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THE UNION PARLIAMENT

Multiple choice questions

1. What do you understand by federal structure of government?
(a) All powers of administration lies with the centre
(b) A union of sovereign groups or states united for certain common purposes
(c) A method of dividing power between the central government and local state governments that are connected
(d) Rule by a king or a queen
2. Who needs to sign the Bill passed by the Parliament for it to become a law?
(a) President
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Finance Minister
(d) Chief Justice of India
3. What is the number of members required for the quorum to constitute a meeting? (
a) One-tenth of the total number of members
(b) Two-thirds of the members of the House
(c) At least 50 members
(d) 530 members
4. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) President
(c) Senate
(d) Vice President
5. What enabled distinguished persons to have a place in the Upper Chamber?
(a) Election
(b) To be appointed as Speaker
(c) Principle of nomination
(d) Quorum
6. What is the term of the Rajya Sabha?
(a) Two-thirds of its members retire at the end of every second year
(b) One-third of its members retire at the end of every second year
(c) Two-thirds of its members retire at the end of every year
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(d) One-third of its members retire at the end of every year

7. How are the members of the Rajya Sabha elected?

(a) By the Lok Sabha Speaker in consultation with the President
(b) Nominated by the President in consultation with the Council of Ministers
(c) Directly by the people
(d) By the members of the State Legislative Assembly of each state
8. Who decides the salaries and allowances of MPs, Ministers, and Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts?
(a) Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
(b) Parliament
(c) Finance Minister
(d) President in consultation with the Chief
9. Which one of these statements is not correct about the Question Hour?
(a) The President from time to time may summon each House of Parliament to the Question Hour as he/she may
think fit.
(b) The first hour of a sitting in both Houses is allotted for asking and answering of
(c) Purpose is to obtain information on a matter of public importance or to ventilate a grievance.
(d) None of the above
10. Which one of these statements best defines an adjournment motion?
(a) To obtain information on a matter of public importance or to ventilate a grievance.
(b) A step taken against a group of Ministers or an individual Minister, expressing a strong disapproval of their
policy or a program.
(c) It pinpoints the failures of the Government in the performance of its duties and is moved only in the Lok
Sabha.
(d) A method to check that public money is spent in accordance with the Parliament’s decision.
11. Which of these statements is correct about the power of the Houses over financial matter?
(a) A Money Bill can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha
(b) The Lok Sabha only has the power to vote on the Demands for Grants
(c) Rajya Sabha can discuss the Grants
(d) All of the above
12. Why does the will of Lok Sabha prevail at a joint sitting with the Rajya Sabha?
(a) Rajya Sabha has no power to vote
(b) As total membership of Rajya Sabha is less than even half of the total strength of Lok Sabha
(c) No-Confidence Motion can only be moved in the Lok Sabha
(d) The Council of Ministers are collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha
13. Rajya Sabha has power to
(a) Elect and impeach the President
(b) Cast their vote on Demands for Grants
(c) Both a and b (d) Only b
14. In general, how many Sessions are held in a year?
(a) Six
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(b) Five
(c) Four
(d) Three
15. Which of these statements is correct about No Confidence Motion?
(a) The Cabinet Ministers are collectively responsible to the Parliament
(b) No Confidence Motion can be moved by the ruling party against the Opposition
(c) The lower House passes No Confidence Motion only when it carries the support of 50 members
(d) The Motion has to be taken up for discussion within 15 days from the day on which leave is granted
16. When a ………. is in operation, the life of House may be extended by a law of Parliament.
(a) Question Hour
(b) Proclamation of Emergency
(c) No Confidence Motion
(d) Budget Session
17. A person shall not be qualified to be elected for a seat in the Lok Sabha if he/she is not registered as a/an
………. in any of the ………..
(a) Candidate, States
(b) Anglo-Indian, Reserved constituencies
(c) Member of Legislative Assembly, States
(d) Voter, Parliamentary constituencies
18. A ………. is the minimum number of members required to be present before a meeting is allowed to begin.
(a) Zero Hour
(b) Adjournment
(c) Quorum
(d) Term 19.
If the Budget is not passed before the beginning of the financial year, ………. authorizes the Executive to draw
funds from the Consolidated Fund until the Budget is passed by the Parliament.
(a) Vote on Account
(b) Money Bill
(c) Demands for Grants
(d) Supplementary Grant
20. To be chosen as a member of the Rajya Sabha, a person must be a citizen of India and not less than ……….
years of age.
(a) 25
(b) 30
(c) 35
(d) 18

21. The Presiding Officer has to adjourn the House or suspend the meeting if the ………. of one-tenth of the total
number of members of Rajya Sabha are not met.
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(a) Ordinances
(b) Allowances
(c) Salary
(d) Quorum
22. The Vice President of India has no right to vote in the Rajya Sabha except to ……………………….
(a) Break a tie
(b) Vote on Account
(c) Demand for Grants
(d) Vote for Speaker
23. In case of conflict between a ………………….. and ………. law, the law made by Parliament shall prevail.
(a) Central, Concurrent
(b) Concurrent, State
(c) Central, State
(d) Central, Residuary
24. Control over ……………………………….. gives proof of the Lok Sabha’s superiority.
(a) Censure Motion
(b) National Treasury
(c) Adjournment Motion
(d) The Budget
25. The salaries and allowances of the President, the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker, the Chairman and the Judges
of the Supreme Court and High Courts are a part of ………..
(a) Consolidated Fund of India
(b) Other expenditures of the Government
(c) Supplementary Grants
(d) Vote on Account
26. The Rajya Sabha needs to pass a resolution by ………. majority to for the Parliament to make a law on
matter of State List in national interest.
(a) One-tenth
(b) One-third
(c) Two-thirds
(d) One-half
27. ………. is not subject to dissolution by the President.
(a) Lok Sabha
(b) Rajya Sabha
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
28. The Sessions of each House of the Parliament is summoned by the ………..
(a) Lok Sabha
(b) Speaker
(c) Deputy Speaker
(d) President
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29. The President may promulgate a/an ………. when the Parliament is not in session.
(a) Vote on Account
(b) Ordinance
(c) Money Bill (d) Demands for Grants
30. ………. are those to which a member wishes to have an oral answer on the floor of the House.
(a) Starred Questions
(b) Unstarred Questions
(c) Short Notice Questions
(d) Quorum

Short answer questions.

1. Name the three constituents of the Parliament.
2. Define Parliament.
3. Name the two Houses of the Indian Parliament.
4. Why is the Lok Sabha known as the House of the People?
5. Name the two Union Territories of India which merged to become a single Union Territory on 26 th January,
2020.
6. How are the members of the Lok Sabha elected?
7. The provision for the nomination of two Anglo- Indian members to the Lok Sabha was ended by which
Constitutional Amendment?
8. The representation of States in the Lok Sabha is on which basis?
9. Which State sends maximum representatives to the Lok Sabha?
10. What is Question Hour?
11. Define Interpellation.
12. What are Starred Questions?
13. What are Unstarred Questions?
14. What are Short Notice Questions?
15. What is a Motion?
16. What is a No- Confidence Motion?
17. Who moves the No- Confidence Motion in the Lok Sabha and against whom?
18. The support of how many members is required to move a vote of No- Confidence in the Lok Sabha?
19. Within how many days should a motion of No- Confidence be taken up for discussion after it has been
introduced in the house?
20. What is the maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha?
21. Name the two categories of members comprising the Rajya Sabha?
22. How many members are nominated to the Rajya Sabha and who nominates them?
23. What is the strength of the elected members in the Rajya Sabha?
24. What is the term of office of an individual member of the Rajya Sabha?
25. Mention two qualifications required to be a member of the Rajya Sabha.
26. What is the minimum age criterion to be a member of the Rajya Sabha?
27. State the exclusive powers of the Rajya Sabha.
28. State the exclusive powers of the Lok Sabha.
29. Mention two provisions of the Constitution, which clearly establish the supremacy of the Lok Sabha with
regard to the Money Bill.
30. Name the two types of authority in a federal set up in India.
31. What is the term of the “Lok Sabha”
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32. How is the Speaker of the Lok Sabha elected?

