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1. When did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?
. 919
1915
1921
1913
Answer - B
Explanation - Mahatma Gandhi returned to India in January 1915. He had come from South Africa where he had successfully fought the racist regime with a novel method of mass agitation, which he called satyagraha.
2. What did the Rowlatt Act, 1919 presume?
Detention of political prisoners without trial
Forced manual labour
Equal pay for equal work
Forced recruitment in the army
Answer - A
Explanation - The Rowlatt Act had been hurriedly passed through the Imperial Legislative Council despite the united opposition of the Indian members. It gave the government enormous powers to repress political activities and allowed the detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.
3. Which of the following statements is correct regarding the declaration by Mahatma Gandhi in his book- Hind Swaraj?
1. British ruled India because the latter was militarily weak.
2. British ruled India because Indians cooperated with them.
3. British ruled India because they got international support.
1 and 3
2 and 3
2 only
1 only
Answer - C
Explanation - Mahatma Gandhi in his book, Hindi Swaraj declared that British rule was established in India with the cooperation of Indians and had survived only because of this cooperation. If Indians refused to cooperate, British rule in India would collapse within a year, and swaraj would come.
4. What did the term picket refer to?
Protest by blocking shop entrances
Stealing from shops
Boycott of clothes and goods
Import of goods
Answer - A
Explanation - Picket refers to a form of demonstration or protest by which people block the entrance to a shop, factory, or office.
5. Who led the peasants in Awadh?
Baba Ramchandra
None of these
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Answer - A
Explanation - In Awadh, peasants were led by Baba Ramchandra. Baba Ramchandra was a sanyasi who had earlier been to Fiji as an indentured labourer.
6. What did the term begar mean?
Payment of wages
None of these
Labour without payment
High rents demanded by landlords
Answer - C
Explanation - The term 'Begar' refers to labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any payment.
7. What was the effect of the Non-Cooperation Movement on the plantation workers in Assam?
They destroyed the plantations
They left the plantations and headed home
They went on strike
None of these
Answer - B
Explanation - When they heard of the Non-Cooperation Movement, thousands of workers defied the authorities, left the plantations and headed home. They believed that Gandhi Raj was coming and everyone would be given land in their own villages. They, however, never reached their destination. Stranded on the way by a railway and steamer strike, they were caught by the police and brutally beaten up.
8. What was the main problem with the Simon Commission?
All of these
It was formed in Britain
It was an all British commission
It was set up in response to the nationalist movement
Answer - C
Explanation - The Simon Commission was set up in response to the nationalist movement, the commission was to look into the functioning of the constitutional system in India and suggest changes. The problem was that the commission did not have a single Indian member. They were all British.
9. Where was Gandhi's ashram located?
Sabarmati
Allahabad
Nagpur
Dandi
Answer - A
Explanation - Gandhiji's ashram was located at Sabarmati. The Salt march which was over 240 miles away from Gandhi's ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi.
10. What led to the Civil Disobedience Movement?
Fall in demand for agricultural goods
Violation of salt tax by Gandhi
Working at the farm without payments
The arrival of the Simon Commission
Answer - B
Explanation - On 6th April Gandhi reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the law, manufacturing salt by boiling seawater. People were now asked not only to refuse cooperation with the British but also to break colonial laws. This marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
11. Who were the Sanatanis?
Dalits
Saints
None of these
High-caste Hindus
Answer - D
Explanation - Sanatanis were the conservative high-caste Hindus. For long the Congress had ignored the Dalits, for fear of offending the sanatanis.
12. Who organised the dalits into the Depressed Classes Association?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Subhas Chandra Bose
Mahatma Gandhi
B.R. Ambedkar
Answer - D
Explanation - Dr B.R. Ambedkar organised the dalits into the Depressed Classes Association in 1930 . He clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the second Round Table Conference by demanding separate electorates for dalits .
13. What moved Abanindranath Tagore to paint the famous image of Bharat Mata?
All of these
Quit India Movement
Swadeshi Movement
Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer - C
Explanation - During the Swadeshi movement in Bengal, Abanindranath Tagore painted his famous image of Bharat Mata. In this painting, Bharat Mata is portrayed as an ascetic figure. She is calm, composed, divine and spiritual.
14. Who wrote the Vande Mataram?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Abanindranath Tagore
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Rabindranath Tagore
Answer - A
Explanation - In the 1870s, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote ‘Vande Mataram’ as a hymn to the motherland. Later it was included in his novel Anandamath and widely sung during the Swadeshi movement in Bengal.
15. Who was Sir Mohammad Iqbal?
Gandhiji's devout disciple
President of the Muslim League, 1930
Congress President
None of these
Answer - B
Explanation - Sir Muhammad Iqbal was the president of the Muslim League, In 1930, he reiterated the importance of separate electorates for the Muslims as an important safeguard for their minority political interests.