Nationalism in India – MCQ’s Part – 1

1) 1) Which of the following situations in India were the result of the First World War?
a) There was widespread anger in villages due to forced recruitment.
b) Custom duties were increased. c) Income taxes were introduced.
d) All of the above-mentioned situations took place as a result of the First World War.
2) As per the census of 1921, millions of people died due to ________.
a) Epidemic and Famines b) War c) Riots d) None of the above
3) Mahatma Gandhi returned to India in ________.
a) January, 1916 b) January, 1915 c) March, 1921 d) April, 1917
4) Which of the following statements are true about Satyagraha?
a) Satyagraha is not a physical force. b) It is the weapon of the weak.
c) A satyagrahi does not inflict pain on the adversary. d) Option (a) and (c)
5) Which of the following statements are true about the Rowlatt Act?
a) It did not give the government powers to repress political activities.
b) It did not allow detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.
c) It allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.
d) Gandhiji decided to launch nationwide Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act in 1920.
6) The infamous Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre took place when there was an annual _______ fair.
a) Teeyan b) Gurupurab c) Lohri d) Baisakhi
7) What was one of the main reasons behind Mahatma Gandhi’s decision to take up the Khilafat Issue?
a) To bring more unity among Hindus and Muslims. b) To bring more unity among Hindus and Christians.
c) To bring more unity among Christians and Muslims. d) None of the above.
8) Who was the author of the book Hind Swaraj (1909)?
a) Bhagat Singh b) Jawaharlal Nehru c) Subash Chandra Bose d) Mahatma Gandhi
9) At the Congress session at ________ in December 1920, a compromise was worked out and the Non-Cooperation
programme was adopted.
a) Allahabad b) Bombay c) Nagpur d) Calcutta
10) 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 the above statements are true.
11) 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 abolition of begar.
12) 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
13) Gandhi decided to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement in _________.
a) January 1922 b) February 1922 c) February 1919 d) January 1919
14) ______ and _____ formed the Swaraj Party.
a) C.R.Das and Motilal Nehru b) Motilal Nehru and Jawaharlal Nehru. c) Jawaharlal Nehru and C.R.Das
d) Jawaharlal Nehru and Gandhi
15) Simon Commission arrived in India in ______.
a) 1928 b) 1930 c) 1932 d) 1942
16) Which areas did Gandhi organise the satyagraha?
A.Champaran in Bihar and Ahmedabad B. Champaran in Bihar, Kheda district of Gujarat, Ahmedabad
C. Kheda district of Gujarat, Ahmedabad D. Champaran in Bihar, Kheda district of Gujarat
17) What was the Rowlatt Act of 1919?
A. detention after trial for 3 years B. no hearing of cases
C. detention of prisoners for 3 years without trial D. allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years
18) When and where was the Khilafat Committee formed?
A. February 1920 Bombay B. March 1918, Gujarat C.January 1919, Bombay D. March 1919 Bombay
19) When did the Non-Cooperation-Khilafat Movement begin?
A. 1920 B. 1919 C. 1921 D. 1922
20) What is the meaning of picket?
A. Foreign goods were burnt B.Non financing of foriegn imports
C.wearing only Indian clothes
D.A form of demonstration or protest by which people block the entrance to a shop, factory or office
21) What was the ‘begar’ system?
A. Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any payment
B. labour was paid some percentage of payment C. baour was done in exchange of other goods
D. large revenue was collected from the labour
22) What was the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 about?
A. Relaxation towards the plantation workers in Assam
B. plantation workers were not permitted to leave the tea gardens without permission
C. free mobility for the plantation workers D. workers defied the authorities and left the plantations
23) Why was the Simon Commission set up by the British?
A. it was too manage all civil administration in India B. It came for financial and business issues
C.it came to make peace on various issues
D. the commission was to look into the functioning of the constitutional system in India and suggest changes.
24) An important feature of the Civil Disobedience Movement was the:
(a) Large-scale participation of villagers.
(b) Large-scale participation of the people.
(c) Participation of the Indian merchants and industrialists.
(d) Large-scale participation of women.
25) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, who organised the Dalits into the Depressed Classes Association:
(а) Clashed with Lord Irwin at the Second Round Table Confereru
(b Clashed with Jawaharlal Nehru at the First Round Table Conference
(c) Clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the Second Round Table Conference
(d) None of the above
26) Muhammad AliJinnah was willing to give up the demand for separate electorates:
(a) If Muslims were included in the Second Round Table Conference.
(b) If Muslims were assured reserved seats in the Central Assembly.
(c) If Muslims were assured reserved seats in the Central Assembly and representation in proportion to population in the
Muslim-dominated provinces.
(d) None of the above.
27) For plantation workers in Assam:
(a) Freedom meant a part of the share.
(b) Freedom meant being paid.
(c) Freedom meant the right to move freely and do whatever they wanted.
(d) Freedom meant the right to move freely in and out of the confirmed place in which they were enclosed.

(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
28) Assertion(A): In India rise of nationalism is associated with the anti-colonial movement.
Reason(R): The sense of being oppressed under colonialism connected many different groups together.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

29) Assertion(A): The Congress under Mahatma Gandhi tried to connect different groups together into one
movement .
Reasons(R): Unity didn’t come without conflicts.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

30) Assertion(A): Mass processions Were a common feature of the Indian national movement.
Reason(R): People protested for the benefit of their respective social groups.
(c) A is true but R is false.

31) Assertion(A): Rates of taxes were raised and income tax was introduced in colonial India.
Reason(R): Defence expenditure and war loans after the first world war was financed by Indian taxes.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

32) Assertion(A): In 1920-21 crops failed in many parts of India and there was an influenza epidemic.
Reason(R): According to the 1921 census, 13 million people perished in India due to famine and disease.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

33. Which 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 Emperor’s temporal power.
c) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali led the movement in India.
d) It resulted in the restoration of the power of the Khilafat of Turkey.
34) Production of which industry go up during the Non-cooperation movement?
a) Steel industry.
b) Textile and handloom industry.
c) Coal industry.
d) Sugar industry.
35) In which province council election was not boycott even though the Non-cooperation movement was
started
a) Bombay.
b) Kanpur.
c) Madras.
d) None of the above

36) Which party of Madras province does not boycott council election during non-cooperation movement?
a) Swaraj party.
b) Kisan party.
c) Justice party.
d) Home rule league.
37) Which of the following was the main reason behind the start of the Non-cooperation Movement in 1920?
a) To fulfil the demand for Swaraj.
b) To oppose the arrival of Prince of Wales.
c) To surrender the title vested by the British.
d) To boycott the civil services, army, police, courts and legislative councils.
38) Which of the following is not true regarding the Jallianwala Bagh incident?
a) It took place on 10th April 1919.
b) Satyagrahis were forced to rub their noses n the ground and crawl on the streets.
c) Its aim was to create a “moral effect” in the minds of the Satyagrahis.
d) Its aim was to create a feeling of terror.
39) Find the wrong statement regarding the impact of the World War I on India?
a) Defence expenditure resulted in increased taxes.
b) Forced recruitment of soldiers was introduced in the villages.
c) Income tax was introduced and customs duties increased.
d) The hardships ended with the war as the British introduced the Rowlatt Act
40) The relationship of congress with poor peasants decorated compared to rich peasants during the civil
disobedience movement due to
a) Reduction in revenue rate by the government but no action was taken on the rent issue.
b) Congress support rich peasants publicly rather than poor peasants.
c) Congress was unwilling to start “no rent” movement demand for poor peasants.
d) Poor peasant’s numbers are less compared to rich peasants so congress wanted to give more
momentum to the movement by supporting rich peasants.