WorksheetsNationalism in India Part 3
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why did General Dyer order to open fire on a i peaceful demonstration at Jallianwala Bagh? Choose from the given options
a)
He wanted to show his power.
b)
Firing was ordered because it was an unruly crowd.
c)
Because his object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’ to create fear in the minds of ‘satyagrahis’.
d)
He ordered to fire because he noticed a j sudden unrest in the crowd.
2.
Which of the following was Mahatma Gandhi’s novel method of fighting against the British?
a)
He used violent method of stone pelting.
b)
He used arson to bum down government offices.
c)
He fought with the principle of ‘an eye for i an eye’.
d)
He practised open defiance of law, ; peaceful demonstration, satyagraha and non-violence.
3.
Why was Alluri Sitarama Raju well known?
a)
He led the militant movement of tribal peasants in Andhra Pradesh.
b)
He led a peasant movement in Avadh.
c)
He led a satyagraha movement in Bardoli.
d)
He set up an organisation for the uplifment of the dalits.
4.
Why did General Dyer open fire at Jallianwala Bagh on 13th April 1919?
a)
He wanted to enforce martial law very strictly in Amritsar.
b)
He wanted to create feeling of terror and awe in the minds of Satyagrahis.
c)
He wanted to demoralise the local Congress leaders.
d)
He wanted to gain prominence in the eyes of British government.
5.
Who were the ‘Sanatanis’?
a)
Saints
b)
Dalits
c)
Labours
d)
High-caste Hindus
6.
What important difference had occurred between Congress and the Muslim League in the late 1920s?
a)
Communal hatred
b)
Muslms saw themselves as a minority
c)
the question of representation of the Muslims in the future assemblies that were to be elected
d)
Hindus ignored the Muslims
7.
The ‘Simon Commission’ was boycotted because
a)
there was no British Member in the Commission.
b)
it demanded separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims.
c)
there was no Indian Member in the Commission.
d)
it favoured the Muslims over the Hindus.
8.
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.
9.
The main problem with the Simon Commission was that:
a)
It was an all British commission.
b)
It was formed in Britain.
c)
It was set up in response to the nationalist movement.
d)
It supported the Muslim League.
10.
Who were the leaders of the HSRA (Hindustan Socialist Republican Army) formed in 1928?
a)
Bhagat Singh and Batukeswar Dutta
b)
B. Bhagat Singh, Jatin Das and Ajoy Ghosh
c)
Batukeswar Dutta, Jatin Das and Ajoy Ghosh
d)
Jatin Das and Ajoy Ghosh
11.
Who was the writer of the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?
a)
Rabindranath Tagore
b)
B.R. Ambedkar
c)
Mahatma Gandhi
d)
Jawahar Lai Nehru
12.
Who led the Civil Disobedience in Peshawar?
a)
Abdul Gaffar Khan
b)
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
c)
Lala Lajpat Rai
d)
Jawaharlal Nehru
13.
Did the British government agree with Ambedkar’s demand for separate electorates for dalits?
a)
No
b)
Yes
c)
not immediately
d)
laid many conditions
14.
What was the ‘begar’ system?
a)
Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any payment
b)
labour was paid some percentage of payment
c)
baour was done in exchange of other goods
d)
large revenue was collected from the labour
15.
Who announced a vague offer of‘Dominion Status’ for India in 1929?
a)
Lord Curzon
b)
Viceroy Irwin
c)
Lord William Bentick
d)
Lord Mountbalten
16.
Where did the brutal ‘Jallianwala Massacre’ j take place?
a)
Amritsar
b)
Meerut
c)
Lahore
d)
Lucknow
17.
The resolution of Puma Swaraj was adopted at which session?
a)
Karachi Congress
b)
Haripur Congress
c)
Lahore Congress
d)
Lucknow Congress
18.
When and where was the Khilafat Committee formed?
a)
February 1920 Bombay
b)
March 1918, Gujarat
c)
January 1919, Bombay
d)
March 1919 Bombay
19.
How long did it take the British to suppress the movement?
a)
three months
b)
six months
c)
almost a year
d)
more than a year
20.
Who organised the dalits into the Depressed classes Association?
a)
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
b)
Jawaharlal Nehru
c)
Mahatma Gandhi
d)
Motilal Nehru
21.
Which one of the following leaders headed Oudh Kisan Sabha?
a)
Jawahar Lal Nehru
b)
Mahatma Gandhi
c)
Subhash Chandra Bose
d)
Motilal Nehru
22.
Which British officer open- fired at the Jallianwala Bagh congregation ?
a)
Sir John Simon
b)
General Dyer
c)
Montgomery
d)
Mountbatten
23.
Who announced a ‘Dominion Status” for India and when?
a)
Sir John Simon, 1929
b)
General Dyer, 1928
c)
Lord Irwin, 1929
d)
Mountbatten 1939
24.
What did the Crescent moon on the flag represent?
a)
light for the nation
b)
Hindus & Muslims
c)
unity of the nation
d)
Muslim representation
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