Nationalism In India Set-2
Get ready for Class 10 Nationalism in India Quiz Set 2, designed for students who want to go beyond the basics. This advanced quiz includes conceptual, analytical, and previous-year-style MCQs from History Chapter 2 – Nationalism in India. Revise important topics like the Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, and the role of Mahatma Gandhi in uniting the nation. Ideal for board exam preparation, this quiz helps you strengthen your grasp of key terms, timelines, and major events in India’s struggle for independence.
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Q1: Due to the violent incident at Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur in February 1922, Mahatma Gandhi decided to withdraw which movement?
Rowlatt Satyagraha
Civil Disobedience Movement
Quit India Movement
Non-Cooperation Movement
Q2: Which leaders formed the Swaraj Party within the Congress to argue for a return to council politics after the withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose
C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
Vallabhbhai Patel and Mahatma Gandhi
Q3: When did agricultural prices begin to fall, severely impacting peasants, marking the effect of the worldwide economic depression?
From 1921
From 1926
After 1930
Before 1919
Q4: The Statutory Commission, constituted under Sir John Simon, was formed by the new Tory government in Britain to look into the functioning of the constitutional system in India. What was the main issue that angered Indians regarding this commission?
It demanded Purna Swaraj
It was led by Lord Irwin
It did not have a single Indian member
It proposed the abolition of the salt tax
Q5: When the Simon Commission arrived in India in 1928, it was greeted with which slogan?
Vande Mataram
Quit India
Inquilab Zindabad
Go back Simon
Q6: In which month and year did Viceroy Lord Irwin announce a vague offer of ‘dominion status’ for India and a Round Table Conference?
October 1929
December 1929
March 1930
January 1930
Q7: Which Congress session, held in December 1929, formalized the demand of ‘Purna Swaraj’ or full independence for India?
Calcutta
Madras
Nagpur
Lahore
Q8: The Congress declared that 26 January of which year would be celebrated as the Independence Day?
1929
1930
1931
1947
Q9: Mahatma Gandhi sent a letter to Viceroy Irwin stating eleven demands on which date?
6 April 1930
31 January 1930
5 March 1931
26 January 1930
Q10: The Salt March was over how many miles, starting from Gandhiji’s ashram in Sabarmati to Dandi?
150 miles
240 miles
300 miles
100 miles
Q11: How many trusted volunteers accompanied Mahatma Gandhi at the start of the Salt March?
58
78
100
50
Q12: When did Mahatma Gandhi ceremonially violate the salt law by manufacturing salt at Dandi, marking the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement?
11 March 1930
6 April 1930
31 January 1930
5 March 1931
Q13: Which leader was a devout disciple of Mahatma Gandhi and was arrested in April 1930, leading to angry crowds demonstrating in the streets of Peshawar?
Motilal Nehru
Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Shaukat Ali
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q14: The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on which date?
6 April 1930
13 April 1919
5 March 1931
December 1931
Q15: Which communities of rich peasants actively supported the Civil Disobedience Movement, seeing the fight for Swaraj as a struggle against high revenues?
Patidars of Gujarat and Jats of Uttar Pradesh
Brahmans and Sanatanis
Poor peasantry and tenants
Dalits and Harijans
Q16: When the Civil Disobedience Movement was relaunched in 1932, why did many rich peasant communities refuse to participate?
They lost faith in Gandhiji’s leadership
They were disappointed when the movement was called off in 1931 without the revenue rates being revised
The Congress started supporting 'no rent' campaigns
They were alienated by the growing influence of Socialists and Communists
Q17: What was the primary demand of the poorer peasantry in the Civil Disobedience Movement?
Reduction of government revenue demand
Increase in wages and better working conditions
That the unpaid rent to the landlord should be remitted
Full independence immediately
Q18: What was the full form of FICCI, established by Indian industrialists in 1927?
Foreign Indian Commercial Control Initiative
Federation of International Chambers of Commerce and Industries
Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries
Financial and Industrial Consultative Committee of India
Q19: Which of the following leaders of Indian industry supported the Civil Disobedience Movement when it was first launched?
Sir John Simon and Lord Irwin
Purshottamdas Thakurdas and G. D. Birla
C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
Bhagat Singh and Batukeswar Dutta
Q20: What was the name given by Mahatma Gandhi to the ‘untouchables,’ whom he organized satyagraha for?
Dalit
Shudra
Sanatani
Harijan
Q21: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar organized the dalits into which association in 1930?
Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress
Hindu Mahasabha
Depressed Classes Association
Swaraj Party
Q22: The Poona Pact of September 1932 was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. What did it grant the Depressed Classes (Schedule Castes)?
Separate electorates in provincial and central legislative councils
Reserved seats in provincial and central legislative councils, to be voted in by the general electorate
Universal adult franchise
The right to form their own separate political party
Q23: Who was the leader of the Muslim League willing to give up the demand for separate electorates if Muslims were assured reserved seats in the Central Assembly and representation proportional to population in Muslim-dominated provinces?
Sir Muhammad Iqbal
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Shaukat Ali
Q24: Who strongly opposed efforts at compromise regarding Muslim representation during the All Parties Conference in 1928?
M.R. Jayakar of the Hindu Mahasabha
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lord Irwin
G. D. Birla
Q25: Who first created the image of Bharat Mata?
Abanindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Natesa Sastri
Q26: The song 'Vande Mataram' was written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and included in which of his novels?
Hind Swaraj
Anandamath
The Folklore of Southern India
Bharatbarsher Itihas
Q27: In Abanindranath Tagore's famous image of Bharat Mata (1905), how is she portrayed?
As a militant figure with a sword
As an ascetic figure; calm, composed, divine and spiritual
Standing beside a lion and an elephant
As a representation of industrial power
Q28: During the Swadeshi movement in Bengal, what did the tricolour flag (red, green, and yellow) contain?
A spinning wheel and three lotuses
Eight lotuses representing eight provinces of British India, and a crescent moon
Only the Union Jack and a spinning wheel
The image of Bharat Mata
Q29: What did the Swaraj flag designed by Gandhiji in 1921 feature in the centre?
A lotus
A crescent moon
A spinning wheel
A trishul
Q30: Who published the massive four-volume collection of Tamil folk tales titled The Folklore of Southern India?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Rabindranath Tagore
Abanindranath Tagore
Natesa Sastri