33. Who presides over the sessions of the Rajya Sabha in the absence of its Chairman?
34. On whose advice and by who is the Council of Ministers appointed?
35. What is meant by the term 'Session'?
36. What is the term of office of a Rajya Sabha member?
37. State the meaning of the term Question Hour.
38. Name the Presiding officer of the Lok Sabha.
39. State any one condition when the Parliament can legislate on subjects in the State List.
40. What happens when a motion of ‘No-Confidence’ is passed against a Minister?
41. What is meant by the term ‘quorum’?
42. What is the maximum gap allowed between the two parliamentary sessions?
43. What is an Ordinance?
44. How are the members of Rajya Sabha elected?

Long answer questions.

1. List any four functions of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
2. What is the relation between the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha ?
3. In the context of the Union Parliament, describe the Financial Powers of the Union Parliament.
4. Explain three ways by which the Legislature exercises control over the Executive.
5. Mention any two judicial powers and any two electoral powers of the Indian Parliament.

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THE FIRST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1857

Multiple choice questions
1. Identify one of the features of the Subsidiary Alliance.
(a) The Indian rulers had to keep a British Official called ‘Resident’ at capitals of their respective States (b) A
State was taken over by the British if the ruler died without a natural heir
(c) The Officials openly preached Christian doctrines in the temples and mosques
(d) The British Officials took all steps to colonise India as an agricultural nation
2. Which State became a victim of Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Poona
(c) Nagpur
(d) Hyderabad
3. What was changed in the Religious Disabilities Act?
(a) Sati was abolished
(b) Widows were allowed to remarry
(c) Female infanticide was prohibited
(d) Hindu Law of Property
4. What did an Indian on horseback had to do if he came across a European on his way?
(a) Salute from the horseback
(b) Let the European pass first
(c) Dismount and stand in respectful manner until the European had passed him
(d) Greet him
5. Where was the Mahalwari system prevalent?
(a) Bengal, Bihar and Odisha
(b) Parts of Central India, the Gangetic Valley and Punjab
(c) Bombay Presidency
(d) Southern India
6. This Act mentioned that all recruits to the Bengal Army had to serve everywhere, within or outside India.
(a) General Service Enlistment Act
(b) Religious Disabilities Act
(c) Rowlatt Act
(d) Subsidiary Alliance
7. What was introduced by the Bengal Government in 1829 in a Calcutta Madrasa?
(a) Urdu classes
(b) Sanskrit classes
(c) English classes
(d) Persian classes
8. Who saw Western education as an attempt to discourage Islamic and Hindu studies?
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(a) Christian missionaries

(b) Brahmins
(c) Muslims
(d) Pandits and maulvis
9. Which one of these manufacturing towns suffered from ruin of trade and handicrafts?
(a) Jhansi
(b) Murshidabad
(c) Lucknow
(d) Nagpur
10. What was the highest rank that a native sepoy could rise to?
(a) Subedar
(b) Commander
(c) Colonel
(d) Brigadier General
11. Which army regiment refused to serve in Sindh in 1844 till they got an extra allowance?
(a) Punjab regiment
(b) Garhwal regiment
(c) Bengal regiment
(d) Sikh regiment
12. The loss in which war revealed the weakness of the British?
(a) Anglo-Mysore war
(b) First War of Independence
(c) Battle of Plassey
(d) Anglo-Afghan war
13. What was the immediate cause of the First War of Independence?
(a) Introduction of Brown Bess Guns
(b) Introduction of Enfield Rifles
(c) Racial discrimination
(d) Establishment of Christian missionaries
14. Why did the Indian sepoys refuse to go outside India?
(a) Sea voyage was forbidden by their religion
(b) They feared they would catch infection and diseases
(c) They feared sea storms
(d) They feared attack by the pirates
15. Which organisation/person established a press at Agra?
(a) The British Administration
(b) Raja Rammoham Roy
(c) Keshab Chandra Sen
(d) The Missionary Society of America
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17. The Subsidiary Alliance had reduced the ruler of an Indian State to the position of …………….
(a) Clown
(b) Puppet
(c) Peasant
(d) Sepoy
18. The adopted son of Rani Jhansi was not recognised as a lawful …………… to the throne.
(a) Successor
(b) Court official
(c) Army official
(d) Advisor
19. Indians were excluded from all high offices in the …………… as well as …………….
(a) Court, clubs
(b) Court, administration
(c) Army, administration
(d) Administration, educational institutions
20. The …………… and …………… were looked down upon as means to break social order and caste rules.
(a) Army, court
(b) Western education, lawyers
(c) Pandits, maulvis
(d) Railways, telegraphs
21. Shifting of emphasis from …………… to …………… was not well received by the people.
(a) Oriental learning, Western education
(b) Western education, Oriental learning
(c) English, Sanskrit
(d) Sanskrit, Persian
22. The popularity of Indian textiles alarmed the policy makers of …………….
(a) Scotland
(b) America
(c) China
(d) England
23. Almost …………… of the net produce was claimed as land revenue.
(a) One-tenth
(b) Two-thirds
(c) Half
(d) One-fourth
24. Annexation of Indian States meant loss of livelihood for thousands of the …………… troops.
(a) British
(b) Native
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(c) Peasant
(d) Sepoy
25. The big famine of …………… made people desert their villages and wander in search of food.
(a) 1837–38
(b) 1798–1805
(c) 1846–1856
(d) 1856 26.
All the high ranks in the army were reserved for the …………… only.
(a) Sepoys
(b) Natives
(c) Indian rulers
(d) British
27. The strategic places like …………… and …………… did not have British armies.
(a) Bengal, Madras
(b) Delhi, Allahabad
(c) Mysore, Poona
(d) Lucknow, Mysore
28. England was engaged in several hostilities outside India, the …………… War and the …………… War.
(a) Persian, Chinese
(b) Mysore, Plassey
(c) Mysore, Buxar
(d) Plassey, Buxar
29. The first Afghan War was a complete failure from the …………… viewpoint.
(a) Afghan
(b) Indian
(c) British
(d) American
30. The General Service Enlistment Act created great alarm in the minds of the …………… army.
(a) British
(b) European
(c) Punjab
(d) Bengal
31. The cartridges used for the Enfield Rifles were greased with the fat of …………… and …………….
(a) Buffaloes, cows
(b) Cows, pigs
(c) Eggs, chicken
(d) Pigs, buffaloes
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Short answer questions -

1. Mention the four ways by which the British tried to expand their political power in India.
2. Which battle fought by the East India Company made it the master of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa?
3. What was the result of the British success in the Anglo- Mysore Wars?
4. What was the outcome of the Third Anglo- Maratha War?
5. When and why did Punjab become a part of the East India Company’s territory?
6. Name the territories conquered by the British from 1823 to 1856.
7. Who was the architect of the Subsidiary Alliance?
8. State the four conditions to which an Indian ruler had to agree on signing the Subsidiary Alliance.
9. Name the Princely States that signed the Subsidiary Alliance with the British.
10. How did the Subsidiary Alliance result in ending the sovereignty of the Princely States that signed it?
11. Who was Lord Dalhousie?
12. Name the policy devised by him to annex the Princely States of India.
13. Who was the Mughal ruler of Delhi in 1857?
14. Between which two places did Nana Saheb travel to gather support for the movement against the British?
15. Under what pretext was Awadh (Oudh) annexed to the Company’s dominion?
16. What is meant by ‘Doctrine of Lapse’?
17. Why did the ‘Doctrine of Lapse’, become a political cause for the result of 1857?
18. Why did Rani Laxmi Bai become bitter enemy of the British?
19. Which announcement of Lord canning adversely affected the Mughal dynasty in India?
20. Name two Indian States brought under the British control using Subsidiary Alliance.
21. State one of the consequences of the disbanding of the armies of the annexed States by the British.
22. What kind of treatment was given to Indigo cultivators and why?
23. Why did the Indian craftsmen and artisans start resenting the British Rule? Give two reasons.
24. Mention any two social reforms advocated by the British which affected the religious traditions of
theIndian people.
25. Mention any two social evils that existed in India during the 19th century. What measures did the British
26. Name two states did British take over in outright wars?
27. Describe in three words the nature of the rebellions against British domination in India from 1757 to 1857.
28. Name any four sections of the Indian Society who took part in the First War of Independence in 1857.
29. Name the battle fought by the British East India Company in June 1757, which paved the way for
Britishconquest of India.
30. What was the nature of revolts against the British before the First War of Independence?
31. Why was the “War of 1857” hailed as First War of Independence?
32. Mention two political causes of the First War of Independence.
33. Name two famous Indian leaders of the revolt of 1857.
34. What announcement did Lord Dalhousie make in 1849 related to the successors of Bahadur Shah Zafar?
35. Who was Nana Saheb?
36. What was Nana Saheb’s grievance against the British?
37. For what purpose did Nana Saheb utilize the wealth inherited from his father

Long answer questions.

