Extra questions : Nationalism in India

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NATIONALISM IN INDIA

Multiple Choice Questions of Nationalism in India

1Q. By whom was the Swaraj Party formed?
a) Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das
b) Subhas Chandra Bose and Sardar Patel
c) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad
d) Motilal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad

2Q. By whom was the first image of Bharatmata painted?
a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Abanindranath Tagore
c) Ravi Verma
d) Nandalal Bose

3Q. Why did the Indians oppose the Rowlatt Act?
a) It introduced the Salt Law.
b) It increased taxes on land
c) It gave the British the power to arrest and detain a person without a trial
d) It put a ban on the Congress party.

4Q. By what name were the dalits referred by Gandhiji?
a) Untouchables
b) Shudras
c) Harijans
d) Achchuts

5Q. Why did Gandhiji organise a Satyagraha in Ahmedabad Mill in 1918?
a) To protest against the poor working condition in the factory.
b) To demand for a higher wages for workers.
c) To protest against high revenue demand.
d) None of the above.

6Q. Why was the Round Table Conference held in England?
a) To discuss the provisions of future Indian Constitution.
b) To discuss the steps to be taken to check Indian National Movement
c) To give concessions to Indians
d) To make plans for improvement of agriculture in India.

7Q. What does the term Khalifa refer?
a) Sultan of a Muslim country
b) Spiritual leader of the Muslim
c) Nawab of a Muslim state
d) Badshah of Mughal period

8Q. What kind of movement was launched by the tribal peasants of Gudem Hills in Andhra Pradesh?
a) Satyagraha Movement
b) Militant Guerrilla Movement
c) Non-Violent Movement
d) None of the above.

9Q. Hind Swaraj' was written by?
a) Abul Kalam Azad
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Sardar Patel
d)Subhas Chandra Bose

10Q. Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 the peasants were not permitted to
a) Leave their village
b) Settle in the city
c) Leave their plantation without permission
d) Allow the women to leave farmlands without permission

11Q. Which among the following was the prime factor in the emergence of modern nationalism in India?
a) New symbols
b) New ideas
c) Icons
d) Anti-colonial movement

12Q. In which year did Gandhiji return to India from South Africa?
a) Jan. 1915
b) Feb. 1916
c) Jan. 1916
d) Feb. 1915

13Q. Satyagraha was
a) pure soul force
b) weapon of the week
c) physical force
d) force of arms

14Q. Champaran Satyagraha (1916) was launched by Gandhiji against
a) high revenue demand
b) indigo planters
c) mill owners
d) salt tax

15Q. Which among the following was the reason for Indian opposition to the Rowlatt Act (1919)?
a) It was passed hurriedly
b) It gave the govt. enormous powers
c) Local leaders were picked up
d) It authorised the government to imprison people without trial

16Q. In which city Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy took place?
a) Amritsar
b) Lahore
c) Agra
d) Meerut

17Q. Whcih of the following formed the Khilafat Commitee in Bombay?
a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
b) Ali Brothers
c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
d) Surendra Nath Banerjee

18Q. The famous book of Gandhiji is
a) My Experiments with truth
b) Hind Swaraj
c) Discovery of India
d) Main Kampf

19Q. When did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?
(a) 1913
(b) 1919
(c) 1915
(d) 1921 


20Q. What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 presume?
(a) Detention of political prisoners without trial
(b) Forced recruitment in the army
(c) Forced manual labour
(d) Equal pay for equal work 


21Q. What did Mahatma Gandhi in his book, Hind Swaraj, declare?
(a) British ruled India because the latter was militarily weak
(b) British ruled India because Indians cooperated with them
(c) British ruled India because they got international support
(d) None of these 


22Q. What did the term 'picket' refer to?
(a) Stealing from shops
(b) Import of goods
(c) Protest by blocking shop entrances
(d) Boycott of clothes and goods 


23Q. Who led the peasants in Awadh?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Baba Ramchandra
(d) None of these 


24Q. What did the term 'begar' mean?
(a) Payment of wages
(b) High rents demanded by landlords
(c) Labour without payment
(d) None of these 


25Q. What was the effect of the Non-cooperation movement on the plantation workers in Assam?
(a) They left the plantations and headed home
(b) They went on strike
(c) They destroyed the plantations
(d) None of these 


26Q. What was the main problem with the Simon Commission?
(a) It was an all British commission
(b) It was formed in Britain
(c) It was set up in response to the nationalist movement
(d) All of the above 


27Q. Where was Gandhi's ashram located?
(a) Dandi
(b) Sabarmati
(c) Allahabad
(d) Nagpur 


28Q. What led to the Civil Disobedience Movement?
(a) Arrival of the Simon Commission
(b) Working at the firm without payments
(c) Violation of Salt Tax by Gandhi
(d) Fall in demand for agricultural goods 


29Q. Who were the 'Sanatanis'?
(a) Saints
(b) Dalits
(c) High-caste Hindus
(d) None of these 


30Q. Who organised the dalits into the Depressed Classes Association?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) B.R. Ambedkar 


31Q. What moved Abanindranath Tagore to paint the famous image of Bharat Mata?
(a) Civil Disobedience Movement
(b) Swadeshi Movement
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) All of these 


32Q. Who wrote the 'Vande Matram'?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Abanindranath Tagore
(d) Sardar Vallabhai Patel 


33Q. Who was Sir Mohammad Iqbal?
(a) Congress President
(b) President of the Muslim League, 1930
(c) Gandhiji's devout disciple
(d) None of these

2. Long answer type questions:-

 1. How did the First World War help in the growth of National Movement in India?

                                                OR

What was the impact of the First World War on India?

