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Atomic Energy Education Society

Session: 2023 -24

Class: 10 Subject: Social Science

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Name of the Chapter: Nationalism in India

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Q I. Choose appropriate answers from the following. (1x10=10)

1. Who wrote the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?

(a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) B.R. Ambedkar

(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Jawaharlal Nehru

2. In 1919 Khilafat Committee was formed in the city of

(a) Bombay (b) Calcutta

(c) Lucknow (d) Amritsar

3. Gandhiji organised a Satyagraha to support the --------- of the Kheda district of Gujarat.

(a) cotton mill workers (b) peasants

(c) Jute planters (d) None of these

4. Which of the following statement is not correct about the Rowlatt Act?

(a) It had been hurriedly passed through the Imperial Legislative Council

(b) It gave the government enormous powers to repress political activities

(c) Indians were allowed to rule themselves

(d) It allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.

5. Who entered Jallianwala Bagh, blocked the exit points, and opened fire on the crowd?
(a) Warren Hastings (b) General Dyer

(c) Lord Irwin (d) None of these

6. Why was the ‘Simon Commission’ boycotted by Indians?

(a) there was no British Member in the Commission.

(b) it demanded separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims.

(c) there was no Indian Member in the Commission.

(d) it favoured the Muslims over the Hindus.

7. Who formed the ‘Swaraj Party’ within the Congress?

(a) Jawahar Lai Nehru and Motilal Nehru

(b) Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Jawahar Lai Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose

(d) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru

8. Who founded the ‘Depressed Classes Association’ in 1930?

(a) Alluri Sitaram Raju (b) Periyaswami Naicker

(c) M.R. Jayakar (d) Dr B.R. Ambedkar

9. Mahatma Gandhi’s famous ‘Salt March’ on 12th March 1930 started from-----

(a) Dandi (b) Chauri-Chaura

(c) Sabarmati (d) Surat

10. Who visualised and depicted the image of ‘Bharat Mata’ through a painting?

(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (b) Rabindranath Tagore

(c) Natesa Sastri (d) Abanindranath Tagore

II Answer the following questions in one or two sentences:- (1x10=10)

1. Why was the Rowlatt Act imposed?

2. Who composed ‘Vande Mataram’?
 3. Name the Act whichdid not permit plantation workers to leave the tea garden without
permission.
4. Why did Mahatma Gandhi organise Satyagraha in Kheda?
5. When did Mahatma Gandhi organise a Satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill
workers of Ahmedabad?
6. Who is the spiritual head of the Islamic world?
7. At which session did Gandhiji convince other leaders of the need to start a non-
cooperation movement in support of Khilafat as well as for Swaraj?
8. Explain the term Boycott.
9. What is Begar?
10. Which Statutory Commission was constituted by the Tory Government to look into
the functioning ofthe constitutional system in India and suggest changes?

III. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences. (2x10=20)

1. Why was the Khilafat movement started?

2. How according to Mahatma Gandhi the British rule in India was established and
survived in India?
3. Why were the Council elections not boycotted in Madras?
4. Why did the Non-cooperation movement in the cities gradually slowed down?
5. What was the main reason to withdraw the Non-cooperation Movement?
6. How is Bharat Mata portrayed in the paintings of Abanindranath Tagore?
7. Why was it essential to preserve the folk tradition of India?
8. Why did Natesa Sastri publish Tamil folk tales?
9. Describe the Swaraj flag designed by Gandhiji.
10. How the reinterpretation of history created a feeling of Nationalism among Indians?

IV. Answer the following questions in four to five sentences each:-(3x 5=15)

1. What do you know about Poona Pact?

2. Why did the Non-Cooperation Movement gradually slowdown in the cities?
3. Why did Mahatma Gandhiji decide to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement in
February 1922?
4. What was the role of women in the Civil Disobedience Movement?
5. What were the effects of the Non-cooperation Movement on the economy of India?
IV. Answer the following questions in four to five sentences each: (5x 5=25)
1. What were the reasons for the lukewarm response of some Muslim organizations
to the Civil Disobedience Movement?
2. Why was salt seen as an effective symbol of resistanceagainst colonialism?
3. How did cultural processes help in creating a sense of collective belongingness in
India?
4. Why growth of nationalism in the colonies is linked to an anti-colonial
movement?
5. Explain briefly about Gandhiji’s idea of ‘satyagraha’.
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