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Time: 30 minutes Quiz – Nationalism in India M. M. : 50

1. When was the Indian National Congress formed?

(A) 1885 (B) 1905
(C) 1884 (D) 1882

2. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
(A) Calcuttta (B) Bombay
(C) Madras (D) Delhi

3. Who was the President of the First Session of the Indian National Congress?
(A) Gopal Krishan Gokhale (B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) W.C. Banerjee (D) Surendranath Banerjee

4. Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in:
(A) 1914 (B) 1915
(C) 1916 (D) 1917

5. Which one of the following was not moderate leader?

(A) Dadabhai Naoroji (B) Gopal Krishan Gokhale
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (D) Surendranath Banerjee

6. When did Jallianwalla Bagh incident take place?

(A) 13th April 1919 (B) 13th May 1919
(C) 13th March 1919 (D) 26th January 1919

7. The Jallianwalla Bagh incident took place in the city of _________.

(A) Lahore (B) Karachi
(C) Amritsar (D) Agra

8. Which one of the following was not an extremist leader?

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Bipin Chandra Pal (D) Dadabhai Naoroji

9. Which of the following was the reason for calling off the Non-Cooperation Movement
by Mahatma Gandhi?
(A) His arrest by the government
(B) The Chauri Chaura incident
(C) Pressure from the leaders of all over the world
(D) Arrival of Simon Commission

10. Where was Satyagraha movement organised in favour of mill workers?

(A) At Kheda (B) At Ahmedabad
(C) At Champaran (D) At Bardoli

11. “We want to run away our faces from the Government House and turn them to the
huts of people”. Who said these words?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai (B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Bipin Chandra Pal (D) Moti Lal Nehru

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12. In which year the Indian Muslim League was founded?
(A) 1885 (B) 1906
(C) 1909 (D) 1919

13. The famous book „Hind Swaraj‟ was written by:

(A) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
(B) M. K. Gandhi
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

14. Justice Party of Madras was a party of:

(A) judes and lawyers (B) non-brahmins
(C) non-Muslims (D) non-Tamils

15. The resolution of “Poorna Swaraj” was adopted at which session of the Indian
National Congress?
(A) Lucknow (B) Lahore
(C) Karachi (D) Surat

16. Which movement was started by Gandhiji?

(A) The Khilafat Movement (B) The Non- Cooperation Movement
(C) The Disobedience Movement (D) The Quit India Movement

17. Who founded the I.N.A.?

(A) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru (B) Subhash Chandra Bose
(C) Sardar Bhagat Singh (D) Mahatma Gandhi

18. Who was the author of the book, “Discovery of India”?

(A) Subhash Chandra Bose (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Jawahar Lal Nehru (D) Lala Lajpat Rai

19. The Oudh Kisan Sabha was headed by:

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Baba Ram Chandra and few others (D) Alluri Sita Ram Raju

20. Who led a peasant movement during the Non-Cooperation Movement?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Gandhi Ji
(C) Baba Ramchandra (D) Sardar Patel

21. Who organised Khilafat Movement?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) M A Jinnah
(C) J L Nehru (D) Ali Brothers

22. Name the leader who sacrificed his life while boycotting the Simon Commission:
(A) Raj Guru (B) Bhagat Singh
(C) Sukh Dev (D) Lala Lajpat Rai

23. When was Complete Independence or Swaraj Declared as the aim of the Congress?
(A) 1909 (B) 1919
(C) 1929 (D) 1939

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24. Which was League against Imperialism formed in Brussels?
(A) 1923 (B) 1919
(C) 1927 (D) 1930

25. Simmon Commission arrived in India in:

(A) 1919 (B) 1928
(C) 1930 (D) 1929

26. Name the place where indigo planters movement started:

(A) Champaran (B) Allahabad
(C) Gujarat (D) Tamil Nadu
27. When was Dandi/Salt March started?
(A) 1931 (B) 1950
(C) 1939 (D) 1930

28. With which main demand did the Civil Disobedience Movement start?
(A) Abolition of un touch ability (B) Abolition of dowry
(C) Abolition of salt law (D) None of these

29. When was First Round Table Conference convened by British Government?
(A) November 1929 (B) November 1931
(C) December 1930 (D) November 1930

30. At which of the following places did Gandhiji make salt out of sea water to defy the
salt law?
(A) Sabarmati (B) Wardha
(C) Dandi (D) Ahmedabad

