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WorksheetsNationalism in India
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
When did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?
1920
1915
1921
1914
What did the idea of Satyagraha emphasise ?
the power of truth and the need to search for truth, and physical force was not necessary to fight the oppressor
need to search for truth, and use physical force
fight with arguments and violence
agitation and violence
Which areas did Gandhi organise the satyagraha?
Champaran in Bihar and Ahmedabad
Champaran in Bihar, Kheda district of Gujarat, Ahmedabad
Kheda district of Gujarat, Ahmedabad
Champaran in Bihar, Kheda district of Gujarat
What was the Rowlatt Act of 1919?
detention after trial for 3 years
no hearing of cases
detention of prisoners for 3 years without trial
allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years
When did the infamous Jallianwalla Bagh incident take place?
13 April, 1919
10 April 1920
10 April. 1919
13 April 1920
Which British officer open- fired at the Jallianwala Bagh congregation ?
Sir John Simon
General Dyer
Montgomery
Mountbatten
When and where was the Khilafat Committee formed?
February 1920 Bombay
March 1918, Gujarat
January 1919, Bombay
March 1919 Bombay
What actions were taken during the Non Cooperation Movement ?
the surrender of titles that the government awarded, and a boycott of civil services, army, police, courts and legislative councils, schools, and foreign goods.
Boycott of foriegn goods and services
Surrender of titles that the government awarded.
boycott of civil services, army, police, courts and legislative councils, schools, and foreign goods
Which two muslim brothers supported the movement along with Gandhi?
Arbaaz Ali and Shujaat Ali
Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
Arbaaz Ali and Shaukat Ali
Shujaat Ali and Muhammad Ali
When did the Non-Cooperation-Khilafat Movement begin?
1920
1919
1921
1922
When did the Lahore Congress, under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, formalise the demand of ‘Purna Swaraj’ or full independence for India?
June 1929
December 1929
December 1930
October 1928
What was the cause of the Salt March by Gandhi and his companions?
Salt was unevenly distributed
because of the demand to abolish the salt tax
part of the swaraj movement
people could not afford salt
What happened when Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a devout disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, was arrested in April 1930?
there meetings held by the Congress leaders
he was executed
Agitation started in different places
angry crowds demonstrated in the streets of Peshawar, facing armoured cars and police firing, many were killed.
What happened according to the Gandhi-Irwin pact of 1931?
Gandhiji consented to participate in a Round Table Conference, in London and the government agreed to release the political prisoners.
Salt tax was demolished
peace talks took place between Gandhiji and Irwin
there was discontentment according to the pact.
Was the Round Table Conference in London successful for Gandhi?
Yes, the demands were agreed to
Partial agreements were made
No, the negotiations broke down and Gandhi returned disappointed.
Gandhi was treated disrespectfully
Who were the leaders of the HSRA (Hindustan Socialist Republican Army) formed in 1928?
Bhagat Singh and Batukeswar Dutta
Bhagat Singh, Jatin Das and Ajoy Ghosh
Batukeswar Dutta, Jatin Das and Ajoy Ghosh
Jatin Das and Ajoy Ghosh
In April 1929, who threw a bomb in the Legislative Assembly?
Bhagat Singh, Jatin Das
Jatin Das and Ajoy Ghosh
Batukeshwar Dutta, Jatin Das
Bhagat Singh and Batukeswar Dutta
Which organizations did the Indian merchants and industrialists form to organise business interests in India?
Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress
Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI)
Did not form any organization
Both A and B
What was the motive of these business organizations?
the industrialists attacked colonial control over the Indian economy, and supported the Civil Disobedience Movement
to make more profits for the Indian businessmen
to work according to foreign policy
profit only for the merchant, low wages for workers
Did the British government agree with Ambedkar’s demand for separate electorates for dalits?
No
Yes
not immediately
laid many conditions
What was the significance of the spinning wheel in the Flag created by Gandhi?
representing Swaraj
represented the Gandhian ideal of self-help
reference to swadeshi
to boycott the foriegn goods
Which was the other way of creating the feeling of Nationalism in the people?
through reinterpretation of history
by writing more books
by creating more works of art
by creating more folklore
What image had the Britishers created of the Indians?
a bunch of extremists
backward and primitive, incapable of governing themselves
uneducated and helpless
struggling freedom fighters
What did the Indians do in response to this image?
they retaliated back
they wrote about the glorious developments in ancient times when art and architecture, science and mathematics, religion and culture, law and philosophy, crafts and trade had flourished
they admitted to it
they wrote against the Britishers
When did the Quit India movement take place?
1940
1941
1943
1942
What was the resolution of the Quit India Movement?
resolution demanding the immediate transfer of power to Indians and quit India.
demanding freedom for India
demanding voting rights
demanding equal electorates
On 8 August 1942 in Bombay, the All India Congress Committee endorsed the resolution which called for a ……………...mass struggle on the widest possible scale.
violent
non-violent
active
passive
It was on this occasion ( ref q47) that Gandhiji delivered the famous………….. speech.
‘Do or Die’
‘live and let live’
‘call to the masses’
Boo to the British'
What sort of actions were taken by the people during the Quit India movement?
people were passive and did not do much
extreme non violent actions were taken
hartals, and demonstrations and processions were accompanied by national songs and slogans.
everything was dependent on political leaders
How long did it take the British to suppress the movement?
three months
six months
almost a year
more than a year