38. Explain the political causes that led to the uprising of 1857.
39. “The First War of Independence of 1857 was the culmination of people’s dissatisfaction with the British
rule.” In this context, discuss about the economic causes.
40. The Revolt of 1857 can be attributed to many causes. Explain the military causes.
41. State any four changes in the administration of the British Government as a consequence of the revolt.
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GROWTH OF NATIONALISM
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Multiple choice questions.
1. Who established the Brahmo Samaj in 1828?
(a) Jyotiba Phule
(b) Raja Rammohan Roy
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
2. How was Raja Rammohan Roy influenced by Islam?
(a) Ethical teachings
(b) Doctrines of Upanishads
(c) Monotheism
(d) Doctrine of nationalism
3. What was Rammohan Roy’s belief about religion?
(a) Each religion had set up a moral code necessary for social peace and happiness
(b) Believed that women were superior to men
(c) Opposed the caste system
(d) Preached the power of strength and selfreliance
4. Which social evil was made illegal in India in 1829?
(a) Child marriage
(b) Ban on widow remarriage
(c) Purdah system
(d) Sati system
5. What was the Bengali weekly started by Raja Rammohan Roy?
(a) Sambad Kaumudi
(b) Rast Goftar
(c) Shome Prakash
(d) Young India
6. Name the Persian paper started by Raja Rammohan Roy.
(a) Rast Goftar
(b) Punjab Kesari
(c) Mirat-ul-Akhbar
(d) Mahratta
7. What step did Raja Rammohan Roy take against Press Regulation?
(a) He believed in the ethical teachings of Christianity
(b) He presented a petition to the Supreme Court
(c) He protested against the Press Regulation
(d) He recognised the significance of English education in the modern world
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8. Who apprised the Select Committee of the British Parliament about the poor economic conditions of the
people in India?
(a) Jyotiba Phule
(b) Savitribai Phule
(c) A.O. Hume
(d) Raja Rammohan Roy
9. Name the book written by Jyotiba Phule.
(a) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
(b) Dharma Marg Darshak
(c) Ghulamgiri
(d) A Nation in Making
10. Why did Phule say that women were superior to men?
(a) They bore children and nursed them
(b) Women were revered as Bharat Mata
(c) He regarded women as “priceless possession”
(d) If a woman is educated, the whole nation will be educated
11. In which year did Phule establish one of the first girls school in India?
(a) 1829
(b) 1848
(c) 1873
(d) 1896
12. How did the Indian press influence the Indians?
(a) Encourage Western education and philosophy
(b) Propagate freedom and fraternity
(c) Propagate the path of religion
(d) Fostering patriotism and ideas of liberty and justice in the nation
13. Which book is known as the “Bible of modern Bengali patriotism”?
(a) Anandamath
(b) Bharat Durdasa
(c) Kesari
(d) Mahratta
14. Our national song has been taken from which book?
(a) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
(b) Dharma Marg Darshak
(c) Ghulamgiri
(d) Anandamath
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15. Why was the birth of Indian National Congress very significant in the history of India?
(a) Comprised great leaders
(b) First all-India association of a permanent nature
(c) An Englishmen helped in the foundation
(d) The British officials supported the Congress
16. Identify one of the immediate objectives of the Congress as stated by W.C. Bonnerjee.
(a) Holding of Indian Civil Service examination both in England and India
(b) Appointment of a Royal Commission to enquire into the working of the Indian administration
(c) To train and mobilise public opinion all over the country
(d) Expansion of the Legislative Councils
17. Raja Rammohan Roy stressed on the ………… of all religions.
(a) Awakening
(b) Validity
(c) Unity
(d) Division
18. The papers published by Raja Rammohan Roy had a distinct ………… and ………… character.
(a) Repressive, dominating
(b) Nationalist, progressive
(c) Superior, progressive
(d) Humanist, economic
19. Raja Rammohun Roy wanted the ………… Budget to be reduced so that more funds would be available for
health and education of the people.
(a) Production
(b) Marketing
(c) Cash flow
(d) Military
20. Jyotiba Phule was highly popular ………… reformer of the 19th century.
(a) Economic
(b) Political
(c) Social
(d) Religious

Short answer questions

1. Explain the term Nationalism.
2. Why was the feeling of Nationalism lacking among Indians before the arrival of the British?
3. India had a long history before the arrival of the British yet it was never one nation. Explain why?
4. What were two watchwords of the French Revolution?
5. What role did press play in the National Movement?
6. Name any two newspapers of the 19th century which played a significant role in arousing
nationalsentiment among the Indians.
7. Mention any two issues that the socio-religious reform movements worked for.
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8. Name any two social reformers who prepared the ground for national movement.
9. Name the organization founded by Jyotiba Phule. Why did he establish the organization?
10. Who was Raja Rammohan Roy? Which organization he formed?
11. Who was the Governor General who passed the law and made Sati illeagal? Name some of the social
evilsthat these reform movements aimed to abolish.
12. What did this movement aim to reform in the religious sphere?
13. Name the organizations founded by Raja Rammohan Roy and Jyotiba Phule.
14. Who is the writer of the book ‘Gift to Monotheists’? In which language is it written?
15. State the three major beliefs of the Brahmo Samaj.
16. State any four practices against women which were condemned by Raja Rammohan Roy.
17. Name the two newspapers started by Raja Rammohan Roy.
18. State the economic and political rights that Raja Rammohan Roy agitated for.
19. Who was called prophet of Indian Nationalism? Who called him Father of Indian Renaissance?
20. What objective did the Satya Shodhak Samaj seek to achieve?
21. When and by whom Congress was founded?
22. Who became the first president of the Indian National Movement?
23. Where did the second session of Congress held and who was the President of the second session?
24. State two aims of Congress.
25. Name the Viceroy who believed that the formation of the INC would act as a safety valve against
popular discontent.
26. State the four objectives of the Indian National Congress.

Long answer questions.

