MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Q.1. ‘Forced recruitment’ means a process by which
(a) Indians were
forced by the British rulers to finance the British army
(b) The Indian
princes had to supply soldiers to fight for the British
(c) The colonial
state forced people in rural areas to join the army
(d) None of the
above
Ans.
(c)
Q.2. The growth of modern nationalism in India, as in Vietnam, is closely
connected to :
(a) A sense of
oppression under colonialism
(b) An
anti-colonial movement
(c) A discovery
of unity in their struggle against colonialism
(d) All the
above
Ans.
(d)
Q.3. Which of the following statements is not true about the Jallianwalla Bagh
incident?
(a) General Dyer
blocked all exit points, and opened fire on the peaceful crowd, killing hundreds
(b) Gandhiji
went on indefinite fast to stop the repression by the British
(c) As a
reaction, crowds took to the streets in many Indian towns, attacking the police
and government buildings
(d) Dyer’s aim
was to produce a moral effect of great terror and awe in the minds of the
satyagrahis
Ans.
(b)
Q.4. Which of the following was not a part of Gandhiji’s satyagraha?
(a) Emphasis on
the power of truth and search for truth
(b) Satyagraha
as a pure soul-force
(c) A physical
force which sought destruction of the enemy
(d) Not a weapon
of the weak but a weapon which forced the adversary to accept the truth without
violence
Ans.
(c)
Q.5. The first three successful Satyagraha movements by Gandhiji in India were :
(a) Against the
Rowlatt Act, Civil Disobedience Movement and Quit India
(b)
Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience and Khilafat
(c) Peasants
Movements in Champaran in Bihar, Kheda district in Gujarat and in Ahmedabad by
cotton mill workers
(d) Khilafat
movement, Non-Cooperation and Quit India movement
Ans.
(c)
Q.6. When was the Non-Cooperation program adopted by the Congress?
(a) At Surat in
December 1920
(b) At Nagpur in
December 1920
(c) At Calcutta
in January 1921
(d) At Bombay in
December 1920
Ans.
(b)
Q.7. The various social groups that joined the Non-Cooperation-Khilafat Movement
of 1921, were :
(a) The rich in
the cities, the poor in the villages and the workers in plantations
(b) The middle
class in cities, the peasants and the tribal in the countryside and plantation
workers
(c) The students
in cities, the farmers in villages and the workers in the plantations
(d) The Brahmans
in cities, the peasants in the villages and workers in plantations
Ans.
(b)
Q.8. Why did Gandhiji urge the Congress to join the Khilafat Movement?
(a) He wanted to
support the Khilafat
(b) He saw this
as an opportunity to bring the Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national
movement
(c) He knew that
without Hindu-Muslim unity no broad-based movement could be launched
(d) Both (b) and
(c)
Ans.
(d)
Q.9. The Non-Cooperation Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in support of :
(a) Khilafat
(b) Swaraj
(c) Khilafat and
Swaraj
(d) None of the
above
Ans.
(c)
Q.10. Why was the tribals’ chanting of Gandhiji’s name and raising slogans
demanding “Swatantra Bharat” important ?
(a) It showed
the greatness of Mahatma Gandhi
(b) They were
going beyond their own locality and emotionally identifying with an all-India
movement
(c) They were a
unifying force of the Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) The various
ways in which ‘Swaraj’ was interpreted by different people
Ans.
(b)
Q.11. The leader of the peasants in the Gudem Hills of Andhra was :
(a) Baba
Ramchandra
(b) Venkata Raju
(c) Alluri
Sitaram Raju
(d) None of the
above
Ans.
(c)
Q.12. Baba Ramchandra was :
(a) A sanyasi,
who was earlier an indentured labourer
(b) Leader of
the peasants revolt in Awadh
(c) Founder of
the Kishan Sabha of Awadh in October 1920 along with J.L. Nehru
(d) All the
above
Ans.
(d)
Q.13. Who started the Swaraj Party and why ?
