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chap 19 The struggle for Independence

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Indians came together and formed the ___________ in 1885

a)

Swadeshi Movement

b)

Rowlatt Act

c)

Indian National Congress

d)

Non-Cooperation Movement

2.

World War 1 broke out in the year:

a)

1919

b)

1914

c)

1913

d)

1918

3.

During Swadeshi Movement Indians boycotted British goods and started using goods made only in India.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which of the following are the examples of social reformers?

a)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

b)

Savitribai Phule

c)

Swami Dayanand Saraswati

d)

All of the above

5.

Identify this social reformer .

a)

Syed Ahmed Khan

b)

Raja Rammohan Roy

c)

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

d)

Jyoti Rao Phule

6.

When did the Indian National Congress form ?

a)

1856

b)

1845

c)

1885

d)

1866

7.

Which newspaper did Bal Gangadhar Tilak started ?

a)

The Tribune

b)

The times of India

c)

Kesari

d)

Indian Express

8.

What did the Britisher decided to do in 1905 ?

a)

To divide Bengal into two parts

b)

To leave India

c)

To fight with India

d)

None of the above

9.

Bhagat Singh , Sukhdev , Raj Guru and Chandrashekhar Azad were ___________.

a)

Social Reformers

b)

Revolutionaries

10.

Gandhiji came back from Africa in the year ______ .

a)

1914

b)

1936

c)

1915

d)

1918

11.

The Congress started the Swadeshi Movement in:

a)

1905

b)

1919

c)

1915

d)

1920

12.

What does Swadeshi Means

a)

One's own country

b)

Refuse foreign goods

c)

manufactured goods

d)

Country

13.

Who ordered the soldiers to fire at the people in Jallianwala Bagh?

a)

Lord Mountbatten

b)

General Dyer

c)

Sir Thomas Roe

d)

A.O. Hume

14.

The Britishers used a method of ______________ to create fights between different religion/caste.

a)

Doctrine of lapse

b)

Divide and rule

c)

Trade

d)

Education

15.

Who gave the slogan "Swaraj is my Birthright and I shall have it" ?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

c)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

16.

Name the freedom fighter in this picture.

a)

Bhagat Singh

b)

Khudiram Bose

c)

Chandrashekhar Azad

d)

Rana Sangha

17.

The congress leaders who preferred a soft approach towards the British were known as ----------.

a)

Moderates

b)

Social Reformers

c)

Radicals

d)

Revolutionaries

18.

  Related to society and to people’s lives:  ___________

a)

social

b)

secular

19.

   Strong feeling of love, respect and loyalty towards one’s own country: ________

a)

socialism

b)

Patriotism

c)

Nationalism

20.

The British became harsher towards the Indians after World War I.

a)

True

b)

False