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India's Freedom Struggle

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lala Lajpat Rai was a part of the _____________________ group in the Indian National Congress.

a)

Moderates

b)

Extremists

2.

The term satyagraha was coined and developed by (a)  

3.

The partition of Bengal was annulled in the year ___________________

a)

1912

b)

1905

c)

1911

d)

1903

4.

Tick the main causes because of which the Revolt of 1857 failed.

a)

Lack of effective leadership

b)

Less manpower to fight back

c)

Limited resources

d)

All of the above

5.

Signing Doctrine of Lapse helped the kings of princely states to safeguard their territory. The Indian ruler had to accept certain terms and conditions laid down by the British.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

It was an Englishman, __________________________________ who brought about its first meeting in December 1885 in Bombay.

a)

Lord Curzon

b)

Colonel Reginald Dyer

c)

Allan Octavian Hume

7.

The Rowlatt Act is also called ___________________________ (Tick all the appropriate options)

a)

The Black Bill

b)

The Black Act

c)

None of the above

8.

Colonel Dyer reportedly carried out this firing not just to disperse the meeting, but to punish the Indians for disobeying his orders.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Gandhiji called off the Non Co-operation movement in February, 1922 in the wake of the (a)  

10.

Indians boycotted the Simon commission because _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

a)

The commission did not have single Indian

b)

The commission had only 7 MPs

c)

The British government came up with the idea to recommend constitutional reforms for India

d)

Sir John Simon was the chairman of the commission

11.

Mahatma Gandhi was born on __________

a)

October 30th, 1869

b)

January 30th, 1948

c)

October 2nd, 1869

d)

January 2nd,1948

12.

The first Prime Minister of free India was_______________

a)

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

13.

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre led to which movement _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

(a)  

14.

Gandhiji launched the mass Civil Disobedience Movement on _ _ _ _ _ _

a)

12th March 1930

b)

6th April 1930

15.

The Quit India Movement was also called the August Movement.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Non Co-operation movement people were asked to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

a)

Fight against the British using violent means

b)

Boycott foreign goods and use Indian goods only

c)

Shoot the Britishers if they disrespect you

d)

All of the above

17.

The feeling of unity slowly started growing among the Indians which led to the formation of the (a)   in 1885.

18.

On 13 April 1919, thousands of people were gathered at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

a)

Conduct a secret meeting and protest against the British

b)

Celebrate Baisakhi

c)

All of the above

19.

Gandhiji hit upon the idea of sugar as a tax on sugar, in his opinion, was the most oppressive form of tax which humankind could devise since sugar was a basic necessity.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Quit India Movement was triggered because _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _

a)

The aim to bring the British government to the negotiating table failed.

b)

Without consultation, the British had entered India into World War II

c)

All of the above