INDIRA NATIONAL SCHOOL

Tathawade, Pune

QUESTION BANK – GRADE 10

HISTORY LS. 1

NATIONALISM IN INDIA

Note: Answer the one which has star against it in homework notebook.

Rest of the question-answers can be marked in the text book.

1. When did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?

2. Who was known as 'Lion of Punjab'?

3. When and where Gandhiji was born in?

4. When did Rowlatt Act pass?

5. In which city Mahatma Gandhi launched Satyagrahainl918?

6. Why was the Non-Cooperation Movement called off by Gandhiji?

7. Who announced a vague offer of 'Dominion status' for India in 1929?

8. Why were the Dalits ignored by the Congress for a long time?
9. By whom was the first image of Bharat Mata painted?
10. The resolution of PurnaSwaraj was adopted at which Congress Session?

11. For which of the following reasons was the Simon Commission boycotted?
12. In which movement did the women participate in large numbers for the first time?

13. What is meant by 'begar'?

14. When was the Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries set-up?

15. When did JallianwalaBagh incident take place?

16. By what name were the Dalits referred by Gandhiji?

17. Which is the most important factor for the growth of nationalism in India?
18. Who led a Peasant Movement during the Non-Cooperation Movement?

19. When did the Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movement begin?

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20. Who was the leader of militant Guerrilla Movement in the Gudem hills?
21. Who is the author of the famous book, 'Hind Swaraj'?

22. Which Act gave the government power to suppress political activity and detain political prisoners
without trial?
23. How many miles were covered in Gandhiji's Salt March?
24. Who was the President of Muslim League in 1930?

25. Who among the Muslim Leaders was willing to give up the demand for separate electorates?  
26. If you were a peasant in Uttar Pradesh in 1920, how would you have responded to Gandhiji's call for

Swaraj? Give reasons for your response.

27. * What is meant by Satyagraha? (Or)

How did Gandhiji apply the idea of Satyagraha in our country?

28. * Write a newspaper report on (i) The JallianwallaBagh Massacre (ii) The Simon Commission

29. Compare the image of Bharat Mata in this chapter with the image of Germania in chapter 1.
30. Why did political leaders differ sharply over the question of separate electorates?

31. Discuss the Salt March to make clear why it was an effective symbol of resistance against colonialism.
32. Explain some economic effects of the Non-Cooperation Movement.

33. Mention three reasons by which the rich peasant communities took active participation in the Civil
Disobedience Movement.
34. Why did Non-Cooperation Movement gradually slowdown in cities? Explain two reasons. Did the Non-
Cooperation Movement last for a long time?
35. What was the significance of the image of Bharat Mata in our National Movement? (ii) What
values/lesson you have learnt from the significance of image of Bharat Mata in our National
Movement?
36. What was the Inland Emigration Act of 1859? (ii) What was the notion of Swaraj for the plantation

workers in Assam?
37. What were circumstances which led to JallianwalaBagh incident? Describe in brief the reaction of the

people immediately after the incident.

38. * What was the Rowlatt Act? How it affected the National Movement? (Or)

What was Rowlatt Act? How did the Indians show their disapproval towards this Act?

39. Who designed the Swaraj flag? What were the features of this flag? How was it used as a symbol of
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 defiance?  
40. Why did various classes and groups of Indians participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement?

41. Explain (i) Why the growth of nationalism in colonies is linked to an Anti-Colonial Movement? (ii) How
the First World War helped in the growth of the National Movement in India? (iii) Why Indians were
outraged by the Rowlatt Act? (iv) Why did Gandhiji decide to withdraw Non-Cooperation Movement?
42. * List all the different social groups which joined the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921. Then

choose any three and write about their hopes and struggles to show why they joined the movement.
(Or) Explain the course of the Non-Cooperation Movement in India. Explain the social groups
responsible for this movement.
43. Who launched the Khilafat Movement? Why was the movement launched? (Or) What were the

circumstances which led to the Khilafat and the Non-Cooperation Movement? (Or) Why did Mahatma
Gandhi feel the need to launch a broad based movement in 1920?
44. Explain the role of women in the Civil Disobedience Movement. (Or) When did the women of India see
service to the nation as a sacred duty?
45. How did the idea of nationalism develop a movement to revive Indian folklore? Give reasons. (ii) What
values/lesson you have learnt from the idea of nationalism, in developing a movement? (i) What were
the effects of the Civil Disobedience Movement? (ii) What values you have learnt from the Civil
Disobedience Movement?
46. Make the British Government realize the need for constitutional reform, as a consequence the
Government of India Act, 1935 was passed. (ii) From the Civil Disobedience Movement, I have learnt
the value of patriotism, non-violence, passive resistance, mass-centrie policy, tolerance, democratic
principles, etc.
47. * How icon and symbols of India diddeveloped the sense of collective belongingness?
48. * Why did Mahatma Gandhi feel the need to launch a broad based movement in 1920? Give any

three reasons.