NATIONALISM IN INDIA

Test
Max Marks - 30

INSTRUCTIONS
● Section A contains 9 questions, attempt only 8 questions, each of 1 mark.
● Section B contains 5 questions, attempt only 4 questions, each of 3 marks.
● Section C contains 3 questions, attempt only 2 questions, each of 5 marks.

SECTION A
1. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India in ________.
a) January 1916
b) January 1915
c) March 1921
d) April 1917

2. Which of the following statements is true about the Rowlatt Act?

a) It did not give the government powers to repress political activities.
b) It did not allow the detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.
c) It allowed the detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.
d) Gandhiji decided to launch nationwide Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act in 1920.

3. Assertion(A): The Congress under Mahatma Gandhi tried to connect different

groups together into one movement.
Reasons(R): Unity didn’t come without conflicts.
(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

4. Assertion(A): Mahatma Gandhi appeared as a new leader for the popular

movement after the first world war.
Reason(R): Hardships as hoped, ended after the war.
(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

5. Assertion(A): A Satyagrahi could win any battle without the use of violence and
anger.
Reason(R): Satyagrahi while constantly standing their ground would strike at the
conscious of the oppressor.
(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
6. Assertion(A): Peasants of Kheda were adversely affected by the crop failure and
plague.
Reason(R): Kheda peasants could not pay the revenue in 1917 and wanted
relaxation in payment.
(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

7. Which of the following statements about the effect of the Non-cooperation

Movement are true?
a) The import of foreign cloth halved between 1921 and 1922.
b) In many places, merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance
foreign trade.
c) Production of Indian textile mills and handlooms went up.
d) All of the above.

8. The plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without
permission as per _________.
a) Inland Emigration Act of 1859
b) Inland Emigration Act of 1866
c) Inland Emigration Act of 1879
d) Inland Emigration Act of 1869

9. Which of the following statements about the Non-cooperation Movement in

Awadh is false?
a) The Non-Cooperation Movement here was against talukdars and landlords.
b) In Awadh, the peasants were led by Baba Ramchandra.
c) The tenants had no security of tenure.
d) The peasants did not demand the abolition of begar.

SECTION B
10. Mention three main proposals with reference to the Non-cooperation Movement as
suggested by Mahatma Gandhiji.
11. Explain new economic and political situations created in India during the First World
War.
12. Examine the importance of Salt Law as an effective symbol of resistance against the
colonial rule.
13. How did the tribal peasants of Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh interpret the meaning of
Swaraj.
14. What were the causes of the withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
15. Explain the role played by women in Civil Disobedience Movement.
SECTION C
16. Examine the factors responsible for the origin and spread of nationalist
sentiment/consciousness in India.
17. Describe the incident and impact of the Jallianwala Bagh.
18. Explain the response of the plantation workers to the Non-Cooperation Movement
started by Gandhiji. What did freedom mean for them?