MCQs for Class 10 Social Science History Chapter 2 Nationalism in India

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MCQs for Class 10 Social Science History Chapter 2 Nationalism in India

1. Who was the writer of the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?

(a) Rabindranath Tagore

(b) B.R. Ambedkar

(c) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) Jawahar Lai Nehru

Answer: (c) Mahatma Gandhi

2. From the options given below, which was the appropriate reason for the formation of the party

(a)Wanted Congress members to ask Dominion State for India

(b)Wanted Congress members to ask for Poorna Swaraj for Indians

(c)Wanted Congress members to oppose Simon Commission

(d)Wanted for a member of Congress to return to Council Politics

Answer: (d)Wanted for a member of Congress to return to Council Politics

3. How long did it take the British to suppress the movement?

(a) three months

(b) six months

(c) almost a year

(d) more than a year

Answer: (d) more than a year

4. ‘Forced recruitment’ means a process by which

(a) Indians were forced by the British rulers to finance the British army

(b) The Indian princes had to supply soldiers to fight for the British

(c) The colonial state forced people in rural areas to join the army

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c) The colonial state forced people in rural areas to join the army

5. The founder of the Hoa Hao movement is

(a) Phan Boi Chau

(b) Ho Chi Minh

(c) Huynh Phu So

(d) Phan Chu Jrinh

Answer: (c) Huynh Phu So

6. The growth of modern nationalism in India, as in Vietnam, is closely connected to :

(a) A sense of oppression under colonialism

(b) An anti-colonial movement

(c) A discovery of unity in their struggle against colonialism

(d) All the above

Answer: (d) All the above

7. Khilafat Committee was formed in 1919 in the city of

(a) Bombay

(b) Calcutta

(c) Lucknow

(d) Amritsar

Answer: (a) Bombay

8. When was the Non-Cooperation programme adopted by the Congress?

(a) At Surat in December 1920

(b) At Nagpur in December 1920

(c) At Calcutta in January 1921

(d) At Bombay in December 1920

Answer: (b) At Nagpur in December 1920

9. Who, among the following, was a member of the French team, who explored Mekong river?

(a) Paul Bernard

(b) Liang Qichao

(c) Nuynh Phu So

(d) Francis Garnier

Answer: (d) Francis Garnier

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10. When was the Non-Cooperation programme adopted by the Congress?

(a) At Surat in December 1920

(b) At Nagpur in December 1920

(c) At Calcutta in January 1921

(d) At Bombay in December 1920

Answer: (b) At Nagpur in December 1920

11. The Non-cooperation Khilafat Movement began in

(a) January 1921

(b) February 1922

(c) December 1929

(d) April 1919


Answer: (a) January 1921

12.Which of the following statements is not true about the Jallianwala Bagh incident?

(a) General Dyer blocked all exit points, and opened fire on the peaceful crowd, killing hundreds

(b) Gandhiji went on indefinite fast to stop the repression by the British

(c) As a reaction, crowds took to the streets in many Indian towns, attacking the police and government buildings

(d) Dyer’s aim was to produce a moral effect of great terror and awe in the minds of the satyagrahis

Answer: (b) Gandhiji went on indefinite fast to stop the repression by the British

13. Who, among the following, was the head of the Revolutionary society formed by Phan Boi Chau?

(a) Prince Cuong De

(b) Phan Boi Chau

(c) Pha Chit Trinh

(d) Liang Qichao

Answer: (a) Prince Cuong De

14. The leader of the peasants in the Gudem Hills of Andhra was :

(a) Baba Ramchandra

(b) Venkata Raju

(c) Alluri Sitaram Raju

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c) Alluri Sitaram Raju

15. Which of the following was the reason for calling off the Non-cooperation Movement by Gandhiji?

(a) Pressure from the British Government

(b) Second Round Table Conference

(c) Gandhiji’s arrest

(d) Chauri-Chaura incident

Answer: (d) Chauri-Chaura incident

16. Who among the following, wrote the ‘History of the Loss of Vietnam’?

(a) Phan Boi Chau

(b) Liang Quichao When was French Indo-China established?

(c) Phan Chu Trinh

(d) Prince Cuong De

Answer: (a) Phan Boi Chau

17. The business groups and industrialists lost enthusiasm for the Civil Disobedience Movement because:

(a) They lost faith in Gandhiji’s methods

(b) They were frightened by the British repression

(c) The spread of violent activities worried them about prolonged disruption of business and the failure of the Round Table Conference made them afraid

(d) All the above

Answer: (c) The spread of violent activities worried them about prolonged disruption of business and the failure of the Round Table Conference made them afraid

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18. Baba Ramchandra, a sanyasi, was the leader of which of the following movements?