                                                OR

Examine the new economic and political situations created by the First World War in India?

2. Name the three satyagraha Movements organized by Gandhiji soon after returning to India

3.Why were the Indians outraged by the Rowlatt Act?

                                                     Or

Why did the Indians oppose the Rowlatt Act?

4. Explain the movement against the Rowlatt Act [Rowlatt Satyagraha].

5. Why did Ghandhiji decide to launch the Non-co operation Movement in 1920?

                                                          OR

Examine the developments which led to the launching of Non-co operation Movement in 1920.

6.  Why did some leaders of the Congress oppose the idea of a Non-co operation Movement?

7. Write a short note on the Non Co Operation Movement.

8. Examine the main features of the Non Co operation movement in towns and cities.

9. Why did the Non Co Operation movement gradually slow down in towns and cities?

10. Examine the main features of the Non-Co operation Movement in the country side [villages].

 11. How were the peasant’s and tribal’s movements in the country side against the Gandhian methods of Non-co operation?

12. Examine the main features of the Non-co operation Movement in the plantations.

13. How did different groups of people interpret the idea of Swaraj?

14. Explain the incident which forced Gandhiji to call off the Non-Co operation Movement.                                                                        OR

Why did Gandhiji decide to withdraw the Non Co operation Movement?

15. Examine the significance of the Non-Co operation Movement.

                                                   OR

Evaluate the major contributions of the Non-Co operation Movement.

16. Why did the Indians oppose the Simon Commission?                                                

                                          OR

Why did the Congress decide to boycott the Simon Commission?

17.Explain the Movement against the Simon Commission.(or)                                               

 How did the Indians oppose the Simon Commission?

18. Examine the significance of the Lahore Session (1929) of the Indian National Congress.

                                                 OR

Mention the important decisions taken at the Lahore Congress of 1929.

19. Examine the different strands within the Non-co operation Movement.

                                                     OR

List the Social groups which joined the Non-Co operation Movement.Choose any three and write about their struggles and hopes to show why they joined the movement.

20. Why did Gandhiji oppose the Salt Law?

21. Why did the Congress decide to launch the Civil Disobedience.

                                                   OR

What were the developments that led to the launching of the Civil Disobedience Movement?

22. Examine the main features of the Civil Disobedience Movement.

23. When was the Civil Disobedience Movement started? How was it different from the Non Co operation Movement?

24. What were the aims of the Civil Disobedience Movement? How far was the Congress successful in its objectives?

25. Why was the Civil Disobedience Movement called off?                            

26. What were the ideals of the different social groups that participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement?                                                        OR

Why did various classes and groups of Indians participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement?

27. Examine the role of women in the Civil Disobedience Movement.

28. Why did the poor peasants and the Industrial workers keep themselves away from the Congress?

29. Examine the significance of the Civil Disobedience Movement.

                               OR

Evaluate the main contributions of the Civil Disobedience.

30. What were the main limitations (drawbacks or short comings) of the Civil Disobedience Movement?

31. Discuss the role of Dalits in the Civil Disobedience Movement.

32. What was Mahatma Gandhi’s attitude towards dalits?                           OR

Examine the efforts made by Gandhiji for the upliftment of dalits?

33. Why did Dr. Ambedkar and Gandhi clash in the Second Round Table Conference?

34. Why did some Muslim Organizations keep away from the Civil Disobedience Movement?

35. Examine the cultural factors and identities which created a sense of collective belonging among the people of India.                    

                                                    OR

Describe the cultural process through which nationalism captured people’s imagination.

36. How did the image of Bharat Mata come in to existence? How did this image help in the growth of Nationalism?

37. Compare the image of Bharat Mata in this chapter with the image of Germania

In chapter 1.

38. Mention the efforts made by the Indians to revive the Indian folklore. How did this revival help in the growth of Nationalism?

39. Ideas of Nationalism also developed through a movement to revive Indian folklore – Explain.

40. How was the flag used to promote the spirit of Nationalism among the Indians?

41. Give a short account of the Rediscovery of India’s Past.          OR

Explain the steps taken by the Indians for the reinterpretation of the Indian History.

42. Why did the political leaders differ sharply over the question of separate electorates?

43. What were the negative effects of the efforts made to create nationalism among the Indians?

44. Why is the growth of nationalism in the colonies linked to anti colonial movement?

45 Enumerate the factors which helped in the birth of Indian Nationalism.