SANSKRITI SCHOOL, PUNE

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CLASS X
TOPIC-HISTORY_NATIONALISM IN INDIA
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Who was the writer of the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) B.R. Ambedkar (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Jawahar Lai Nehru
2. Khilafat Committee was formed in 1919 in the city of
(a) Bombay (b) Calcutta (c)Lucknow (d)Amritsar
3. The Non-cooperation Khilafat Movement began in
(a) January 1921 (b)February 1922 (c)December 1929 (d) April 1919
4. Which of the following was the reason for calling off the Non-cooperation Movement by Gandhiji?
(a)Pressure from the British Government (b) Second Round Table Conference
(c)Gandhiji’s arrest (d) Chauri-Chaura incident
5. Baba Ramchandra, a sanyasi, was the leader of which of the following movements?
(a)Khilafat Movement (b) Militant Guerrilla Movement of Andhra Pradesh
(c) Peasants’ Movement of Awadh (d) Plantation Workers’ Movement in Assam
6. Who set up the ‘Oudh Kisan Sabha’?
(a)Alluri Sitaram Raju (b) Jawahar Lai Nehru and Baba Ramchandra
(c)Jawaharlal Nehru and Shaukat Ali (d) Mahatma Gandhi
7. Under the presidency of Jawahahar Lai Nehru, the Lahore Congress Session of 1929 formalised the
demand of
(a)abolition of Salt Tax (b) ‘Puma Swaraj’ or complete independence
(c)boycott of Simon Commission (d) separate electorate for the ‘dalits’
8. The ‘Simon Commission’ was boycotted because
(a)there was no British Member in the Commission.
(b) it demanded separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims.
(c) there was no Indian Member in the Commission.
(d) it favoured the Muslims over the Hindus.
9. A form of demonstration used in the Non-cooperation Movement in which people block the entrance to a
shop, factory or office is
(a)Boycott (b) Begar (c) Picketing (d) Bandh
10. Who formed the ‘Swaraj Party’ within the Congress?
(a)Jawahar Lai Nehru and Motilal Nehru (b) Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi
(c)Jawahar Lai Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose (d) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru
11. Who founded the ‘Depressed Classes Association’ in 1930?
(a)Alluri Sitaram Raju (b) C.R. Das (c) M.R. Jayakar (d) Dr B.R. Ambedkar
12. Which party did not boycott the Council elections held in the year 1921?
(a) Swaraj Party (b) Justice Party (c) Muslim League (d) Congress Party
13. What do you mean by the term ‘Begar’l
(a)An Act to prevent plantation workers to leave the tea gardens without permission.
(b) The forced recruitment of soldiers in rural areas during World War I.
(c) Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any payment.
(d) Refusal to deal and associate with people, or participate in activities as a form of protest.
14. Where did Mahatma Gandhi start his famous ‘Salt March’ on 12th March 1930?
(a)Dandi (b) Chauri-Chaura (c) Sabarmati (d) Surat
15. Which industrialist attacked colonial control over Indian economy and supported the Civil Disobedience
Movement?
(a)Dinshaw Petit (b)Purshottamdas Thakurdas (c) Dwarkanath Tagore (d) Seth Hukumchand
16. Who visualised and depicted the image of ‘Bharat Mata’ through a painting?
(a)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c)Natesa Sastri (d) Abanindranath Tagore
17. Which of the following was Mahatma Gandhi’s novel method of fighting against the British?
(a)He used violent method of stone pelting.
(b) He used arson to bum down government offices.
(c)He fought with the principle of ‘an eye for i an eye’.
(d) He practised open defiance of law, ; peaceful demonstration, satyagraha and non-violence.
18. What does satyagraha mean? Choose one from j the following options.
(a)‘Satyagraha’ means use of physical force to inflict pain while fighting.
(b) ‘Satyagraha’ does not inflict pain, it is a non-violent method of fighting against oppression.
(c)‘Satyagraha’ means passive resistance and is a weapon of the weak.
(d) ‘Satyagraha’ was a racist method of mass agitation.

In the given questions (Q.19 and Q.20), there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Read the statements and choose the correct option from the following:
(a)A is correct but R is wrong.
(b) A is wrong but R is correct.
(c)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(d) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

19. Assertion (A): When the Civil Disobedience Movement started there was thus an atmosphere of
suspicion and distrust between communities.
Reason (R): Many Muslim leaders and intellectuals feared that the culture and identity of minorities
would be submerged under the domination of a Hindu majority.
20. Assertion (A): Revolution is the inalienable right of mankind.
Reason (R): Many nationalists thought that the struggle against the British could not be won through
non- violence.
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS(3marks)
1. "Some icons and symbols were used for unifying the people and inspiring within them the feeling of
nationalism. Give two evidences in support of your answer.
2. Explain the measures taken by Gandhiji to eliminate the problem of untouchability.
3. Explain the role of women in Civil Disobedience Movement.

LONG ANSWER QUESTION (5marks)

1. Explain the role of Ambedkar in uplifting the Dalits or the depressed classes. Or
Who had organised the Dalits into the Depressed Classes Association in 1930? Describe his achievements.
2. "Ideas of nationalism also developed through a movement to revive Indian folklore”. Explain.
3. How did the Civil Disobedience Movement come into force in various parts of the country? Explain with
examples.

Locate the following places on map ( Stick the given maps in your notebook)
I. Congress sessions:
● 1920 Calcutta 1920 Nagpur 1927 Madras session,
II. 3 Satyagraha movements:
● Kheda Champaran. Ahmedabad mill workers
III. Jallianwala Bagh
IV. Dandi March