WorksheetsNationalism in India Part 4
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah , was willing to give up the demand for separate electorates, if ……………………
a)
Hindus showed minority
b)
B. Muslims were assured reserved seats in the Central Assembly and representation in proportion to population in the Muslim-dominated provinces (Bengal and Punjab)
c)
If the Hindu Mahasabha took a backseat
d)
Muslims to be given majority electorates
2.
In which of the following Indian National Congress sessions was the demand of‘Purna Swaraj’ formalised in December 1929?
a)
Madras Session
b)
Lahore Session
c)
Calcutta Session
d)
Nagpur Session
3.
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
4.
Which of these industries productions go up during the Non
a)
Textiles and handloom
b)
Steel industry
c)
Coal industry
d)
None of these
5.
Due to the effect of the Non-Cooperation movement on the plantation workers in Assam, they:
a)
left the plantations and headed home.
b)
went on strike.
c)
destroyed the plantations.
d)
None of these
6.
What was the demand of 1929 sessions of the Congress at Lahore ?
a)
Poorna Swaraj
b)
Right to speech
c)
Half authority
d)
None of these
7.
The Non-Cooperation Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in support of which movement?
a)
Khilafat
b)
Swaraj
c)
Khilafat and Swaraj
d)
none of these
8.
Which one of the following Viceroys announced a vague offer of dominion status for India in October 1929? [All India 2012]
a)
Lord Mount batten
b)
Lord Dalhousie
c)
Lord Irwin
d)
None of these
9.
Who published ‘The Folklore of Southern India’?
a)
Natesa Sastri
b)
Dr.Ambedkar
c)
Mahatma Gandhi
d)
None of these
10.
Which of the following agreements gave reserved seats to the ‘Depressed classes’ in provincial and central legislative councils?
a)
Lucknow Pact
b)
Gandhi Irwin Pack
c)
Poona Pact
d)
None of these
11.
Who was the two great writers of Bengal and Madras, who contributed to nationalism in the late nineteenth century?
a)
Rabindranath Tagore and Natesa Sastri
b)
Jamini Roy and Ravi Verma
c)
Rabindranath Tagore and Ravi Verma
d)
None of these
12.
What was the reason for Mahatma Gandhiji’s fast unto death in 1932?
a)
The clash with Dr. Ambedkar
b)
The Clash with Bose
c)
The clash with Nehru
d)
None of these
13.
Who was the leader of the peasants in the Gudem Hills?
a)
Alluri Sitaram Raju
b)
Baba Ramchandra
c)
Venkata Raju
d)
None of these
14.
What were boycotted during Non-cooperation movement?
a)
Foreign goods
b)
Food
c)
Water
d)
None of these
15.
When did the Jallianwalla Bagh incident take place?
a)
On 13 April
b)
On 15 August
c)
On 27 October
d)
On 10 March
16.
What was the cause of the Salt March by Gandhi and his companions?
a)
Salt was unevenly distributed
b)
because of the demand to abolish the salt tax
c)
part of the swaraj movement
d)
people could not afford salt
17.
Why did the movement slow down?
a)
Lack of unity amongst the people
b)
the British overpowered it
c)
Handmade Indian goods like Khadi worked out more expensive and time consuming than mill made goods
d)
People did not give up ob foriegn goods
18.
Baba Ramchandra, a sanyasi, was the leader of which of the following movements?
a)
Khilafat Movement
b)
Militant Guerrilla Movement of Andhra Pradesh
c)
Peasants’ Movement of Awadh
d)
Plantation Workers’ Movement in Assam
19.
What was the motive of these business organizations?
a)
the industrialists attacked colonial control over the Indian economy, and supported the Civil Disobedience Movement
b)
to make more profits for the Indian businessmen
c)
to work according to foreign policy
d)
profit only for the merchant, low wages for workers
20.
Who was the author of the famous novel ‘Anandamath’?
a)
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
b)
Abanindranath Tagore
c)
Natesa Sastri
d)
Rabindranath Tagore
21.
Who wrote Vande Mataram ?
a)
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhya
b)
Abanindranath Tagore
c)
Rabindranath Tagore
d)
Ravi Varma
22.
What do you mean by the term ‘Begar’l
a)
An Act to prevent plantation workers to leave the tea gardens without permission.
b)
The forced recruitment of soldiers in rural areas during World War I.
c)
Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any payment.
d)
Refusal to deal and associate with people, or participate in activities as a form of protest.
23.
Under the presidency of Jawahahar Lai Nehru, the Lahore Congress Session of 1929 formalised the demand of
a)
abolition of Salt Tax
b)
‘Puma Swaraj’ or complete independence
c)
boycott of Simon Commission
d)
separate electorate for the ‘dalits’
24.
Which industrialist attacked colonial control over Indian economy and supported the Civil Disobedience Movement?
a)
Dinshaw Petit
b)
Purshottamdas Thakurdas
c)
Dwarkanath Tagore
d)
Seth Hukumchand
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