Choose the correct option:
Question 1.
The Non-cooperation Movement began on which one of the following dates?
(a) January 1921
(b) November 1921
(c) December 1921
(d) May 1921
Answer
Answer: (a) January 1921
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Nationalism in India Class 10 MCQs Questions with Answers
Question 2.
In which of the following places Mahatma Gandhi organised satyagraha for the first time in India?
(a) Dandi
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Kheda
(d) Champaran
Answer
Answer: (d) Champaran
Question 3.
Who among the following was associated with the formation of Swaraj Party within the Congress?
(a) Subhas Chandra Bose
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer
Answer: (b) Motilal Nehru
Question 4.
In which of the following Indian National Congress sessions was the demand of‘Purna Swaraj’ formalised in December 1929?
(a) Madras Session
(b) Lahore Session
(c) Calcutta Session
(d) Nagpur Session
Answer
Answer: (b) Lahore Session
Question 5.
Who organised the dalits into the Depressed classes Association?
(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Motilal Nehru
Answer
Answer: (a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Question 6.
Why had the Congress ignored the dalits for long?
(a) Due to their liberal outlook
(b) Due to fear from the Britishers
(c) For fear of offending the sanatanis
(d) For fear of Dr B.R. Ambedkar
Answer
Answer: (c) For fear of offending the sanatanis
Question 7.
Who created the first image of Bharat Mata?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Abanindranath Tagore
Answer
Answer: (a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Question 8.
Which of the following combination of colours was there in the ‘Swaraj flag’ designed by Gandhiji in 1921?
(a) red, green and white
(b) red, green and yellow
(c) orange, white and green
(d) yellow, white and green
Answer
Answer: (a) red, green and white
Question 9.
Who announced a vague offer of‘Dominion Status’ for India in 1929?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Viceroy Irwin
(c) Lord William Bentick
(d) Lord Mountbalten
Answer
Answer: (b) Viceroy Irwin
Question 10.
Which of the following agreements gave reserved seats to the ‘Depressed classes’ in provincial and central legislative councils?
(a) Lucknow Pact
(b) Gandhi Irwin Pack
(c) Poona Pact
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Poona Pact
Question 11.
In which year the Second Round Table Conference was held?
(a) 1931
(b) 1935
(c) 1938
(d) 1945
Answer
Answer: (a) 1931
Explanation:
In December 1931, Gandhiji attended the second round table conference by demanding separate electorates for dalit.
Question 12.
What was the demand of 1929 sessions of the Congress at Lahore ?
(a) Poorna Swaraj
(b) Right to speech
(c) Half authority
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Poorna Swaraj
Question 13.
Who started the Swaraj Party?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) C.R.Das
(d) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru.
Answer
Answer: (d) C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru.
Explanation:
C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the Swaraj Party because they wanted to enter the Provincial Councils and oppose British policies.
Question 14.
Why was the slogans demanding “Swatantra Bharat” important?
(a) It showed the greatness of Mahatma Gandhi
(b) They were going beyond their own locality and emotionally identifying with an all-India movement
(c) They were a unifying force of the Non-Cooperation Movement
(d) The various ways in which ‘Swaraj’ was interpreted by different people
Answer
Answer: (b) They were going beyond their own locality and emotionally identifying with an all-India movement
Explanation:
When the tribals chanted Gandhiji’s name and raised slogans demanding ‘Swatantra Bharat’, they were also emotionally relating to an all-India agitation. They were going beyond their own locality and emotionally identifying with an all-India movement.
Question 15.
When did the Jallianwalla Bagh incident take place?
(a) On 13 April
(b) On 15 August
(c) On 27 October
(d) On 10 March
Answer
Answer: (a) On 13 April
Explanation:
On 13 April the Jallianwalla Bagh incident took place. On that day a large crowd gathered in the enclosed ground of Jallianwalla Bagh, unaware of the martial law that had been imposed. Dyer entered the area, blocked the exit points, and opened fire on the crowd, killing hundreds.
