Nationalism in India Worksheet

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL
NACHARAM
SOCIAL SCIENCE
CLASS -X WORKSHEET-1
Chapter- Nationalism in India (History) (12.6.2024)
NAME, SECTION AND ROLL NO. -
IQ. By whom was the Swaraj Party formed?

a) Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das
b) Subhas Chandra Bose and Sardar Patel
c) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad
d) Motilal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad
2Q. By whom was the first image of Bharat Mata painted?

a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Abanindranath Tagore
c) Ravi Verma
d) Nandaial Bose
3Q. Why did the Indians oppose the Rowlatt Act?

a) It introduced the Salt Law.
b) It increased taxes on land
c) It gave the British the power to arrest and detain a person without a trial
d) It put a ban on the Congress party.
4Q. By what name were the dalits referred by Gandhiji?

a) Untouchables
b) Shudras
c) Harijans
d) Achchuts
5Q. Why did Gandhiji organise a Satyagraha in Ahmedabad Cotton Mill in 1918?
a) To protest against the good working condition in the factor) .
b) To demand for a higher wage for workers.
c) To protest against high revenue demand.
d) To demand for higher price of the product.
6Q.Why was Simon commission constituted by the Tory government?

a) To look in to the functioning of constitutional system in India and suggest changes.
b) To discuss the steps to be taken to check Indian National Movement
c) To discuss about Purna Swaraj.
d) To make plans for improvement of agriculture in India.
Options.
i, Both a and b
ii. A, b and c
B,c and d
IV Only a
7Q.What does the term “Khalifa” refer?
a) Sultan of a Muslim country
b) Spiritual leader of the Muslims
c) Nawab of a Muslim state
d) Badshah of Mughal period
8Q.What kind of movement was launched by the tribal peasants of Gudem Hills in Andhra
Pradesh?
a) Satyagraha Movement
b) Militant Guerrilla Movement
c) Non-Violent Movement
d) None of the above.
9Q. “Hind Swaraj' was written by?

a) Abul Kalam Azad
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Sardar Patel
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
10Q. Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 the peasants were not permitted to
a) Leave their village
b) settle in the city
c) Leave their plantation without permission
d) Allow the women to leave farmlands without permission
11Q. Which among the following was not a factor in the emergence of modern nationalism
in India?
a) New symbols
b) New ideas
c) Icons
d) Anti-colonial movement
12Q. In which year did Gandhiji return to India from South Africa?
a) Jan. 1915
b) Feb. 1916
c) Jan. 1916
d) Feb. 1915
13Q» Satyagraha means

a) the use of physical force against the oppressor
b) the use of weapon and physical force
c) to fight for truth in a non violent way
d) force of arms
14Q. Champaran Satyagraha (1916) was launched by Gandhiji against

a) high revenue demand
b) oppressive plantation system
c) mill owners
d) salt tax
15Q. Which among the following was not a reason for Indian opposition to the Rowlatt Act
(1919)?
a) It was passed hurriedly in the legislative council without the approval of Indian members.
b) It gave the govt, enormous powers to suppress the political activities.
c) It gave power to the Indians to organize rallies and protest.
d) It authorized the government to imprison leaders without trial for two years.
16Q. In which city Jaiiianwala Bagh Tragedy took place?

a) Amritsar
b) Lahore
c) Agra
d) Meerut
17Q.Whcih of the following formed the Khilafat Commitee in Bombay?

a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
b) Ali Brothers
c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
d) Surendra Nath Banerjee
18Q. What did Mahatma Gandhi in his book, Hind Swaraj, declare?
(a) British ruled India because the latter was militarily weak
(b) British ruled India because Indians cooperated with them
(c) British ruled India because they got international support
(d) None of these
19Q. What did the term 'picket' refer to?
(a) Stealing from shops
(b) Import of goods
(c) Protest by blocking shop entrances
(d) Boycott of clothes and goods
20Q. Who led the peasants in Awadh?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Baba Ramchandra
(d) Subash Chandra Bose
21Q. What did the term 'begar' mean?
(a) Payment of wages
(b) High rents demanded by landlords
(c) Labour without payment
(d) None of these
22Q. What was not the effect of the Non-cooperation movement on the plantation workers
in Assam?
a) They left the plantation.
b) They heard that land will be given to them.
c) They started moving towards the railway station.
d) They were able to go back to their villages.
23Q. Who wrote the 'Vande Matram'?