1. State the role of Raja Rammohan Roy in India’s Nationalism.
OR
Why was Raja Rammohan Roy called the Father of Indian Nationalism?
2. How did the British react when the Indian National Congress was founded? Why did their attitude change
later?
3. What were the aims of the Congress?
4. How did Economic Exploitation lead to the Growth of Nationalism in India?
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FIRST PHASE OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT

Multiple choice questions

1. The early nationalists asked for abolition of:
(a) Legislature
(b) India Council
(c) Judiciary
(d) Ilbert Bill
2. For administrative reforms, the Congress urged the Government for wider employment of whom in the
higher services?
(a) Indians
(b) British
(c) Professionals
(d) Weavers
3. What did the early Congress members request for the local municipal bodies?
(a) Abolition of municipal bodies
(b) Increase in the number of local bodies
(c) Local bodies to be run by the Viceroy
(d) Increase in their powers and reducing official control over them
4. What economic reform did the early Congress leaders demand regarding industries?
(a) Heavy tax on export goods
(b) Abolition of salt tax
(c) Industrial growth through trade protection
(d) Reduction in expenditure
5. What did Dadabhai Naoroji aim to provide the members of the British Parliament through East India
Association?
(a) Praise Government policies
(b) Information about India’s grievances
(c) Terminate British rule
(d) Become the Viceroy
6. The Congress Session of 1906 passed resolution on Swaraj, Swadeshi, and which other two aspects?
(a) Boycott, National Education
(b) Opposition, Wealth management
(c) Provincial Legislature, finance
(d) Agriculture, industries
7. What did Dadabhai think was the real basis of political power?
(a) Brute force
(b) Boycott
(c) Swadeshi
(d) Justice
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8. Surendranath Banerjee believed elective offices were a means to serve:

(a) Prison mates
(b) People
(c) British
(d) Politicians
9. Which paper was started by W.C. Bonnerjee and edited by Surendranath Banerjee for several years?
(a) The Bengalee
(b) Amrit Bazar Patrika
(c) Ghulamgiri
(d) Sambad Kaumudi
10. What was the Surendranath Banerjee’s best-known book?
(a) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
(b) Ghulamgiri
(c) A Nation in Making
(d) The Call to Young India
11. What did Gokhale plead for regards the Cotton Goods?
(a) Reduction in excise duty
(b) Abolition of excise duty
(c) Increase in export of Indian cotton goods into Britain
(d) None of the above
12. Who said at the Varanasi Congress Session that “the true Swadeshi Movement is both a patriotic and an
economic Movement”?
(a) Pherozeshah Mehta
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
13. What did Gokhale ask for in the Imperial Legislative Council in 1910 and 1912?
(a) Reduction in Salt Duty
(b) Abolition of excise duty on cotton goods
(c) Relief to Indian bonded labour in Natal
(d) Drain theory
14. The Congress at its very first session asked for the expansion of the …………….
(a) Legislative Councils
(b) Judiciary
(c) Press Regulations
(d) None of these
15. The Congress leaders insisted on colonial form self-government, like the administrative system found in the
dominions of …………… and …………….
(a) Africa, Greenland
(b) Norway, Belgium
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(c) Canada, Australia (d) Tasmania, New Zealand

16. The Congress urged the Government for complete separation of …………… and …………… functions.
(a) Press, government
(b) Executive, judiciary
(c) Social, economic
(d) Press, literary
17. The early Congress leaders demanded total abolition of …………… and the duty on sugar.
(a) Land revenue
(b) Foreign goods
(c) Press regulation
(d) Salt tax
18. With regards to safeguarding the civil liberties, the early Congress leaders demanded the right to
…………… and to form associations.
(a) Revolt
(b) Strike
(c) Assemble
(d) Press Regulation
19. The early nationalists did not believe in …………… or …………… means.
(a) Agitation, unconstitutional
(b) Revolt, constitutional
(c) Liberty, democratic
(d) British rule, unconstitutional
20. Dadabhai’s historic address, read out by Mr. Gokhale because of Gokhale’s ill health laid stress on the
attainment of …………….
(a) Seat in House of Commons
(b) Peace
(c) Swaraj
(d) Equality
21. Through Dadabhai’s Brain Drain theory, he tried to explain how India’s …………… was/were being taken
away to England.
(a) Talents
(b) Wealth
(c) Knowledge
(d) Traditional cottage industry
22. Surendranath Banerjee supported the …………… Movement.
(a) Opposition
(b) Anti-capitalism
(c) Apartheid
(d) Swadeshi
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23. Gokhale was a man of …………… views and had immense faith in British …………….

(a) Moderate, liberalism

(b) Radical, capitalism
(c) Extremist, socialism
(d) Moderate, marketing
24. Identify the organisation established by Gopal Krishna Gokhale where men were trained to devote their
lives to the cause of the country?
(a) Indian Association
(b) Servants of India Society
(c) Brahmo Samaj
(d) Ramkrishna Mission
25. How did Gokhale decide to carry out constitutional agitation?
(a) Petition, appeals to justice and passive resistance
(b) Strikes and hartals
(c) Boycott movement
(d) Revolts

1. When and who founded London India Society?

2. Which resolution was passed by House of Commons in 1893?
3. Which association was founded in 1866 by Dadabhai Naoroji?
4. How many times was Dadabhai Naoroji elected as President of Congress?
5. Name the four resolutions passed under his Presidentship?
6. How did Dadabhai Naoroji expose the economic ills of India?
7. Which committee of the Indian National Congress was set up in London in 1889?
8. Name the leader who spent most part of his life in Britain to create awareness among the British
peopleabout the plight of Indians.
9. What was Lord Dufferin’s attitude towards the Congress?
10. Who was known as Grand Old Man of India?
11. Mention two contributions of Dadabhai Naoroji to the national movement.
12. What were Rast Goftar and Dharma Marg Darshak
13. Name the book Surendranath Banerjee wrote that highlighted his political concerns.
14. Which newspaper edited by Surendra Nath Banerjee become a powerful medium for mobilizing
publicopinion?
15. Name the acts of the British Government against which Surendra Nath Banerjee started agitations.
16. What was the opinion of the Early Nationalist leaders about the British?
17. What political objective did they want for India from the British?
18. Why are the Early Nationalists also called the Moderates?
19. Which Early Nationalist leader was a Professor of Mathematics at Elphinstone College, Mumbai?
20. Who authored ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’?
21. Which Early Nationalist was a Professor of History and Economics at Fergusson College, Pune?
22. Who was the founder of the Deccan Education Society?
23. Whose ideals influenced Gopal Krishna Gokhale?
24. Which period of national movement is known as the period of the Early Nationalists?
25. Name two leaders who are known as Early Nationalists.
26. Why were these leaders called Early Nationalists?
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27. Which strata of society did the Early Nationalists come from?
28. What was the Constitutional Agitation Method
29. Define – Drain Theory
30. Which issues did Gopal Krishna press upon the British to reform?
31. Name the society set up by Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
32. What was the aim of the society?

Long answer questions.

1. Why were the early Congress leaders called the ‘Moderates’
2. Early Nationalists aroused national consciousness by exposing true character of British Imperialism.
Discuss.
3. State the political demands of the Moderates.
4. Mention the socio-economic demands made by the Moderates.
5. Describe the achievements of the Moderates.
6. Mention the achievement of Dadabhai Naoroji in strengthening Indian Nationalism.
7. Discuss the political goals of Surendranath Banerjee.
8. Disucss the methods, adopted by Gopal Krishna Gokhale to achieve his political objectives.
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2nd PHASE OF THE NATIONALMOVEMENT & THE MUSLIM LEAGUE