Question 16.
What were boycotted during Non-cooperation movement?
(a) Foreign goods
(b) Food
(c) Water
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Foreign goods
Explanation:
At the time of Non-cooperation movement foreign goods were boycotted as the symbol of foreign trade and it begins with the surrender of titles that the government awarded, and a boycott of civil services, army, police, courts and legislative councils and schools.
Question 17.
Who published ‘The Folklore of Southern India’?
(a) Natesa Sastri
(b) Dr.Ambedkar
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Natesa Sastri
Explanation:
In Madras, Natesa Sastri published a massive four-volume collection of Tamil folk tales, The Folklore of Southern India.
Question 18.
What was the reason for Mahatma Gandhiji’s fast unto death in 1932?
(a) The clash with Dr. Ambedkar
(b) The Clash with Bose
(c) The clash with Nehru
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) The clash with Dr. Ambedkar
Explanation:
The clash with Dr Ambedkar over his demand for a separate electorate for Dalits which he thought would halt their integration into society, led mahatma Gandhi to do fast unto death in 1932.
Question 19.
Who was the two great writers of Bengal and Madras, who contributed to nationalism in the late nineteenth century?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore and Natesa Sastri
(b) Jamini Roy and Ravi Verma
(c) Rabindranath Tagore and Ravi Verma
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Rabindranath Tagore and Natesa Sastri
Explanation:
The two great writers of Bengal and Madras, who contributed to nationalism in the late nineteenth century through folklore, were Rabindra Nath tagore and Natesa Sastri
Question 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
Answer: (d) Sir Muhammad Iqbal
Explanation:
In 1930, Sir Muhammad Iqbal, as president of the Muslim League, reiterated the importance of separate electorates for the Muslims as an important safeguard for their minority political interests.
Question 21.
The Non-Cooperation Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in support of which movement?
(a) Khilafat
(b) Swaraj
(c) Khilafat and Swaraj
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Khilafat and Swaraj
Explanation:
At the Calcutta session of the Congress in September 1920, he convinced other leaders of the need to start a non-cooperation movement in support of Khilafat as well as for Swaraj.
Question 22.
Who was the author of the famous novel ‘Anandamath’?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(b) Abanindranath Tagore
(c) Natesa Sastri
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer
Answer: (a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Explanation:
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the author of the famous novel ‘Anandamath’. In the 1870s he wrote ‘Vande Mataram’ as a hymn to the motherland. His novel Anandamath and widely sung during the Swadeshi movement in Bengal.
Question 23.
What was the reason behind clash between Gandhi Ji and Dr Ambedkar?
(a) Separate electorates would create division in the society.
(b) Separate electorates would slow down the progress of integration into society.
(c) With separate electorates, Dalit’s would gain respect in society.
(d) The condition of Dalit’s would become better.
Answer
Answer: (a) Separate electorates would create division in the society.
Explanation:
Gandhiji began fast unto death when Dr. B.R. Ambedkar demanded separate electorate for dalits because Separate electorates would create division in the society.
Question 24.
When did Gandhiji travelled to Champaran in Bihar?
(a) 1916
(b) 1920
(c) 1925
(d)1918
Answer
Answer: (a) 1916
Explanation:
In 1916 he travelled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system.
Question 25.
Which one of the following leaders headed Oudh Kisan Sabha?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Motilal Nehru
Answer
Answer: (a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Explanation:
By October, the Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, Baba Ramchandra and a few others. Within a month, over 300 branches had been set up in the villages around the region.
Picture-based Questions:
Question 1.
Identify the following personality (NCERT TB page 70) and write a short paragraph on him highlighting his contribution to the Indian national movement.
Answer
Answer:
This is the portrait of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a great leader of Indian national movement. He played a very significant role in national movement. Indian National Congress was divided into two wings- Moderate and Extremist. He was the first extremist leader who declared “Swaraj is my birth right and I must have it”. He organised the nationalist movement in Maharashtra and brought it in conflict with the British government.
