CHAPTER WISE QUESTION

Class X SOCIAL SCIENCE Time : 1½ hrs

NATIONALISM IN INDIA Marks : 40

SET A

SECTION A - OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS 8×1=8

1. Baba Ramchandra, a sanyasi, was the leader of which of the following movements?

a) Khilafat Movement

b) Militant Guerrilla Movement of Andhra Pradesh

c) Peasants’ Movement of Awadh d) Plantation Workers’ Movement in Assam

2. Who was the author of the famous novel ‘Anandamath’?

a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay b) Abanindranath Tagore

c) Natesa Sastri d) Rabindranath Tagore

3. Which one of the following combination of colours was there in the ‘Swaraj flag’ designed
by Gandhiji in 1921?

a) Red, Green and White b) Red, Green and Yellow

c) Orange, White and Green d) Yellow, White and Green

4. Fill in the blanks

................ was known as Lion of Punjab.

OR

Due to a violent incident in ................ Gandhiji called off the Non-Cooperation movement.

5. Match the following items in the column A with those in column B and choose the correct
answer from the options given below.

Column A Column B

i) Salt March a) Amristsar

ii) Jallianwala Bagh b) Lahore

iii) Purna Swaraj c) Awadh

iv) Peasants movement d) Dandi

a) i - a, ii - b, iii - d, iv - c b) i - d, ii - b, iii - c, iv - a

a) i - c, ii - b, iii - a, iv - d a) i - d, ii - a, iii - b, iv - c

6. What decision was made at the Nagpur Session of Congress in 1920?

OR

What resolution was passed at Calcutta session of Congress in September 1920?

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7. Which of the following is not true regarding Rowlatt Act, 1919?
a) The act was passed by the Imperial Legislative Council
b) It gave power to the government to repress political activities
c) It empowered the government to detain the political prisoners without trial
d) The act controlled the movement of plantation workers
8. Where did Mahatma Gandhiji start his famous ‘Salt March’ on 12th March 1930?
a) Dandi b) Chauri-Chaura c) Sabarmati d) Surat
SECTION B - COMPTENCY BASED QUESTIONS
9. Read the following information about Civil Disobedience Movement and identify it.
a) It arrived in India in 1928
b) It was greeted with the slogan ‘Go back Simon’
c) All parties joined this protest 1
10. Analyse the information given below considering one of the following correct
options. 1
Mahatma Gandhi’s letter was, in a way, an ultimatum. If the demands were not fulfilled by
11 March, the letter stated, the Congress would launch a civil disobedience campaign.
Irwin was unwilling to negotiate. So Mahatma Gandhi started his famous salt march
accompanied by 78 of his trusted volunteers. The march was over 240 miles, from
Gandhiji’s ashram in Sabarmathi to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi. The volunteers
walked for 24 days, about 10 miles a day. Thousands came to hear Mahatma Gandhi
wherever he stopped, and he told them what he meant by swaraj and urged them to
peacefully defy the British. On 6 April he reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the
law, manufacturing salt by boiling sea water.
a) Non-Cooperation Movement b) Salt March 1
c) Khilafat Movement d) Rowlatt Act

OR
Analyze the information given below, choose one of the following correct options.

After arriving in India from South Africa in January 1915, Mahatma Gandhi successfully
organized satyagraha movement in various places. In 1916, he travelled to Champaran in
Bihar to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system. Then
in 1917, he organized a satyagraha to support the peasants of the Kheda district of Gujarat.
Affected by crop failure and a plague epidemic, the peasants of Kheda could not pay the
revenue, and were demanding that revenue collection be relaxed. In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi
went to Ahmedabad to organize a satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers.
Gandhiji in 1919 decided to launch a nationwide satyagraha against the proposed Rowlett
Act.

a) Kheda b) Champaran c) Dandi d) Ahmedabad 1

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11. Arrange the following in the correct sequence.

i) Rowlatt Act Passed

ii) The Partition of Bengal officially came into existence

iii) Satyagraha Movement in Ahmedabad

iv) Satyagraha Movement in Kheda District (Gujarat) 1

a) iv - ii - i - iii b) ii - iii - iv - i c) ii - iv - iii - i d) i - iii - ii - iv

Questions 12 - 15, Assertion Reason Type questions

In the following questions there are two statements marked as Assertion Type (A) and
other is Reason Type (R). Read the following statements and choose the correct option.

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 wrong. d) A is wrong but R is true.

12. Assertion (A) : Mahatma Gandhiji found salt as a powerful symbol that could unite the
nation. 1

Reason (R) : Salt was something essential, consumed by the rich and the poor alike.

