Nationalism in India Part 3

Why did General Dyer order to open fire on a i peaceful demonstration at Jallianwala Bagh? Choose from the given options

• He wanted to show his power.
• Firing was ordered because it was an unruly crowd.
• Because his object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’ to create fear in the minds of ‘satyagrahis’.
• He ordered to fire because he noticed a j sudden unrest in the crowd.

Which of the following was Mahatma Gandhi’s novel method of fighting against the British?

• He used violent method of stone pelting.
• He used arson to bum down government offices.
• He fought with the principle of ‘an eye for i an eye’.
• He practised open defiance of law, ; peaceful demonstration, satyagraha and non-violence.

Why was Alluri Sitarama Raju well known?

• He led the militant movement of tribal peasants in Andhra Pradesh.
• He led a peasant movement in Avadh.
• He led a satyagraha movement in Bardoli.
• He set up an organisation for the uplifment of the dalits.

Why did General Dyer open fire at Jallianwala Bagh on 13th April 1919?

• He wanted to enforce martial law very strictly in Amritsar.
• He wanted to create feeling of terror and awe in the minds of Satyagrahis.
• He wanted to demoralise the local Congress leaders.
• He wanted to gain prominence in the eyes of British government.

Who were the ‘Sanatanis’?

• Saints
• Dalits
• Labours
• High-caste Hindus

What important difference had occurred between Congress and the Muslim League in the late 1920s?

• Communal hatred
• Muslms saw themselves as a minority
• the question of representation of the Muslims in the future assemblies that were to be elected
• Hindus ignored the Muslims

The ‘Simon Commission’ was boycotted because

• there was no British Member in the Commission.
• it demanded separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims.
• there was no Indian Member in the Commission.
• it favoured the Muslims over the Hindus.

Why did the Indians oppose the Rowlatt Act?

• It introduced the Salt Law.
• It increased taxes on land.
• It gave the British the power to arrest and detain a person without a trial.
• It put a ban on the Congress party.

The main problem with the Simon Commission was that:

• It was an all British commission.
• It was formed in Britain.
• It was set up in response to the nationalist movement.
• It supported the Muslim League.

Who were the leaders of the HSRA  (Hindustan Socialist Republican Army)  formed in 1928?

• Bhagat Singh and  Batukeswar Dutta
• B.  Bhagat Singh, Jatin Das and Ajoy Ghosh
• Batukeswar Dutta, Jatin Das and Ajoy Ghosh
• Jatin Das and Ajoy Ghosh