He united the moderates and extremists of Congress Party. He appealed Indian people to boycott British goods, British courts, schools and colleges. He was sent to jail numerous times by the Britishers. He infused the spirit of self sacrifice among the Indian masses. Movement. Thus his contribution paved a new path to the Indian national movement.
Question 2.
Look at the picture taken from NCERT Textbook Page 71 and answer the questions that follow.
(i) What is this image of?
(ii) Who painted this image and when?
(iii) How does the painter portray Bharat Mata?
Answer
Answer:
(i) This is the image of Bharat Mata.
(ii) Abanindranath Tagore painted this image in 1905.
(iii) The painter portrays Bharat Mata as an ascetic figure. She is calm, composed, divine and spiritual.
Question 3.
Look at the picture taken from NCERT Textbook Page 72 and answer the questions that follow.
(i) What is depicted in the above picture?
(ii) What was its significance during the freedom struggle?
Answer
Answer:
(i) In this picture, Bharat Mata is shown with a trishul standing beside a lion and an elephant. These are the symbols of power and authority.
(ii) The image of Bharat Mata was an icon to create nationalist feeling in Indians during the freedom struggle. It shows that Indians should fight against the Britishers vehemently.
How do you think to help the depressed classes in India? Express your opinion.
Answer
Answer:
The depressed classes should be helped in India by the government NGOs and the society. At first, they must be given moral support so that they may come into the mainstream of the society. They must be provided educational facilities. This way they may come into the public and private sectors and their representation may be felt in the society. In politics they must be given proper representation.
The Rise of Nationalism in Europe Class 10 MCQs Questions with Answers
Choose the correct option:
Question 1.
What type of conservative regimes were set up in 1815 in Europe?
(a) Autocratic
(b) Democratic
(c) Aristocratic
(d) Dictatorial
Answer
Answer: (a) Autocratic
Question 2.
Identify the French artist who prepared a series of four prints visualising his dream of a world from the following:
(a) Kitagewa Utamaro
(b) Richard M Hoe
(c) Voltaire
(d) Frederic Sorrieu
Answer
Answer: (d) Frederic Sorrieu
Question 3.
Napoleon invaded Italy in
(a) 1821
(b) 1790s
(c) 1905
(d) 1797
Answer
Answer: (b) 1790s
Question 4.
Who was proclaimed King of united Italy in 1861?
(a) Victor Emmanuel II
(b) Louis Philippe
(c) Mazzini
(d) Cavour
Answer
Answer: (a) Victor Emmanuel II
Question 5.
Which of the following artists painted the image of Germania?
(a) Philip Veit
(b) Frederic Sorrieu
(c) Ernst Renan
(d) Richar M Hoe
Answer
Answer: (a) Philip Veit
Question 6.
Who said ‘When France sneezes, the rest of Europe catches cold’?
(a) Garibaldi
(b) Bismarck
(c) Mazzini
(d) Duke Metternich
Answer
Answer: (d) Duke Metternich
Question 7.
What happened to Poland at the end of 18th century. Which of the following answers is correct?
(a) Poland achieved independence at the end of the 18th century.
(b) Poland came totally under the control of Russia and became part of Russia.
(c) Poland became the part of East Germany.
(d) Poland was partitioned at the end of the 18th century by three Great Powers: Russia, Prussia and Austria.
Answer
Answer: (d) Poland was partitioned at the end of the 18th century by three Great Powers: Russia, Prussia and Austria.
Question 8.
Who played the leading role in the unification of Germany?
(a) German Emperor (formerly King of Prussia) – Kaiser William I.
(b) Otto Von Bismarck (Prussian Chief Minister).
(c) Johann Gottfried Herder – German philosopher.
(d) Austrian Chancellor – Duke Metternich.
Answer
Answer: (b) Otto Von Bismarck (Prussian Chief Minister).
Question 9.
