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NTSE SAT History - Nationalism in India Sample Questions

NTSE SAT History - Nationalism in India

Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30

1 )

Which one of the following leaders of the Congress was totally in favour of Cabinet Mission Plan?

(a)
Mahatma Gandhi
(b)
Jawaharlal Nehru
(c)
Sardar Patel
(d)
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

2 )

The Congress policy of pray and petition ultimately came to an end under the guidance of:

(a)
Aurobindo Ghosh
(b)
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c)
Lala Lajpat Rai
(d)
Mahatma Gandhi

3 )

Which one of the following statement is incorrect?

(a)
Civil Disobedience Movement was started based on the issue of salt
(b)
Dandi March was started from Gandhiji's ashram at Wardha
(c)
Gandhi violated the salt laws on April 6, 1930
(d)
Salt march was widely covered by the European and American press.

4 )

"In this instance we could not play off the Mohammdans against the Hindus. "To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate?

(a)
Revolt of 1857
(b)
Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
(c)
Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement (1919-22)
(d)
August Movement of 1942

5 )

As an alternative to the partition of India, Gandhiji suggested to Mountbatten that he:

(a)
postponed granting of independence
(b)
invited Jinnah to form the government
(c)
invited Nehru and Jinnah to form the government together
(d)
invite the army to take over for some time

6 )

Among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission?

(a)
Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel
(b)
Acharya J. B. Kripalani and C. Rajagopalachari
(c)
Pandit Nehru and Maulana Azad
(d)
Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

7 )

During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be defined as complete independence free from all foreign control?

(a)
Mazharul Haque
(b)
Maulana Hasrat Mohani
(c)
Hakim Ajmal Khan
(d)
Abul Kalam Azad

8 )

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

9 )

Where were the Ghadar revolutionaries, who became active during the outbreak of the World War I based?

(a)
Central America
(b)
North America
(c)
West America
(d)
South America

10 )

Consider the following statements:
On the eve of launch of Quit India Movement, Mahatma Gandhi:
1. Asked the government servants to resign.
2. Asked the soldiers to leave their posts.
3. Asked the Princes of the Princely states to accept the sovereignty of their own people.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

(a)
1 and 2
(b)
2 and 3
(c)
3 only
(d)
1, 2 and 3

11 )

The resolution of Puma Swaraj was adopted at which session?

(a)
Karachi Congress
(b)
Haripura Congress
(c)
Lahore Congress
(d)
Lucknow Congress

12 )

Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in ______

(a)
March 1928
(b)
March 1929
(c)
March 1930
(d)
March 1931

13 )

Hind Swaraj was written by _____

(a)
Nehruji
(b)
S.C. Bose
(c)
Gandhiji
(d)
C.R. Das

14 )

Poona Pact was signed by Gandhiji and Dr. Ambedkar in _____

(a)
1930
(b)
1932
(c)
1934
(d)
1935

15 )

Who was Abdul Gaffar Khan?

(a)
Follower of British
(b)
Frontier Gandhi
(c)
Peasant
(d)
None of these

16 )

Alluri Sitaram Raju was sentenced to death in:

(a)
1921
(b)
1922
(c)
1923
(d)
1924

17 )

First session of Hindu Mahasabha was held in:

(a)
1915
(b)
1916
(c)
1917
(d)
1920

18 )

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

19 )

'Swaraj is our birth right was the main slogan of:

(a)
Home Rule movement
(b)
Khilafat movement
(c)
Peasant movement
(d)
Tribal movement

20 )

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

21 )

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

22 )

The Simon Commission was boycotted because:

(a)
There was no Indian in the commission
(b)
It supported the Muslim league
(c)
Congress felt that the people deserved Swaraj
(d)
There were differences among the members

23 )

Which of the following was the cause for the business classes to participate in Civil Disobedience Movement?

(a)
To buy the foreign goods without any restrictions
(b)
To sell Indian goods without any restriction
(c)
Protection against the import of foreign goods.
(d)
To export their goods

24 )

Which among the following is not true about the Jallianwalla Bagh incidents?

(a)
It took place on 10th April, 1919
(b)
Satyagrahis were force to rub their noses on the ground and crawl on the streets
(c)
Its aim was to create a 'moral effect' in the minds of the Satyagrahis
(d)
Its aim was to create a feeling of terror

25 )

Which one of the following was not true regarding the Rowlett Act?

(a)
It barred Indians from carrying weapons and arms
(b)
It allowed detention of political prisoners without trail for two years
(c)
Its aim was to give power to the government to repress the political activities
(d)
It was passed by imperial legislative councils in 1919.

26 )

'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

27 )

Why did Gandhiji urge the congress to join the Khilafat Movement?

(a)
He wanted to support the Khilafat
(b)
He saw this as an opportunity to bring the Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national movement
(c)
He knew that without Hindu-Muslim unity no broad-based movement could be launched
(d)
Both (b) and (c)

28 )

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

29 )

Which of the following statements is not true about the Jallianwalla Bagh incident?

(a)
General Dyre blocked all the exit points, and opened fire on the peaceful crowd, killed Hundreds
(b)
Gandhiji went on indefmite fast to stop the repression of British
(c)
As a reaction, crowds took to the streets in many Indian towns, attacking the police and government buildings
(d)
Dyre's aim was to produce a moral effect of the great terror and awe in the minds of the Satyagrahis

30 )

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 princely states to accept the accession to the Indian Union
(iii) Junagarh, Hyderabad and Kashmir did not sign the instrument of accession.