31. When was Government of India Act passed?

(A) 1934 (B) 1935
(C) 1936 (D) 1937

32. What was the aim of Khilafat Movement?

(A) To organise the Muslims of fight for freedom
(B) To defend the temporal power of the Turkish ruler (Khalifa) and to protest against
the harsh treatment meted out to him by the British
(C) To demand equal right for the Muslims
(D) To support the Congress leaders in their struggle

33. Who among the following led the Civil Disobedience Movement in Peshawar?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai (B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (D) Jawaharlal Nehru

34. What was the meaning of Swaraj for rich peasant communities who participated in
Civil Disobedience Movement?
(A) Struggle against high revenue (B) Cancellation of unpaid rent
(C) Lowering of revenue demand (D) None of these

35. When was Second Round Table Conference held?

(A) November 1930 (B) November 1931
(C) December 1930 (D) December 1931

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36. By what name were the dalits referred by M. K. Gandhi?
(A) Un touch ables (B) Shudras
(C) Harijans (D) Achuhuts

37. What was the meaning of Swaraj for plantation workers of Assam?
(A) End of beggar or forced labour
(B) Freedom to move freely even to their villages
(C) Everyone would be given land in their own villages
(D) All of these

38. Which of these movements was launched by Gandhiji?

(A) Non – cooperation movement (B) Civil disobedience movement
(C) Quit India movement (D) All of these

39. When was Civil Disobedience relaunched?

(A) 1932 (B) 1933
(C) 1934 (D) 1931

40. What did Mahatma Gandhi do to remove untouchability?

(A) He organised satyagraha to secure their entry into temples and access to public
wells, tanks, roads etc
(B) He, himself, cleaned toilets to dignify the work of sweepers
(C) He called them „Harijan‟ and persuaded upper castes to change their mentality
(D) All of these

41. Why was Alluri Sitaram Raju well known?

(A) He led the militant movement of tribal peasants in Andhra Pradesh
(B) He led a peasant movement in Avadh
(C) He led a satyagraha movement in Bardoli
(D) He set-up an organisation for the uplift of the dalits

42. Which of these is a tribal movement?

(A) Sanyasi Revolt 1770
(B) Ramossi Revolt 1828
(C) Movement of Seva Ram 1817
(D) All of these

43. Who organised the dalits into the Depressed Class Association in 1930?
(A) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker Periyar (B) T K Madhvan
(C) B R Ambedkar (D) K Kelappan

44. Which of the following was the most important feature of Satyagraha Movement
advocated by Gandhiji?
(A) Abolition of un touch ability (B) Social equality
(C) Truth and non-violence (D) Basic education

45. What was the result of the Poona Pact of September 1932?
(A) it recommended separate electorate for the depressed class
(B) it gave the depressed class reserved seats in provincial and central legislative
councils
(C) it recommended for their economic upliftment
(D) it secured their entry into temples and other public places

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46. Why did Gandhiji organize Satyagraha in 1917 in Kheda district of Gujarat?
(A) To support the plantation workers
(B) To protest against high revenue demand
(C) To support the mill workers to fulfil their demand
(D) To demand loans for the farmers

47. With the growth of nationalism the identity of India came to be visually associated
with the image of:
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Bharat Mata (D) All of these

48. Which one of the following was not an out come of the First World War?
(A) Increased defence expenditure
(B) Increased national income
(C) Increase in the prices of food grain and shortage of essential commodities
(D) Increased forced recruitment in army in rural areas

49. What does the term Khalifa refer?

(A) Sultan of Muslim country (B) Spiritual leader of the Muslims
(C) Nawab of Muslim state (D) Badshah of Mughal Period

50. Which of the following pacts reserved seats for „dalits‟ in the provincial and central
legislative assemblies?
(A) Lucknow Pact (B) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(C) Poona Pact (D) None of the above

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 ANSWERS
Nationalism in India
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. A
7. C 8. D 9. B 10. B 11. A 12. B
13. B 14. B 15. B 16. D 17. B 18. C
19. C 20. C 21. D 22. D 23. C 24. C
25. B 26. A 27. D 28. C 29. D 30. C
31. B 32. B 33. C 34. A 35. D 36. C
37. D 38. D 39. A 40. D 41. A 42. D
43. C 44. C 45. B 46. B 47. C 48. B
49. B 50. C

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