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HISTORY-2.NATIONALISM IN INDIA -1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did mahatma Gandhi go to Ahmedabad?

a)

to support peasants against revenue collection

b)

to inspire peasants to fight against the oppressive plantation system

c)

to organise a satyagraha movement against cotton mill workers

d)

None of the above

2.

Who created the first image of Bharat Mata?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

c)

Rabindranath Tagore

d)

Subhash Chandra Bose

3.

Who announced a dominion status for India and wen?

a)

Sir John Simon, 1929

b)

General Dyer, 1928

c)

Lord Irwin, 1929

d)

Mountbatten 1939

4.

Who set up the ‘Oudh Kisan Sabha’?

a)

Alluri Sitaram Raju

b)

Jawahar Lal Nehru and Baba Ramchandra

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Mahatma Gandhi and Baba Ramchandra

5.

What was the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 about?

a)

Relaxation towards the plantation workers in Assam

b)

plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission

c)

free mobility for the plantation workers

d)

workers defied the authorities and left the plantations

6.

How many demands were made in in Irwin impact?

a)

9

b)

11

c)

15

d)

10

7.

Identify (A) the place where Gandhiji organised Satyagraha against oppressive plantation system.

a)

Champaran

b)

Kheda

c)

Ahmedabad

d)

Amritsar

8.

In which city Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy took place?

a)

Amritsar

b)

Lahore

c)

Agra

d)

Meerut

9.

Champaran Satyagraha (1916) was launched by Gandhiji against

a)

high revenue demand

b)

indigo planters

c)

mill owners

d)

salt tax

10.

Who painted this image of Bharat Mata?

a)

Bakim Chandra Chattopadhyay

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Abanindranath Tagore

d)

Natesha Shastri

11.

Why was Simon Commission boycotted?

a)

It looked to the functioning of the

Constitutional system in India.

b)

It was headed by Sir John Simon

c)

It will suggest changes in the Constitutional system.

d)

It did not have a single Indian member.

12.

Under which act the Plantations workers of Assam were not permitted to leave the tea garden?

a)

The Rowlatt Act

b)

Cripps Mission

c)

The Inland Migration act

d)

The Inland Emigration act

13.

In the Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh, swaraj meant

a)

abolition of high revenue

b)

boycott of oppressive landlord

c)

fighting for their livelihood and traditional rights

d)

peaceful demonstrations

14.

In Awadh, Peasants were led by:

a)

Alluri Sitaram Raju

b)

Baba Ramchandra

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

C.R Das

15.

The term 'picket' refers to:

a)

a protest by blocking the entrance of the shop

b)

Import of goods

c)

stealing from shops

d)

boycott of clothes

16.

Which province did not boycott the council elections after the beginning of Non-cooperation Movement?

a)

Hyderabad

b)

Ahmedabad

c)

Lucknow

d)

Madras

17.

According to General Dyer, his objective of the Jallianwala Bagh incident, was:

a)

to create in the minds of satyagrahis a feeling of terror and awe.

b)

to humiliate the satyagrahis

c)

to repress Congress

d)

to imprison the protesters

18.

The idea of Satyagraha emphasized:

A. Power of truth and need to search for truth

B. Seeking vengeance or being aggressive

C. Appealing to the conscience of the

oppressor.

a)

A and B are correct

b)

A, B and C are correct

c)

Only A is correct

d)

A and C are correct

19.

Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in:

a)

1914

b)

1905

c)

1915

d)

1916

20.

The World War I created new political and economic situation in India leading to:

a)

huge increase in defence expenditure

b)

reduction in taxes

c)

drop in prices of commodities

d)

overall prosperity and stability