Three wars over seven years with Austria, Denmark, Germany and France, ended in
(a) Danish victory
(b) Prussian victory
(c) French victory
(d) German victory
Answer
Answer: (b) Prussian victor
Question 10.
Who was proclaimed the emperor of Germany in 1871?
(a) Otto Von Bismarck
(b) Victor Emmanuel II
(c) Count Cavour
(d) Kaiser William I of Prussia
Answer
Answer: (d) Kaiser William I of Prussia
Question 11.
Which one of the following was not the feature of Napoleonic Code?
(a) Equality before the law
(b) Universal Adult Franchise
(c) Right to Property
(d) Privileges based on birth
Answer
Answer: (d) Privileges based on birth
Explanation:
The Civil Code of 1804 – usually known as the Napoleonic Code – did away with all privileges based on birth, established equality before the law and secured the right to property.
Question 12.
Who hosted the ‘Treaty of Vienna’?
(a) Frédéric Sorrieu
(b) Victor Emmanuel
(c) Duke Metternich
(d) Giuseppe Garibaldi
Answer
Answer: (c) Duke Metternich
Explanation:
In 1815, representatives of the European powers – Britain, Russia, Prussia and Austria – who had collectively defeated Napoleon, met at Vienna to draw up a settlement for Europe. The Congress was hosted by the Austrian Chancellor Duke Metternich.
Question 13.
The political and constitutional changes brought about by the French Revolution were:
(a) it ended the absolute monarchy.
(b) It transferred power to a body of the French citizens.
(c) It proclaimed that henceforth people would constitute the nation and shape its destiny.
(d) All the above.
Answer
Answer: (d) All the above.
Explanation:
France, was a full-fledged territorial state in 1789 under the rule of an absolute monarch. The political and constitutional changes that came in the wake of the French Revolution led to the transfer of sovereignty from the monarchy to a body of French citizens. The revolution proclaimed that it was the people who would henceforth constitute the nation and shape its destiny.
Question 14.
What does ‘Absolutist’ mean?
(a) A Philosophy
(b) A Theory
(c) Monarchical Government
(d) A Painting
Answer
Answer: (c) Monarchical Government
Explanation:
Absolutist is a government or system of rule that has no control on the power exercised. In history, the term refers to a form of monarchical government that was centralised, militarised and repressive.
Question 15.
The first clear expression of nationalism came with:
(a) The American Revolution
(b) The French Revolution
(c) The Russian Revolution
(d) The Industrial Revolution
Answer
Answer: (b) The French Revolution
Explanation:
The first clear expression of nationalism came with the French Revolution in 1789. France was a full-fledged territorial state in 1789 under the rule of an absolute monarch. The political and constitutional changes during French Revolution led to the transfer of sovereignty from the monarchy to a body of French citizens.
Question 16.
What does a blindfolded woman carrying a pair of weighing scales symbolise ?
(a) Peace
(b) Equality
(c) Justice
(d) Liberty
Answer
Answer: (c) Justice
Explanation:
The attributes of Liberty are the red cap, or the broken chain, while Justice is generally a blindfolded woman carrying a pair of weighing scales.
Question 17.
What was the main intention behind ‘Treaty of Vienna of 1815’?
(a) Restore republics
(b) Restore democracies
(c) Restore monarchies
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Restore monarchies
Explanation:
The main intention behind ‘Treaty of Vienna of 1815’ was to restore the monarchies that had been overthrown by Napoleon, and create a new conservative order in Europe.
Question 18.
Who was proclaimed German Emperor after its unification?
(a) The Prussian King – William-I
(b) The French King – Louis Philippe
(c) Victor Emmanuel II
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) The Prussian King – William-I
Explanation:
Three wars over seven years – with Austria, Denmark and France – ended in Prussian victory and completed the process of unification. In January 1871, the Prussian king, William I, was proclaimed German Emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles.
Question 19.
What did Germania symbolize?
(a) French nation
(b) German nation
(c) British nation
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) German nation
Explanation:
Germania became the allegory of the German nation. In visual representations, Germania wears a crown of oak leaves, as the German oak stands for heroism.