(a) Jawaharlal
Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose to oppose Gandhiji’s policies
(b) The young
leaders in Congress who were against mass struggles
(c) Nehru and
Bose who wanted full independence
(d) C.R. Das and
Motilal Nehru. Because they wanted to enter the Provincial Councils and oppose
British policies
Ans.
(d)
Q.14. The two events which shaped Indian politics in the 1920s were :
(a) The setting
up of the Simon Commission by the Tory Government in Britain which had not a
single Indian member
(b) The
worldwide economic depression which led to a fall in agricultural prices
(c) Both (a) and
(b)
(d) The division
within the Congress
Ans.
(c)
Q.15. Why did production of Indian textiles and handloom go up during the Non-
Cooperation Movement?
(a) Foreign
cloth was burnt in huge bonfires
(b) People
discarded imported clothes and wore only Indian ones
(c) The import
of foreign clothes was halved between 1921-22 and the value dropped from Rs 102
crores to Rs 57 crores
(d) All the
above
Ans.
(d)
Q.16. Which of the following statements are not associated with the
Non-Cooperation Movement in the towns?
(a) Only the
Brahmans and the rich took part in the movement
(b) The council
elections were boycotted even by the Justice Party of Madras
(c) Both (a) and
(b)
(d) Thousands of
students left government-controlled schools; headmasters and teachers resigned;
lawyers gave up their practice
Ans.
(c)
Q.17. Who presided over the December 1929 Session of the Congress at Lahore and
what was its demand?
(a) Jawaharlal
Nehru. The demand was for Poorna Swaraj or full independence
(b) Subhas
Chandra Bose and “Poorna Swaraj” was its demand
(c) Mahatma
Gandhi. He asked for peaceful transfer of power by the British
(d) Jawaharlal
Nehru, the demand was for more representation of Indians in the Councils
Ans.
(a)
Q.18. Which of the following statements is/are true about the Dandi March of
Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) It started
on 11 March, 1930 and ended on 6 April, 1930
(b) Mahatma
Gandhi marched over 240 miles with 78 of his trusted followers covering 10 miles
a day
(c) On 6th
April, Gandhiji ceremonially violated the Salt Law, manufacturing salt by
boiling seawater.
(d) All the
above
Ans.
(d)
Q.19.
The two reasons why Gandhiji attended the Second Round Table Conference of
December 1931, were :
(a) The arrest
of Ghaffar Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Violence of
the Indian people against symbols of the British Raj like railways, police posts
(c) The signing
of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact in March 1931
(d) Both (b) and
(c)
Ans.
(d)
Q.20. Name two industrial organisations established by Indian merchants and
industrialists to protect their business interests.
(a) The
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
(b) The Indian
Industrial and Commerical Congress (1922)
(c) The
Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in 1927
(d) Both (b) and
(c)
Ans.
(d)
Q.21. The business groups and industrialists lost enthusiasm for the Civil
Disobedience Movement because :
(a) They lost
faith in Gandhiji’s methods
(b) They were
frightened by the British repression
(c) The spread
of violent activities worried them about prolonged disruption of business and
the failure of the Round Table Conference made them afraid
(d) All the
above
Ans.
(c)
Q.22. One important feature of Civil Disobedience Movement was :
(a) Gandhiji’s
belief that women should not join it and remain at home.
(b) The complete
change in the status of women in society.
(c) The
large-scale participation of women in the movement, in protest marches,
manufacturing salt, picketing, oycotting foreign cloth and even going to jail
(d) The
large-scale participation of the Dalits or Harijans
Ans.
(c)
Q.23. Who was the President of the Muslim League in 1930?
(a) Mr M.A.
Jinnah
(b) Maulana Azad
(c) Abdul
Ghaffar Khan
(d) Sir Muhammad
Iqbal
Ans.
(d)
Q.24. Muslim leaders and intellectuals were concerned about the status of
Muslims as a minority within India, because :
(a) There was
distrust and suspicion between the two communities
(b) They feared
that their culture and identity would be submerged under the domination of a
Hindu majority
(c) Their
leaders differed with the policies of the Congress
(d) The Congress
was not ready to grant them a separate electorate
Ans.
