Class X

Ch: Nationalism in India

Social Science
Open Book Test

1. Which of the following was the reason for calling off the Non-
cooperation Movement by Gandhiji?

(a) Pressure from the British Government

(b) Second Round Table Conference

(c) Gandhiji’s arrest

(d) Chauri-Chaura incident

2. Who set up the ‘Oudh Kisan Sabha’?

(a) Alluri
Sitaram Raju
(b) Jawahar Lal Nehru and Baba Ramchandra

(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru and Shaukat Ali

(d) Mahatma Gandhi

3. Under the presidency of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the Lahore

Congress Session of 1929 formalised the demand of

(a) abolitionof Salt Tax

(b) ‘Purna Swaraj’ or complete independence

(c) boycott of Simon Commission

(d) separate electorate for the ‘dalits’

4. What do you mean by the term ‘Begar’?

(a) An Act to prevent plantation workers to leave the tea gardens
without permission.
(b) The forced recruitment of soldiers in rural areas during World
War I.
(c.) Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any
payment.
(d) Refusal to deal and associate with people, or participate in
activities as a form of protest.

5. Choose the correct option related to the founders of the Swaraj

Party within the Congress.

A) Subhash Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru

B) Acharya Kriplani and Jaiprakash Narayan
C) C.R Das and Motilal Nehru
D) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel

6. Identify the correct option that describes the act given below.

i) The Act was passed by the Imperial Legislative Council

ii) It gave power to the government to repress political activities
iii) It empowered the government to detain political prisoners
without trial.

Options:

A) Rowlatt Act b) Vernacular Press Act c) Government of India Act

d) Inland Emigration act
7. Why did General Dyer order to open fire on a peaceful
demonstration at Jallianwala Bagh?
Choose from the given options.

(a) He wanted to show his power.

(b) Firing was ordered because it was an unruly crowd.

(c) Because his object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a

moral effect’ to create fear in the minds of ‘satyagrahis’.
(d) He ordered to fire because he noticed sudden unrest in the
crowd.

8. Why did Gandhiji organise 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

9. Why was the Simon Commission sent to India?

(a) To look into the Indian constitutional matter and suggest reform
(b) To choose members of Indian Council

(c) To settle disputes between the government and the Congress

leaders
(d) To set up a government organisation

10. Assertion (A): In February 1922, Mahatma Gandhi decided to

withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement.
Reason (R): Mahatma Gandhi felt that the movement was turning
violent in many places and Satyagrahis need proper training for
mass struggles.

11. Assertion (A): The Non-Cooperation Movement gradually

slowed down in the cities.
Reason (R): People were asked to use khadi cloth which was
expensive than machine made foreign cloth and it was beyond
the reach of all Indians.

12. Which of the following provinces accepted the Council

Elections?
a) Madras b) Ahmedabad
c) Lucknow d) Hyderabad

13. Who was the writer of the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?

(a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Jawahar Lal Nehru

14. Arrange the following statements in sequential order

based on the events that shaped the non-cooperation
movement.

A) GeneralDyer opened fire at the large crowd gathered in the enclose

ground of Jallianwala Bagh.
B) Forced recruitment carried out by the British government and the
economic hardships faced by the people during the First World War.
C) The defeat the Ottoman Emperor of Turkey led to the formation of the
Khilafat movement.
D) Gandhiji launched a nation-wide Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act.

Options:
a) D, C, B, A
b) B, A, C, D
c) A, D, C, B
d) A, B, C, D

15. Which of the following was Mahatma Gandhi’s novel method of

fighting against the British?

(a) He used violent method of stone pelting.

(b) He used arson to bum down government offices.
(c) He fought with the principle of ‘an eye for an eye’.
(d) He practiced open defiance of law, peaceful demonstration,
Satyagraha and non-violence.

16. Assertion (A): At Jallianwala bagh General Dyer entered the area,
blocked the exit points, and opened fire on the crowd, killing
hundreds
 Reason (R): His object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral
effect’, to create in the minds of satyagrahis a feeling of terror and
awe.

(A). A is true but R is false.

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

Questions17
.Case Based Questions:
‘It is said of “passive resistance” that it is the weapon of the weak, but
the power which is the subject of this article can be used only by the
strong. This power is not passive resistance; indeed it calls for intense
activity. The movement in South Africa was not passive but active …
‘Satyagraha is not physical force. A satyagrahi does not inflict pain on
the adversary; he does not seek his destruction … In the use of
Satyagraha, there is no ill-will whatever. ‘Satyagraha is pure soul-force.
Truth is the very substance of the soul. That is why this force is called
Satyagraha. The soul is informed with knowledge. In it burns the flame
of love. … Non-violence is the supreme dharma …‘It is certain that
India cannot rival Britain or Europe in force of arms. The British
worship the war-god and they can all of them become, as they are
becoming, bearers of arms. The hundreds of millions in India can never
carry arms. They have made the religion of non-violence their own ...’
1. Gandhiji said “passive resistance is not the weapon of the weak."
Why? 1
2." Satyagraha is pure soul force "Substantiate the statement. 1
3. What according to Mahatma Gandhi is the best weapon to use to
collapse British rule in India? 2

18. Why did Gandhiji decide to launch a nation-wide Satyagrah against

the proposed Rowlatt Act of 1919? How was it organized? 3

19. “Workers had their own understanding of Mahatma Gandhi and the
notion of Swaraj. “Explain the statement with example. 3

20. Why was 'Salt March' considered an effective symbol of resistance

against colonialism? 5

21. How was the social and political situation of India affected by the
First World War? Explain.5

22. “.The Non-Cooperation Movement in the cities gradually slowed

down for a variety of reasons”. Examine the reasons.3

23. "Dalits participation was limited in the Civil Disobedience

Movement.” Explain. 3
24. "The sense of collective belonging came partly through the
experience of united struggles, the role of folklore, songs, icons, &
images.” Analyze the statement. 5

25. Map Skill::Identify the place.

A) A place where Congress session held in December 1920

B) A place where Gandhiji went to organize satyagrah movement
for cotton mill workers.