BAL BHARATI PUBLIC SCHOOL, PITAMPURA, DELHI – 110034

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LESSON: NATIONALISM IN INDIA
PRAGATI KULPATI
X-B
20
2023-2024

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

I.MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Q1.Champaran Satyagraha (1916) was launched by Gandhiji against

a) high revenue demand

b) indigo planters
c) mill owners
d) salt tax

Q2. Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 the peasants were not permitted to

a) Leave their village

b) Settle in the city
c) Leave their plantation without permission
d) Allow the women to leave farmlands without permission

Q3.Which among the following was the reason for Indian opposition to the Rowlatt
Act (1919)?

a) It was passed hurriedly

b) It gave the govt. enormous powers
c) Local leaders were picked up
d) It authorised the government to imprison people without trial
 Q4What did Mahatma Gandhi in his book, Hind Swaraj, declare?

(a) British ruled India because the latter was militarily weak
(b) British ruled India because Indians cooperated with them
(c) British ruled India because they got international support
(d) None of these

Q5.What was the effect of the Non-cooperation movement on the plantation workers
in Assam?

(a) They left the plantations and headed home

(b) They went on strike
(c) They destroyed the plantations
(d) None of these

. Look at the given images and answer the questions that follow:

Q6.Which of the following aspects best signifies the background of this image of
Bal Gangadhar Tilak?

a.Image of temple
b.Image of Bharat Mata
c. Image of church
d. All of the above representing symbols of unity
Q7. In this famous painting of Abindranath Tagore what does the mala in the hand of
Bharat Mata signify

a. Hinduism
b. Knowledge of Vedas
c. Prosperity
d. Ascetic qualities of the motherland

Q8. In this painting of Jawahar Lal Nehru what does the image of Bharat Mata

signify?
 a. Love for the motherland
b. The idea of sacrifice
c. Feeling of oneness & unity
d. All of the above

CASE STUDY BASED QUESTION

Read the given source and answer the questions that follows:

Another important feature of the Civil Disobedience Movement was the large scale
participation of women. During Gandhiji’s Salt March, thousands of women came out
of their homes to listen to him. They participated in protest-marches, manufactured
salt and picketed foreign cloth and liquor shops. Many went to jail. In urban areas,
these women were from high caste families. In rural areas, they came from rich
peasant households. Moved by Gandhiji’s call, they began to see service to the
nation as a sacred duty of women. Gandhiji was convinced that it was the duty of
women to look after home and hearth, be good mothers and good wives. And for a
long time, the Congress was reluctant to allow women to hold any position of
authority within the organisation. It was keen only on their symbolic presence.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate

option:
 Q9.1 Enlist one important feature of the Civil Disobedience

movement .

Ans.One important feature of CDM:

It was a step further from NCM. People were now promoted to not only refuse cooperation but

also break colonial law.

Q9. 2 Examine Gandhi ji’s views about women

Ans. Gandhi ji was convinced that it was the duty of women to look after home.

Q9.3 Analyze the role of any two social classes in the civil disobedience

movement .

● Business classes: They demanded protection against the import of foreign goods. They wanted a

Rupee-Sterling exchange rate that would discourage import. They formed the Indian Industrial

and Commercial Congress in 1920.

● Industrial Workers: They were poorly paid. Conditions of work were miserable. Swaraj meant

better wages and working conditions for them. Railway workers and dockyard workers conducted

strike. Workers in mines wore Gandhi Caps and took part in rallies
SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Q10. Enlist the satyagraha movements launched by Gandhi after arriving in India.

● Ans. Champaran: Mahatma Gandhi went to Champaran in the state of Bihar in the year 1916 and started
Satyagraha along with the peasants as a struggle against the exploitative plantation system.
● Ahmedabad: Another Satyagraha movement was launched in the year 1918. This movement was organised
among the workers of cotton mills.
● Kheda: Gandhiji started another Satyagraha movement in Kheda in the year 1918, demanding relaxation in
revenue collection. The peasants of Kheda were unable to pay the revenue due to crop failure and a plague
epidemic. After these movements, Gandhiji decided to launch another Satyagraha movement against the Rowlatt
Act in the year 1919.

Q11. Why did Gandhi choose Non-Co-operation as the theme of his first mass
movement & what was the objective of this movement?

