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The Making of the National Movement 1870s-1947

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When and by whom was the partition of Bengal done?

a)

1885, Jawahar Lal Nehru

b)

1905, Viceroy Curzon

c)

1904, Thomas Babington Macaulay

d)

1805, Warren Hastings

2.

One of the EARLY POLITICAL demands of the Congress was to have the Civil Services Exam in India.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Choose the socio-economic demands of the Congress out of the following (you can choose more than one)

a)

Cut in the military expenditure

b)

More funds for agricultural and irrigational developments

c)

Land revenue and taxes on goods should be increased

d)

Interference of the government to be there in the resources used by the tribal communities

e)

Tax on manufacturing of salt should be there but in lesser amount

4.

Was the partition of Bengal done for administrative convenience?

a)

Yes

b)

No, it was done because of the public request

c)

No, it was done because of the closely tied interests of the British officials and businessmen in that large province

5.

Vandemataram Movement was another name for

a)

Rowlatt Act

b)

Quit India Movement

c)

Dandi March

d)

Swadeshi Movement

e)

Champaran Movement

6.

__________, a Marathi newspaper written edited by Tilak, became one of the strongest critics of British rule.

a)

Swadesh

b)

Kesari

c)

Sone Ki Chidiya - Hindustan

d)

Vande Mataram

7.

Thousands of students left government-controlled schools under the

a)

Vandemataram Movement

b)

Swadeshi Movement

c)

Non-Cooperation Movement

d)

Ilbert Bill

8.

Kheda Movement was a movement lead by Gandhi ji in which he rose his voice against

a)

the Indigo cultivation in a city in Bihar

b)

high land revenue charged by the colonial government at a city in Gujrat

c)

humiliation of Indian weavers

d)

the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

9.

When was the Arms Act passed?

(a)  

10.

Who played a part in bringing Indians from the various regions together?

(a)  

11.

Which book written by Dadabhai Naoroji offered scathing criticism of the economic impact of British Rule?

(a)  

12.

What was the Swadeshi movement know in Andhra Pradesh?

(a)  

13.

In which year and place was the All India Muslim League formed?

(a)  

14.

When did the congress reunite?

(a)  

15.

Where did the peasants set fire in February 1922 on a police station?

(a)  

16.

At that time which country was the biggest province of British India ?

a)

Orissa

b)

Bengal

c)

Bihar

d)

Assam

17.

The radicals felt that ______________ would be necessary to overthrow British rule.

a)

Peace

b)

Revolutionary Violence

c)

National leaders

d)

Boycotting the national leaders

18.

Who is referred as Lal Bal Pal ??

a)

Bepin Chandra Pal , Bal Gangadhar Tilak , Lala Lajpat Rai

b)

Lal Rajput , Bepin Pal . Bal Tilak

c)

Lal Lajpat Rai , Bepen Chandra Pal , Bal Tilak Gangadhara

19.

Who raised the slogan, “Freedom is my birthright and I shall have it!”

a)

Bepin Chandra Pal

b)

Lal Lajpat Rai

c)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d)

Rajpjut

20.

The struggle that unfolded came to be known as the Swadeshi movement , strongest in Bengal in deltaic Andhra for instance, it was known as the ________________

a)

The Blue Rebellion

b)

Swadeshi Movement

c)

The Revolt of 1857

d)

Vandemaataram Movement.

21.

The first Indian women to become a President of the Indian National Congress was ___________________ .

a)

Kamla Nehru

b)

Sarojini Naidu

c)

Begum Rokeya Shakhawat Hossain

d)

Kasturba Gandhi

22.

In which year Ilbert Bill was introduced by Britishers

a)

1882

b)

1883

c)

1884

d)

1885

23.

Moderates were demanding to conduct civil services exam in ___________.

a)

London

b)

Paris

c)

India

d)

Kolkata

24.

What does the name "Sarvajanik Sabha” mean?

a)

Peoples rule

b)

For/Of the people

c)

Complete Council

d)

Rule of the people

25.

What does the word "sovereign" refer to?

a)

When only one official religion in a country is allowed

b)

Equality for all

c)

When there is no official religion of a country - all religions are welcome

d)

The ability to act independently without outside interference

26.

"Gandhiji and his followers marched for over ______ miles from Sabarmati to the coastal town of Dandi where they broke the government law."

a)

397

b)

328

c)

240

d)

190

27.

What was the other name for 16 August 1946?

a)

Republic Day

b)

Independence Day

c)

Direct Action Day

d)

Republic Movement Day

28.

During the Quit India Movement the slogan was

a)

Jai Hind

b)

Live and Let Live

c)

Do or Die

29.

Identify the personality

a)

RAJGURU

b)

BHAGAT SINGH

c)

CHANDRASHEKAR AZAD

d)

SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE

30.

Indians welcomed the Simon Commission with banners saying ''Simon Go Back ''because

a)

Indians wanted Purna Swaraj

b)

commission had no Indian representatives

c)

Indians stated the Boycott movement

d)

I

31.

The Indian National Congress was established when _____ delegates from all over the country

a)

72

b)

27

c)

78

d)

73

e)

37

32.

Who started Non-Cooperation Movement during British India?

a)

A. Mahatama Gandhi

b)

B. Dadabhai Naoroji

c)

C. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

d)

D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

33.

Who formed the Indian National Academy?

a)

(a) Subhash Chandra Bode

b)

(b) Mohan singh

c)

(c) Rash Behari Bose

d)

(d) None of these

34.

Jallianwala Bagh massacre was inflicted by General Dyer in Amritsar on Baisakhi day (13 April).

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Swadeshi movement started before the partition of Bengal.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Mohammad Ali Jinnah became the major spokesperson for the demand for Pakistan.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as Badshah Khan was the founder of the Khudai Khidmatgars.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

What does RSS stand for?

a)

A. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

b)

B. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sabha

c)

C. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Singh

d)

D. All of the above

39.

Satyagraha at which of the following places was NOT related to the problems of farmers?

a)

(A) Kheda Satyagraha

b)

(B) Ahmedabad mill strike

c)

(C) Champaran Satyagraha

d)

(D) None of the above

40.

Rabindranath Tagore showed his anger against the Jallianwala Bagh atrocities by...

a)

demonstrations

b)

renouncing knighthood

c)

by going on strikes/hartal

41.

Gandhiji launched the Dandi march because the British had ...

a)

imposed a tax on salt for Indians

b)

not given enough seats to Indians in the Council

c)

took brutal actions against the satyagrahis

42.

In which year was INC established?

a)

1895

b)

1886

c)

1884

d)

1885

43.

In which year Second World War broke out?

a)

1985

b)

1936

c)

1939

d)

1938

44.

The sacred places of muslims ruled by Turkish Khalifa were under which of the following empire?

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Byzantine Empire

c)

Persian Empire

d)

Babylonian Empire

45.

______ was a Indian businessman and publicist based in London.

a)

Lala Hadayal

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Dadabhai Naroji

d)

Bhagat Singh

46.

_______ and Muslim League signed a Historic Pact of Lucknow in 1916

a)

A) Communist Party

b)

B) British Empire

c)

C) Congress

d)

D) Socialist Party