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Nationalism in India

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mahatma Gandhi organised the peasants in Champaran in Bihar in 1916 for Satyagraha against which of the following?

  1. Against bonded labour in the cotton mills
  2. For relaxation in revenue collection from the peasants
  3. Against Rowlatt Act
  4. Against the separate electorate granted to the untouchables
  5. Against the oppressive indigo plantation system
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Jallianwala Bagh incident took place due to which of the following acts?

  1. Inland Emigration Act 1859
  2. The Government of India Act 1919
  3. Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act 1907
  4. Rowlatt Act 1919
  5. Ingress into India Ordinance 1914
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who wrote the book 'Hind Swaraj', which declared that British rule was established and had survived in India with the cooperation of Indians?

  1. Shaukat Ali
  2. C. R. Das
  3. Motilal Nehru
  4. M. K. Gandhi
  5. Subhas Chandra Bose
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who led the movement in Awadh against talukdars and landlords?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. Mahatma Gandhi
  3. Baba Ramchandra
  4. Alluri Sitaram Raju
  5. Subhas Chandra Bose
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who toured extensively with Mahatma Gandhi through the summer of 1920 to promote the Non Cooperation movement?

  1. Jawahar Lal Nehru
  2. Muhammad Ali
  3. Zulfiqar Ali
  4. Shaukat Ali
  5. C. R. Das
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the leader of the Gudem rebels?

  1. Baba Ramchandra
  2. Alluri Sitaram Raju
  3. Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  4. Jatin Das
  5. Ajoy Ghosh
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who led the Khilafat movement?

  1. Muhhamad Ali Jinnah and Shaukat Ali
  2. Shaukat Ali and Jawahar Lal Nehru
  3. Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali
  4. Muhhamad Ali Jinnah and Abul Kalam Azad
  5. Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For which of the following reasons did the Gudem people revolt?

  1. For the execution of their militant guerrilla group leader
  2. Due to the 'crawling orders' of the British administration
  3. Due to the excess revenue collection ordered by the administration even in light of famine because of the long drought
  4. Because the administration opened fire on the people peacefully picketing the administration offices
  5. Due to the forced begar for road building
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The resolution of Purna Swaraj or complete independence was taken under the Presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru in the Congress session of

  1. Bombay
  2. Karachi
  3. Lahore
  4. Delhi
  5. Calcutta
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why did Mahatma Gandhi call off the Non Cooperation movement?

  1. He was arrested.
  2. He signed a pact with Lord Irvin.
  3. The decision was taken in the round table conference with the British government.
  4. The Chaura Chauri incident
  5. The Jallianwala Bagh incident
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who formed the Swaraj Party within the Congress?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. Motilal Nehru and C. R. Das
  3. Jawaharlal Nehru and C. R. Das
  4. Mahatma Gandhi and C. R. Das
  5. Motilal Nehru and Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which year did Simon Commission arrive in India?

  1. 1926
  2. 1928
  3. 1929
  4. 1930
  5. 1931
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For which of the following demands was Dandi March undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi?

  1. Purna Swaraj
  2. Sending back the Simon Commission
  3. Abolishing the Inland Emigration Act
  4. Abolishing the salt tax
  5. Demanding for a constitutional system within the framework of British dominion
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where did the second round table conference take place?

  1. Delhi
  2. Bombay
  3. Lahore
  4. London
  5. Cambridge
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) was established to organise Indian businessmen's interests in which year?

  1. 1920
  2. 1927
  3. 1931
  4. 1937
  5. 1947
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is incorrect about the Gandhi-Irwin pact?

  1. Gandhiji consented to participate in a Round Table Conference.
  2. The government agreed to release the political prisoners.
  3. The discontinuation of the Civil Disobedience Movement
  4. The inclusion of two members from the Muslim League and Congress in the Simon Commission
  5. It was signed on 5 March 1931.
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who painted the first image of Bharat Mata?

  1. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhya
  2. Abanindranath Tagore
  3. Rabindranath Tagore
  4. Natesa Sastri
  5. Tarinicharan Chattopadhyay
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What name did Gandhiji give to the untouchables?

  1. Sanatanis
  2. Dalits
  3. Harijans
  4. Shudras
  5. Acchuts
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who wrote Vande Mataram?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore
  2. Tarinicharan Chattopadhyay
  3. Abanindranath Tagore
  4. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
  5. C. R. Das
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Poon pact was signed between which of the following?

  1. Subhash Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru and B. R. Ambedkar
  3. B. R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi
  4. Subhash Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru
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