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Nationalism in india
CLASS 10 - SOCIAL SCIENCE

Section A 9) Which of the following was not a part of Gandhiji’s

satyagraha? [1]
1) The Swaraj Party was formed by: [1]
a) Emphasis on the power of muscle strength
a) Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru b) Emphasis on the power of truth and search for truth
b) B.R Ambedkar and Subash Chandra Bose c) Satyagraha as a pure soul - force
c) Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose d) A physical force which sought the destruction of the
d) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru enemy
2) The growth of modern nationalism in India, as in Vietnam, 10) The Depressed Classes Association was established by
is closely connected to: [1] . [1]
a) Subhash Chandra Bose b) Jawaharlal Nehru
a) Anti - colonial movement c) Mahatma Gandhi d) B.R. Ambedkar
b) Anti - poverty struggle
c) A discovery of unity in their struggle against colo- 11) The two great writers of Bengal and Madras, who con-
nialism tributed to nationalism in the late nineteenth century
d) A sense of oppression under colonialism through folklore were: [1]

3) When did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South a) Rabindranath Tagore and Natesa Sastri
Africa? [1] b) Abanindranath Tagore and Ravi Verma
a) 1915 b) 1921 c) Jamini Roy and Ravi Verma
c) 1919 d) 1913 d) Abanindranath Tagore and Rabindra Nath Tagore

4) The tribals’ chanting Gandhiji’s name and raising slogans 12) Who among the following organizedDepressed Classes
demanding ’Swatantra Bharat’ as: [1] Association in 1930? [1]
a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Jyotiba Phule
a) It showed the greatness of Mahatma Gandhi c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar d) E.V. Periyar
b) The various ways in which ‘Swaraj’ was interpreted
by different people 13) Which war led to a huge increase in defence expenditure
c) They were a unifying force of the Non - Cooperation which was financed by war loans and increasing taxes?
[1]
Movement
a) Second world war b) First world war
d) They were going beyond their own locality and emo-
c) Civil War d) Cold war
tionally identifying with an all - India movement
14) In which movement did Gandhi see an opportunity to
5) Which one of the following is not true regarding the bring Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national
Gandhi - Irwin Pact of 1931? [1] movement? [1]
a) The British government agreed to grant independence a) A nationwide satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt
b) The British government agreed to release the political Act
prisoners b) A satyagraha movement to support the peasants of
c) Gandhiji consented to participate in a Round Table the Kheda district of Gujarat
Conference c) The oppressive plantation system in the Champaran
d) Mahatma Gandhiji decided to call off the Civil Dis- movement
obedience Movement d) A non - cooperation movement in support of Khilafat
6) Who among the following led the peasant movement in as well as Swaraj
Bardoli in 1928? [1] 15) What moved Abanindranath Tagore to paint the famous
a) Vallabhbhai Patel b) Subhash Chandra Bose image of Bharat Mata? [1]
c) Baba Ramchandra d) Jawaharlal Nehru
a) Quit India Movement
7) Who led the peasants’ movement in Oudh during the Non
b) All of these
- Cooperation Movement? [1]
c) Civil Disobedience Movement
a) Jawahar lal Nehru b) Baba Ramchandra
d) Swadeshi Movement
c) Sardar Patel d) Mahatma Gandhi
16) Which one of the following provisions is related to Gandhi
8) The reason why Gandhiji attended the Second Round
- Irwin Pact? [1]
Table Conference of December 1931, were: [1]
a) To arrest Sir John Simon
a) For demanding poorna swaraj.
b) Not to arrest Gandhiji
b) The signing of the Gandhi - Irwin Pact in March
c) To release the political prisoners
1931.
d) To abolish Salt Act
c) The arrest of Ghaffar Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru.
d) The violence of the Indian people against symbols 17) Who among the following were associated with Swaraj
of the British Raj like railways, police posts. Party formed during India’s freedom struggle? [1]
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a) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali d) At Nagpur in December 1920

