WorksheetsIndia's Freedom Struggle
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Lala Lajpat Rai was a part of the _____________________ group in the Indian National Congress.
Moderates
Extremists
The term satyagraha was coined and developed by (a)
The partition of Bengal was annulled in the year ___________________
1912
1905
1911
1903
Tick the main causes because of which the Revolt of 1857 failed.
Lack of effective leadership
Less manpower to fight back
Limited resources
All of the above
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.
True
False
It was an Englishman, __________________________________ who brought about its first meeting in December 1885 in Bombay.
Lord Curzon
Colonel Reginald Dyer
Allan Octavian Hume
The Rowlatt Act is also called ___________________________ (Tick all the appropriate options)
The Black Bill
The Black Act
None of the above
Colonel Dyer reportedly carried out this firing not just to disperse the meeting, but to punish the Indians for disobeying his orders.
True
False
Gandhiji called off the Non Co-operation movement in February, 1922 in the wake of the (a)
Indians boycotted the Simon commission because _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The commission did not have single Indian
The commission had only 7 MPs
The British government came up with the idea to recommend constitutional reforms for India
Sir John Simon was the chairman of the commission
Mahatma Gandhi was born on __________
October 30th, 1869
January 30th, 1948
October 2nd, 1869
January 2nd,1948
The first Prime Minister of free India was_______________
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Mahatma Gandhi
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre led to which movement _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(a)
Gandhiji launched the mass Civil Disobedience Movement on _ _ _ _ _ _
12th March 1930
6th April 1930
The Quit India Movement was also called the August Movement.
True
False
Non Co-operation movement people were asked to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Fight against the British using violent means
Boycott foreign goods and use Indian goods only
Shoot the Britishers if they disrespect you
All of the above
The feeling of unity slowly started growing among the Indians which led to the formation of the (a) in 1885.
On 13 April 1919, thousands of people were gathered at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Conduct a secret meeting and protest against the British
Celebrate Baisakhi
All of the above
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.
True
False
Quit India Movement was triggered because _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _
The aim to bring the British government to the negotiating table failed.
Without consultation, the British had entered India into World War II
All of the above
