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Multiple Choice Question

50 x 1 = 50

Who was Sir Mohammad Iqbal?

(a)

Congress President

(b)

President of the Muslim League, 1930

(c)

Gandhiji's devout disciple

(d)

None of these

Who wrote the 'Vande Matram'?

(a)

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

(b)

Rabindranath Tagore

(c)

Abanindranath Tagore

(d)

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

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

Who organised the dalits into the Depressed Classes Association?

(a)

Mahatma Gandhi

(b)

Subhash Chandra Bose

(c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

(d)

B.R. Ambedkar

Who were the 'Sanatanis'?

(a)

Saints

(b)

Dalits

(c)

High-caste Hindus

(d)

None of these

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 these

What did the term 'begar' mean?

(a)

Payment of wages

(b)

High rents demanded by landlords

(c)

Labour without payment

(d)

None of these

Who led the peasants in Awadh?

(a)

Mahatma Gandhi

(b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

(c)

Baba Ramchandra

(d)

None of these

What did the term 'picket' refer to?

(a)

Stealing from shops

(b)

Import of goods

(c)

Protest by blocking shop entrances

(d)

Boycott of clothes and goods

10.

What did Mahatma Gandhi in his book, Hind Swaraj, declare?

(a)

British ruled India because the latter was militarily weak

(b)

British ruled India because Indians cooperated with them

(c)

British ruled India because they got international support

(d)

None of these

11.

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

12.

When did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?

(a)

1913

(b)

1919

(c)

1915

(d)

1921

13.

The famous book of Gandhiji is

(a)

My Experiments with truth

(b)

Hind Swaraj

(c)

Discovery of India

(d)

Main Kampf

14.

Whcih of the following formed the Khilafat Commitee in Bombay?

(a)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

(b)

Ali Brothers

(c)

Abdul Ghaffar Khan

(d)

Surendra Nath Banerjee

15.

In which city Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy took place?

(a)

Amritsar

(b)

Lahore

(c)

Agra

(d)

Meerut

16.

Which among the following was the reason for Indian opposition to the Rowlatt Act (1919)?

(a)

It was passed hurriedly

(b)

It gave the govt. enormous powers

(c)

Local leaders were picked up

(d)

It authorised the government to imprison people without trial

17.

Champaran Satyagraha (1916) was launched by Gandhiji against

(a)

high revenue demand

(b)

indigo planters

(c)

mill owners

(d)

salt tax

18.

Satyagraha was

(a)

pure soul force

(b)

weapon of the week

(c)

physical force

(d)

force of arms

19.

In which year did Gandhiji return to India from South Africa?

(a)

Jan. 1915

(b)

Feb. 1916

(c)

Jan. 1916

(d)

Feb. 1915

20.

Which among the following was the prime factor in the emergence of modern nationalism in India?

(a)

New symbols

(b)

New ideas

(c)

Icons

(d)

Anti-colonial movement

21.

Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 the peasants were not permitted to

(a)

Leave their village

(b)

Settle in the city

(c)

Leave their plantation without permission

(d)

Allow the women to leave farmlands without permission

22.

Hind Swaraj' was written by?

(a)

Abul Kalam Azad

(b)

Mahatma Gandhi

(c)

Sardar Patel

(d)

Subhas Chandra Bose

23.

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 the above

24.

What does the term Khalifa refer?

(a)

Sultan of a Muslim country

(b)

Spiritual leader of the Muslim

(c)

Nawab of a Muslim state

(d)

Badshah of Mughal period

25.

Why was the Round Table Conference held in England?

(a)

To discuss the provisions of future Indian Constitution.

(b)

To discuss the steps to be taken to check Indian National Movement

(c)

To give concessions to Indians

(d)

To make plans for improvement of agriculture in India.

26.

Why did Gandhiji organise a Satyagraha in Ahmedabad Mill in 1918?

(a)

To protest against the poor working condition in the factory

(b)

To demand for a higher wages for workers.

(c)

To protest against high revenue demand.

(d)

None of the above

27.

By what name were the dalits referred by Gandhiji?

(a)

Untouchables

(b)

Shudras

(c)

Harijans

(d)

Achchuts

28.

Why did the Indians oppose the Rowlatt Act?

(a)

It introduced the Salt Law.

(b)

It increased taxes on land

(c)

It gave the British the power to arrest and detain a person without a trial

(d)

It put a ban on the Congress party.

29.

By whom was the first image of Bharatmata painted?

(a)

Rabindranath Tagore

(b)

Abanindranath Tagore

(c)

Ravi Verma

(d)

Nandalal Bose

30.

By whom was the Swaraj Party formed?

(a)

Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das

(b)

Subhas Chandra Bose and Sardar Patel

(c)

Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad

(d)

Motilal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad

31.

Why did the peasant community actively participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement? Choose the most appropriate answer form the following:

(a)

Failure of talks in the 2^nd Round table conference

(b)

The Government's refused to reduce the revenue demand

(c)

Khadi cloth was more expensive than mill made cloth

(d)

Racial discrimination

32.

Which one of the following is not true regarding the Gandhi Irwin Pact of 1931?

(a)

Mahatma Gandhi decided to call off the Civil Disobedience Movement

(b)

Gandhi consented to participate in a Round Table Conference

(c)

The British agreed to release the political prisoners

(d)

The British government agreed to grant independence

33.

Which of the following provision is related to Gandhi-Irwin Pact?

(a)

Not to arrest Gandhiji

(b)

To release the political prisoners

(c)

To abolish Salt Act

(d)

To arrest Sir John Simon

34.

Which incident marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement?

(a)

When Gandhiji started his Ashram

(b)

When Gandhiji violated the Salt law

(c)

When Gandhiji wrote to Lord Irwin

(d)

When Gandhiji left the congress.