(b)
Q.25. People belonging to different communities, regions or language groups
developed a sense of collective
belonging through
(a) Experiences
of united struggles
(b) A variety of
cultural processes through which nationalism captured people’s imagination
(c) History and
fiction, folklore and songs, popular prints and symbols all developed
nationalism
(d) All the
above
Ans.
(d)
Q.26. How did history help in creating a feeling of nationalism in India by the
end of the 19th century?
(a) By
reinterpreting history and refuting the British portrayal of Indians as
backward, primitive and incapable of
governing
themselves
(b) By writing
about India’s glorious past and urging people to take pride in their
achievements
(c) By urging
them to struggle and change the miserable conditions of life under British rule
(d) All the
above
Ans.
(d)
Q.27. Who was the first writer to create the image of ‘Bharat Mata’ as an
identity of India and how?
(a)
Abanindranath Tagore by his paintings of a mother figure in 1905
(b) Rabindranath
Tagore through his collection of ballads, nursery rhymes and myths
(c) Bankim
Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1870, by writing the song “Vande Mataram” and later
including it in his novel ‘Anand Math’
(d) None of the
above
Ans.
(c)
Q.28. The two great writers of Bengal and Madras, who contributed to nationalism
in the late nineteenth century through folklore were :
(a)
Abanindranath Tagore and Ravi Verma
(b) Rabindranath
Tagore and Natesa Sastri
(c) Jamini Roy
and Ravi Verma
(d) None of the
above
Ans.
(b)
Q.29. Name a leader of the Dalits and the association formed by him.
(a) Mahatma
Gandhi and ‘Harijan’ Association
(b) Baba Amte,
‘Dalit Association’
(c) Dr B.R.
Ambedkar, Depressed Classes Association in 1930
(d) None of the
above
Ans.
(c)
Q.30. The reason for Mahatma Gandhiji’s fast unto death in 1932, was
(a) the failure
of the Civil Disobedience Movement
(b) the public
resort to violence during the Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) the clash
with Dr Ambedkar over his demand for a separate electorate for Dalits which he
thought would halt
their
integration into society
(d) the failure
of the Second Round Table Conference
Ans.
(c)
Q.31. The main features of the Poona Pact of September 1932 were :
(a) No separate
electorates for Dalits, to be voted by the general electorates
(b) The Dalits
to be called Depressed Classes and not Harijans
(c) Reserved
seats for Depressed Classes in provincial and central legislative councils
(d) Both (a) and
(c)
Ans.
(d)
Q.32. Natesa Sastri expressed and proved his love for folklore by :
(a) Believing
that folklore was national literature
(b) By calling
it the most trustworthy manifestation of the people’s real thoughts and
characteristics
(c) By
publishing a massive four-volume collection of Tamil folk tales ‘The Folklore of
Southern India’
(d) All the
above
Ans.
(c)
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS
Q.1. In which movement did Gandhi see an opportunity to bring Muslims under the
umbrella of a unified national movement :
(a) the
oppressive plantation system in Champaran movement
(b) A satyagraha
movement to support the peasants of the Kheda district of Gujarat
(c) A nationwide
satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act of 1919
(d) A
non-cooperation movement in support of Khilafat as well as Swaraj
Ans.
(d)
Q.2. Which pact resolved the issue of separate electorates for dalits between
Gandhi and Ambedkar in 1932?
(a) Lucknow pact
(b) Nagpur pact
(c) Poona pact
(d) Surat pact
Ans.
(c)
Q.3. Which was the main cause for boycotting foreign goods during
Non-Coopeartion Movement ?
(a) A symbol of
western economic and cultural dominations
(b) A symbol of
foreign rule
(c) A symbol of
western political domination
(d) A symbol of
oppressive rule
Ans.
(b)
Q.4. Which of the following was the cause for business classes to participate in
Civil Disobedience Movement ?
(a) To buy
foreign goods without any Restrictions
(b) To sell
Indian goods without any restrictions
(c) Protection
against import of foreign goods
(d) To export
their goods
Ans.
(c)
Q.5. Which one of the following is not true regarding the impact of the First
World War on India ?
(a) Defence
expenditure resulted in increased taxes.