13. Assertion (A) : When the Simon Commission arrived in India in 1928, it was greeted
with slogan ‘go back Simon’.

Reason (R) : The Commission did not have a single Indian member. 1

14. Assertion (A) : Some of the Muslim political organizations in India were lukewarm in
their response to the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Reason (R) : The First World War had ended with the defeat of Ottoman Turkey and
there were rumours that a harsh peace treaty was going to be imposed
on the Ottoman Emperor. 1

15. Assertion (A) : The Non-Cooperation Movement gradually slowed down for a variety
of reasons in the cities.

Reason (R) : As the boycott movement spread, and people began discarding
imported clothes and wearing only Indian ones, production of Indian
textile mills and handlooms went up. 1

16. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows.
In the countryside, rich peasant communities - like the Patidars of Gujarat and the Jats of
Uttar Pradesh - were active in the movement. Being producers of commercial crops, they
were very hard hit by the trade depression and falling prices. As their cash income
disappeared, they found it impossible to pay the government’s revenue demand. And the
refusal of the government to reduce the revenue demand led to widespread resentment.
These rich peasants became enthusiastic supporters of the Civil Disobedience Movement,
organising their communities, and at times forcing reluctant members, to participate in
the boycott programmes. For them the fight for swaraj was a struggle against high
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 revenues. But they were deeply disappointed when the movement was called off in 1931
without the revenue rates being revised. So, when the movement was restarted in 1932,
many of them refused to participate.

The poorer peasantry were not just interested in the lowering of the revenue demand.
Many of them were small tenants cultivating land they had rented from landlords. As the
Depression continued and cash incomes dwindled, the small tenants found it difficult to
pay their rent. They wanted the unpaid rent to the landlord to be remitted. They joined a
variety of radical movements, often led by Socialists and Communists. Apprehensive of
raising issues that might upset the rich peasants and landlords, the Congress was unwilling
to support ‘no rent’ campaigns in most places. So, the relationship between the poor
peasants and the Congress remained uncertain.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option.

i) When the movement restarted who refused to participate? 1

ii) Who led the Peasant’s Movement in Awadh? 1

iii) For plantation workers in Assam, which Act did not permit them to leave the tea gardens
without permission? 1

iv) Why Congress was unwilling to support rent campaigns in most places? 2
17. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follows.
Mahatma Gandhi’s letter was, in a way, an ultimatum. If the demands were not fulfilled by
11 March, the letter stated, the Congress would launch a civil disobedience campaign.
Irwin was unwilling to negotiate. So Mahatma Gandhi started his famous salt march
accompanied by 78 of his trusted volunteers. The march was over 240 miles, from
Gandhiji’s ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi.

In December 1931, Gandhiji went to London for the conference, but the negotiations broke
down and he returned disappointed. Back in India, he discovered that the government
had begun a new cycle of repression. Ghaffar Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru were both in
jail, the Congress had been declared illegal, and a series of measures had been imposed
to prevent meetings, demonstrations and boycotts. With great apprehension, Mahatma
Gandhi relaunched the Civil Disobedience Movement. For over a year, the movement
continued, but by 1934 it lost its momentum.

i) What marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement? 2

ii) Why did Gandhiji go to London? 2

iii) What was the Gandhi-Irwin pact? 1

18. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follows.

This sense of collective belonging came partly through the experience of united struggles.
But their were also a variety of cultural processes through which nationalism captured
people’s imagination. History and fiction, folklore and songs, popular prints and symbols,
all played part in the making of nationalism. The identity of the nation is most often
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 symbolize 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 them other land. 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
this 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 different
forms, as it circulated in popular prints, and was painted by different artists. Devotion to
this mother figure came to be seen as evidence of one’s nationalism.

Which of the following statement is not correct about the image of Bharat Mata? 1

a) The image was drawn by several artists at different times

b) Bharat Mata carries same symbols in all images

c) French and German allegories inspired to draw the image of Bharat Mata

d) Different artists uses different symbols to show collective belongings

SECTION C - SHORT & LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

19. What was Gandhiji’s idea behind launching it as stated in his book Hind Swaraj? 3

20. Describe the participation of different social groups in the civil disobedience movement.
3

21. Describe the civil disobedience movement. How did it become a mass movement? 5

OR

Why did Gandhiji call off civil disobedience movement?

22. The places A, B, and C have been marked on the given outline map of India. Identify
them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them. 3

a) Indian National Congress session at this place in 1927.

b) Congress session at this place in september 1920.

c) Sathyagraha Movement at this place for indigo planters.

