Please refer to Chapter 2 Nationalism in India MCQ Class 10 Social Science with answers below. These multiple-choice questions have been prepared based on the latest NCERT book for Class 10 Social Science. Students should refer to MCQ Questions for Class 10 Social Science with Answers to score more marks in Grade 10 Social Science exams. Students should read the chapter Nationalism in India and then attempt the following objective questions.

MCQ Questions Class 10 Social Science Chapter 2 Nationalism in India

The Nationalism in India MCQ Class 10 Social Science provided below covers all important topics given in this chapter. These MCQs will help you to properly prepare for exams.

Question. At Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur, a peaceful demonstration in a bazaar turned into a:
(a) Violent clash with the Britishers
(b) Violent clash among themselves
(c) Violent clash with the police
(d) None of the above.

Question. Agricultural prices began to fall from 1926 and:
(a) Collapsed after 1927
(b) Collapsed after 1928
(c) Collapsed after 1929
(d) Collapsed after 1930

Question. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, who organised the Dalits into the Depressed Classes Association:
(а) Clashed with Lord Irwin at the Second Round Table Confereru
(b Clashed with Jawaharlal Nehru at the First Round Table Conference
(c) Clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the Second Round Table Conference
(d) None of the above

Question. Mahatma Gandhi called the ‘untouchables’:
(a) Messengers of God
(b) Local people
(c) Harijan
(d) None of the above

Question. ‘Vazide Matram’ a hymn to the motherland was written by:
(а) Abanindranath Tagore
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Question. The sense of collective belongings came partly through the experience of:
(а) Different struggles
(b) Fixed struggle
(c) United struggles
(d) None of the above

Question. An important feature of the Civil Disobedience Movement was the:
(a) Large-scale participation of villagers.
(b) Large-scale participation of the people.
(c) Participation of the Indian merchants and industrialists.
(d) Large-scale participation of women.

Question. Mahatma Gandhi declared that Swaraj would not come for a hundred years if:
(a) Sati system was not abolished
(b) Women did not participate in the movement
(c) Untouchability was not eliminated
(d) None of the above

Question. In late nineteenth-century India, nationalists began recording folk tales sung by poets and they turned to villages to gather:
(a) Folk songs and legends
(b) Pictures and legends
(c) Folk songs
(d) None of the above

Question. In 1921, the Swaraj flag was designed by:
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) Rabindranath Tagore

Question. In 1917, Mahatma Gandhi organised a satyagraha to support the peasants of:
(а) Champaran in Bihar
(b) Kheda district of Gujarat
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) none of the above.

Question. The Khilafat Movement was started:
(a) To protest against the Jallianwala Bagh incident
(b) To gain Puma Swaraj
(c) To protest against the Rowlatt Act
(d) To protest against the harsh treaty imposed on Turkey.

Question. During the First World War, Indian merchants and industrialists had made:
(a) less profit and became weak
(b) profit for the Britishers
(c) loss for the Britishers
(d) huge profits and became powerful

Question. In January 1930 Gandhi ji wrote a letter stating (asking) ‘Eleven Demands’ to whom?
(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Ripon
(d) Lord Lytton

Question. In which “Congress Session” the resolution on Poorna Swaraj was passed?
(a) Calcutta Session
(b) Kerachi Session
(c) Lahore Session
(d) Tripura Session

Question. The slogan “Jai Hind” was given by :
(a) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(b) Jawaharial Nehru
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Ras Behari Bose

Question. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was held in
(a) 5th March 1931
(b) 6th Dec. 1931
(c) 13th March 1931
(d) 14th April 1931

Question. Chauri Chaura is situated in the District of:
(a) Deoria
(b) Gorakhpur
(c) Maharajganj
(d) Kushinagar

Fill in the blanks

Question. A ……………………… Committee was found in Bombay in March 1919.

Question. In 1920, Gandhiji and ……………………… toured extensively, mobilising popular support for the movement.

Question. The ……………………… rebels attacked police stations, attempted to kill British officials and carried on guerilla warfare for achieving swaraj.

Question. ………………………, announced in October 1929, a vague offer of‘dominion status’ for India in an unspecified future.

Question. The ……………………… peasants became enthusiastic supporters of the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Question. ……………………… is the imprescriptible birth right of all.

Question. ……………………… cloth was more expensive than mass-produced mill cloth.

Question. In ………………………, peasants were led by Baba Ramchandra-a sanyasi who had earlier been to Fiji as an indentured labour.

Question. The ……………………… is the real sustainer of society.

Question. Gandhiji in 1919 decided to launch a nationwide ……………………… against the Rowlatt Act.

Write true (T) or false (F)

Question. On 6 January, 1921, the police in United Provinces fired at peasants near Rae Bareli.

Question. Tribal peasants never interpreted the message of Mahatma Gandhi.

Question. The infamous Jallianwalla Bagh incident took place on 13 April.

Question. The Non-cooperation Khilafat Movement began in January 1921

Question. In Awadh, peasants were led by Baba Ramchandra-a sanyasi who had earlier been to Fiji as an indentured labourer.

Question. In most countries the making of the new national identity was a short process.

Question. Mahatma Gandhiji wanted a non-violent civil disobedience against unjust laws, which started with a hartal on 8 April.

Question. On 10 April, the police fired upon a peaceful procession in Lucknow.

Question. The Congress under Mahatma Gandhi tried to forge all groups together within one movement

Question. According to the census of 1921, 14 to 15 million people perished as a result of famines and epidemic.

Question. Peasants had to do begar and work at landlord’s farms without any payment.

Question. In June 1920, Jawaharlal Nehru began going around the villages in Surat, talking to the villagers, and trying to understand their grievances.

Question. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India in January 1915.

Question. In South Africa, Mahatma Gandhi successfully fought the racist regime with a novel method of mass agitation, which he called ahinsa.

Question. In 1920, Gandhiji decided to launch a nationwide Satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act.

Question. Satyagraha is not physical force but pure soul force.

Question. When the tribals chanted Gandhiji’s name and raised slogans demanding ‘Swatantra Bharat’ they were also emotionally relating to an all-India agitation.

Question. At Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur, a peaceful demonstration in a bazaar turned into a violent clash with the police.

Question. In 1918, Gandhiji went to Ahmedabad to organise a Satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers.

Question. C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the Swaraj Party within the Congress to argue for a return to council politics.

Match the following

Question.

Column-A	Column-B
(a) Mahatma Gandhi returned to India	1. 1922
(b) Mahatma Gandhi travelled to Champaran	2. 1930
(c) Mahatma Gandhi visited Ahmedabad in	3. 1934
(d) A Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay in	4. 1931
(e) The Non-Cooperation-Khilafat Movement began in	5. 1932
(f) The incident in Chauri Chaura occurred in	6. 1921
(g) Abdul Ghaffar Khan was arrested in	7. 1919
(h) The Civil Disobedience Movement lost in momentum in	8. 1918
(i) The Second Round Table Conference took place in	9. 1916
(j) The Civil Disobedience was re-launched in	10. 1915

Question.

Column-A	Column-B
A. Jallianwalla Bagh incident	1. 1931
B. Withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation Movement	2. 1932
C. Arrival of Simon Commission	3. 1922
D. Gandhi-Irwin Pact	4. 1919
E. Poona Pact	5. 1928

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