(b) Forced
recruitment of soldiers was introduced in the villages
(c) Income tax
was introduced and customs duties increased
(d) The
hardships ended with the war as the British introduced the Rowlatt Act
Ans.
(d)
Q.6. Which one of the following is not true regarding the Jallianwala Bagh
incident ?
(a) It took
place on 10th April, 1919
(b) Satyagrahis
were forced to rub their noses on the ground and crawl on the streets
(c) Its aim was
to create a ‘moral effect’ in the minds of the satyagrahis
(d) Its aim was
to create a feeling of terror
Ans.
(a)
Q.7. Which one of the following is not trueregarding the Rowlatt Act ?
(a) It barred
Indians from carrying weapons and arms
(b) It allowed
detention of political prisoners without trial, for two years
(c) Its aim was
to give power to the government to repress political activities
(d) It was
passed by the Imperial Legislative Councils in 1919
Ans.
(d)
Q.8. Which one of the following is not true regarding the Khilafat Movement ?
(a) It aimed at
bringing the Hindus and Muslims together in the Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) It aimed at
defending the Ottoman Emperor’s temporal powers
(c) Muhammad Ali
and Shaukat Ali led the movement in India
(d) It resulted
in the restoration of the power of the Khilafat of Turkey
Ans.
(d)
Q.9. Why did the rich peasant community actively participate in the Civil
Disobedience Movement ? Choose the most appropriate answer from the following :
(a) Failure of
talks in the 2nd Round Table Conference
(b) The
Government’s refusal to reduce the revenue demand
(c) Khadi cloth
was more expensive than mill cloth
(d) Racial
discrimination
Ans.
(b)
Q.10. Which one of the following leaders headed Abadh Kisan Sabha ?
(a) Jawahar lal
Nehru
(b) Mahatma
Gandhi
(c) Subhash
Chandra Bose
(d) Motilal
Nehru
Ans.
(a)
Q.11. Which one of the following statements is not the basic concept of ‘Satyagraha’?
(a) Emphasis on
the power of truth
(b) Emphasis on
the need to restrain oneself
(c) Emphasis on
non-violence
(d) Emphasis on
enduring the British dominance
Ans.
(d)
Q.12. Which one of the following was the main reason behind the start of the
Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920 ?
(a) To fulfil
the demand for Swaraj.
(b) To oppose
the arrival of Prince of Wales.
(c) To surrender
the titles vested by British.
(d) To boycott
the civil services, army, police, courts and legislative councils.
Ans.
(a)
Q.13. The event that marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement was
:
(a) The demand
for Poorna Swaraj of 1929
(b) The
Independence Day pledge of 1930
(c) The
violation of Salt Law in 1930
(d) All of these
Ans.
(d)
Q.14. In 1916, Gandhiji travelled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasant to struggle against the :
(a) Upper caste
people
(b) Landless
agriculture labourers
(c) Oppressive
plantation system
(d) None of them
Ans.
(c)
Q.15. Who was the President of Muslim
League in 1930 ?
(a) Muhammad Ali
Jinnah
(b) Muhammad
Iqbal
(c) Muhammad Ali
(d) Shaukat Ali
Ans.
(b)
Q.16. In 1905, who painted the image of
Bharat Mata shown as dispensing learning, food and clothing?
(a) Rabindranath
Tagore
(b) Abnindranath
Tagore
(c) Bankim
Chandra Chattopadhyay
(d) None of
these
Ans.
(b)
Q.17. Why did General Dyer open fire on the peaceful gathering at Jallianwala
Bagh on 13th April, 1919 ?
(a) General Dyer
wanted to enforce martial law very strictly in Amritsar.
(b) He wanted to
create feeling of terror and awe in the minds of satyagrahis.
(c) He wanted to
demoralise the local Congress leaders.
(d) He wanted to
gain prominence in the eyes of British government.
Ans.
(b)
Q.18. Gandhiji began fast unto death when Dr. B.R. Ambedkar demanded separate
electorate for Dalits cause
(a) Separate
electorates would create division in
the society.
