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Nationalism in India

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Gandhiji organise 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

2.

Why was Satyagraha organised in Champaran in 1916?

a)

To oppose the British laws

b)

To oppose the plantation system

c)

To oppose high land revenue

d)

To protest against the oppression of the mill workers

3.

Why was the Simon Commission sent to India?

a)

To look into the Indian constitutional matter and suggest reform

b)

To choose members of Indian Council

c)

To settle disputes between the government and the congress leaders

d)

To set up a government organisation

4.

Why was Alluri Sitarama Raju well known?

a)

He held the militant movement of tribal peasants in Andhra Pradesh

b)

He led a peasant movement in Awadh

c)

He led a satyagraha movement in Bardoli

d)

He set up an organisation for the upliftment of dalits

5.

Why did General Dyer open fire on peaceful crowd in Jallianwalla Bagh?

a)

To punish the Indians

b)

To take revenge for breaking martial laws

c)

To create a feeling of terror and awe in the mind of Indians

d)

To disperse the crowd

6.

Who among the following two leaders led the Khilafat Movement?

a)

Shaukat Ali and Muhammad Ali

b)

Gandhiji and Sardar Patel

c)

Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Gandhiji

d)

C. R. Das and Jawaharlal Nehru

7.

Why did Gandhiji withdarw the Non - Cooperation Movement?

a)

Gandhiji realised that people were losing interest in the movement.

b)

Gandhiji felt that the movement was turning violent in many places.

c)

Some Congress leaders wanted to participate in elections to Provincial Councils.

d)

Some Congress leaders wanted more radical mass agitations

8.

Who were the sanatanis?

a)

Saints

b)

Dalits

c)

Labours

d)

High - caste Hindus

9.

The main problem with the Simon Commission was that:-

a)

It was formed in Britain

b)

It was an All British Commission

c)

It was set up in response to the nationalist movement

d)

It supported the Muslim League

10.

Hind Swaraj was written by :-

a)

Subhash Chandra Bose

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Sardar Patel

d)

Motilal Nehru

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 the power to arrest and detain a person without a trial

d)

It put a ban on the Congress party.

12.

Where was Gandhi's ashram located?

a)

Dandi

b)

Sabarmati

c)

Allahabad

d)

Nagpur

13.

Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up and headed by :-

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d)

None of the Above

14.

A militant Guerrilla Movement spread in:-

a)

Garo Hills

b)

Khasi Hills

c)

Gudem Hills

d)

Satpura Hills

15.

The Round Table Conference which was boycotted by the Congress.

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

Fourth

16.

FICCI was formed by:-

a)

British traders

b)

Indian farmers

c)

Indian merchants

d)

Industrial workers

17.

The image of Bharat Mata was first created by:-

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Natesa Satri

c)

Abanindranath Tagore

d)

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

18.

Depressed Classes Association was organised in the year :-

a)

1930

b)

1935

c)

1940

d)

1945

19.

In February _______, Mahatma Gandhi decided to withdraw the Non - Cooperation Movement.

a)

1921

b)

1922

c)

1923

d)

1924

20.

Gandhiji sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin stating __________ demands.

a)

Eleven

b)

Twelve

c)

Thirteen

d)

Ten