b) Motilal Nehru and Subhash Chandra Bose
26) Who was the first writer to create the image ofBharat
c) Jawaharlal Nehru and C.R. Das
Mata as an identity of India? [1]
d) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru
a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
18) The business groups and industrialists lost enthusiasm for b) Rabindranath Tagore
the Civil Disobedience Movement because: [1] c) Mahatma Gandhiji
a) They were worried about prolonged disruption of d) Abanindranath Tagore
business 27) Who were the Sanatanis? [1]
b) They were frightened by the British repression a) High - caste Hindus b) Dalits
c) They lost faith in Gandhiji’s methods c) Saints d) Low - caste Hindus
d) They were worried about their self - esteem
28) The Non - Cooperation Movement was started by Ma-
19) Muslim leaders and intellectuals were concerned about the hatma Gandhi in support of: [1]
status of Muslims as a minority within India, because: a) Khilafat and Swaraj b) Swaraj
[1] c) Khilafat d) Chauri Chaura
a) There were distrust and suspicion between the two 29) What moved Abanindranath Tagore to paint the famous
communities image of Bharat Mata? [1]
b) The Congress was not ready to grant them a separate
electorate a) All of these
c) They feared that their culture and identity would be b) Quit India Movement
submerged under the domination of a Hindu majority c) Civil Disobedience Movement
d) Their leaders differed with the policies of the d) Swadeshi Movement
Congress 30) cloth was often more expensive than mass -
20) Why did the Simon Commission come to India? Identify produced mill cloth. [1]
a) Cotton b) Jute
the correct reason from the following options. [1]
c) Khadi d) Silk
a) To suggest changes in the functioning of the consti-
31) The December 1929 Session of the Congress at Lahore
tutional system in India
was presided by: [1]
b) To look into the functioning of the British
a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) B. R Ambedkar
c) To control the campaign against the British in cities
c) Mahatma Gandhi d) Subhas Chandra Bose
d) To initiate salt law in India
32) Which of the following statements is not correct in the
21) Who led the peasants in Awadh? [1]
context of the Non - Non - Cooperation Movement?
a) Mahatma Gandhi [1]
b) Sardar Vallabh bhai patel
a) Gandhiji was the main force behind the non -
c) Baba Ramchandra
cooperation movement.
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) The council elections were boycotted even by the
22) Which one of the following statements is not the basic Justice Party of Madras
concept of ‘Satyagraha’? [1] c) The movement aimed to involve people from all
sections of society.
a) Emphasis on enduring the British dominance d) Thousands of students left government - controlled
b) Emphasis on non - violence schools; headmasters and teachers resigned; lawyers
c) Emphasis on the power of truth gave up their practice
d) Emphasis on the need to restrain oneself
33) Who was the President of the Muslim League in 1930?
23) The refusal to deal and associate with people, or partici- [1]
pate in activities, or buy and use things; usually a form a) Mr. M.A. Jinnah b) Sir Muhammad Iqbal
of protest refers to: [1] c) Maulana Azad d) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
a) Opposing b) Struggle
c) Boycott d) Withdrawal 34) Choose the correct option, related to the founders of
theSwaraj Party within the Congress. [1]
24) Forced recruitment means a process by which . [1]
a) Subhas Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru
a) The people forced the state to join the struggle. b) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel
b) Indians were forced by the British rulers to finance c) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru
the British army. d) Acharya Kripalani and Jayaprakash Narayan
c) The colonial state forced people in rural areas to
join the army. 35) Which of the following was a cause for the withdrawal
d) The Indian princes had to supply soldiers to fight of the Non - Cooperation Movement? [1]
for the British. a) An outbreak of violence at Chauri Chaura
25) When and where was the Non - Cooperation program b) Lack of coordination among the satyagrahi
adopted by the Congress? [1] c) Gandhiji wanted to start Civil Disobedience
d) Other nationalists persuaded Gandhiji
a) At Bombay in December 1920
36) Why was Simon Commission sent to India in 1928? [1]
b) At Calcutta in January 1921
c) At Surat in December 1920 a) Trying Indian revolutionary leaders
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b) Looking into the functioning of Indian constitutional d) Civil Disobedience Movement was started in 1924
