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THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE AND LITERATURE

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(a)   said "There is perhaps nothing so bad and dangerous in life as fear."

2.

"Pen is mightier than the (a)   "

3.

(a)   was a very popular newspaper among the general public throughout the freedom struggle.

4.

Jawaharlal Nehru wrote (a)   while he was imprisoned by the British.

5.

He highlighted various patriotic acts of sacrifices and envisaged an insurgency against the British through his book- Anandamath.

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Dinabandhu Mitra

c)

Dwijendralal Roy

d)

Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay

6.

Which noted poet of the Urdu language, coined the slogan “Intikaab Zindabad” which means “Long Live the Revolution!”

a)

Hasrat Mohani

b)

Altaf Hussain Hali

c)

Mohd Ali Jauhar

d)

Praveen Shakir

7.

.Who wrote the book India wins Freedom: the complete version.

a)

Sri Aurobindo

b)

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

c)

Abul Kalam Azad

d)

Mirza Ghalib

8.

The most popular form of media during the independence struggle.

a)

Radio

b)

Newspapers

c)

Street plays

d)

Form distribution

9.

(a)   , a popular Hindi language author, left his job as school teacher when Gandhi gave a call for the Non-Cooperation movement.

10.

(a)   wrote Andheri Nagari- a drama on the sad state of affairs in Urban India under the British rule.

11.

‘Why am I an Atheist’ is an essay written by (a)   during his time spent in Lahore Central jail.

12.

The author, highly influenced by Gandhian ideology, depicted the freedom struggle in books like The Village, Across The Black Waters, And The Sword And The Sickle.

a)

Munshi Premchand

b)

Mulk Raj Anand

c)

Amrita Pritam

d)

Khushwant Singh

13.

The Bengal Gazette was formed in 1780 by (a)   .

14.

The female writer combined literary and activist zeal to become a resistor of British rule in India, joining the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1921. She also wrote the famous Hindi poem- “Jhansi ki Rani”

a)

Subhadra Kumari Chauhan

b)

Kamini Roy

c)

Krishna Sobti

d)

Ismat Chughtai

15.

Weekly journal by Mahatma Gandhi in English from 1919-1931.

a)

The Tribune

b)

The Statesman

c)

Young India

d)

Independent