(a) Khilafat Movement

(b) Militant Guerrilla Movement of Andhra Pradesh

(c) Peasants’ Movement of Awadh

(d) Plantation Workers’ Movement in Assam


Answer: (c) Peasants’ Movement of Awadh

19. The various social groups that joined the Non-Cooperation-Khilafat Movement of 1921, were :

(a) The rich in the cities, the poor in the villages and the workers in plantations

(b) The middle class in cities, the peasants and the tribals in the countryside and plantation workers

(c) The students in cities, the farmers in villages and the workers in the plantations

(d) The Brahmans in cities, the peasants in the villages and workers in plantations

Answer: (b) The middle class in cities, the peasants and the tribals in the countryside and plantation workers

20. Who was the President of the Muslim League in 1930?

(a) Mr M.A. Jinnah

(b) Maulana Azad

(c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan

(d) Sir Muhammad Iqbal

Answer: (d) Sir Muhammad Iqbal

21. Who set up the ‘Oudh Kisan Sabha’?

(a) Alluri Sitaram Raju

(b) Jawahar Lai Nehru and Baba Ramchandra

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru and Shaukat Ali

(d) Mahatma Gandhi


Answer: (b) Jawahar Lai Nehru and Baba Ramchandra

22. Who started the Swaraj Party and why ?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose to oppose Gandhiji’s policies

(b) The young leaders in Congress who were against mass struggles

(c) Nehru and Bose who wanted full independence

(d) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru. Because they wanted to enter the Provincial Councils and oppose British policies

Answer: (d) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru. Because they wanted to enter the Provincial Councils and oppose British policies

23. When was French indo – China established?

(a) 1947

(b) 1887

(c) 1888

(d) 1889

Answer: (b) 1887

24. The two great writers of Bengal and Madras,  who  contributed  to nationalism in the late nineteenth century through folklore were

(a) Abanindranath Tagore and Ravi Verma

(b) Rabindranath Tagore and Natesa Sastri

(c) Jamini Roy and Ravi Verma

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b) Rabindranath Tagore and Natesa Sastri

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25.Under the presidency of Jawahahar Lai Nehru, the Lahore Congress Session of 1929 formalised the demand of

(a) abolition of Salt Tax

(b) ‘Puma Swaraj’ or complete independence

(c) boycott of Simon Commission

(d) separate electorate for the ‘dalits’

Answer: (b) ‘Puma Swaraj’ or complete independence

26. Why did Gandhiji urge the Congress to join the Khilafat Movement?

(a) He wanted to support the Khilafat

(b) He saw this as an opportunity to bring the Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national movement

(c) He knew that without Hindu-Muslim unity no broad-based movement could be launched

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)

27. On which factor was the economy of Vietnam based on?

(a) Tea and Rubber Plantation

(b) Rice and Rubber plantation

(c) Rice and wheat Farming

(d) Rice and Tea plantation


Answer: (b) Rice and Rubber plantation

28. Natesa Sastri expressed and proved his love for folklore by :

(a) Believing that folklore was national literature

(b) By calling it the most trustworthy manifestation of the people’s real thoughts and characteristics

(c) By publishing a massive four-volume collection of Tamil folk tales ‘The Folklore of Southern India

(d) All the above

Answer: (c) By publishing a massive four-volume collection of Tamil folk tales ‘The Folklore of Southern India’

29. The ‘Simon Commission’ was boycotted because

(a) there was no British Member in the Commission.

(b) it demanded separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims.

(c) there was no Indian Member in the Commission.

(d) it favoured the Muslims over the Hindus.


Answer: (c) there was no Indian Member in the Commission.

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30. Baba Ramchandra was :

(a) A sanyasi, who was earlier an indentured labourer

(b) Leader of the peasants revolt in Awadh

(c) Founder of the Kishan Sabha of Awadh in October 1920 along with J.L. Nehru

(d) All the above

Answer: (d) All the above

31. A branch of the Restorations society was established in Tokyo by whom?

(a) By teachers

(b) By Industrialist

(c) By students

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c) By students

32. Which was the main cause for boycotting foreign goods during Non- Coopeartion Movement?

(a) A symbol of western economic and cultural dominations

(b) A symbol of foreign rule

(c) A symbol of western political domination

(d) A symbol of oppressive rule

Answer: (b) A symbol of foreign rule

33. A form of demonstration used in the Non-cooperation Movement in which people block the entrance to a shop, factory or office is

(a) Boycott

(b) Begar

(c) Picketing

(d) Bandh


Answer: (c) Picketing

34. The two reasons why Gandhiji attended the Second Round Table Conference of December 1931, were :

(a) The arrest of Ghaffar Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Violence of the Indian people against symbols of the British Raj like railways, police posts

(c) The signing of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact in March 1931

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)

35. Which movement started in against the spread of Christianity by the French.

(a) The Hoa Hao moment

(b) The Liberation movement

(c) The scholars Revolt

(d) Go east movement

Answer: (c) The scholars Revolt

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36. Which pact resolved the issue of separate electorates for dalits between Gandhi and Ambedkar in 1932?