system
47) A form of demonstration or protest by which people block
c) Persuading Gandhiji to attend the Round Table Con-
the entrance to a shop, factory, or office is referred to
ference
as: [1]
d) Framing new Constitution for India a) Picket b) Riots
37) Who wrote the Vande Mataram? [1] c) Target d) Parade
a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay 48) In 1905, who painted the image of Bharat Mata shown
b) Rabindranath Tagore as dispensing learning, food, and clothing? [1]
c) Abanindranath Tagore
a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
b) Abnindranath Tagore
38) Which one of the following leaders headed Awadh(Oudh) c) Rabindranath Tagore
Kisan Sabha? [1] d) Ravi Verma
a) Subhash Chandra Bose b) Mahatma Gandhi
49) Who was Sir Mohammad Iqbal? [1]
c) Motilal Nehru d) Jawahar lal Nehru
a) Gandhiji’s devout disciple
39) Who said, The Swaraj would not come for a hundred
b) President of the Muslim League, 1930
years if untouchability is not eliminated? [1]
c) Revolutionary
a) Motilal Nehru b) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Congress President
c) Mahatma Gandhi d) B.R. Ambedkar
50) Which of the following was the cause for business classes
40) Name a leader of the Dalits and the association formed to participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement? [1]
by him. [1]
a) Protection against the import of foreign goods
a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Depressed Classes Association b) To import their goods
in 1930 c) To buy foreign goods without any restrictions
b) Saukat Ali Khan, Muslim League d) To sell Indian goods without any restrictions
c) Mahatma Gandhi and ‘Harijan’ Association
d) Baba Amte, ‘Dalit Association’ 51) Assertion: In Awadh, the peasants were led by Alluri
Sitaram Raju.
41) Which pact resolved the issue of separate electorates for Reason: The movement here was against all Oudh Kisan
Dalits between Gandhi and Ambedkar in 1932? [1] Sabha. [1]
a) Nagpur pact b) Surat pact
c) Lucknow pact d) Poona pact a) Reason is false but Assertion is true.
b) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
42) Who were the ’Sanatanis’? [1] c) Both Assertion and Reason are true.
a) None of these b) Saints
d) Assertion is true, but Reason is a correct explanation
of Assertion.
c) Dalits d) High - caste Hindus
52) Assertion (A): In 1917, Gandhiji organized a satyagraha
43) One important feature of the Civil Disobedience Move-
to support the peasants of the Kheda district of Gujrat.
ment was: [1]
Reason (R): The peasants were affected by crop failure
a) The large - scale participation of the Dalits or Har- and plague epidemic. They could not pay the revenue
ijans and were demanding that revenue collection be relaxed.
b) Large - scale participation of women [1]
c) The complete change in the status of women in
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct expla-
society
nation of A.
d) Gandhiji’s belief that women should not join it and
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
remain at home
explanation of A.
44) Certain events are given below. Choose the appropriate c) A is true but R is false.
chronological order: d) A is false but R is true.
i. Coming of Simon Commission to India
53) Assertion (A): the Non - Cooperation movement gradually
ii. Demand of Purna Swaraj in Lahore Session of INC.
slowed down for a variety of reasons in the cities.
iii. Government of India Act, 1919
Reason (R): As the boycott movement spread and peo-
iv. Champaran Satyagraha
ple began discarding imported clothes and wearing only
Choose the correct option: [1]
Indian ones, the production of Indian textile, mills, and
a) I - ii - iv - iii b) Iii - ii - iv - i
handlooms went up. [1]
c) Iv - iii - i - ii d) Ii - iii - i - iv
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct expla-
45) Gandhi’s ashram was located in [1]
nation of A.
a) Dandi b) Sabarmati
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
c) Nagpur d) Allahabad
explanation of A.
46) According to the national movements of India which one c) A is true but R is false.
of the following statements is incorrect? [1] d) A is false but R is true.
a) Dandi March was started in 1930 54) Assertion (A): When Simon commission arrived in India,
b) Non - cooperation movement was started in 1920 it was greeted with the slogan Go Back Simon.
c) Salt march was widely covered by the European and Reason (R): This happened as Mahatma Gandhi was on
American press. Dandi March during that time. [1]
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a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct expla-

