NCERT BOOK CLASS 10TH HISTORY MCQ
CHAPTER 2 : Nationalism in India
- In which year was the Non-Cooperation Movement launched?
a) 1919
b) 1920
c) 1921
d) 1922
Answer: b) 1920 - In which year did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre occur?
a) 1918
b) 1919
c) 1920
d) 1921
Answer: b) 1919 - In which year did Mahatma Gandhi undertake the Dandi March?
a) 1928
b) 1930
c) 1931
d) 1932
Answer: b) 1930 - The Khilafat Movement was launched in support of:
a) British Government
b) The Turkish Caliph
c) Indian Muslims
d) Hindu-Muslim unity
Answer: b) The Turkish Caliph - Who said, “Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak - The Surat Split (1907) in the Indian National Congress was between:
a) Moderates and Extremists
b) Hindus and Muslims
c) Peasants and Zamindars
d) Industrialists and Workers
Answer: a) Moderates and Extremists - The Chauri Chaura incident occurred during which movement?
a) Non-Cooperation Movement
b) Civil Disobedience Movement
c) Quit India Movement
d) Khilafat Movement
Answer: a) Non-Cooperation Movement - In which year was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed?
a) 1929
b) 1930
c) 1931
d) 1932
Answer: c) 1931 - The song “Vande Mataram” was taken from which novel?
a) Anandamath
b) Godan
c) Rangbhoomi
d) Premchand
Answer: a) Anandamath - From where did the Dandi March begin?
a) Delhi
b) Ahmedabad
c) Sabarmati Ashram
d) Bombay
Answer: c) Sabarmati Ashram - The Rowlatt Act was passed in which year?
a) 1917
b) 1918
c) 1919
d) 1920
Answer: c) 1919 - The demand for “Purna Swaraj” was declared in which year?
a) 1928
b) 1929
c) 1930
d) 1931
Answer: b) 1929 - In which year did the Simon Commission arrive in India?
a) 1927
b) 1928
c) 1929
d) 1930
Answer: b) 1928 - Who gave the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Chandrashekhar Azad
c) Sukhdev
d) Rajguru
Answer: a) Bhagat Singh - The “Eka Movement” was a peasant uprising in which region?
a) Punjab
b) Awadh
c) Bihar
d) Bengal
Answer: b) Awadh - Who wrote the book “Hind Swaraj”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: a) Mahatma Gandhi - In which year was the Muslim League founded?
a) 1905
b) 1906
c) 1907
d) 1908
Answer: b) 1906 - In which year was Bengal partitioned?
a) 1903
b) 1905
c) 1907
d) 1911
Answer: b) 1905 - The “Salt Satyagraha” was part of which movement?
a) Non-Cooperation Movement
b) Civil Disobedience Movement
c) Quit India Movement
d) Khilafat Movement
Answer: b) Civil Disobedience Movement - The “Swadeshi Movement” was launched in protest against:
a) Rowlatt Act
b) Partition of Bengal
c) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
d) Simon Commission
Answer: b) Partition of Bengal - Who founded the “Home Rule League”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Annie Besant
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: b) Annie Besant - Where was the “Gadar Party” founded?
a) India
b) America
c) Britain
d) Japan
Answer: b) America - In which year was the Quit India Movement launched?
a) 1940
b) 1941
c) 1942
d) 1943
Answer: c) 1942 - The slogan “Do or Die” was given during which movement?
a) Non-Cooperation Movement
b) Civil Disobedience Movement
c) Quit India Movement
d) Khilafat Movement
Answer: c) Quit India Movement - In which year was the “Nehru Report” presented?
a) 1927
b) 1928
c) 1929
d) 1930
Answer: b) 1928 - Why was the Simon Commission opposed?
a) It had no Indian members
b) It supported British rule
c) It recommended India’s partition
d) It oppressed Indians
Answer: a) It had no Indian members - The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were introduced in which year?
a) 1917
b) 1918
c) 1919
d) 1920
Answer: c) 1919 - The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched after which event?
a) Partition of Bengal
b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
c) Simon Commission
d) World War II
Answer: b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre - The Hunter Commission was formed to investigate:
a) Partition of Bengal
b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
c) Chauri Chaura incident
d) Quit India Movement
Answer: b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre - The All India Kisan Sabha was formed in which year?
a) 1935
b) 1936
c) 1937
d) 1938
Answer: b) 1936 - The Cabinet Mission came to India in which year?
a) 1944
b) 1945
c) 1946
d) 1947
Answer: c) 1946 - The Cripps Mission came to India in which year?
a) 1940
b) 1942
c) 1944
d) 1946
Answer: b) 1942 - In which year was the Indian National Congress founded?
a) 1883
b) 1885
c) 1887
d) 1889
Answer: b) 1885 - Who founded the Swaraj Party?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: b) Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das - Who founded the Indian National Army (INA)?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Bhagat Singh
d) Chandrashekhar Azad
Answer: b) Subhas Chandra Bose - What was the main objective of the Dandi March?
a) To revolt against the British
b) To break the salt law
c) To promote Swadeshi goods
d) To establish Hindu-Muslim unity
Answer: b) To break the salt law - Where did Gandhi establish the Sabarmati Ashram?
a) Delhi
b) Ahmedabad
c) Varanasi
d) Mumbai
Answer: b) Ahmedabad - The Civil Disobedience Movement began in which year?
a) 1928
b) 1930
c) 1932
d) 1934
Answer: b) 1930 - Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Motilal Nehru
Answer: b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Who started the “Harijan” newspaper?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Jyotiba Phule
d) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Answer: a) Mahatma Gandhi - The Morley-Minto Reforms were introduced in which year?