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 CHAPTER WISE QUESTION

Class X SOCIAL SCIENCE Time : 1½ hrs

NATIONALISM IN INDIA Marks : 40

SET B

SECTION A - OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS 8×1=8

1. Which pact resolved the issue of separate electorates for dalits between Gandhiji and Dr.
Ambedkar in 1932?

a) Lucknow pact b) Nagpur pact

d) Poona pact d) Surat pact

2. Which famous writer from Bengal led the movement for folklore as part of Nationalism?

a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhya b) Ababibdranath Tagore

c) Rabindranath Tagore d) Ravi Verma

3. Who announced a vague offer of “Dominion Status” for India in 1929?

a) Lord Curzon b) Viceroy Irwin
c) Lord William Bentinck d) Lord Mountbatten

4. Fill in the blanks

In ................. movement, women participated in large numbers for the first time.

OR

The famous book of Gandhiji (1909) is .................

5. Match the column A with column B and select the correct answer.

Column I Column II

i) Depressed Casse Association a) G.D. Birla

ii) Nationalist in Gudem Hills b) C.R. Das

iii) Indian Industrialist c) Alluri Sita Ram Raju

iv) Swaraj Party d) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

6. Why were Dalits ignored by the Congress for the long time?

OR

How Simon Commission was greeted in India?

7. Why was the Non-cooperation movement called off by Gandhiji?

a) Pressure from the British Government

b) Because Muslims did not participate in the movement

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d) Due to Chauri-Chaura incident

8. Which one of the following is not true regarding the Khilafat Movement?

a) It aimed at bringing the Hindus and Muslims together in the Non-cooperation Movement

b) It aimed at defending the Ottoman emperors temporal powers

c) Mahammad Ali and Shaukat Ali led the movement in India

d) It resulted in the restoration of the power of the Khalifa of Turkey

SECTION B - COMPTENCY BASED QUESTIONS

9. Identify the appropriate reason for the formation of the Swaraj party from the options
given below. 1

a) Wanted members of Congress to return to council politics

b) Wanted members of Congress to ask for Purna Swaraj for Indians

c) Wanted members of Congress to ask dominion Status for India

d) Wanted members of Congress to oppose Simon Commission

10. Analyse the information given below considering one of the following correct
options. 1

As the national movement developed, nationalist leaders became more and more aware
of such icons and symbols in unifying people and inspiring in them a feeling of nationalism.
During the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, a tricolour flag (red, green and yellow) was
designed. It had eight lotuses representing eight provinces of British India, and a crescent
moon, representing Hindus and Muslims. By 1921, Gandhiji had designed the Swaraj
flag. It was again a tricolour (red, green and white) and had a spinning wheel in the centre,
representing the Gandhian ideal of self-help. Carrying the flag, holding it aloft during
marches became a symbol of defiance.

a) Designing of icons b) Designing of tricolour flag

c) Designing of national symbols d) Designing of images

OR

Analyze the information given below, considering one of the following correct
options.

Some of the Muslim political organisations in India were also lukewarm in their response
to the Civil Disobedience Movement. After the decline of the Non-Cooperation Khilafat
movement, a large section of Muslims felt alienated from the Congress. From the mid-
1920s the Congress came to be more visibly associated with openly Hindu religious
nationalist groups like the Hindu Mahasabha. As relations between Hindus and Muslims
worsened, each community organised religious processions with militant fervour, provoking
Hindu-Muslim communal clashes and riots in various cities. Every riot deepened the

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 distance between the two communities. The Congress and the Muslim League made
efforts to renegotiate an alliance, and in 1927 it appeared that such a unity could be forged.

Why did Muslims feel alienated from the Congress after the Non-Cooperation Khilafat
Movement?

I. The Congress came to be more visibly associated with openly Hindu religious
nationalist groups.

II. There was thus an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust between the two communities.

III. The Congress and the Muslim League made efforts to renegotiate an alliance.

IV. Each community organised religious processions with militant fervour.

a) Only I b) I, II & III c) I & II d) I, II & IV 1

11. Arrange the following in the correct sequence. 1

i) Formation of the Muslim League. ii) The First World War.

iii) The first meeting of the Indian National Congress in Bombay.

iv) The war prices increased in double.

a) ii - iv - iii - i b) i - iii - iv - ii c) iv - ii - i - iii d) iii - i - ii - iv

Question 12 - 15, Assertion Reason Type questions

In the following questions there are two statements marked as Assertion Type (A) and
other is Reason Type (R). Read the following statements and choose the correct option.

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 wrong. d) A is wrong but R is true.

12. Assertion (A) : Mahatma Gandhiji found salt a powerful symbol that could unite the
nation. 1

Reason (R) : Salt was something essential, consumed by the rich and the poor alike.