nation 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.

55) Assertion (A):Rich peasants became enthusiastic support-

ers of the Civil Disobedience Movement, organizing their
communities and at times forcing reluctant members of
participants ion the boycott programs.
Reason (R): However, they were deeply happy when the
movement was called off in 1931 with revenue rates being
lowered. [1] Indian workers in South Africa march through Volksrust
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct expla- on 6th November 1913. Who was leading them?
nation of A. [1]
a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Subhash Chandra Bose
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
c) Pt. Jawaharla Nehru d) Lala Lajpat Rai
explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false. 60) Study the picture and answer the question that follows:
d) A is false but R is true.

56) Assertion (A):Mahatma Gandhi declared that British rule

was established in India with the cooperation of Indians,
and had survived only because of this cooperation.
Reason (R):If Indians refused to cooperate, British rule
in India would collapse within a year, and swaraj would
come. [1]

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct expla-

Which of the following aspect is portrayed in the image
nation of A.
of Bharat Mata? [1]
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
explanation of A. a) Dispensing learning, food and clothing
c) A is true but R is false. b) Dispensing Heroism, Justice and Shelter
d) A is false but R is true. c) Dispensing Justice, Knowledge and Education
57) Assertion (A):In February 1922, Mahatma Gandhi decided d) Dispensing power, authority and responsibility
to withdraw the Non - Cooperation Movement.
61) Study the picture and answer the question that follows:
Reason (R):Mahatma Gandhi felt the movement was turn-
ing violent in many places and Satyagrahis needed to
be properly trained before they would be ready for mass
struggles. [1]

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct expla-

nation 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. Which of the following aspect best signify the image. [1]

58) Study the picture and answer the question that follows: a) Tilak is surrounded by symbols of nationalism.
b) Tilak is surrounded by symbols of unity.
c) Tilak is surrounded by symbols of freedom.
d) Tilak is surrounded by symbols of brotherhood.

Section B

62) Two items A and B are shown in the given political

outline map of India. Identify these items with the help
Which Indian National movement does the above image
of the following information and write their correct names
depict? [1]
on the lines marked on the map.
a) Khilafat movement i. The place which is known for Cotton Mill Workers
b) Chauri Chaura movement Satyagraha.
c) Civil disobedience movement ii. The place where Congress Session was held in
d) Salt movement September 1920. On the same political outline map
of India, locate and label the following items with
59) Study the picture and answer the question that follows: appropriate symbols:
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[2]
63) i. Identify and name the place marked as (A) in the
given map where the Peasant Satyagrah was held in
Gujrat.
ii. Locate and label any two of the following with ap-
propriate symbols on the same given outline political
map of India. [2]
i. Calcutta - Indian National Congress session in 66) i. Identify and name the place marked as (A) in
1920 the given map wherethe Calling off the Non -
ii. Nagpur - Indian National Congress session in Cooperation Movement happens.
(Dec. 1920) ii. Locate and label any two of the following with ap-
propriate symbols on the same given outline political
map of India.
i. Champaran (Bihar) - Movement of Indigo
Planters
ii. Madras - Indian National Congress session in
(1927)

[2]
64) Two features A and B are marked in the given political
map of India. Identify these features with the help of
the following information and write their correct names
on the lines marked on the map.
i. Place where non - cooperation movement was called
off
ii. Place where no tax campaign was started
[2]