a) 1907
b) 1909
c) 1911
d) 1913
Answer: b) 1909 - During the Non-Cooperation Movement, what did students do?
a) Left schools and colleges
b) Burnt foreign clothes
c) Stopped paying taxes
d) Resigned from government jobs
Answer: a) Left schools and colleges - The Rowlatt Act was also known as:
a) Black Act
b) Salt Act
c) Education Act
d) Land Act
Answer: a) Black Act - What was the main aim of the Swadeshi Movement?
a) Boycott of foreign goods
b) Overthrow British rule
c) Promote Hindu-Muslim unity
d) Organize peasants
Answer: a) Boycott of foreign goods - The Kakori Conspiracy was related to:
a) Non-Cooperation Movement
b) Civil Disobedience Movement
c) Revolutionary Movement
d) Quit India Movement
Answer: c) Revolutionary Movement - What was the slogan of the Quit India Movement?
a) Do or Die
b) Swaraj is my birthright
c) Jai Hind
d) Vande Mataram
Answer: a) Do or Die - Who died due to police lathi-charge during the Simon Commission protests?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Lala Lajpat Rai
c) Chandrashekhar Azad
d) Sukhdev
Answer: b) Lala Lajpat Rai - In South Africa, Gandhi initiated which movement?
a) Salt Satyagraha
b) Non-Cooperation Movement
c) Satyagraha Movement
d) Quit India Movement
Answer: c) Satyagraha Movement - Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) W.C. Banerjee
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: b) W.C. Banerjee - What was the role of women in the Indian National Movement?
a) Limited to household work
b) Active in protests, picketing, and jail movements
c) Only involved in fundraising
d) No role
Answer: b) Active in protests, picketing, and jail movements
- The 1916 agreement between Congress and the Muslim League was called:
a) Lucknow Pact
b) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
c) Poona Pact
d) Delhi Agreement
Answer: a) Lucknow Pact - Who gave the slogan “Simon Go Back”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Lala Lajpat Rai
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: b) Lala Lajpat Rai - Which movement did Gandhi start against the Rowlatt Act?
a) Non-Cooperation Movement
b) Civil Disobedience Movement
c) Rowlatt Satyagraha
d) Quit India Movement
Answer: c) Rowlatt Satyagraha - The Champaran Satyagraha took place in which state?
a) Gujarat
b) Bihar
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
Answer: b) Bihar - Why was the Non-Cooperation Movement withdrawn?
a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
b) Chauri Chaura incident
c) Simon Commission
d) Dandi March
Answer: b) Chauri Chaura incident - Where did Gandhi march to during the Salt Satyagraha?
a) Ahmedabad
b) Surat
c) Karachi
d) Mumbai
Answer: b) Surat - The Ghadar Movement was associated with:
a) Peasant struggles
b) Revolutionary activities
c) Labor movements
d) Swadeshi Movement
Answer: b) Revolutionary activities - Who was the Congress President during the Quit India Movement?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - When was “Vande Mataram” adopted as the national song?
a) 1947
b) 1950
c) 1937
d) 1920
Answer: b) 1950 - What did the Cabinet Mission propose for India?
a) Creation of Pakistan
b) Federal system
c) Separate electorates
d) End of British rule
Answer: b) Federal system - What was the main goal of the Swaraj Party?
a) Enter legislatures to oppose government policies
b) Armed revolution
c) Work with the Muslim League
d) Follow Gandhi’s leadership
Answer: a) Enter legislatures to oppose government policies - What was the main aim of the Morley-Minto Reforms?
a) Grant self-rule to Indians
b) Introduce communal electorates
c) Strengthen British rule
d) Weaken the Congress
Answer: b) Introduce communal electorates - What did peasants do during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
a) Stopped paying taxes
b) Violently opposed landlords
c) Bought British goods
d) Resigned from government jobs
Answer: a) Stopped paying taxes - Where was the Indian National Army (INA) founded?
a) India
b) Japan
c) Singapore
d) Germany
Answer: c) Singapore - What was declared at the 1929 Lahore Session of Congress?
a) Launch of Non-Cooperation Movement
b) Demand for Purna Swaraj
c) Plan for Quit India Movement
d) End of Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer: b) Demand for Purna Swaraj - The Hunter Commission was formed after:
a) Partition of Bengal
b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
c) Chauri Chaura incident
d) Simon Commission protests
Answer: b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre - Who participated in the Kakinada Session during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Motilal Nehru
c) Annie Besant
d) C.R. Das
Answer: a) Mahatma Gandhi - What was the main impact of the Swadeshi Movement?
a) Boycott of British goods
b) Hindu-Muslim unity
c) Peasant organization
d) Labor movements
Answer: a) Boycott of British goods - The Cripps Mission came to India in:
a) 1940
b) 1942
c) 1944
d) 1946
Answer: b) 1942 - Who gave the “Do or Die” slogan during Quit India Movement?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Subhas Chandra Bose
d) Sardar Patel
Answer: a) Mahatma Gandhi - Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
b) Badruddin Tyabji
c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
d) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Answer: b) Badruddin Tyabji - Who led the Khilafat Movement?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
c) Maulana Azad
d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Answer: b) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali - How long did the Dandi March last?
a) 10 days
b) 24 days
c) 30 days
d) 40 days
Answer: b) 24 days - What happened at the 1907 Surat Session of Congress?
a) Split between Moderates and Extremists
b) Demand for Swaraj
c) Protest against Bengal Partition
d) Acceptance of Gandhi’s leadership
Answer: a) Split between Moderates and Extremists - What did the Rowlatt Act allow?
a) Arrest without trial
b) Press censorship
c) Collective fines
d) Military rule
Answer: a) Arrest without trial