders led the Khilafat Movement?

(a) Shaukat Ali and Muhammad Ali
(b) Gandhiji and Sardar Patel
© Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Abul Kalam Azad and Jawaharlal Nehru

11. Khilafat Committee was formed in 1919 in the city of

(a) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
© Lucknow
(d) Amritsar

12.Hind Swaraj ’ was written by:

(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
© Sardar Patel
(d) Subhas Chandra Bose

13. When did the Non-Cooperation-Khilafat Movement begin?

A. 1920
B. 1919
C. 1921
D. 1922

14. Why did the non-cooperation movement slow down in the cities?

A. Lack of unity amongst the people
B. The British overpowered it
C. Handmade Indian goods like Khadi was much expensive and time-consuming than mill made goods.
D. People did not give up the foreign goods

15. Which of the following was the reason for calling off the Non-cooperation Movement by Gandhi Ji?

(a) Pressure from the British Government
(b) Second Round Table Conference
© Gandhi Ji arrested
(d) Chauri-Chaura incident

16. What kind of movement was launched by the tribal peasants of Gudem Hill in Andhra Pradesh?

(a) Satyagraha Movement
(b) Militant Guerrilla Movement
© Non-Violent Movement
(d) None of the above

17. Who founded the ‘Depressed Classes Association’ in 1930?

(a) Alluri Sitaram Raju
(b) C.R. Das
© M.R. Jayakar
(d) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar

18. Where did Mahatma Gandhi start his famous ‘Salt March’ on 12th March 1930?

(a) Dandi
(b) Chauri-Chaura
© Sabarmati
(d) Surat

19. :Who painted the famous image of Bharat Mata in 1905?

A. Rabindranath Tagore

B. Ravi Varma
C. Abanindranath Tagore
D. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

20. Who wrote Vande Mataram ?

A. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B. Abanindranath Tagore

C. Rabindranath Tagore
D. Ravi Varma

Answers-

1. 1915
2. C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru
3. Champaran in Bihar, Kheda district of Gujarat, Ahmedabad
4. To protest against high revenue demand
5. To oppose the plantation system
6. It gave the British the power to arrest and detain a person without a trial.
7. Amritsar
8. General Dyer
9. To create a feeling of terror and awe in the mind of Indians
10. Shaukat Ali and Muhammad Ali
11. Bombay
12. Mahatma Gandhi
13. 1921
14. Handmade Indian goods like Khadi was much expensive and time-consuming than mill made goods.
15. Chauri-Chaura incident
16. Militant Guerrilla Movement
17. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
18. Sabarmati
19. Abanindranath Tagore
20. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

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