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Work Sheet
HISTORY

Nationalism in India

Objective Type Questions:

1. 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 Purna Swarsj for Indians
C. Wanted members of Congress to ask dominion Status for India
D. Wanted members of Congress to oppose Simon Commission
2. In which of the following Indian National Congress Session, the idea of Non-Cooperation
Movement was accepted?
A. Lahore Session C. Calcutta Session
B. Nagpur Session D. Madras Session
3. Why was the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 troublesome for plantation workers?
4. Two places ( A ) and ( B ) are marked on the given political outline map of India. Identify
them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them.

5. What is meant by begar ?

6. What does the term Khalifa refer to?
 7. Who wrote Hind Swaraj?
8. Why was satyagrah organized in Champaran in 1916?
9. Study the picture and answer the question that follows:

A. Vallabhbhai Patel B. C. R. Das C. Motivation Nehru D. B. G. Tilak

10. Who wrote Vande Mataram?
11. Who led the Civil Disobedience Movement in Peshwar?
12. Why was Simon Commission boycotted?
13. By whom was the Swaraj Party formed?
14. When did Simon Commission arrive in India?
15. When did Gandhiji organize satyagrah in Kheda?
16. There are two statements marked as Assertion ( A ) and Reason ( R ). Read the statements
and choose the correct code.
Assertion ( A ): The Chauri Chaura incident occurred at Chauri-Chaura in Gorakhpur district
of United province on 4th February 1922.
Reason ( R ): Large number of people participated in Non-Cooperation Movement.

Codes:

A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

B. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C. A is true but R is false.
D. A is false but R is true.

Short Answer Type Questions: Answer should not exceed 80 words.

17. Explain the idea of Satyagrah according to Gandhiji.

18. Write a short note on Simon Commission.
19. Explain briefly about Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre.
20. Evaluate the major contributions of the Non-Cooperation Movement.
21. Explain three problems faced by the peasants of Awadh.
 22. What was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?

Long Answer Type Questions: Answer should not exceed 120 words.

23. How did cultural processes help in creating a sense of collective belongingness in India?
Explain.
24. Explain the Non-Cooperation Movement.
25. Explain the features of the boycott and Swadeshi Movement.
26. Explain the features of Gudem Hills rebellion.
27. Discuss the events of the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Case Based:

Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow.

The identity of the nation, as you know is most often symbolised in a figure or image. This helps
create an image with which people can identify the nation. It was in the twentieth century, with the
growth of nationalism, that the identity of India came to be visually associated with the image of
Bharat Mata. The image was first created by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. In the 1870s he wrote
Vande Mataram as a hymn to the motherland. Later it was included in his novel Anandamath and
widely sung during the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal. Moved by the Swadeshi Movement,
Abanindranath Tagore painted his famous image of Bharat Mata. In his painting Bharat Mata is
portrayed as an ascetic figure; she is calm, composed, divine and spiritual. In subsequent years, the
image of Bharat Mata acquired many differs, as it circulated in popular prints and was painted by
different artists. Devotion to his mother figure came to be seen as evidence of one’s nationalism.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option:

28. Means of creating a feeling of nationalism was through:

A. Reinterpretation of Astronomy
B. Reinterpretation of Mythology
29. Bharat Mata was first created by:
A. Bankim Ch. Chattopadhyay
B. Rabindranath Tagore
30. As Bharat Mata is to India, ____, is to Italy and _____ is to Germany.
A. Statue of Liberty, Mother Mary
B. Germania, Marianne
31. Who wrote the novel Anandamath?
A. Abanindranath Tagore
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Reinterpretation of Philosophy
D. Reinterpretation of History
C. Natesa Sastri
D. Abanindranath Tagore
C. Marianne, Germania
D. Statue of Liberty, Germania
C. Bankim Ch. Chatterjee
D. M. K. Gandhi