

SAT History - Nationalism in India
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
The first venture of Gandhi in all-India politics was the:
- (a)
Non-Cooperation Movement
- (b)
Rowlatt Satyagraha
- (c)
Champaran Movement
- (d)
Dandi March
The Indian National Army (I.N.A.) came into existence in 1943 in:
- (a)
Japan
- (b)
Burma
- (c)
Singapore
- (d)
Malaya
At the time of partition of India, which one of the following provinces of British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence?
- (a)
Punjab
- (b)
Assam
- (c)
Bengal
- (d)
Bihar
The Hunter Commission was appointed after the:
- (a)
Black-hole incident
- (b)
Jalianwalla Bagh massacre
- (c)
Uprising of 1857
- (d)
Partition of Bengal
A London branch of the All India Muslim League was published in 1908 under the presidency of:
- (a)
Aga Khan
- (b)
Ameer Ali
- (c)
Liaquat Ali Khan
- (d)
M.A. Jinnah
With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of the following statements in not correct?
- (a)
Liakat Hussain led the Muslim peasants of Barisal in their agitations
- (b)
In 1889, the scheme of national education was formulated by Satish Chandra Mukherjee
- (c)
The Bengal National College was founded in 1906 with j Aurobindo as the Principal
- (d)
Tagore preached the cult of Atmasakti, the main plank I of which was social and economic regeneration of the villages
The real intention of the British to include the princely states in the Federal Union proposed by the India Act of 1935 was to:
- (a)
Exercise more and direct political and administrative
- (b)
Involve the princes actively in the administration of the colony
- (c)
Finally affect the complete political and administrative take-over of all the princely states by the British
- (d)
Use the princes to counter-balance the anti-imperialist doctrines of the nationalist leaders
The President of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India was:
- (a)
C. Rajagopalachari
- (b)
J. B. Kripalani
- (c)
Jawaharlal Nehru
- (d)
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Consider the following statements:
Some of the main features of the Government of India Act, 1935 were the:
1. Abolition of diarchy in the Governor's provinces
2. Power of the Governors to veto legislative action and to legislate on their own
3. Abolition of the principle of communal representation.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a)
1 only
- (b)
1 and 2
- (c)
2 and 3
- (d)
1, 2 and 3
Consider the following statements:
1. The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta
2. The Second Session of the Indian National Congress was held under the president ship of Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Both Indian National Congress and Muslim League held their sessions at Lucknow in 1916 and concluded the Lucknow Pact
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
2 only
- (c)
2 and 3
- (d)
3 only
Consider the following events during India's freedom struggle:
1. Chauri-Chaura Outrage
2. Minto-Morley Reforms
3. Dandi March
4. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the events above?
- (a)
1, 3, 2, 4
- (b)
2, 4, 1, 3
- (c)
1, 4, 2, 3
- (d)
2, 3, 1, 4
The resolution of Puma Swaraj was adopted at which session?
- (a)
Karachi Congress
- (b)
Haripura Congress
- (c)
Lahore Congress
- (d)
Lucknow Congress
Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in ______
- (a)
March 1928
- (b)
March 1929
- (c)
March 1930
- (d)
March 1931
In 1918, Gandhiji organised Satyagraha movement against:
- (a)
Peasant
- (b)
Mill worker
- (c)
Cotton Mill Owner
- (d)
Britishers
Muslim League was formed in:
- (a)
1908
- (b)
1907
- (c)
1906
- (d)
1905
What was/were the impacts of civil disobedience movement:
- (a)
Tide of patriotic fervor
- (b)
Constitutional reforms
- (c)
Success of anti-untouchability campaign
- (d)
All the above
The Lahore session of the Congress in 1929 decided to:
- (a)
launch civil disobedience movement
- (b)
to struggle .for freedom
- (c)
attainment of complete independence
- (d)
none of these
Which of the following leader was arrested, against whose arrest, the public gathered for protest at Jallianwalla Bagh?
- (a)
Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew
- (b)
Mahatma Gandhi
- (c)
Motilal Nehru
- (d)
C.R. Das
Mahatma Gandhi launched the Champaran Movement to:
- (a)
expel the British land-owner
- (b)
get land reform introduced
- (c)
protect the interest of Indian farmer
- (d)
protect the Indian peasant against plant owner
What policy was adopted by Lord Curzon towards the Indian National Congress?
- (a)
To declare it illegal
- (b)
To wipe it out
- (c)
To seek its cooperation
- (d)
To gain maximum help from it for preservation of ancient monuments
Who gave the title' Mahatama' to Gandhiji?
- (a)
Sardar Patel
- (b)
Pt. J.L. Nehru
- (c)
R.N. Tagore
- (d)
S.C.Bose
After 1886, three different services were introduced. One was the old civil service called the Indian Civil Service. The highest officials were drawn from this service. In provinces a civil service was created which was named after that province. There was another service, which was mainly related to professional work.
In which of the following services most of the officials would be Englishmen?
- (a)
Indian Civil Service
- (b)
Provincial Civil Service
- (c)
Education Service
- (d)
Engineering Service
Which of the following statements are true?
(i) The Indian independence Act of 1947 permitted the Princely states to remain independent.
(ii) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel appealed to the Princess to accept the accession to the Indian Union
(iii) Junagarh, Hyderabad and Kashmir did not sign the Instrument of Accession
- (a)
(i) and (ii)
- (b)
(ii) and (iii)
- (c)
(i) and (iii)
- (d)
(i), (ii) and (iii)
Match the following:
A. William Jones | i. Respect for ancient cultures |
B. Thomas Macaulay | ii. Critical of English language |
C. Rabindranath Tagore | iii. Learning in a natural environment |
D. Mahatma Gandhi | iv. Promotion English Language |
Which of the following is the correct matching?
- (a)
A-i, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv
- (b)
A-i, B-iv, C-iii, D-ii
- (c)
A-i, B-iii, C-ii, D-I
- (d)
A-iv, B-i, C-ii, D-iii
Who was the first writer to create the image of 'Bharat Mata' as an identity of lndia and How?
- (a)
Rabindranath Tagore by his painting of a mother figure in 1905
- (b)
Rabindranath Tagore, through his collection of ballads, nursery rhymes and myths
- (c)
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 18'70, by writing the song 'Vande Mataram' and later including it in his novel' Anand Math'
- (d)
None of the above
Which one of the following statements is not true about the basic concept of 'Satyagraha'?
- (a)
Emphasis on the power of truth
- (b)
Emphasis on the need to restrain oneself
- (c)
Emphasis on non-violence
- (d)
Emphasis on enduring the British dominance
'Forced recruitment' means a process by which:
- (a)
Indians were forced by the Britishers to finance 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
The Business Classes and Industrialists lost enthusiasm for the Civil Disobedience Movement because
- (a)
They lost faith in Gandhiji's method
- (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 in London
- (d)
All of the above
Muslim leaders and intellectuals were concerned about the status of Muslims as a minority in India, because:
- (a)
There was distrust and suspicion between the two communities
- (b)
They feared that their culture and identity would be submerged under the domination of a Hindu majority
- (c)
Their leaders differed with the policies of Congress
- (d)
The Congress was not ready to grant them as a separate electorate
Baba Ramchandra was:
- (a)
A sanyasi, who was earlier an indentured labour
- (b)
Leader of the peasant's revolt in Awadh
- (c)
Founder of the Kisan Sabha of Awadh in October 1920 along with J.L. Nehru
- (d)
All of the above