Ans.When British came to India they had the cooperation of the Indians since World War I had led to heavy taxes,
famines in the country and heavy prices which had added to the ‘misery of the people’ in the country.
● The Atrocities of the British in regards to the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and the injustice in Punjab, the
Rowlatt Act, and many other issues led to the start of the no-cooperation movement.
● The need of the time was to bring about the united feeling of nationalism and create a situation where the
British are unable to function without the cooperation of the Indians.

Q12.Examine the impact of the First world War on India.

Ans.Impact of First World War on India:

● The First World War led to a huge increase in defence expenditure.

● This was financed by war loans and by increasing taxes.
● Custom duties were raised and income tax was introduced to raise extra revenue.
● Prices of items increased during the war years.
● The prices doubled between 1913 and 1918.
● The common people were the worst sufferers because of price rise.
● Forced recruitment of rural people in the army was another cause of widespread anger among people.
● Crop failure in many parts of India resulted in acute shortage of food.
● Influenza epidemic further aggravated the problem.
● According to 1921 census people died because of famines and epidemic.
Q13. Analyse the ways in which Non-Cooperation Movement spread in cities across
the country &explain its effects on the economic front.

Ans.Non-Cooperation Movement spread in cities across the country:

(i) The movement started with middle class participation in the cities.

(ii) Thousands of students left government controlled schools and colleges.

(iii) Headmasters and teachers resigned and lawyers gave up their legal practices.

(iv) The council elections were boycotted in most provinces except Madras where Justice Party took part in elections.

● Effects of Non-Cooperation Movement on the economic front were :

(i) Foreign goods were boycotted.

(ii) Liquor shops were picketed.

(iii)Foreign clothes were burnt in huge bonfires.

(iv) The import of foreign cloth halved between 1921-1922. In value, the drop was from Rs. 102 crore to Rs.57 crore.

(v) In many places, merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign trade. (vi) The people
began discarding imported clothes and wore only Indian ones.

(vii) Production of Indian textile mills and handlooms went up tremendously

Q14. How did different social groups conceive the idea of Non-Cooperation
Explain with examples.

Ans.A wide variety of social groups responded to the call of Non-cooperation and Swaraj given by Mahatma
Gandhi during the Non-Cooperation Movement. Inevitably, each of their interpretations of the concept of
Swaraj differed from one another.

In the cities, students left government controlled educational institutions, teaching professionals resigned, and
lawyers gave up their practices. Also, in many provinces except Madras, council elections were boycotted.
Foreign manufactured goods were boycotted, liquor shops were picketed, and foreign cloth was thrown into
huge bonfires. In many places merchants and traders refused to conduct commerce in foreign goods or finance
foreign trade.

In the rural areas, the idea of Non-cooperation was interpreted as a fight against the landlords and talukdars
who levied very high rents and other cesses on the peasants. In pursuance of self-rule, the peasants demanded
reduction in revenue, abolition of the system of begar and boycotted exploitative landlords. Nai-dhobi bandhs
were also organised by panchayats to deprive landlords of the services of barbers and washermen. In the tribal
areas of India, the message of Swaraj was translated into militant guerilla movements against the exploitative
policies of the British administration. The working class too interpreted the concept of Non-cooperation in
their own way. The plantation workers of Assam saw it as a way of countering the draconian Inland
Emigration Act of 1859 which disallowed them from leaving the plantation premises without permission. The
plantation workers rebelled against this under the pretext of Non-cooperation and sought to retain a link with
their place of origin.

Q15.Gandhi transformed the national movement into a mass movement ‘Prove this
statement with suitable examples.
Ans.Gandhiji converted the National Movement into a Mass Movement by:
His simple and saintly life and style of convincing the masses made him popular.
His undisputed leadership and magnetic personality.
His policy of non-violent Satyagraha.
His movements like Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements had mass effects.
His programmes of social reforms like fighting against untouchability were highly appealing.
His commitment to Hindu-Muslim unity gave force and shape to the national movement.
Q16.On the political Map of India locate and mark the following.
a. The place where a violent incident led to the withdrawal of the
Non-Cooperation Movement
b. The place in Punjab where innocent people were fired upon
c. The pace where the INC convened its session in 1927
d. The place where Gandhiji organized a Satyagraha Movement in support of
the mill workers.
Ans.a. Chauri-Chaura
B. Jallianwala bagh
C. Madras
D. Ahmedabad