Nationalism in India MCQ Quiz

30 questions

1. What did the Rowlatt Act allow?

   1. Detention without trial
   2. Alluri Sitarama Raju
   3. They sought economic protection and freedom
   4. Self-rule

2. Where did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre occur?

   1. Amritsar
   2. Sabarmati Ashram
   3. Civil Disobedience Movement
   4. Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali

3. Which movement began in 1920?

   1. Civil Disobedience Movement
   2. Non-Cooperation Movement
   3. Amritsar
   4. Alluri Sitarama Raju

4. Which issue was central to the Khilafat Movement?

   1. Future of the Ottoman Caliphate
   2. Self-rule
   3. Lahore Session, 1929
   4. Different groups had different expectations

5. Why was Non-Cooperation withdrawn in 1922?

   1. Higher prices, taxes and recruitment pressures
   2. Many social groups participated
   3. Chauri Chaura incident
   4. Different groups had different expectations

6. Which movement began with the Dandi March?

   1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
   2. Chauri Chaura incident
   3. Symbol of collective identity
   4. Civil Disobedience Movement

7. What did the salt law symbolise?

   1. Truth and non-violence
   2. Colonial control over a basic necessity
   3. Chauri Chaura incident
   4. Movement of plantation workers

8. Where did Gandhi begin the Dandi March?

   1. Symbol of collective identity
   2. Sabarmati Ashram
   3. Higher prices, taxes and recruitment pressures
   4. Baba Ramchandra

9. Which pact was signed in 1931 between Gandhi and Irwin?

   1. Alluri Sitarama Raju
   2. Movement of plantation workers
   3. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
   4. Civil Disobedience Movement

10. Why was the Simon Commission opposed?

    1. It had no Indian member
    2. Lahore Session, 1929
    3. 26 January 1930
    4. Gandhi-Irwin Pact

11. Which Congress session declared Purna Swaraj?

    1. Lahore Session, 1929
    2. Symbol of collective identity
    3. They sought economic protection and freedom
    4. Freedom to move and return to villages

12. When was Purna Swaraj Day first observed?

    1. Non-Cooperation Movement
    2. Higher prices, taxes and recruitment pressures
    3. It had no Indian member
    4. 26 January 1930

13. What was Satyagraha based on?

    1. Movement of plantation workers
    2. Colonial control over a basic necessity
    3. Pingali Venkayya
    4. Truth and non-violence

14. Who led peasants in Awadh?

    1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
    2. Baba Ramchandra
    3. Symbol of collective identity
    4. Chauri Chaura incident

15. Who led the Gudem rebels?

    1. Alluri Sitarama Raju
    2. Many social groups participated
    3. Higher prices, taxes and recruitment pressures
    4. Baba Ramchandra

16. How did plantation workers interpret Swaraj?

    1. They sought economic protection and freedom
    2. Poona Pact
    3. Freedom to move and return to villages
    4. Future of the Ottoman Caliphate

17. What was the role of the nationalist flag?

    1. Amritsar
    2. Symbol of collective identity
    3. Many social groups participated
    4. They sought economic protection and freedom

18. Who is widely credited with designing an early Indian national flag?

    1. Pingali Venkayya
    2. Mahatma Gandhi
    3. High revenue demands and falling prices
    4. Civil Disobedience Movement

19. Which pact addressed representation of Depressed Classes in 1932?

    1. Many social groups participated
    2. Poona Pact
    3. Symbol of collective identity
    4. Chauri Chaura incident

20. Who negotiated the Poona Pact with Ambedkar?

    1. Mahatma Gandhi
    2. Detention without trial
    3. High revenue demands and falling prices
    4. Congress was cautious about radical labour demands

21. Why did some business groups support Civil Disobedience?

    1. They sought economic protection and freedom
    2. Congress was cautious about radical labour demands
    3. 26 January 1930
    4. Movement of plantation workers

22. Why did rich peasants participate?

    1. Sabarmati Ashram
    2. High revenue demands and falling prices
    3. Many social groups participated
    4. Detention without trial

23. Why was worker participation uneven?

    1. It had no Indian member
    2. Many social groups participated
    3. Alluri Sitarama Raju
    4. Congress was cautious about radical labour demands

24. What does Swaraj mean?

    1. Baba Ramchandra
    2. Alluri Sitarama Raju
    3. Self-rule
    4. Lahore Session, 1929

25. What was one effect of World War I on India?

    1. It had no Indian member
    2. Higher prices, taxes and recruitment pressures
    3. Civil Disobedience Movement
    4. High revenue demands and falling prices

26. Why was Non-Cooperation a mass movement?

    1. High revenue demands and falling prices
    2. Colonial control over a basic necessity
    3. Future of the Ottoman Caliphate
    4. Many social groups participated

27. Who were prominent Khilafat leaders?

    1. Movement of plantation workers
    2. Amritsar
    3. Pingali Venkayya
    4. Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali

28. What did the Inland Emigration Act restrict?

    1. 26 January 1930
    2. Movement of plantation workers
    3. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
    4. It had no Indian member

29. What was a major limitation of the national movement?

    1. Many social groups participated
    2. High revenue demands and falling prices
    3. Poona Pact
    4. Different groups had different expectations

30. What was the main method of Civil Disobedience?

    1. Poona Pact
    2. Non-violent violation of colonial laws
    3. Pingali Venkayya
    4. Mahatma Gandhi

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