(a) Lucknow pact

(b) Nagpur pact

(c) Poona pact

(d) Surat pact

Answer: (c) Poona pact

37. Who formed the ‘Swaraj Party’ within the Congress?

(a) Jawahar Lai Nehru and Motilal Nehru

(b) Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Jawahar Lai Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose

(d) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru

Answer: (d) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru

38. Which party did not boycott the Council elections held in the year 1921?

(a) Swaraj Party

(b) Justice Party

(c) Muslim League

(d) Congress Party

Answer: (b) Justice Party

39. In which movement did Gandhi see an opportunity to bring Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national movement:

(a) the oppressive plantation system in Champaran movement

(b) A satyagraha movement to support the peasants of the Kheda district of Gujarat

(c) A nationwide satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act of 1919

(d) A non-cooperation movement in support of Khilafat as well as Swaraj

Answer: (d) A non-cooperation movement in support of Khilafat as well as Swaraj

40. Where did Mahatma Gandhi start his famous ‘Salt March’ on 12th March 1930?

(a) Dandi

(b) Chauri-Chaura

(c) Sabarmati

(d) Surat

Answer: (b) Chauri-Chaura

41. The business groups and industrialists lost enthusiasm for the Civil Disobedience Movement because :

(a) They lost faith in Gandhiji’s methods

(b) They were frightened by the British repression

(c) The spread of violent activities worried them about prolonged disruption of business and the failure of the Round Table Conference made them afraid

(d) All the above

Answer: (c) The spread of violent activities worried them about prolonged disruption of business and the failure of the Round Table Conference made them afraid

42. Which one of the following is not true regarding the Khilafat Movement?

(a) It aimed at bringing the Hindus and Muslims together in the Non-Cooperation Movement

(b) It aimed at defending the Ottoman Emperor’s temporal powers

(c) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali led the movement in India

(d) It resulted in the restoration of the power of the Khilafat of Turkey

Answer: (d) It resulted in the restoration of the power of the Khilafat of Turkey

43. Which industrialist attacked colonial control over Indian economy and supported the Civil Disobedience Movement?

(a) Dinshaw Petit

(b) Purshottamdas Thakurdas

(c) Dwarkanath Tagore

(d) Seth Hukumchand

Answer: (b) Purshottamdas Thakurdas

44. Which of the following statements is/ are true about the Dandi March of Mahatma Gandhi?

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44. Which of the following statements is/ are true about the Dandi March of Mahatma Gandhi?

(a) It started on 11 March, 1930 and ended on 6 April, 1930

(b) Mahatma Gandhi marched over 240 miles with 78 of his trusted followers covering 10 miles a day

(c) On 6th April, Gandhiji ceremonially violated the Salt Law, manufacturing salt by boiling seawater.

(d) All the above

Answer: (d) All the above

45. Which of the following Vietnamese women organized a large army to resist the Chinese?

(a) Trieu Au

(b) Nguyen Thi xuan

(c) Trung sisters

(d) None of the above

Answer: (c) Trung sisters

46. Which one of the following is not true regarding the Jallianwala Bagh incident?

(a) It took place on 10th April, 1919

(b) Satyagrahis were forced to rub their noses on the ground and crawl on thestreets

(c) Its aim was to create a ‘moral effect’ in the minds of the satyagrahis

(d) Its aim was to create a feeling of terro

Answer: (a) It took place on 10th April, 1919

47. Which of the following was Mahatma Gandhi’s novel method of fighting against the British?

(a) He used violent method of stone pelting.

(b) He used arson to bum down government offices.

(c) He fought with the principle of ‘an eye for i an eye’.

(d) He practised open defiance of law, ; peaceful demonstration, satyagraha and non-violence.

Answer: (d) He practised open defiance of law, ; peaceful demonstration, satyagraha and non-violence.

48. What does satyagraha mean? Choose one from j the following options.

(a) ‘Satyagraha’ means use of physical force to inflict pain while fighting.

(b) ‘Satyagraha’ does not inflict pain, it is a : non-violent method of fighting against oppression.

(c) ‘Satyagraha’ means passive resistance and is a weapon of the weak.

(d) ‘Satyagraha’ was a racist method of mass agitation.


Answer: (b) ‘Satyagraha’ does not inflict pain, it is a : non-violent method of fighting against oppression.

49. What was the changes came to the nature of anti-French Independence Movement in Vietnam?

(a) Total Independence in Vietnam with no French presence.

(b) Setting up a Republic like China in Vietnam

(c) Establishing a democratic republic

(d) Establishing a constitutional monarchy in Vietnam

Answer: (c) Establishing a democratic republic

50. When did the ‘Go East Movement’ was started?

(a) 1907-08

(b) 1906-09

(c) 1903-05

(d) 1909-11

Answer: (a) 1907-08

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