(b) Separate
electorates would slow down the progress of integration into society.
(c) With
separate electorates, Dalits would gain respect in society.
(d) The
condition of Dalits would become better.
Ans.
(a)
Q.19. ‘Hind Swaraj’ was written by :
(a) Abul Kalam
Azad
(b) Mahatma
Gandhi
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Subhash
Chandra Bose
Ans.
(b)
Q.20. Who amongst the following led the Civil Disobedience in Peshawar ?
(a) Abdul Gaffar
Khan
(b) Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad
(c) Lala Lajpat
Rai
(d) Jawaharlal
Nehru
Ans.
(a)
Q.21. The resolution of Poorna Swaraj was adopted at which session of the
Congress ?
(a) Karachi (b)
Haripur
(c) Lahore (d)
Lucknow
Ans.
(c)
Q.22. Who led the peasants movement in Oudh during the Non-Co-Operation Movement
?
(a) Motilal
Nehru
(b) Mahatma
Gandhi
(c) Baba
Ramchandra
(d) Sardar Patel
Ans.
(c)
Q.23. The Simon Commission was boycotted in India because :
(a) There was no
Indian member in the Commission.
(b) It supported
the Muslim League
(c) Congress
felt that people deserved Swaraj
(d) There were
differences among the members
Ans.
(a)
Q.24. Which of the following best describes Satyagraha as an idea ?
(a) Practising
civil disobedience
(b) Resignation
from official posts
(c) Appealing to
the conscience of the adversary without physical force
(d) Boycott of
schools and colleges
Ans.
(a)
Q.25. Which of the following in not true about the Rowlatt Act ?
(a) It allowed
the detention of prisoners for five years without trial.
(b) Gave the
government powers to repress political activity
(c) It passed
the Act despite opposition from the Indian members in the Imperial Legislative
Council.
(d) Led to the
launch of a movement under Gandhiji’s leadership.
Ans.
(a)
Q.26. Which of the following was a cause for the withdrawal of the
Non-Cooperation Movement?
(a) Lack of
coordination among the satyagrahi
(b) Outbreak of
violence at Chauri Chaura.
(c) Gandhiji
wanted to start Civil Disobedience
(d) Other
nationalists persuaded Gandhiji
Ans.
(b)
Q.27. Gandhiji in his work ‘Hind Swaraj’ said that:
(a) The British
must Quit India
(b) Indians must
not cooperate with the British
(c) The
Government must concede the right to make salt
(d) Indians must
be involved in the governance of India
Ans.
(b)
Q.28. Which one of the following is not true regarding the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of
1931?
(a) Mahatma
Gandhiji decided to call off the Civil Disobedience Movement
(b) Gandhiji
consented to participate in a Round Table Conference
(c) The British
government agreed to release the political prisoners
(d) The British
government agreed to grant independence
Ans.
(d)
Q.29. Who among the following was the author of the famous novel ‘Anandamath’ ?
(a) Bankim
Chandra Chattopadhyay
(b)
Abanindranath Tagore
(c) Natesa
Sastri
(d) Rabindranath
Tagore
Ans.
(a)
Q.30. Who among the following were associated with ‘Swaraj Party’ formed during
India’s freedom struggle ?
(a) C.R. Das and
Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Motilal
Nehru and C.R. Das
(c) Motilal
Nehru and Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Muhammad Ali
and Shaukat Ali
Ans.
(b)
Q.31. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in :
(a) 1920 (b)
1913
(c) 1910 (d)
1915
Ans.
(d)
Q.32. The concept of Non-Cooperation was turned into a movement through the :
(a) surrender of
government awarded titles
(b) boycott of
foreign goods and schools
(c) boycott of
civil services, army, police, courts and legislative councils
(d) all of these
Ans.
(d)
Q.33. How did the Indian people belonging to different communities, regions or
languages develop a sense of collective belonging ?
(a) Through the
experience of united struggles
(b) Through
cultural process
(c) Through the
several of Indian folklores.
(d) All of these
Ans.
