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🏆 Class 10 Nationalism in India Quiz – Test Your History Knowledge!

Prepare for your CBSE Class 10 History exam with our interactive Nationalism in India Quiz based on Chapter 2 – The Rise of Nationalism in India from NCERT History (India and the Contemporary World – II). This quiz helps you revise key concepts like Mahatma Gandhi’s movements, Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience, and the role of different social groups in India’s freedom struggle.

Each question is carefully designed following the latest CBSE Class 10 syllabus and NCERT guidelines, helping students strengthen their understanding of important historical events and figures.

Whether you are preparing for board exams, class tests, or just want to check your knowledge, this Nationalism in India online quiz is a perfect way to practice and boost your confidence

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Q1: What was the estimated population loss due to famines and the influenza epidemic according to the census of 1921?

  • 5 to 6 million people

  • 12 to 13 million people

  • 20 to 25 million people

  • 10 to 11 million people

Q2: The prices of goods doubled between which years during the First World War, causing extreme hardship for the common people?

  • 1910 and 1915

  • 1913 and 1918

  • 1914 and 1919

  • 1911 and 1916

Q3: Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in which year?

  • January 1916

  • January 1914

  • January 1915

  • December 1915

Q4: In which year did Mahatma Gandhi organize a satyagraha movement for the peasants of the Kheda district of Gujarat, who were demanding revenue relaxation due to crop failure and a plague epidemic?

  • 1916

  • 1917

  • 1918

  • 1919

Q5: What was the central belief of the idea of Satyagraha, as articulated by Mahatma Gandhi?

  • The use of physical force to destroy the oppressor

  • Seeking vengeance against injustice

  • The power of truth and the need to search for truth

  • Winning the battle through aggressive force

Q6: Which place did Mahatma Gandhi visit in 1917 to inspire peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system?

  • Kheda, Gujarat

  • Ahmedabad, Gujarat

  • Champaran, Bihar

  • Dandi, Gujarat

Q7: The Rowlatt Act (1919) gave the government enormous powers to repress political activities and allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for how many years?

  • One year

  • Two years

  • Three years

  • Four years

Q8: Against the proposed Rowlatt Act, Gandhiji decided to launch a nationwide satyagraha which would start with a hartal on which date?

  • 10 April

  • 13 April

  • 6 April

  • 18 March

Q9: According to the excerpt from Mahatma Gandhi on Satyagraha, which concept is described as the ‘supreme dharma’?

  • Violence

  • Physical force

  • Ill-will

  • Non-violence

Q10: What incident provoked widespread attacks on banks, post offices, and railway stations in Amritsar on 10 April 1919?

  • Mahatma Gandhi being barred from entering Delhi

  • The police firing upon a peaceful procession

  • The news of the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre

  • General Dyer taking command

Q11: The Jallianwalla Bagh incident took place on which date?

  • 6 April 1919

  • 10 April 1919

  • 13 April 1919

  • 6 January 1921

Q12: Who was responsible for commanding the troops and opening fire on the crowd gathered at Jallianwalla Bagh?

  • Lord Irwin

  • General Dyer

  • Sir John Simon

  • Colonel Sanders

Q13: What was General Dyer’s stated object in opening fire on the crowd at Jallianwalla Bagh?

  • To punish the local leaders arrested in Amritsar

  • To capture all the villagers unaware of the martial law

  • To produce a moral effect, creating terror and awe in the minds of satyagrahis

  • To prevent the annual Baisakhi fair

Q14: Where were satyagrahis forced to rub their noses on the ground and crawl on the streets as part of the government's brutal repression following the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre?

  • Delhi and Ahmedabad

  • Cities and towns in North India

  • Gujranwala in Punjab

  • Bombay and Calcutta

Q15: Why did Mahatma Gandhi call off the Rowlatt Satyagraha movement?

  • The British government agreed to repeal the Act

  • He saw violence spread across various towns

  • It was limited mostly to cities and towns

  • The movement lacked participation from Muslims

Q16: What was the Khilafat issue that Mahatma Gandhi decided to take up?

  • Demanding Swaraj for India

  • Supporting the Sultan of Turkey's temporal powers

  • Supporting the Czar of Russia

  • Fighting against the Rowlatt Act

Q17: The Khilafat Committee was formed in March 1919 in which city?

  • Calcutta

  • Delhi

  • Bombay

  • Lucknow

Q18: Which two young Muslim leaders discussed with Mahatma Gandhi the possibility of united mass action on the Khilafat issue?

  • Muhammad Ali and Abdul Ghaffar Khan

  • Shaukat Ali and Maulana Azad

  • Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali

  • Ali Jinnah and Shaukat Ali

Q19: In which session of the Congress was the compromise worked out and the Non-Cooperation programme adopted?

  • Calcutta session, September 1920

  • Madras session, 1927

  • Nagpur session, December 1920

  • Lahore session, December 1929

Q20: What was Mahatma Gandhi's famous book, published in 1909, in which he declared that British rule survived in India only due to Indian cooperation?

  • Hind Swaraj

  • Discovery of India

  • Poverty and UnBritish Rule in India

  • My Experiments with Truth

Q21: The Non-Cooperation-Khilafat Movement began in which month and year?

  • September 1920

  • December 1920

  • January 1921

  • February 1922

Q22: Which party in Madras did not boycott the council elections because they felt entering the council was a way of gaining power, which was usually only accessible to Brahmans?

  • Congress Party

  • Justice Party

  • Muslim League

  • Swaraj Party

Q23: The import of foreign cloth halved between 1921 and 1922, with its value dropping from Rs 102 crore to what amount?

  • Rs 57 crore

  • Rs 60 crore

  • Rs 45 crore

  • Rs 75 crore

Q24: Why did the Non-Cooperation Movement in the cities gradually slow down?

  • The British government started brutal repression

  • Khadi cloth was often more expensive than mass-produced mill cloth

  • Students and teachers were arrested

  • The movement turned violent

Q25: In Awadh, who led the peasants' struggles against the talukdars and landlords who demanded high rents and begar?

  • Jawaharlal Nehru

  • Alluri Sitaram Raju

  • Baba Ramchandra

  • Vallabhbhai Patel

Q26: What does the term Begar mean, as used in the context of the peasant struggles in Awadh?

  • High rents demanded by landlords

  • Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any payment

  • Social boycott of oppressive landlords

  • Revenue reduction demanded by peasants

Q27: What was the purpose of the nai – dhobi bandhs organized by panchayats in many places in Awadh?

  • To protest against high revenue demands

  • To deprive landlords of the services of barbers and washermen

  • To demand the abolition of begar

  • To loot bazaars and take over grain hoards

Q28: In October 1920, the Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, Baba Ramchandra, and a few others. How many branches had been set up within a month?

  • Over 100 branches

  • Over 200 branches

  • Over 300 branches

  • Over 500 branches

Q29: Who led the militant guerrilla movement that spread in the Gudem Hills of Andhra Pradesh in the early 1920s?

  • Baba Ramchandra

  • Alluri Sitaram Raju

  • Vallabhbhai Patel

  • Muhammad Ali

Q30: Which Act prevented plantation workers in Assam from leaving the tea gardens without permission?

  • Rowlatt Act of 1919

  • Government of India Act of 1919

  • Inland Emigration Act of 1859

  • Poona Pact of 1932

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