Multiple choice questions

1. Who put into effect the partition of Bengal?
(a) Lytton
(b) Wellington
(c) Hastings
(d) Curzon
2. What was the perspective of Indian nationalists about partition of Bengal by the British?
(a) To large to be administered by a single provincial government
(b) Policy of Divide and Rule
(c) Oriya speaking people, outside the territorial limits of Orissa, had to be brought under the administration
(d) To show the strength of East Bengal
3. How was Swadeshi popularised?
(a) Bonfire of books, official documents and British flags
(b) Boycott of honours and titles
(c) Bonfires of cloth, salt and sugar
(d) Boycott of Indian goods
4. Who gave the slogan, “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”?
(a) Bal Gangdhar Tilak
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
5. Which two terms became the battle cry of the assertive nationalists?
(a) Petitions and Appeals
(b) Swaraj and Resolutions
(c) Boycott and Petitions
(d) Swaraj and Boycott
6. Who wrote the weeklies Mahratta and Kesari?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
7. Identify what Bipin Chandra suggested to eradicate India’s poverty.
(a) To develop lot of industries in the country
(b) To establish libraries
(c) 48 hours of work in a week and increase in wages
(d) Both (a) and (c)
8. During which incident Lala Lajpat Rai succumbed to injuries and sacrificed his life?
(a) Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
(b) Khilafat Movement
(c) Simon Commission
(d) Cabinet Mission
9. What was Lalaji popularly referred to by people?
(a) Sher-e-Punjab
(b) Lokmanya
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(c) Bagha
(d) Mahatma
10. Where was the Muslim League’s Constitution framed?
(a) Lahore
(b) Punjab
(c) Calcutta
(d) Karachi
11. Who presided over the First Session of the Muslim League in December 1908?
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(b) Syed Ali Imam
(c) Nawab Salimullah
(d) Badruddin Tyabji
12. What was the objective of Muslim League?
(a) To present their needs and aspirations before the Government in mild and moderate language
(b) To follow Swadeshi and Boycott
(c) To repress the other communities
(d) To bring about class equality
13. The capital of East Bengal was Dacca with subsidiary headquarters at …………….
(a) Cuttack
(b) Murshidabad
(c) Chittagong
(d) Calcutta
14. Lord Curzon believed that the Indian people were illiterate and could have no …………… aspirations.
(a) Economic
(b) Political
(c) Social
(d) Health
15. The ultimate objective of the assertive nationalists was …………….
(a) Boycott
(b) Nationalism
(c) Stern measures
(d) Swaraj
16. While …………… education was aimed to shape people’s character, political education meant to carry out
one’s …………… responsibilities.
(a) Religious, civic
(b) National, moral
(c) Economic, social
(d) Health, moral
17. Tilak is known for organizing …………… and …………… clubs in Maharashtra.
(a) Akhara, political
(b) Literary campaigns, religious
(c) Akhara, lathi
(d) Swadeshi, boycott
18. …………… headed the Home Rule League in Madras.
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Savitribai Phule
(c) Sister Nivedita
(d) Annie Besant
19. Leaders like Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai transformed the anti-partition movement into a
…………… Movement.
(a) Swaraj
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(b) Political
(c) Extremist
(d) Social
20. Bipin Chandra Pal started …………… Paper in 1901.
(a) Mahratta
(b) New India (c) Kesari (d) Sambad Kaumudi
21. Lala Lajpat Rai elected to the …………… and in 1925 became the Deputy leader of the Party.
(a) India Council
(b) Provincial Legislature
(c) Central Legislative Assembly
(d) British Parliament
22. The First Session of the Muslim League was held in …………….
(a) Amritsar
(b) Lahore
(c) Karachi
(d) Poona
23. The objective of the Muslim League was to prevent any feelings of hostility between …………… and other
communities, without adversely affecting the objectives of the League.
(a) Hindus
(b) Persian
(c) Turks
(d) Muslims
24. In December 1906, the delegates had met at Dacca for …………….
(a) Aligarh Muslim University
(b) Muslim League
(c) Muslim Educational Conference
(d) Congress Session
25. Who led the Home Rule League in Maharashtra?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Savitribai Phule
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
26. Who went to England in 1905 to persuade the British leaders not to go ahead with the partition of Bengal?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai and Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal and Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai
27. Why was Bipin Chandra Pal imprisoned for six months in October 1907?
(a) For supporting the Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) For giving evidence against Aurobindo Ghose in sedition charges
(c) For refusing to give evidence to a sedition charge against Aurobindo Ghose
(d) For hartal against Simon Commission

Short answer questions

1. Name the Viceroy responsible for the Partition of Bengal.
2. Why is October 16th 1905 regarded as an important day in the history of Indian National Movement?
3. What was the real motive behind partition?
4. What argument was given by the British for the partition?
5. State the concealed motives of the British officials who worked out the plan of Partition.
6. Who were Assertive Nationalists?
7. Why were they so called?
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8. What was their immediate aim?

9. State two methods adopted by Assertive Nationalists.
10. Who was the first nationalist who sought close contact with the masses?
11. Why did Tilak start lathi clubs and akharas?
12. What steps were taken by Tilak to preach nationalism?
13. What are Mahratta (English) and Kesari (Marathi)?
14. Name the books written by Lokmanya Tilak.
15. What was Home Rule League?
16. Who is known as forerunner of Gandhi and why?
17. Who is known as the Father of Revolutionary Thought?
18. Name the popular trio.
19. What role did B.C.Pal play as a journalist to arouse the feeling of nationalism?
20. What step did Pal suggest that would be an effective instrument in social progress of India?
21. State two social and economic reforms suggested by Pal.
22. State the contribution of Lala Lajpat Rai in the freedom struggle.
23. State two differences between the Early Nationalists and Assertive Nationalists.
24. What is passive resistance?
25. What did Revivalism mean for the Assertive Nationalists?
26. Name the two newspapers through which Bipin Chandra Pal propagated his nationalistic ideas.
27. What were the two reasons for the arrest and imprisonment of Bipin Chandra Pal by the British?
28. Which Assertive Nationalist was popularly known as ‘ Punjab Kesari’?
29. Name the Assertive Nationalist who became the President of the All India Trade Union Congress in 1920.
30. Name the monthly magazine started by Lala Lajpat Rai when he was in USA.
31. Who wrote ‘England’s Debt to India’ and ‘ The Call to Young India’?
32. Name the two Urdu Dailies and the English Weekly founded by Lala Lajpat Rai.
33. Name the Assertive Nationalist associated with the Arya Samaj Movement and expansion of the
DAVCollege in Lahore.
34. Which party did Lala Lajpat Rai join when he went to America in 1914?
35. Who said, “ Lathi blows inflicted on me would prove some day as nails in the coffin of the
Britishempire.”
36. What were the aims of the Muslim League?
37. What was Lucknow Pact?
Long answer questions.
1. In spite of the British Government’s high-handedness the Assertives spread the nationalist movement with
full vigour. In this context describe the attitude of the British Government towards the Assertives.
2. How did Moderates differ from the Assertive Nationalists in realizing their objectives.
3. Describe how the Assertive Nationalists practiced the Swadeshi Movement.
4. What was the National Education scheme proposed by the Assertive Nationalists?
5. The Assertive Nationalism played an important role in the freedom movement of India. In this context,
briefly describe the methods they advocated for the achievement of their aims.
6. How did Tilak bring a new wave in Indian Politics that was distinct from the early Congressmen
7. Discuss about the contribution of Bipin Chandra Pal in the National Movement.
8. What were the contributions of Lala Lajpat Rai in the National Movement? Discuss in brief.
9. The formation of the Muslim League and the Home Rule Movement had a wholesome effect on the affairs
of the country. In this context, mention three factors leading to the formation of the Muslim League.
10. There were many events and factors which finally led to the formation of the Muslim League in 1906. In
this context describe the rift caused by the Hindi-Urdu controversy.
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MAHATMA GANDHI AND THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT

Multiple choice questions

1. At which place was Gandhiji arrested for the first time by the British Government for sedition?
(a) Bombay
(b) Pune
(c) Calcutta
(d) Ahmedabad
2. When was the Gandhi - Irwin Pact signed?
(a) March 1, 1932
(b) March 5, 1931
(c) March 10, 1935
(d) March 7, 1937
3. Which of the following according to Gandhiji, is an essential principle of satyagraha?
(a) Infinite capacity for suffering
(b) Non - violence
(c) Truth
(d) All of the above
4. What did Gandhiji mean by ‘Swaraj’?
(a) Freedom for the country
(b) Freedom for the humblest of the countrymen
(c) Self - governance
(d) Complete independence
5. In which of the following session of INC, Jawaharlal Nehru met Gandhiji for the first time?
(a) Bombay session 1904
(b) Patna session 1914
(c) Lucknow session 1916
(d) Kanpur session 1925
6. Which of the following title was given by Mahatma Gandhi to Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
(a) The Maker of Modern India
(b) The Iron Man of India
(c) The father of the Indian unrest
(d) The Indian Lion.
7. Which of the following dispute made Gandhiji to undertake a fast for the first time?
(a) Minto-Morley Reforms
(b) Ahmedabad Mill Strike
(c) Punjab Unrest
(d) Poona Pact
8. Which among the following date was passed by a resolution by Indian National Congress to observe every
year as ‘‘Purna Swaraj”? (a) January 26 (b) August 15 (c) August 30 (d) October 2
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9. 6th April, 1930 is well known in the history of India because this date is associated with -
(a) Dandi March
(b) Quit India Movement
(c) Partition of Bengal
(d) Partition of India
10. Identify the concession granted by the Government under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
(a) Permission of peaceful picketing without any violation of ordinary laws
(b) Permission to collect or make salt for one’s use
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Payment of reparations to those whose lands had been confiscated
11. The Muslim League demanded a separate state for the Muslims in the year:
(a) 1920
(b) 1930
(c) 1940
(d) 1946
12. ‘Khilafat Movement’ subsided because of:
(a) The understanding reached between the Congress and the Muslim League
(b) The concessions given to Muslims by the British
(c) Accession of Kemal Pasha to the throne of Turkey
(d) None of the above
13. He headed the Sedition Committee in 1919:
(a) Justice Rowlatt
(b) General Dyer
(c) Colonel Saunders
(d) David Cameron
14. This was one of the programme of the Khilafat Movement:
(a) Adopt Swadeshi and hartals
(b) Go on peace march
(c) Resignation from the government services
(d) Civil disobedience
15. This was one of the positive programmes of the Non-Cooperation Movement:
(a) Boycott of British goods
(b) Boycott of Legislative Councils
(c) Surrender of titles and honorary posts
(d) Promotion of Swadeshi, especially homespun and home-woven cloth 1
6. Which is one of the negative aspects of the NonCooperation Movement?
(a) Removal of untouchability
(b) Boycott of law courts by lawyers
(c) Hindu-Muslim Unity (d) Prohibition of intoxicating drinks
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17. Why did a crowd of people set fire to the police station in Chauri Chaura in February 1922?
(a) There was a Hindu-Muslim riot
(b) The crowd was attacked by the police during a peaceful march
(c) A police officer had beaten some volunteers picketing a liquor shop (
d) The crowd of people were fired at while trying to sell khadi cloth
18. The Non-Cooperation Movement undermined the power and prestige of the:
(a) British government(b) Hindus (c) Muslims (d) Sikhs
19. How was the Civil Disobedience Movement different from the Non-Cooperation Movement?
(a) Boycott of government schools and colleges
(b) Promotion of Swadeshi
(c) It involved non-payment of taxes and land revenue, and violation of various laws
(d) Boycott of law courts by lawyers
20. What was one of the agreements by the Governor General in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?
(a) To open more educational institutions
(b) To release all political prisoners except those guilty of violence
(c) To separate the Hindus from the Muslims
(d) To hold a Cabinet Mission
21. What was seen as a major achievement of the Congress at the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?
(a) Dominion status for India
(b) Independence of India
(c) The Viceroy having to negotiate with Gandhiji as “an equal”
(d) The First Round Table Conference
22. Which Act introduced Federal principle and the principle of Provincial Autonomy?
(a) Government of India Act, 1919 (b) Gandhi Irwin Pact (c) Dyarchy (d) Government of India Act, 1935 23.
Identify the two prominent leaders who were unnecessarily deported from Amritsar in April 1919.
(a) Bhagat Singh and Rajguru
(b) Gandhiji and Sarojini Naidu
(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Vinoba Bhave
(d) Dr. Satpal and Dr. Kitchlew
24. Why did the people march towards the residence of the Deputy Commissioner in April 1919?
(a) To demand the repeal of the Rowlatt Act
(b) To protest about the detention of the two leaders
(c) To demand the repeal of the Arms Act
(d) To start the Khilafat Non-Cooperation Movement
25. What did General Dyer proclaim on 11 April 1919?
(a) Prohibited all meetings and processions
(b) Prohibited the Rowlatt Act
(c) Announced the Rowlatt Act
(d) Suspended all business activities in India
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26. Who opened fire on the peaceful mass of people gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh on April 1919?
(a) Colonel Saunders (b) Lord Curzon (c) General Dyer (d) Sir Stafford Cripps
27. Gandhiji evolved the method of non-violence in his struggle for freedom because:
(a) Indians were known for their physical force.
(b) Indians were not strong enough to get freedom by any physical force.
(c) British could crush any decent.
(d) British exploited the Indian masses.
28. The two important methods adopted by Gandhiji in the freedom struggle are:
(a) Satyagraha and non-cooperation.
(b) Extremism and violence.
(c) Charkha and khadi.
(d) Benevolence and sympathy.
29. Satyagraha means:
(a) Made up of two Persian words
(b) Ahimsa and non-violence
(c) Hunger strike
(d) The force born out of truth and non-violence
30. Two greatest Movements organized by Gandhiji during the freedom struggle:
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement and Civil Disobedience Movement
(b) Anti-Partition Movement and Boycott Movement.
(c) Divide and Rule policy
(d) Passive Resistance and National Education
31. Name the British General responsible for “The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre”.
(a) Minto (b) Rowlatt (c) Sir John Simon (d) Dyer
32. The demands of the Non-Cooperation Movement were:
(a) Communal Veto, National Movement, HinduMuslim Unity.
(b) Abolition of the Indian Council, Provincial Legislatures, Autonomy in Provinces.
(c) Anti-Partition Movement, Swadeshi and Boycott Movement.
(d) The Khilafat issue, redressal of the Punjab wrongs and attainment of Swaraj.
33. Khilafat Movement was:
(a) started to bring independence to the Muslims of India.
(b) started to preserve the office of Khalifa (Caliph), the religious head of the Muslims.
(c) started to launch the Non- Cooperation Movement.
(d) started to foster Hindu-Muslim unity.
34. The Khilafat Movement is significant in the history of the National Movement –
(a) It was an opportunity to unite the Hindus and the Muslims and putting up a joint front against the British
imperialism.
(b) To hold ‘hartals and demonstrations all over India.
(c) It was a way of protesting in which one does not cooperate with the evildoer.
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(d) To bring the peasants in the rural areas and the workers in the urban areas together.
35. The historical significance of 26th January 1930 –
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru was made the President of the Congress.
(b) Preparation for Civil Disobedience Movement.
(c) Observance of ‘Purna Swaraj’ day and hoisting of the tricolor flag.
(d) All India Hartal was organized.
36. The reason for Mahatma Gandhi to undertake Dandi March:
(a) Eleven-point ultimatum
(b) Defiance of salt laws
(c) To form the Khudai Khidmatgars popularly known as Red Shirts
(d) To march from the Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi on the Gujarat coast
37. Two main leaders of Khilafat Movement:
(a) Mohammed Ali and Shaukat Ali.
(b) Abul Kalam Azad and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) Khudai Khidmatgars.
(d) Gandhiji and Sardar Patel
38. Significance of the Second Round Table Conference:
(a) It lasted for 3 months.
(b) It began in London.
(c) Gandhiji’s demand for the immediate grant of Dominion status.
(d) Mahatma Gandhiji was the sole representative of the Congress.
39. Gandhiji suspended Non-Cooperation Movement due to-
(a) Terrible massacre at Jallianwala Bagh.
(b) The passing of the Rowlatt Act.
(c) Simon Commission being introduced.
(d) The violent incident that occurred at Chauri Chaura.
40. One of the most important programmes of Swadeshi Movement was:
(a) Establishment of national schools and colleges and private arbitration courts known as panchayats.
(b) Establishment of printing press.
(c) Establishment of Iron and Steel Industry by Jamsetjee Tata.
(d) Establishment of Home Rule League.
41. Failure of Simon Commission was due to:
(a) The appointment of Sir John Simon as its Chairman.
(b) Investigation into the need for further constitutional reforms.
(c) Absence of Indians in the commission was seen as an insult.
(d) Appointment of seven British members of parliament.
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Short answer questions

