VELAMMAL VIDHYASRAM BS WING

SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY CH2 NATIONALISM IN INDIA

Q. No. 1) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
i. Against which of the following forms of discrimination did
Mahatma Gandhi launch a satyagraha in South Africa?
a. Racism
b. Sexism
c. Ageism
d. Casteism
ii. Where did the brutal ‘Jallianwalla Massacre’ take place?
a. Amritsar
b. Meerut
c. Lahore
d. Lucknow
iii. What did the Rowlatt Act of 1919 presume?
a. Detention of political prisoners without trial
b. Forced recruitment in the army.
c. Forced manual labor
d. Equal pay for equal work
iv. Which of the following is NOT true regarding the Khilafat
Movement?
a. It aimed at bringing Hindus and Muslims together in the Non-
Cooperation Movement
. It aimed at defending the Ottoman Emperor’s temporal powers
c. It resulted in the restoration of the power of the Khalifa of Turkey
d. Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali led the movement in India
v. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct answer from the options
given below:
Hind Swaraj: Gandhiji, Anand Math: _____
a. Abanindranath Tagore
b. Rabindranath Tagore
c. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
d. Raja Ravi Varma
vi. Who among the following wrote ‘Vande Mataram’?
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
c. Abanindranath Tagore
d. Dwarkanath Tagore
vii. Name the leader who led the peasant revolt in Awadh?
a. Baba Ramchandra
b. Sitaram Raju
c. Alluri Sitaram Raju
d. John Simon
viii. 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
ix. Identify the appropriate reason for the boycott of the Simon
Commission by the Indians from the options given below:
a. Simon commission had been formed to banish the Indian National
Congress
b. Simon commission had only two Indian members
c. Simon commission had been formed without taking permission
from the Indian National Congress
d. Simon commission did not have a single Indian member
x. Identify the appropriate reason for Dandi March by Mahatma
Gandhi:
a. Tax on salt
b. Boycott of Simon Commission
c. Demand for Poorna Swaraj
d. Fall of prices of agricultural goods
xi. Identify the appropriate reason for the formation of the Swaraj
party from the options given below.
a. Wanted members of Congress to return to Council Politics
b. Wanted members of Congress to ask for Poorna Swaraj for
Indians
c. Wanted members of Congress to ask Dominion State for India
d. Wanted members of Congress to oppose Simon Commission
xii. Consider the following events:
1. Poona Pact
2. Rowlatt Act
3. Salt March
4. Simon Commission
The correct chronological order of these events is
a. 4, 3, 2, 1
b. 4, 3, 1, 2
c. 3, 4, 1, 2
d. 2, 4, 3, 1
xiii. Why did the Simon Commission come to India?
a. To control the campaign against the British in cities
b. To look into the functioning of the British
c. To initiate salt law in India
d. To suggest changes in the functioning of the constitutional
system in India
xiv. In which congress session the demand of ‘Purna Swaraj’ was
formalized in 1929?
a. Calcutta
b. Bombay
c. Lahore
d. Nagpur
xv. Which of the following event happened on 31 January 1930?
a. Gandhiji wrote a letter to Lord Irwin
b. Lahore session of Congress was concluded
c. The Salt March was launched by Gandhiji
d. All of the above
xvi. Arrange the following events in the correct chronological order.
1. Coming of Simon Commission to India
2. The demand of Purna Swaraj in the Lahore session of the
Indian National Congress
3. Government of India Act, 1919
4. Champaran Satyagraha
Options
a. 3, 2, 4, 1
b. 4, 2, 4, 1
c. 2, 3, 1, 4
d. 4, 3, 1, 2
xvii. Identify the appropriate reason from the following options, for
the non-participation of industrial workers in the Civil Disobedience
Movement.
a. Industrialists were close to Congress
b. British offered them good salaries
c. They were reluctant to boycott foreign goods
d. Growth of socialism
Q. No. 2) Why did Mahatma Gandhi organize Satyagraha in the
Kheda district of Gujarat in 1917?
Q. No, 3) How was the social and political situation of India affected
by the First World War? Explain.
Or,
How did the First World War help in the growth of the nationalist
movement in India?
Q. No. 4) Why did Gandhiji start Non-Cooperation Movement?
Explain.
Q. N0. 5) Gandhiji was vehemently against the Anarchical and
Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, popularly known as the Rowlatt
Act. Elaborate.
Or,
Explain any two provisions of the Rowlatt Act. How was Rowlatt Act
opposed by the people in India? Explain with examples.