35.

For which among the following reasons was the Simon Commission boycotted?

(a)

It supported the Muslim League

(b)

Congress felt that people deserved Swaraj

(c)

There was no Indian in the commission

(d)

There was difference among the members.

36.

Why was the Simon Commission sent to India in 1928?

(a)

To look into the functioning of Indian Constitutional system and suggest reforms.

(b)

To try Indian revolutionary leaders.

(c)

To frame the new Constitution for India.

(d)

To persuade Gandhiji to attend the Bound Table Conference.

37.

'Swaraj' for plantation workers in Assam meant?

(a)

Political freedom

(b)

More wages

(c)

Retaining link with the villages from which they had come

(d)

None of the above

38.

Who led the peasant movement of Oudh during the Non-Cooperation Movement?

(a)

Baba Ramchandra

(b)

Sardar Patel

(c)

Mahatma Gandhi

(d)

Motilal Nehru

39.

Which was the main cause for boycotting foreign goods during Non-Cooperation Movement?

(a)

A symbol of western economic and cultural domination

(b)

A symbol of foreign rule

(c)

A symbol of western political domination

(d)

A symbol of oppressive rule.

40.

The Justice Party of Madras was formed by

(a)

Judges

(b)

Muslims

(c)

Brahmins

(d)

Non-Brahmins

41.

Which of the following leaders has headed Awadh Kissan Sabha?

(a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

(b)

Mahatma Gandhi

(c)

Subhas Chandra Bose

(d)

Motilal Nehru

42.

The concept of Non-Cooperation was turned into a movement through the

(a)

the surrender of titles of government.

(b)

Boycott of civil services, army, police, courts and legislative councils.

(c)

Boycott of foreign goods and schools

(d)

All of these

43.

Gandhiji in his work 'Hind Swaraj' said that.

(a)

The British must Quit India

(b)

Indians must not cooperate with the British

(c)

The Government must concede the right to make salt.

(d)

Indians must be involved in the government of India.

44.

Who was the author of the book 'Hindu Swaraj'?

(a)

Mahatma Gandhi

(b)

Jawahar Lal Nehru

(c)

Subas Chandra Bose

(d)

Rabindranath Tagore.

45.

In which movement did Gandhi see the opportunity to bring Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national movement?

(a)

The oppressive plantation system in Champaran movement.

(b)

A Satyagraha movement to support the peasants of Kheda district of Gujarat.

(c)

A nationwide Satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act of 1919.

(d)

A Non-Cooperation Movement in support of Khilafat as well as Swaraj.

46.

Which one of the following is not true regarding the Jallianwala Bagh incident?

(a)

It took place on 10^th April 1919

(b)

Satyagrahis were forced to rub their noses on the ground and crawl on the streets.

(c)

Its aim was to create a 'internal effect' on the minds of the Satyagrahis.

(d)

Its aim was to create a feeling of terror and awe.

47.

Which of the following took command when martial law was imposed in Amritsar in 1919?

(a)

General Dyer

(b)

Lord dalhousie

(c)

William Bentinck

(d)

Sir Joha Simon

48.

What was Rowlatt Act?

(a)

It was an act which controlled the movement of plantation workers

(b)

It was an act through which the government get enormous power to repress political activities and allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.

(c)

The act through which wages of workers were reduced.

(d)

None of the above.

49.

The Peasants of Kheda district could not pay the revenue because they were affected by?

(a)

The crop

(b)

Extreme poverty

(c)

A plague epidemic

(d)

All of these

50.

Which of the following is not true regarding the impact of the First World War?

(a)

Defence expenditure resulted in increased taxes.

(b)

Forced recruitment of soldiers was introduced in the villages.

(c)

Income tax was introduced and custom duties increased.

(d)

The hardship ended with the war as the British introduced the Rowlatt Act.

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Answers Key:

Multiple Choice Question

50 x 1 = 50

(b)
President of the Muslim League, 1930

(b)
Rabindranath Tagore

(b)
Swadeshi Movement

(d)
B.R. Ambedkar

(a)
They left the plantations and headed home

10.

(b)
British ruled India because Indians cooperated with them

11.

(a)
Detention of political prisoners without trial

12.

(a)
1913

13.

(a)
My Experiments with truth

14.

(b)
Ali Brothers

15.

(a)
Amritsar

16.

(d)
It authorised the government to imprison people without trial

17.

(b)
indigo planters

18.

(a)
pure soul force

19.

(a)
Jan. 1915

20.

(d)
Anti-colonial movement

21.

22.

(b)
Mahatma Gandhi

23.

(b)
Militant Guerrilla Movement

24.

(b)
Spiritual leader of the Muslim

25.

(a)
To discuss the provisions of future Indian Constitution.

26.

(b)
To demand for a higher wages for workers.

27.

28.

29.

(b)
Abanindranath Tagore

30.

(a)
Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das

31.

(b)
The Government's refused to reduce the revenue demand

32.

(d)
The British government agreed to grant independence

33.

(b)
To release the political prisoners

34.

(b)
When Gandhiji violated the Salt law

35.

36.

(a)
To look into the functioning of Indian Constitutional system and suggest reforms.

37.

38.

(a)
Baba Ramchandra

39.

(a)
A symbol of western economic and cultural domination

40.

(d)
Non-Brahmins

41.

(a)
Jawaharlal Nehru

42.

(d)
All of these

43.

(b)
Indians must not cooperate with the British

44.

(a)
Mahatma Gandhi

45.

(d)
A Non-Cooperation Movement in support of Khilafat as well as Swaraj.

46.

(a)
It took place on 10^th April 1919

47.

(a)
General Dyer

48.

(b)
It was an act through which the government get enormous power to repress political activities and allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.

49.