Section C

67) Read the given text and answer the following questions:
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 Brah-
mans had access to. The effects of non - cooperation on
the economic front were more dramatic. Foreign goods
were boycotted, liquor shops picketed, and foreign cloth
[2] burnt in huge bonfires. The import of foreign cloth halved
65) i. Two features A and B are marked in the given between 1921 and 1922, its value dropping from Rs. 102
political map of India. Identify these features with crore to Rs. 57 crore. In many places, merchants and
the help of the following information and write their traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign
correct names on the lines marked on the map. trade. As the boycott movement spread, and people began
i. The Satyagraha of the peasants discarding imported clothes and wearing only Indian ones,
ii. Place where Gandhiji violated the Salt Law the production of Indian textile mills and handlooms went
ii. Locate and Label Nagpur session 1920 with appropri- up.
ate symbols on the same map given for identification i. Explain the meaning of ‘picketing liquor shops’.
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ii. When did the Non - Cooperation - Khilafat Move- ering of the revenue demand. Many of them were small
ment begin? tenants cultivating land they had rented from landlords.
iii. Why did the movement in the cities gradually slow As the Depression continued and cash incomes dwindled,
down? the small tenants found it difficult to pay their rent. They
[4] wanted the unpaid rent to the landlord to be remitted.
68) Read the given text and answer the following questions: They joined a variety of radical movements, often led
Nationalism spreads when people begin to believe that by Socialists and Communists. Congress was unwilling
they are all part of the same nation when they dis- to support ‘no rent’ campaigns in most places. So the
cover some unity that binds them together. This sense relationship between the poor peasants and the Congress
of collective belonging came partly through the experi- remained uncertain.
ence of united struggles. But there were also a variety i. Name the peasant communities that were active in
of cultural processes through which nationalism captured the movement.
people’s imagination. History and fiction, folklore and ii. Why was Congress unwilling to support ‘no rent’
songs, popular prints and symbols, all played a part in campaigns in most places?
the making of nationalism. The identity of the nation is iii. What did ‘Swaraj’ meant for the rich peasants?
most often symbolised in a figure or image. This helps [4]
create an image with which people can identify the na- 70) In June 1920, Jawaharlal Nehru began going around the
tion. It was in the twentieth century, with the growth of villages in Awadh, talking to the villagers, and trying to
nationalism, that the identity of India came to be visually understand their grievances. The Oudh Kisan Sabha was
associated with the image of Bharat Mata. set up headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, Baba Ramchandra,
i. Who portrayed Bharat Mata as an ascetic figure? and a few others. Within a month, over 300 branches
ii. The French replaced the former royal standard with had been set up in the villages around the region. So
a new flag as a step to create a sense of collec- when the Non - Cooperation Movement began the fol-
tive identity among the French people. What similar lowing year, the effort of the Congress was to integrate
steps did Indians take? the Awadh peasant struggle into the wider struggle. The
iii. With reference to the context given above, acknowl- peasant movement, however, developed in forms that the
edge the contribution of Bankim Chandra Chattopad- Congress leadership was unhappy with. As the movement
hyay in infusing the sense of nationalism. spread in 1921, the houses of talukdars and merchants
[4] were attacked, bazaars were looted, and grain hoards were
69) Read the given text and answer the following questions: taken over. The name of the Mahatma was being invoked
In the countryside, rich peasant communities were ac- to sanction all action and aspirations.
tive in the movement. Being producers of commercial i. What were the rumours spread by the local leaders
crops, they were very hard hit by the trade depression among the peasants?
and falling prices. As their cash income disappeared, ii. When and why was the Oudh Kisan Sabha was set
they found it impossible to pay the government’s revenue up?
demand. And the refusal of the government to reduce the iii. What made the Congress leadership unhappy with
revenue demand led to widespread resentment. These rich the peasant movement?
peasants became enthusiastic supporters of the Movement, [4]
organising their communities, and at times forcing reluc-
tant members, to participate in the boycott programmes. Section D
For them, the fight for Swaraj was a struggle against
high revenues. But they were deeply disappointed when 71) Explain any five factors which gave rise to the Civil
the movement was called off in 1931 without the rev- Disobedience Movement of 1930. [5]
enue rates being revised. So when the movement was 72) Explain the contribution of Gandhiji to uplift the position
restarted in 1932, many of them refused to participate. of Untouchables in the society? [5]
The poorer peasantry was not just interested in the low- 73) Explain the limitations of theCivil Disobedience Move-
ment. [5]