(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Abanindranath Tagore
(d) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
24Q, Who was Sir Mohammad Iqbal?
(a) Congress President
(b) President of the Muslim League, 1930
(c) Gandhiji's devout disciple
(d) None of these
25Q. During which of the following movements did the women participate in large
numbers for the first time?
a. Swadeshi and boycott movement
b. Non- Cooperation movement
c. Civil disobedience movement
d. Quit India movement
26Q. On 31st January 1930, Gandhiji sent a letter to Irwin mentioning 11 demands. Which
one of the following was the most important demand?
a. Imposing restriction on the imports for the benefit of the Industrialists
b. Reduction of revenue
c. Abolition of salt tax
d. a rupee sterling exchange ratio to discourage import
27Q. Who strongly opposed the idea of compromise between Hindus and Muslims in the
“AH party conference” conducted in 1928?
a. Motilal Nehru
b. M.R Jayakar
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. C.RDas
28Q. Which of the following agreements gave seats to the depressed classes in the
Provincial and Central legislative Assembly?
a. Lucknow pact
b. Poona pact
c. Gandhi- Irwin pact
d. Round table conference
29Q. Who published a massive four volume collection of Tamil folk tales “The folklore of
Southern India”
a. NatesaSastri
b. Abanindanath Tagore
c. Rabindranath Tagore
d. Bankim Chandra
30Q. Gandhiji designed the Swaraj flag in 1921. Which is not a feature of the flag?
a. Tri colour Red, Green and white
b. A spinning wheel in the center
c. Eight Lotuses
d. None of these
31Q. Who was the President of Indian National congress conducted at Lahore in December
1929?
a. Subash Chandra Bose
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. Motilal Nehru
32. CASE STUDY
Emboldened with this success, Gandhiji in 1919 decided to launch a nationwide satyagraha against the
proposed Rowlatt Act (1919). This 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 detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.
Mahatma Gandhi wanted non-violent civil disobedience against such unjust laws, which would start with
a hartal on 6 April.
(i) Name the act which is being described in the passage.
(ii) Who opposed this Act?
(iii) This act was initiated through the efforts of
33. Mahatma Gandhi’s thoughts on Satyagraha
‘It is said of “passive resistance” that it is the weapon of the weak, but the power which is the subject of
this article can be used only by the strong. This power is not passive resistance; indeed it calls for
intense activity. The movement in South Africa was not passive but active ...’ ‘Satyagraha is not
physical force. A satyagrahi does not inflict pain on the adversary; he does not seek his destruction ... In
the use of satyagraha, there is no ill-will whatever.’
Satyagraha is pure soul-force. Truth is the very substance of the soul. That is why this force is called
satyagraha. The soul is informed with knowledge. In it burns the flame of love... Non-violence is the
supreme dharma ...‘It is certain that India cannot rival Britain or Europe in force of arms. The British
worship the war-god and they can all of them become, as they are becoming, bearers of arms. The
hundreds of millions in India can never carry arms. They have made the religion of non-violence their
own ...
A. What type of movement Gandhiji organised in South Africa? [1 mark]