1. Name the movement started by Gandhi ji in South Africa. What was the objective of this movement?
2. Who formed the Natal Indian Congress?
3. Explain the literal meaning of the word ‘Satyagraha’.
4. What is ‘Ahimsa’?
5. Why did Gandhi ji insist on keeping the freedom struggle non- violent?
6. Name two important methods adopted by Gandhiji in the freedom struggle.
7. When did Mahatma Gandhi give a call for the Civil Disobedience Movement?
8. While the Non- Cooperation Movement aimed at bringing the working of the government to a standstill,
9. Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by the Congress and other political parties of India?
10. Name the national leader who succumbed to the lathi charge during the protest Movement against the
Simon commission in Lahore.
11. Why is the Congress session, held at Lahore, in 1929, significant in the history of India’s freedom
Movement?
12. Before starting the Civil Disobedience Movement, what did Gandhi ji submit to the British Government?
13. What was the government’s reaction to the ultimatum served by Gandhi ji?
14. Name the march that marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
15. What did Gandhi ji do on reaching Dandi?
16. Why did Gandhi ji attack the salt law?
17. Mention the activities to be undertaken under the Civil Disobedience Programme.
18. Name the pact that brought the Civil Disobedience Movement to a close.
19. What did the British Government agree to do as a part of the Gandhi- Irwin Pact?
20. What did the Congress consent to do under the Gandhi- Irwin Pact?
21. When was the Second Round Table Conference held?
22. Why did Gandhiji return disappointed from the Second Round Table Conference?
23. Mention any two effects of the Satyagraha and Non-Cooperation Movement started by Gandhiji.
24. Give two examples to show that Gandhiji showed concern for the poor and the oppressed.
25. How did Gandhiji involve the Indian masses in the National Movement? In this respect, how did he
differ from the Moderates?
26. Why did Gandhiji lay emphasis on manual labour and Charkha?
27. Name the two mass movements organized by Gandhiji during the freedom struggle.
28. What is Non – Cooperation?
29. Who was elected as the President of the All-India Khilafat Conference in November 1919?
30. When was the Khilafat Non-Cooperation Movement started?
31. Under whose leadership was the Khilafat Movement started in India?
32. State the three points of the Khilafatists programme.
33. When was the Rowlatt Act passed?
34. Why was the Rowlatt Act (1919) passed?
35. State the four implications of the Rowlatt Act.
36. What were the people assembled in Jallianwala Bagh protesting against?
37. When did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre take place?
38. Name the British General, responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
39. How did the Non-Cooperation Movement instill confidence among the Indians?
40. In what way did the Non-Cooperation Movement provide a national base to the Congress?
41. State the difference between Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience.
42. Why was the ‘Civil Disobedience Movement’ of March 1930, withdrawn?
43. Enumerate the impact of the Civil Disobedience Movement
44. Explain briefly the tragedy at the Jallianwala Bagh on 13th April 1919.
45. The advent of Mahatma Gandhi into the Indian National Congress is 1919 brought a dramatic change
inthe National Movement. Name four ideological tenets of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Long answer questions.

1. The advent of Mahatma Gandhi into the Indian National Congress in 1919 brought a dramatic change in the
National Movement. In this context, explain four ideological tenets of the Mahatma Gandhi.
2. Explain the term Swadeshi and Boycott in the context of the National Movement in India.
3. Explain the reasons leading to the Non-Cooperation Movement.
4. Explain the reason behind the launching of the Khilafat Movement in India. Why were the Khilafat and
Non-Cooperation Movements merged in 1920?
5. The Civil Disobedience Movement was significant in the history of the National Movement. With reference
to this movement, write short notes on the circumstances leading to Civil Disobedience.
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QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT

Multiple choice questions

1. On being arrested for his ‘Quit India’ programme, where was Gandhiji detained?
(a) Yervada Jail
(b) Byculla Prison
(c) Aga Khan Palace Jail
(d) Ahmedabad Prison
2. The historic August session of the All-India Congress Committee, at which the Quit India Resolution was
passed, was held at Gowali Park in …………?
(a) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Amritsar.
3. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi start the Quit India Movement?
(a) 1940
(b) 1942
(c) 1944
(d) 1946.
4. The ‘Mantra’ given by Gandhiji during the Quit India Movement:
(a) An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.’
(b) ‘To Do or Die.’
(c) ‘If you don’t ask, you don’t get it.’
(d) ‘Hate the sin, love the sinner.’
5. The ‘August Offer’ was made by:
(a) Viceroy Lord Linlithgow
(b) Mohamad Ali Jinnah.
(c) Mahatma Gandhiji.
(d) Viceroy Lord Irwin.
6.. The proposal of Cripps Mission regarding the Princely states:
(a) Any province not willing to join the Union could have a separate constitution and form a separate Union. (b)
Princely states give full protection to religious and racial minorities.
(c) Princely states follow the Divide and Rule policy.
(d) Princely states had to be a part of India or Pakistan.
(7) Sir Stafford Cripps was sent to India to:
(a) Plan partition of India.
(b) Assure Muslim League of their role in the constitutional scheme.
(c) Divide Pakistan into East and West Pakistan.
(d) Break the political deadlock between Indian leaders and the British Government.
8.. Important proposal of Cripps offer is:
(a) Viceroy would be the head of the Indian Union.
(b) Creation of 2 states.
(c) India would be given Dominion Status after the end of the war.
(d) No Constituent Assembly would be set up.
9.. The Quit India Resolution was passed on:
(a) 8th August 1942 in Calcutta.
(b) 8th August 1942 in Bombay.
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(c) July 1942 in Wardha.

(d) June 1, 1940.
10. Quit India Resolution stated:
(a) India is joining the British in the Second World War.
(b) British Rule in India must end immediately. (c) India will be partitioned into 2 nations.
(d) British to leave India in God’s hands.
11. The slogan given by Gandhiji during Quit India Movement was …………….
(a) Delhi Chalo
(b) Jai Hind
(c) Do or Die
(d) Simon Go Back
12. After all failure of the ..............., there was a feeling of frustration among all the sections of people.
(a) Cabinet Mission
(b) Cripps Mission
(c) Simon Commission
(d) August Offer

Short answer questions

1. Why was there hardly any political activity inside the country after the suppression of the Quit India
Movement?
2. Identify the two prominent leaders in the picture given below:-

3. Why was the proposal of Cripps Mission rejected by the people of the Princely states?
4. The Army of which country had attacked Burma ( Myanmar) in 1942 and was marching towards Assam?
5. According to Gandhi ji whose presence in India was a bait to Japan to invade India?
6. What were the circumstances during the Second World War which forced the National leaders to launch
the Quit India Movement?
7. When and where was the Quit India Resolution passed?
8. What did the Quit India Resolution state?
9. What is meant by ‘Mass struggle on non-violent lines’?
10. Which resolution was passed by the All - India Congress Committee in Bombay on the 8th of August,
1942 leading to a mass struggle on non-violent lines?
11. State the mantra given by Gandhi ji to the people with reference to the Quit India Movement.
12. State any two points to high light the impact of the movement.
13. In what way was the Quit India Movement different from the earlier movements led by Gandhi ji?-
14. Mention two reasons why the proposals of the Cripps Mission were rejected.
15. Explain - Threat of Japanese attack.
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16. What was the significance of Quit India Movement?

17. How did the Quit India movement strengthen the Congress Socialist Party?
18. Who was Sir Stafford Cripps?
19. When did he come to India?
20. Who sent him to India?
21. What prompted the British Government to send the Cripps Mission to India?
22. State one reason for the failure of Cripps’ Mission.
23. Which provision of Cripps’ Mission was unacceptable to the Congress?
24. Why did the Muslim League oppose the Cripps’ Mission?
25. What was the objection raised by the Hindu Mahasabha?
26. Why did the other minorities not accept Cripps’ proposal?
27. Who described the Cripps’ proposals as a ‘post – dated cheque on a failing bank’?

Long answer questions.

