Nationalism in India

Why did Gandhiji organise Satyagraha in 1917 in Kheda district of Gujarat?
1. To support the plantation workers
2. To protest against high revenue demand
3. To support the mill workers to full their demand
4. To demand loans for the farmers
Why was Satyagraha organised in Champaran in 1916?
1. To oppose the British laws
2. To oppose the plantation system
3. To oppose high land revenue
4. To protest against the oppression of the mill workers
Why was the Simon Commission sent to India?
1. To look into the Indian constitutional matter and suggest reform
2. To choose members of Indian Council
3. To settle disputes between the government and the Congress leaders
4. To set up a government organisation
Why was Alluri Sitarama Raju well known?
1. He led the militant movement of tribal peasants in Andhra Pradesh.
2. He led a peasant movement in Avadh.
3. He led a satyagraha movement in Bardoli.
4. He set up an organisation for the uplifment of the dalits
Why did General Dyer open re on peaceful crowd in Jallianwalla Bagh? Mark the most important factor.
1. To punish the Indians
2. To take revenge for breaking martial laws
3. To create a feeling of terror and awe in the mind of Indians
4. To disperse the crowd
What kind of movement was launched by the tribal peasants of Gudem Hills in Andhra Pradesh?
1. Satyagraha Movement
2. Militant Guerrilla Movement
3. Non-Violent Movement
4. None
Who among the following two leaders led the Khilafat Movement?
1. Shaukat Ali and Muhammad Ali
2. Gandhiji and Sardar Patel
3. Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Abul Kalam Azad
4. Abul Kalam Azad and Jawaharlal Nehru
Why did Gandhiji withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement
1. Gandhiji realised that people were losing interest in the movement.
2. Gandhiji felt that the movement was turning violent in many places.
3. Some Congress leaders wanted to participate in elections to Provincial Councils.
4. Some Congress leaders wanted more radical mass agitations.
Who were the ‘Sanatanis’?
1. Saints
2. Dalits
3. Labours
4. High-caste Hindus
The main problem with the Simon Commission was that
1. It was an all British commission.
2. It was formed in Britain.
3. It was set up in response to the nationalist movement.
4. It supported the Muslim League.
‘Hind Swaraj ’ was written by:
1. Abul Kalam Azad
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Sardar Patel
4. Subhas Chandra Bose
Why did the Indians oppose the Rowlatt Act?
1. It introduced the Salt Law.
2. It increased taxes on land.
3. It gave the British the power to arrest and detain a person without a trial
4. It put a ban on the Congress party
Due to the effect of the Non-Cooperation movement on the plantation workers in Assam, they
1. left the plantations and headed home.
2. went on strike.
3. destroyed the plantations.
4. None
The resolution of Puma Swaraj was adopted at which session
1. Karachi Congress
2. Haripur Congress
3. Lahore Congress
4. Lucknow Congress
Which one of the following Viceroys announced a vague offer of dominion status for India in October1929?
1. Lord Mount batten
2. Lord Dalhousie
3. Lord Irwin
4. None
What does satyagraha mean? Choose one from j the following options.
1. ‘Satyagraha’ means use of physical force to inict pain while ghting.
2. ‘Satyagraha’ does not inict pain, it is a : non-violent method of ghting against oppression.
3. Satyagraha’ means passive resistance and is a weapon of the weak.
4. ‘Satyagraha’ was a racist method of mass agitation.
Where did the brutal ‘Jallianwala Massacre’ j take place?
1. Amritsar
2. Meerut
3. Lahore
4. Lucknow
Why did General Dyer order to open re on a i peaceful demonstration at Jallianwala Bagh? Choose from the given options
1. He wanted to show his power
2. Firing was ordered because it was an unruly crowd
3. Because his object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’ to create fear in the minds of ‘satyagrahis’.
4. He ordered to re because he noticed a j sudden unrest in the crowd.
Who was the writer of the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?
1. Rabindranath Tagore
2. B.R. Ambedkar
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Jawahar Lai Nehru
The Non-cooperation Khilafat Movement began in
1. January 1921
2. February 1922
3. December 1929
4. April 1919

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