Important Questions on:

The Making of the

National Movement:
1870s--1947
 ABOUT ME
RISHABH DIXIT
BA Economics (H). from Himalayan
University
MA Economics from CCS University

Experience:
• 5 years of Experience of Teaching
International, National and Regional
Boards
SCOPE

01 Emergence of Nationalism

02 Nationalism (till 1920s), Rise of Mahatma Gandhi

03 Nationalism (1920s- 1947)

Content

01 Fill in the blanks

02 True and False

03 Match the following

04 Important Questions
 Fill in the blanks

(i) ______ authored the book Poverty and Un-British Rule.

(ii) ______ used to edit the Marathi newspaper.
(iii) In August____ , the quite India movement started.
(iv) The ______leaders did not believe in extreme actions.
 Answers

(i) Dadabhai Naoroji

(ii) Balgangadhar tilak
(iii) 1942
(iv) Moderate
 True or False

(i) The Simon commission had two Indian representatives.

(ii) Subhash Chandra Bose was not a moderate leader.

(iii) After the partition of Bengal the swadeshi movement started.

(iv) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in Amritsar.

 Answers
(i) False
(ii) True
(iii) True
(iv) True
 Match the Following

1 Rowlatt act A 1906

2 Simon Commission B 1930

3 Civil disobedience movement C 1927
4 All India Muslim League D 1919
 Answers

1 Rowlatt act D 1919

2 Simon Commission C 1927

3 Civil disobedience movement B 1930
4 All India Muslim League A 1906
 Important Questions and Answers
1. What was the demand of Muslim League in 1940?
Answer: The Muslim League resolution of 1940 demanded the formation of
independent states for the Muslim people in the north-western and eastern
parts of the country.

2. What was the misconception in the mind of the leaders of the Congress
during British India?
Answer: The leaders of the Congress thought that the British had respect for
justice and freedom, and hence they would accept the demands that the
Indians put forth.
 Important Questions and Answers
3. Who were called as “Lal-Bal-Pal”?
Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai, Balagangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal were
called as “Lal-Bal-Pal” for their upsurge against the British.

4. When did the Non-Cooperation movement strengthened?

Answer: The Non-Cooperation Movement gained strength in different parts of
India between 1921 and 1922. Many Indians gave up their studies and
professions to take part in the freedom struggle.

5. Who was A.O Hume? what was his role in the history of India?
Answer: A.O Hume was a British official who brought together Indians of
different regions.
 Important Questions and Answers
6. When did the British start to accept the demand of the Indians?

Answer: The Congress emerged victorious in seven out of the eleven

provinces in the 1937 elections. This saw the wake of the “Quit India‟
movement, which resulted in the British slowly accepting the demand for
freedom by the Indians.
 Important Questions and Answers
7. Why did the British divide Bengal?

Answer: Before the bifurcation of Bengal, the Bengal was a very big state.
Bihar and some parts of Orissa were part of it. The British divided Bengal for
the purpose of better administration. In a wide view, the bifurcation of Bengal
was jut to benefit the businessmen and administration. One more important
reason to split Bengal was that the British wanted to divide the politicians and
its people.
 Important Questions and Answers
8. What was the idea of the Indian National Congress?

Answer: The Indian National Congress wished to speak for equal rights of all
the people of India without any discrimination on the basis of class, caste,
creed, colour, gender or language. They believed that India and its resources
did not belong to any one class or community, but was common to all the
communities of India.
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