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WorksheetsLesson # 27 Indian Imperialism quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
The purpose of Mohandas Gandhi's actions such as the Salt March and the textile boycott was to
a) begin a cycle of armed revolution
b) draw attention to the problems of British imperialism
c) increase the strength of the military
c) resist the power of religious leaders
In the 1940s, the leadership of the Indian National Congress and the leadership of the Muslim League supported the goal of
a) helping the British fight World War II
b) removing British control from the subcontinent (India)
c) abolishing caste distinctions and discrimination
d) establishing a unified government based on religious teachings
What was one reason that India was divided into two nations in 1947?
a) Indian leaders disagreed about India's role in the United Nations.
b) Great Britain feared a unified India would be a military threat.
c) The Soviet Union insisted that India should have a communist government.
d) Differences between the Hindus and the Muslims created religious conflict.
What was Gandhi's perspective when it came to religious division in India?
a) There should be separate nations for Muslims and Hindus
b) Muslims should lead their fight for self rule violently while the Hindus should take a more passive route
c) You are Indian first and Muslim or Hindu second
d) The British have the power to solve any religious conflict that exists in India
refuse to buy British textiles (homespun)
Several historic events are listed below.
A. Partition of India and Pakistan
B. Establishment of the caste system
C. British colonization of the Indian subcontinent
D. Gandhi's Salt March
What is the correct chronological order of this set of events?
A B C D
B C D A
C D A B
D B A C
"Don't pay your taxes or send your children to an English-supported school . . . Make your own cotton cloth by spinning the thread at home, and don't buy English-made goods. Provide yourselves with homemade salt, and do not buy government-made salt."
— Mohandas Gandhi
In this statement, Gandhi was expressing his commitment to
armed rebellion
civil disobedience
criminal acts
guerrilla tactics
What was one similar goal shared by Simon Bolivar and Mohandas Gandhi?
ending foreign control
promoting religious freedom
establishing a limited monarchy
creating collective farms
Why did the Indians oppose the Rowlatt Act?
It introduced the Salt Law.
It increased taxes on land
It gave the British the power to arrest and detain a person without a trial
It put a ban on the Congress party.
Unwavering search for the truth and moral force
Passive resistance campaign of 1930 where Mohandas Gandhi and many Indians protested the British tax on salt by marching to the Indian Ocean to make their own salt.
Rowlatt Acts
Salt March
Homespun Movement
Indian National Congress
Led by Mahatma Gandhi and one of India's most famous boycotts; purpose was to urge his countrymen to boycott British textiles and instead wear khaddar, or cloth made in India.
Salt March
Homespun Movement
Passive Resistance
Amritsar Massacre
