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Class X History Ch-1 Nationalism in India

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the President of the Muslim League in 1930's ?

a)

Ali Brothers

b)

Mohammed Iqbal

c)

Maulana Azad

d)

None of these

2.

Who formed the Swaraj Party ?

a)

CR. Das and Motilal Nehru

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad

c)

Mahatma Gandhi and BR Ambedkar

d)

None of these

3.

The image of Bharat Mata was first created by ......

a)

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Abanindranath Tagore

d)

Ram Kumar Bismil

4.

Which Western country controlled India until its independence in 1947?

a)

France

b)

United States of America

c)

Great Britain

d)

Germany

5.

What was the goal of the Indian National Congress(INC)?

a)

Help India gain its independence from Great Britain

b)

Create separation between Hindus and Muslims

c)

Create a socialist economy

d)

Establish Bangladesh

6.
Gandhi is best known for his 
a)
Use of nonviolent resistance to achieve Indian independence 
b)
Desire to establish separate Hindu/Muslim nations
c)
Opposition to Hindus holding political office
d)
Encouragement of violence to end British rule
7.
Civil Disobedience is best described as 
a)
Refusal to obey unjust laws 
b)
VIolence during wartime
c)
Armed protest to colonial rule
d)
Actions against Palestinians
8.
Why did Gandhi and his followers march to the sea to make salt?
a)
To protest the water tax
b)
The British companies had run out of salt
c)
They were on vacation
d)
To protest the British tax on salt
9.

The Civil Disobedience Movement carried forward the unfinished work of the Non-Cooperation Movement. In the North-West Frontier Province, the movement was led by...........

a)

Lala Lajpat Rai

b)

Abdul Ghaffar Khan

c)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

d)

None of these

10.

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

11.

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 government enormous power to arrest and detain a person without a trial.

d)

It put a ban on the Congress party.

12.

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 cotton mill workers.

c)

To protest against high revenue demand.

d)

None of the above.

13.

Hind Swaraj' was written by?

a)

Abul Kalam Azad

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Sardar Patel

d)

Subhas Chandra Bose

14.

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

a)

January 1915

b)

February 1916

c)

January1916

d)

February 1915

15.

Champaran Satyagraha (1916) was launched by Gandhiji against

a)

high revenue demand

b)

indigo planters

c)

mill owners

d)

salt tax

16.

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

17.

Who led the peasants in Awadh?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Baba Ramchandra

d)

None of these

18.

Mahatma Gandhi sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin in January 1930 with 11 demands. What was the most stirring demand?

a)

To leave India

b)

Equality between all

c)

Abolition of Salt Tax

d)

Abolition of Divde and Rule Policy

19.

A significant and unique feature of the Civil Disobedience Movement, which lacked in the Non-Cooperation Movement, was the participation of:

a)

Peasants

b)

Women

c)

Middle Class

d)

Students

20.

Why was the Round Table Conference held in England?

a)

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

b)

To give concessions to Indians

c)

To discuss a future Constitution of India

d)

To make plans for improvement of agriculture in India