Q. No. 6) Describe the famous incidence of Jallianwalla Bagh.

Ans. 

Q. No. 7) What were the reasons for starting the Khilafat Movement?
Or,
How did the Khilafat issue become part of the National Movement?
Ans.
Q. No. 8) a. Why did Gandhiji consider nonviolence as supreme
dharma?
b. How was Gandhian satyagraha taken by the people who believed
in his philosophy?
c. Why was Gandhian satyagraha considered a novel way to resist
injustice?
Q. No. 9) How did the Non-Cooperation Movement unfold in the
cities and towns of India?
Or,
Q. No. 10) ‘The Non-Cooperation Movement in the cities gradually
slowed down for a variety of reasons’. Examine the reasons.
Ans. The Non-Cooperation Movement in the cities gradually slowed
down because:

Q. No. 11) How did the peasants of Awadh use different methods to
achieve their goal? Explain with examples.
Q. No. 13) Explain the role played by tribal peasants in the Gudem
Hills of  Andhra Pradesh during the Non-Cooperation movement.
Or,
Who was Alluri Sitaram Raju? Explain his role in inspiring the rebels
with Gandhiji’s ideas.
Or,
“Tribal peasants interpreted the message of Mahatma Gandhi and
the idea of swaraj in another way and participated in the Non-
Cooperation differently.” Justify the statement.
Or,
Describe the role of Alluri Sitaram Raju in Andhra Pradesh during the
1920s.
Q. No. 14) What did the Inland Emigrating Act of 1859 declare?
Ans. Plantation workers would not leave tea gardens without
permission.
Q. No. 15) Explain the meaning and notion of swaraj as perceived by
the plantation workers. How did they respond to the call of the Non-
Cooperation movement?
Q. No. 16) Why did Gandhiji decide to withdraw the Non-Cooperation
Movement in February 1922?
Q. No. 17) ‘Salt is something that is consumed by the rich and the
poor alike across India.’ Which step by Viceroy Irwin enraged
Gandhi to launch a nationwide protest movement using this
essential item as a symbol?
Q. No. 18) Write down the features of the Civil Disobedience
Movement. How was this different from Non-Cooperation
Movement?
Q. No. 19) The Civil Disobedience Movement saw the participation of
different social classes and groups. Give reasons for the
participation of the following:
a. Rich peasants
b. Poor peasants
c. Business classes
d. Industrial working classes
e. Women
Q. No. 20) How did the Indian merchants and industrialists relate
themselves to the Civil Disobedience Movement? Explain.
Ans.

Q. No. 21) Why did Gandhiji relaunch the Civil Disobedience

Movement after the Second Round Table Conference?
Or,
Why did Mahatma Gandhi relaunch the Civil Disobedience Movement
with great apprehension? Explain.
Q. No. 22) Explain the limitations of the Civil Disobedience
Movement.
Q. No. 23) Describe the views of Mahatma Gandhi on untouchability
and the efforts made by him to get Harijans their rights.
Q. No. 24) Describe the main features of the Poona Pact.
Q. No. 25) “Some of the Muslims political organizations in India were
lukewarm in their response to the Civil Disobedience Movement.”
Examine the statement.
Q. No. 26) “The sense of collective belonging came partly through
the experience of united struggles, the role of folklore, songs, icons,
& images.” Analyze the statement.
Or,
How did people belonging to different communities, regions, or
language groups develop a sense of collective belonging in 19th-
century India? Explain.
Q. No. 27) Who painted the picture of Bharat Mata given below?
Mention some of its features.

Q. No. 28) How reinterpretation of history created a sense of

collective belongingness among the different communities of India?