(d)
Q.34. Indians boycotted the Simon Commission because :
(a) It was an
all-British Commission
(b) It was
formed in Britain
(c) It was set
up to oppose the nationalist movement
(d) None of
these
Ans.
(a)
Q.35. What was the effect of the Non-Cooperation Movement on the plantation
workers in Assam?
(a) They left
the plantations and headed towards home
(b) They went on
strike
(c) They
destroyed the plantations
(d) They started
using violence
Ans.
(a)
Q.36. By whom was the song ‘Vande Mataram’ composed ?
(a) Bankim
Chandra Chattopadhyay
(b) Rabindranath
Tagore
(c) Sarat
Chandra Chatterjee
(d) Natesa
Sastri
Ans.
(a)
Q.37. Name the Sanyasi who was an indentured labourer in Fiji :
(a) Baba
Ramchandra
(b) Baba Ramdev
(c) Baba
Sitaraman
(d) Baba Jaidev
Ans.
(a)
Q.38. The peasants of Kheda district could not pay the revenue because they were
affected by :
(a) extreme
poverty
(b) the crop
failure
(c) a plague
epidemic
(d) all the
above
Ans.
(d)
Q.39. Justice Party of Madras was a party of :
(a) non-Muslims
(b) non-Brahmins
(c) non-Tamils
(d) judges
Ans.
(b)
Q.40. Why was Simon Commission sent to India in 1928 ?
(a) To look into
the functioning of Indian constitutional system and suggest reforms.
(b) To try
Indian revolutionary leaders.
(c) To frame a
new Constitution for India.
(d) To persuade
Gandhiji to attend the Round Table Conference.
Ans.
(c)
Q.41. In what order did the following three movements take place during
1916-1918 by Gandhiji ?
(a) Champaran,
Kheda, and Ahmedabad
(b) Champaran,
Ahmedabad and Kheda
(c) Kheda,
Champaran, and Ahmedabad
(d) Ahmedabad,
Champaran and Kheda
Ans.
(a)
Q.42. Who among the following organised the dalits in the Depressed Classes
Association in 1930?
(a) Gandhiji
(b) Alluri
Sitarm Raju
(c) Kansi Ram
(d) Dr. B.R.
Ambedkar
Ans.
(d)
Q.43. In the countryside, rich peasants and Jats of Uttar Pradesh actively
participated in the Civil Disobedience
Movement because
(a) They wanted
Poorna Swaraj
(b) They were
very hard hit by the trade depression and falling prices.
(c) They wanted
the unpaid rent to the landlord to be remitted
(d) The
government was forcing land ceiling
Ans.
(b)
Q.44. Which one of the following provisions is related to Gandhi-Irwin Pact ?
(a) Not to
arrest Gandhiji
(b) To release
the political prisoners
(c) To abolish
Salt Act
(d) To arrest
Sir John Simon
Ans.
(b)
Q.45. The relationship between the poor peasants and the Congress remained
uncertain during the Civil Disobedience
Movement because
(a) The poor
peasants were interested in
the lowering of
the revenue demand
(b) They
launched a no rent campaigns
(c) They were
hard hit by the depression
(d) All the
above
Ans.
(b)
Q.46. Who said, “The Swaraj would not come for a hundred years if untouchability
is not eliminated”?
(a) Motilal
Nehru
(b) Subhash
Chandra Bose
(c) Mahatma
Gandhi
(d) B.R.
Ambedkar
Ans.
(c)
Q.47. ‘Swaraj’ for the plantation workers in Assam meant
(a) political
freedom
(b) more wages
(c) retaining a
link with the village from which they had come
(d) none of the
above
Ans.
(c)
Q.48. Which one of the following was the main reason for calling off the Non-
Cooperation Movement by Gandhiji in 1922 ?
(a) The Chauri
Chaura incident
(b) The passing
of the Rowlatt Act
(c) Khilafat
Movement
(d) The
Jallianwala Bagh incident
Ans.
(a)
Q.49. Who one of the following took command, when martial law was imposed in
Amritsar in 1919?
(a) General Dyer
(b) Lord
Dalhousie
(c) William
Bentinck
(d) Sir John
Simon
Ans.
(a)