1. What was the impact and significance of Quit India Movement.
2. State the reasons behind the launching of the Quit India movement.
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INA AND SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE

Multiple choice questions

1. Where did Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose established provisional government of free India?
(a) Singapore
(b) Burma
(c) Malaysia
(d) Germany
2.. Which of the following leader is not associated with Azad Hind Fauz?
(a) Major General Shah Nawaz Khan
(b) Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal
(c) Colonel Shaukat Ali Malik
(d) Major Kartar Singh
3.. The title of ‘Father of the Nation’ was given to the Mahatma Gandhi by……
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) None of these

Short answer questions

1. Why did Bose resign from the Indian Civil Service?
2. Who was the founder of the ‘Forward Bloc’?
3. Name the party formed by Subhash Chandra Bose.
4. Why did he form the new party?
5. What was the immediate objective of the Forward Bloc?
6. What were the post- independence goals of the Forward Bloc?
7. Who took charge of the India Independence League after his arrival at Singapore in July 1943?
8. Who was greeted as ‘ Netaji’ – the Great Leader?
9. Name any two slogans, which became the battle cry of the INA.
10. Name the organization of which Subhash Chandra Bose became the Supreme Commander in 1943.
11. Name the two places where the headquarters of the INA were set up by Subhash Chandra Bose.
12. Mention two contributions of Subhash Chandra Bose to India’s freedom stru
13. Mention two contributions of the Indian National Army (INA) to the Indian Freedom Movement
14. State two important objectives of the Indian National Army.
15. Who gave the call of ‘Delhi Chalo’ and ‘Total Mobilizations’?
16. State three measures conceived by Subhash Chandra Bose to establish a socialist society.
17. Summarize the contribution of Subhash Chandra Bose to the National Movement.
18. Why was a Women’s Regiment formed in INA?
19. Who led the Women’s Regiment?
20. What was the name given to the Women’s Regiment?
21. Mention the territorial achievements of INA.

Long answer questions.

1. Summarize the contribution of Subhash Chandra Bose in the freedom movement.
2. Explain the main objectives of the Forward Bloc.
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INDEPENDECE AND PARTITION OF INDIA

Multiple choice questions
1. Who was the Prime Minister of U. K. at the time of India’s Independence?
(a)Winston Churchill
(b) Clement Attlee
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Ramsay MacDonald
2.. Who was the Viceroy during the time Mr. Attlee of England declared the British intention to transfer power
to Indians?
(a) Lord Wavell
(b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Linlithgow
(d) Lord Mountbatten
3.. Lord Mountbatten came to India as Viceroy along with specific instruction to:
(a) balkanize the Indian subcontinent
(b) keep India united if possible
(c) accept Jinnah’s demand for Pakistan
(d) persuade the Congress to accept partition
4.. Which of the following provinces was not to be included in the Indian dominion?
(a) Madras
(b) Bombay
(c) Sindh
(d) Bihar
5.. Who among the following was not the member of the Cabinet Mission which visited India in 1946?
(a) Lord Wavell
(b) Sir Stafford Cripps
(c) A.V. Alexander
(d) Lord Pethick Lawrence
6.. Who headed the Cabinet Mission 1946?
(a) A.V. Alexander
(b) Sir Stafford Cripps
(c) Lord Pethick Lawrence
(d) None of the above
7. Who was responsible for the integration of Indian Princely States?
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
8.. The proposals for the partition of India into India and Pakistan were contained in the:
(a) Cabinet Mission Proposals
(b) Cripps Mission Proposals
(c) Mountbatten Plan of 3rd June, 1947
(d) Prime Minister Attlee’s statement of 20th February, 1947
9. On February 20, 1947, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced what deadline to solve issues for
granting of independence to India?
(a) June, 1947
(b) August, 1947
(c) June, 1948
(d) August, 1948
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10. The British Government officially conceded partition of India for the first time by enacting …………….
(a) Indian Independence Act, 1947
(b) Indian Independence Act, 1946
(c) Indian Independence Act, 1945
(d) Indian Independence Act, 1944
11. The demarcation of boundary between India and Pakistan is based on …………….
(a) Morley-Minto Award
(b) Durand Award
(c) Radcliffe Award
(d) None of the above
12. The Cabinet Mission was headed by …………….
(a) Lord Louis Mountbatten
(b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Pethick Lawrence
(d) None of the above
13. Indian National Congress rejected the Cabinet Mission Plan because the Congress leaders thought that
.........................
(a) not in favour of poor people
(b) it is only favour of Britishers
(c) the proposed federal government was to have very little power, hence would fail
(d) None of the above

Short answer questions

1. For what purpose was Lord Wavell recalled from India and replaced by Lord Mountbatten?
2. Which office did Lord Mountbatten assume in 1947?
3. What was the immediate task he had to perform on assuming office?
4. Lord Mountbatten found it difficult to resolve the deadlock between which two parties of India?
5. What according to Mountbatten was inevitable along with transfer of power from British to Indian hands?
6. When was the Mountbatten Plan announced?
7. Who said, ‘ I repeat the division of India can only do harm to the country’s future?’
8. What was the reaction of the Congress and Jinnah to the Mountbatten Plan?
9. Name the two dominions into which India would be divided according to the Mountbatten Plan?
10. Who would decide what kind of relations the two dominions would have with each other and the British
Commonwealth?
11. What was the purpose of the Boundary Commission mentioned in the Mountbatten Plan?
12. What did the Mountbatten Plan say about Princely States?
13. The partition of which two provinces of India was proposed according to the Mountbatten Plan?
14. What was decided about Sindh according to the Mountbatten Plan?
15. What was the objective of holding a plebiscite in the NWFP according to the provisions of the
Mountbatten Plan?
16. What was the objective of the referendum in the district of Sylhet?
17. What was said in the Mountbatten Plan about the Constituent Assembly that had started its work in
December 1946 ?
18. What was mentioned about Transfer of Power in the Mountbatten Plan?
19. Why did the Congress accept the Mountbatten Plan?
20. Where and by whom was the India Independence Bill introduced?
21. The India Independence Act received Royal Assent on which date?
22. The Indian Independence Act of 1947 provided for legislative supremacy of both the dominions of India
and Pakistan. Explain the term legislative supremacy.
23. Name the territories that Pakistan would comprise of according to the Indian Independence Act of 1947.
24. What was mentioned about Punjab and Bengal in the Indian Independence Act 1947?
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25. Which dominion did NWFP and Sylhet join eventually?

26. Who would appoint the Governor General for both the dominions and on whose advice according to the
Indian Independence Act?
27. For how long would the above arrangement work?
28. What would the Constituent Assemblies of the Dominions of India and Pakistan additionally serve as?
29. From when would the legislative authority of the British Parliament cease over the two Dominions?
30. Why was the title ‘ Emperor of India’ dropped from the royal style after the passing of the Indian
Independence Act?
31. Till the two Dominions framed their respective constitutions, by which Act would they be governed?
32. Who was given the power to adopt or modify the Government of India Act1935 by March 31, 1948?
33. The right of the King to veto laws was transferred to whom according to the Indian Independence Act.
1947?
34. State three provisions mentioned in the Indian Independence Act, 1947 with regard to Princely States.
35. What would happen to the Treaties and Agreements signed by the British Government with the Princely
States or any authority in the Tribal Areas from August 15, 1947?
36. Which Act provided for the division of the Indian Army and the sharing of the assets and liabilities
between the Dominions of India and Pakistan?
37. Who was vested with necessary power to bring the Indian Independence Act into effective operation.

38. (i) Identify the Viceroy in the picture.

(ii) Why was he sent to India?
Long answer questions.
1. Mention some important proposals of the Cabinet Mission Plan.
2. The Mountbatten Plan of June 3, 1947, was accepted by all parties. What were the salient features of the
Mountbatten Plan?
3. How did Lord Mountbatten plan to solve the communal problem existing in India?
4. Mention the reasons that made the Congress accept the Partition Proposals.
5. All parties accepted the Mountbatten Plan of 3rd June 1947. In this context briefly explain the basis of the
partition.
6. What were the main provisions of the Indian Independence Act?
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7. Mention some important proposals of the Cabinet Mission Plan.

8. The Mountbatten Plan of June 3, 1947, was accepted by all parties. What were the salient features of the
Mountbatten Plan?
9. How did Lord Mountbatten plan to solve the communal problem existing in India?
10. Mention the reasons that made the Congress accept the Partition Proposals.
11. All parties accepted the Mountbatten Plan of 3rd June 1947. In this context briefly explain the basis of the
partition.
12. What were the main provisions of the Indian Independence Act?
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