13. Assertion (A) : In 1919, Mahatma Gandhi decided to launch a nationwide Satyagraha
against the proposed Rowlatt Act.

Reason (R) : The Act was passed to repress political activities. 1

14. Assertion (A) : Foreign goods were boycotted liquor shops picketed, and foreign cloth
burnt in huge bonfires.

Reason (R) : Students and teachers began trickling back to government schools and
lawyers joined back work in government courts. 1

15. Assertion (A) : In 1917, Gandhiji organized a Satyagraha to support the peasants of
the Kheda district of Gujarat.

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 Reason (R) : The peasants were affected by crop failure and plague epidemic. They
could not pay the revenue and were demanding the revenue collection
be relaxed. 1
16. Consider the following statements and find the incorrect from the given options
i) Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutta threw a bomb in the Central Legislative
Assembly.
ii) Hindustan Socialist Republican Army was based on the principles given by Mahatma
Gandhiji.
iii) Bhagat Singh wanted a revolution in the society.
a) only i b) only ii c) only iii d) Both ii and iii 1

17. Read the information given below and answer the questions that follow.

The idea of satyagraha emphasised the power of truth and the need to search for truth. It
suggested that if the cause was true, if the struggle was against injustice, then physical
force was not necessary to fight the oppressor. Without seeking vengeance or being
aggressive, a satyagrahi could win the battle through nonviolence. This could be done by
appealing to the conscience the oppressor. People - including the oppressors - had to be
persuaded to see the truth instead of being forced to accept truth through the use of
violence. By this struggle, truth was bound to ultimately triumph. Mahatma Gandhi believed
that this dharma of non-violence could unite all Indians. After arriving in India. Mahatma
Gandhiji successfully organised satyagraha movements in various places. In 1916 he
travelled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive
plantation system. Then in 1917, he organised a satyagraha to support the peasants of
the Kheda district of Guijarat. Affected by crop failure and a plague epidemic, the peasants
of Kheda could not pay the revenue, and were demanding that revenue collection be
relaxed. In 1918, Mahatma Gandhij went to Ahmedabad to organise a satyagraha movement
amongst cotton mill workers.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option.

i) What does the idea of a satyagrah emphasis on?

a) Power of truth b) Violence

c) Khilafat movement d) Disobedience 1

ii) Why did Gandhiji travel to Chamaparan? 1

a) to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system.

b) to inspire the peasants to make salt and break the salt law.

c) to inspire people to start using Khadi

d) all the above

iii) In 1916, Gandhiji travelled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasants to struggle.
a) Upper caste people b) Landless agricultural labourers

c) Oppressive plantation system d) None of these 1

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 iv) What was the belief of Gandhiji regarding Dharma? 1
a) that violence will unite Indians
b) that violence will help in Indian National Movement
c) that non-violence will help Indians to unite
d) none of the above
18. Read the source given below and answer the question that follows.
The movement started with middle-class participation in the cities. Thousands of students
left government controlled schools and colleges, headmasters and teachers resigned
and lawyers gave up their legal practices. The council elections were boycotted in most
provinces except Madras, where the Justice Party, the party of the non-Brahmans, felt
that entering the council was one way of gaining some power-something that usually only
Brahmans had access to. The effects of non-cooperation on the economic front were
more dramatic. Foreign goods were boycotted. The import of foreign clothes halved
between 1921 and 1922, its value dropping from 102 crore. In many places, merchants
and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign trade. As the boycott
movement spread, and people began discarding imported clothes and wearing only Indian
ones. production of Indian textile mills and handlooms went up.
i) Explain the role of ‘Justice Party in boycotting of Councilections’ 2
ii) How was the effect of ‘non-cooperation on the economic front dramatic’? 1
iii) Explain the effect of ‘Boycott Movement on foreign textile trade’. 2
SECTION C - SHORT & LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
19. How was civil disobedience movement different from the non-cooperation movement?3
20. Describe the participation of women in the civil disobedience movement. Why did the
participation of women in large numbers in the movement not bring any radical change in
the position of Indian women? 3
OR
“Nationalism spreads when people begin to believe that they are all part of the same
nation”. Support the statement.
21. Discuss the significance of the congress session in 1929 in the freedom struggle of India.
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OR
Why did Gandhiji considered salt as a powerful symbol of national movement against the
British?
22. The places D, E, and F have been marked on the given outline map of India. Identify
them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them. 3
a) Congress session December 1920.
b) Salt to launch Civil Disobedience Movement.

c) Cotton mill workers satyagraha.

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D
E C

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• B

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• • A

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