Class 10 History Chapter 2 The Rise of Nationalism In INDIA MCQs

1. What was the immediate cause of the Rowlatt Satyagraha in 1919?

(A) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

(B) Passing of the Rowlatt Act

(D) Salt Tax

Answer

Answer: (B) Passing of the Rowlatt Act

2. Who led the Khilafat Movement in India?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali

(D) Subhas Chandra Bose

Answer

Answer: (B) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali

3. The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched in which year?

(A) 1919

(B) 1920

(D) 1942

Answer

Answer: (B) 1920

4. What did the slogan ‘Swaraj’ mean for plantation workers in Assam?

(A) Boycott foreign goods

(B) Right to move freely and retain land

(D) Religious reform

Answer

Answer: (B) Right to move freely and retain land

5. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occurred in which city?

(A) Delhi

(B) Amritsar

(D) Ahmedabad

Answer

Answer: (B) Amritsar

6. Who was the British General responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?

(A) Lord Curzon

(B) General Dyer

(D) Lord Irwin

Answer

Answer: (B) General Dyer

7. Why did Gandhi call off the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922?

(A) British repression

(B) Chauri Chaura violence

(D) Salt March success

Answer

Answer: (B) Chauri Chaura violence

8. The ‘Dandi March’ was associated with:

(A) Non-Cooperation Movement

(B) Civil Disobedience Movement

(D) Khilafat Movement

Answer

Answer: (B) Civil Disobedience Movement

9. Which Congress session declared ‘Purna Swaraj’ as its goal in 1929?

(A) Nagpur

(B) Lahore

(D) Bombay

Answer

Answer: (B) Lahore

10. The ‘Salt March’ began from which city?

(A) Delhi

(B) Ahmedabad

(D) Dandi

Answer

Answer: (B) Ahmedabad

11. Who organized the ‘Depressed Classes Association’ in 1930?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) B.R. Ambedkar

(D) E.V. Ramasamy

Answer

Answer: (B) B.R. Ambedkar

12. The Poona Pact (1932) ensured:

(A) Separate electorates for Dalits

(B) Reserved seats for Dalits

(D) Land reforms

Answer

Answer: (B) Reserved seats for Dalits

13. The ‘Simon Commission’ was boycotted because:

(A) It supported partition

(B) It had no Indian members

(D) It promoted communalism

Answer

Answer: (B) It had no Indian members

14. Who coined the slogan ‘Do or Die’ during the Quit India Movement?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Bhagat Singh

Answer

Answer: (B) Mahatma Gandhi

15. The Quit India Movement was launched in:

(A) 1920

(B) 1942

(D) 1947

Answer

Answer: (B) 1942

16. The ‘Champaran Satyagraha’ was related to:

(A) Cotton mill workers

(B) Indigo planters

(D) Tribal rights

Answer

Answer: (B) Indigo planters

17. Who wrote the book *Hind Swaraj*?

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer

Answer: (B) Mahatma Gandhi

18. The ‘Gadar Movement’ was founded by:

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai

(B) Indian immigrants in the USA

(D) Subhas Chandra Bose

Answer

Answer: (B) Indian immigrants in the USA

19. The ‘Inland Emigration Act’ affected:

(A) Factory workers

(B) Plantation workers

(D) Tribals

Answer

Answer: (B) Plantation workers

20. Which movement began with the defiance of the Salt Law?

(A) Non-Cooperation

(B) Civil Disobedience

(D) Quit India

Answer

Answer: (B) Civil Disobedience

21. Who designed the ‘Swaraj Flag’ in 1921?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Gandhi and Pingali Venkayya

(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Answer

Answer: (B) Gandhi and Pingali Venkayya

22. The ‘Vaikom Satyagraha’ aimed to:

(A) Promote khadi

(B) Allow temple entry for lower castes

(D) Demand Swaraj

Answer

Answer: (B) Allow temple entry for lower castes

23. The ‘Hindustan Socialist Republican Association’ was founded by:

(A) Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad

(B) Subhas Chandra Bose

(D) Sardar Patel

Answer

Answer: (A) Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad

24. The ‘Kheda Satyagraha’ was related to:

(A) Indigo planters

(B) Peasant tax refusal

(D) Mill workers’ wages

Answer

Answer: (B) Peasant tax refusal

25. Who founded the ‘All India Untouchability League’ in 1932?

(A) B.R. Ambedkar

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Periyar

Answer

Answer: (B) Mahatma Gandhi

26. The ‘August Offer’ of 1940 was associated with:

(A) Quit India Movement

(B) Dominion status for India

(D) Salt Satyagraha

Answer

Answer: (B) Dominion status for India

27. The ‘Cabinet Mission Plan’ was sent to India in:

(A) 1942

(B) 1946

(D) 1935

Answer

Answer: (B) 1946

28. The ‘Indian National Army (INA)’ was founded by:

(A) Subhas Chandra Bose

(B) Rash Behari Bose

(D) Chandrashekhar Azad

Answer

Answer: (A) Subhas Chandra Bose

29. The ‘Rani Gaidinliu-led movement’ was associated with:

(A) Tribals of Andhra

(B) Nagas of Manipur

(D) Workers of Bengal

Answer

Answer: (B) Nagas of Manipur

30. The ‘Tea Tribes’ of Assam participated in:

(A) Non-Cooperation Movement

(B) Civil Disobedience Movement

(D) Quit India Movement

Answer

Answer: (B) Civil Disobedience Movement

31. The ‘Bardoli Satyagraha’ was led by:

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(D) C.R. Das

Answer

Answer: (B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

32. The ‘Gandhi-Irwin Pact’ was signed in:

(A) 1930

(B) 1931

(D) 1942

Answer

Answer: (B) 1931

33. The ‘First Round Table Conference’ was held in:

(A) 1929

(B) 1930

(D) 1932

Answer

Answer: (B) 1930

34. Who opposed the ‘Salt Satyagraha’ in the Congress?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) C. Rajagopalachari