Question 20.
Who was Giuseppe Mazzini?
(a) French Revolutionary
(b) Italian Revolutionary
(c) Russian Revolutionary
(d) None of above
Answer
Answer: (b) Italian Revolutionary
Explanation:
Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian revolutionary. Born in Genoa in 1807, he became a member of the secret society of the Carbonari. He founded two more underground societies, first, Young Italy in Marseilles, and then, Young Europe in Berne.
Question 21.
Name the customs union formed by Prussia to abolish tariff barriers.
(a) Elle
(b) Zollverein
(c) Zweibiicken
(d) La Patrie
Answer
Answer: (b) Zollverein
Explanation:
In 1834, a customs union or zollverein was formed at the initiative of Prussia and joined by most of the German states. The union abolished tariff barriers and reduced the number of currencies from over thirty to two.
Question 22.
What did ‘Das Volk’ stand for?
(a) Democracy
(b) Factory workers
(c) Slum dwellers
(d) Common people
Answer
Answer: (d) Common people
Explanation:
German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) claimed that true German culture was to be discovered among the common people – das volk. It was through folk songs, folk poetry and folk dances that the true spirit of the nation (volksgeist) was popularised.
Question 23.
Which of the following is true with reference to Romanticism?
(a) Concept of government by consent
(b) Freedom of markets
(c) Cultural movements
(d) Freedom of an individual
Answer
Answer: (c) Cultural movements
Explanation:
Romanticism, a cultural movement which sought to develop a particular form of nationalist sentiment. Romantic artists and poets generally criticised the glorification of reason and science and focused instead on emotions, intuition and mystical feelings.
Question 24.
Who were the Junkers?
(a) Soldiers
(b) Large landowners
(c) Aristocracy
(d) Nobility
Answer
Answer: (b) Large landowners
Explanation:
The liberal initiative to nation-building of Germany was repressed by the combined forces of the monarchy and the military, supported by the large landowners (called Junkers) of Prussia.
Question 25.
Which one of the following areas was the most serious source of nationalist tension in Europe after 1871?
(a) The Balkans
(b) Great Britain
(c) Italy
(d) Germany
Answer
Answer: (a) The Balkans
Explanation:
The most serious source of nationalist tension in Europe after 1871 was the area called the Balkans. The Balkans was a region of geographical and ethnic variation comprising modern-day Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro whose inhabitants were broadly known as the Slavs.
Match the following:
| Column A Attribute |
Column B Significance |
| 1. Broken chains | a. heroism |
| 2. Breastplate with eagle | b. beginning of a new era |
| 3. Crown of oak leaves | c. being freed |
| 4. Sword | d. willingness to make peace |
| 5. Olive branch around the sword | e. symbol of the German empire-strength |
| 6. Black, red and gold tricolor | f. readiness to fight |
| 7. Rays of the rising sun | g. flag of the liberal-nationalists in 1848, banned by the Dukes of the German states |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A Attribute |
Column B Significance |
| 1. Broken chains | c. being freed |
| 2. Breastplate with eagle | e. symbol of the German empire-strength |
| 3. Crown of oak leaves | a. heroism |
| 4. Sword | f. readiness to fight |
| 5. Olive branch around the sword | d. willingness to make peace |
| 6. Black, red and gold tricolor | g. flag of the liberal-nationalists in 1848, banned by the Dukes of the German states |
| 7. Rays of the rising sun | b. beginning of a new era |
Picture-based Questions:
Study the picture (NCERT TB Page 23) and answer the questions that follows:
(i) Identify the above figure.
(ii) Name the artist who painted the image.
(iii) What is the significance of the image?
Answer
Answer: (i) It is the painting of Germania.
(ii) The name of the artist is Philip Veit.
(iii) Germania became the allegory of the German nation. In visual representations, she wears a crown of oak leaves, as the German oak stands for heroism.
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