B. Why is satyagraha considered as pure soul-force? [1 mark]
C. How has Gandhiji described passive resistance? [2 marks]
D. What did the idea of satyagraha mean? [I mark]
34. The Congress Working Committee, in its meeting in Wardha on 14 July 1942, passed the
historic Quit India resolution demanding that the British immediately transfer power to Indians
and leave India. On 8 August 1942 in Mumbai, the All-India Congress Committee endorsed the
resolution which called for a non-violent mass struggle on the widest possible scale throughout
the country. It was on this occasion that Gandhiji delivered the famous ‘Do or Die’ speech. The
call for ‘Quit India’ almost brought the state machinery to a standstill in large parts of the
country as people voluntarily threw themselves into the movement. People observed hartals, and
demonstrations and processions were accompanied by national songs and slogans. The
movement was truly a mass movement which brought into its ambit thousands of ordinary
people, namely students, workers and peasants. It also saw the active participation of leaders,
namely, Jayprakash Narayan, Aruna Asaf Ali and Ram Manohar Lohia and many women leaders
such as Matangini Hazra in Bengal, Kanaklata Barua in Assam and Rama Devi in Odisha. The
British responded with force, yet it took more than a year to suppress the movement.
a. Where did Gandhiji give his famous do or die speech?

b. Where did Gandhiji give his famous do or die speech?
c. Name the famous female leader from Odisha who participated in the Quit India
Movement
35.. On 6 January 1921, the police in United Provinces fired at peasants near Rae Bareli.
Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to go to the place of firing but was stopped by the police. Agitated and
angry, Nehru addressed the peasants who gathered around him. This is how he later described
the meeting: ‘They behaved as brave men, calm and unruffled in the face of danger. 1 do not
know how they felt, but I know what my feelings were. For a moment, my blood was up. non¬
violence was almost forgotten - but for a moment only. The thought of the great leader who by
God’s goodness has been sent to lead us to victory, came to me, and 1 saw the kisans seated and
standing near me, less excited, more peaceful than I was - and the moment of weakness passed, 1
spoke to them in all humility on non-violence - 1 needed the lesson more than they - and they
heeded me and peacefully dispersed. ’
a. “The thought of the great leader, who by God’s goodness lias been sent to lead us to victory,
came to me, ...” Jawaharlal Nehru is referring to which great leader?
A. Baba Ramchandra
B. Sarvapalli Gopal
C. Alluri Sitaram Raju
D. MahatmaGandhi
b. Who behaved as brave men?
c. Jawahar Lai Nehru felt angry at the action of the police. State True or false:
d. 1 needed the lesson more than they - and they heeded me and peacefully dispersed What
lesson is talked about here?
36. Choose the correct option related to the occurrence of the incidents:
i) Gandhi Irwin pact was signed.
ii) Mahatma Gandhi relaunched the Civil Disobedience Movement.
iii) Lahore session of Congress took place.
iv) Mahatma Gandhi started the Salt March.
a) iii,iv,i,ii b) iii,i,iv.ii c) i,iii,iv,ii d) ii.iv,iii,i

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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

IQ. By whom was the Swaraj Party formed?

2Q. By whom was the first image of Bharat Mata painted?

3Q. Why did the Indians oppose the Rowlatt Act?

4Q. By what name were the dalits referred by Gandhiji?

6Q.Why was Simon commission constituted by the Tory government?

9Q. “Hind Swaraj' was written by?

13Q» Satyagraha means

14Q. Champaran Satyagraha (1916) was launched by Gandhiji against

16Q. In which city Jaiiianwala Bagh Tragedy took place?

17Q.Whcih of the following formed the Khilafat Commitee in Bombay?

23Q. Who wrote the 'Vande Matram'?

33. Mahatma Gandhi’s thoughts on Satyagraha

A. What type of movement Gandhiji organised in South Africa? [1 mark]

a. Where did Gandhiji give his famous do or die speech?

C. Alluri Sitaram Raju

b. Who behaved as brave men?

i) Gandhi Irwin pact was signed.

ii) Mahatma Gandhi relaunched the Civil Disobedience Movement.

iii) Lahore session of Congress took place.

iv) Mahatma Gandhi started the Salt March.

a) iii,iv,i,ii b) iii,i,iv.ii c) i,iii,iv,ii d) ii.iv,iii,i

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