Class X
Nationalism in India
1 mark questions
1.When did the Non Cooperation and Khilafat Movement begin?
2. Who is the author of the famous book Hind Swaraj?
3. What was the reason for calling of Non Cooperation Movement?
4. How many miles were covered in Gandhijis Salt March?
5. The resolution of Purna Swaraj was adopted at which Congress Session?
6. Who announced a vague offer of Dominion Status for India in 1929?
7. Who organized the Dalits into Depressed Class Association in 1930?
8. Who was the President of Muslim League in 1930?
9. Name the author of the famous novel Anandamath.
10 Who among the Muslim leaders was willing to give up the demand for separate electorates?
11. Why did Nationalist in India tour villages to gather folk songs and legends?
3 marks questions
1. What was Rowlatt Act? How did the Indians show their disapproval towards this Act?
2. Why did Gandhiji decide to launch a nationwide Satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act 1919?
Explain.
3. What were the circumstances which led to Jallianwalla Bagh incident? Describe in brief the reaction of
the people immediately after the incident.
4. Explain any three effects of the non-cooperation Movement on the economy of India.
5. Why did non-cooperation movement started in 1920? Why did Gandhiji call off the movement in
1922?
6. Describe the spread of non-cooperation Movement in the countryside.
7. Describe any three major problems faced by the peasants of Awadh in the days of non-cooperation
Movement.
8. What was the impact of the First World War on India?
9. What was the Inland Emigration Act of 1859? What was the notion of Swaraj for the plantation
workers in Assam?
10. Why did non-cooperation Movement gradually slow down in cities? Explain two reasons.
11. Who was Alluri Sitaram Raju? Explain his role in inspiring the rebels with Gandhijis’s ideas.
12. What type of flag was designed during the Swaraj Movement in Bengal? Explain its main features.
How was it used as a symbol of defiance?
13. Explain the reason for the Lahore session of the congress in 1929 to be called the historical session.
14. Explain the effects of worldwide economic depression on India towards late 1920s.
15. Explain the role of Ambedkar in uplifting the dalits or the depressed classes.
16. Why did Gandhiji launch the civil Disobedience Movement? Explain any three reasons.
17. Why did Mahatma Gandhi find in Salt a powerful symbol that could unite the nation? Explain.
18. Analyse the role of merchants and the industrialists in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
19. Suggest at least three differences between the Civil Disobedience and Non Cooperation Movement.
Or
The Civil Disobedience Movement was different from the Non-Cooperation Movement. Support the
statement with example.
20. Why was Non Cooperation a powerful method of resistance?
5 marks questions
1. Gandhiji’s idea of Satyagraha emphasized the power of truth and the need to search for truth. In the
Light of this statement assess the contribution of Gandhiji towards Satyagraha.
2. Who launched the Khilafat Movement? Why was the movement launched?
Or
What were the circumstances which led to the khilafat and the Non- Cooperation Movement?
3. How did the Non-cooperation Movement spread in cities across the country? Explain its effects on the
economic front.
4. How did the Civil Disobedience Movement come into force in various parts of the country? Explain
with examples.
5. Dalit participation was limited in the Civil Disobedience Movement Examine the statement.
6. “Nationalism spreads when people begin to believe that they are all part of the same nation”. Justify the
statement.
Or
Explain the major factors which promoted the sense of nationalism in the Indians.
7. “History and fiction folklore and songs popular prints and symbols all played a part in the making of
nationalism in India” Support the statement.
8. Describe various problems in unifying people in India by the end of the 19th century.