(D) M.A. Jinnah

Answer

Answer: (D) M.A. Jinnah

35. The ‘Komagata Maru Incident’ (1914) involved:

(A) Indian soldiers in WWI

(B) Sikh immigrants to Canada

(D) Cotton mill workers

Answer

Answer: (B) Sikh immigrants to Canada

36. The ‘Moplah Rebellion’ (1921) occurred in:

(A) Bengal

(B) Kerala

(D) Gujarat

Answer

Answer: (B) Kerala

37. The ‘Akali Movement’ aimed to:

(A) Promote Sikh education

(B) Reform Gurudwara management

(D) Support Khilafat

Answer

Answer: (B) Reform Gurudwara management

38. The ‘Chittagong Armoury Raid’ was led by:

(A) Bhagat Singh

(B) Surya Sen

(D) Subhas Chandra Bose

Answer

Answer: (B) Surya Sen

39. The ‘Hijrat Movement’ (1920) urged Muslims to migrate to:

(A) Mecca

(B) Afghanistan

(D) Pakistan

Answer

Answer: (B) Afghanistan

40. The ‘Nehru Report’ (1928) proposed:

(A) Complete independence

(B) Dominion status for India

(D) Separate electorates

Answer

Answer: (B) Dominion status for India

41. The ‘Delhi Proposals’ (1927) were related to:

(A) Hindu-Muslim unity

(B) Swaraj

(D) Tribal rights

Answer

Answer: (A) Hindu-Muslim unity

42. The ‘Lucknow Pact’ (1916) was between:

(A) Congress and Muslim League

(B) Congress and British

(D) Gandhi and Ambedkar

Answer

Answer: (A) Congress and Muslim League

43. The ‘Wavell Plan’ (1945) aimed to:

(A) Grant independence

(B) Form interim government

(D) Abolish salt tax

Answer

Answer: (B) Form interim government

44. The ‘Cripps Mission’ (1942) failed because it:

(A) Supported partition

(B) Denied immediate independence

(D) Ignored Princely States

Answer

Answer: (B) Denied immediate independence

45. The ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ (INA) fought alongside which country in WWII?

(A) Germany

(B) Japan

(D) USA

Answer

Answer: (B) Japan

46. The ‘Kakori Conspiracy Case’ (1925) targeted:

(A) British officials

(B) Train robbery for funds

(D) Tribal uprising

Answer

Answer: (B) Train robbery for funds

47. The ‘Individual Satyagraha’ (1940) was launched because:

(A) Failure of Cripps Mission

(B) British refusal to grant independence

(D) Salt tax imposition

Answer

Answer: (B) British refusal to grant independence

48. The ‘Ramsay MacDonald Award’ (1932) dealt with:

(A) Salt tax

(B) Communal electorates

(D) Tribal rights

Answer

Answer: (B) Communal electorates

49. The ‘Tebhaga Movement’ (1946-47) was led by:

(A) Tribals

(B) Bengali peasants

(D) Dalits

Answer

Answer: (B) Bengali peasants

50. The ‘Royal Indian Navy Mutiny’ (1946) started in:

(A) Karachi

(B) Mumbai

(D) Chennai

Answer

Answer: (B) Mumbai

51. The ‘No Tax Campaign’ during Civil Disobedience was prominent in:

(A) Gujarat

(B) United Provinces

(D) Punjab

Answer

Answer: (B) United Provinces

52. The ‘Guru Ka Bagh Morcha’ (1922) was a protest by:

(A) Sikhs

(B) Muslims

(D) Tribals

Answer

Answer: (A) Sikhs

53. The ‘Eka Movement’ (1921-22) was a peasant uprising in:

(A) Punjab

(B) Awadh

(D) Maharashtra

Answer

Answer: (B) Awadh

54. The ‘All India Kisan Sabha’ was formed in:

(A) 1920

(B) 1936

(D) 1947

Answer

Answer: (B) 1936

55. The ‘Temple Entry Proclamation’ (1936) was issued in:

(A) Travancore

(B) Mysore

(D) Jaipur

Answer

Answer: (A) Travancore

56. The ‘Mahad Satyagraha’ (1927) was led by:

(A) B.R. Ambedkar

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) E.V. Ramasamy

Answer

Answer: (A) B.R. Ambedkar

57. The ‘Pabna Revolt’ (1873-76) was against:

(A) British rule

(B) Zamindars

(D) Indigo planters

Answer

Answer: (B) Zamindars

58. The ‘Munda Rebellion’ (1899-1900) was led by:

(A) Sidhu and Kanhu

(B) Birsa Munda

(D) Alluri Sitarama Raju

Answer

Answer: (B) Birsa Munda