(a) March 1, 1932

(b) March 5, 1931

(d) March 7, 1937

Answer (b) March 5, 1931

Question 7: Which of the following dispute made Gandhiji to undertake a fast for the first time?

(a) Minto-Morley Reforms

(b) Ahmedabad Mill Strike

(c) Punjab Unrest

(d) Poona Pact

Answer (b) Ahmedabad Mill Strike

Question 8: He headed the Sedition Committee in 1919:

(a) Justice Rowlatt

(b) General Dyer

(c) Colonel Saunders

(d) David Cameron

Answer (a) Justice Rowlatt

Question 9: Non-Cooperation was practiced on mass scale first during ……….

(a) 1915-20

(b) 1919-21

(c) 1920-21

(d) 1921-45

Answer (c) 1920-21

Question 10: Which of the following according to Gandhi ji, is an essential principle of satyagraha?

(a) Infinite capacity for suffering

(b) Non- violence

(c) Truth

(d) All of the above

Answer (d) All of the above

Question 11: Which of the following title was given by Mahatma Gandhi to Bal Gangadhar Tilak?

(a) The Maker of Modern India

(b) The Iron Man of India

(c) The father of the Indian unrest

(d) The Indian Lion.

Answer (a) The Maker of Modern India

Question 12: Which among the following date was passed by a resolution by Indian National Congress to observe every year as “Purna Swaraj”?

(a) January 26

(b) August 15

(c) August 30

(d) October 2
Answer (a) January 26

Question 13: 6th April, 1930 is well known in the history of India because this date is associated with-

(a) Dandi March

(b) Quit India Movement

(c) Partition of Bengal

(d) Partition of India

Answer (a) Dandi March

Question 14: Which is one of the negative aspects of the Non- Cooperation Movement?

(a) Removal of untouchability

(b) Boycott of law courts by lawyers

(c) Hindu-Muslim Unity

(d) Prohibition of intoxicating drinks

Answer (b) Boycott of law courts by lawyers

Question 15: Complete the given analogy.

Nagpur Session of 1920 : Non-Cooperation Resolution :: Lahore Session of 1929 : ?

(a) Quit India Resolution

(b) Civil Disobedience Resolution

(c) Declaration of Poorna Swaraj

(d) Khilafat Issue

Answer (c) Declaration of Poorna Swaraj

Question 16: Identify the concession granted by the Government under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

(a) Permission of peaceful picketing without any violation of ordinary laws

(b) Permission to collect or make salt for one’s use

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) Payment of reparations to those whose lands had been confiscated

Answer (c) Both (a) and (b)

Question 17: What was one of the agreements by the Governor- General in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?

(a) To open more educational institutions

(b) To release all political prisoners except those guilty of violence

(c) To separate the Hindus from the Muslims

(d) To hold a Cabinet Mission

Answer (b) To release all political prisoners except those guilty of violence

Question 18: The Muslim League demanded a separate state for the Muslims in the year:

(a) 1920

(b) 1930

(c) 1940

(d) 1946

Answer (b) 1930

Question 19: This was one of the programme of the khilafat Movement:

(a) Adopt Swadeshi and hartals

(b) Go on peace march

(c) Resignation from the government services

(d) Civil disobedience

Answer (c) Resignation from the government services

Question 20: The Muslims of India demanded that the………. and powers which were taken away from the Sultan of Turkey be restored to him.

(a) Resources

(b) Territories

(c) Arms and artilleries

(d) Religion

Answer (b) Territories

Question 21: According to Gandhi-Irwin Pact, the Governor-General agreed to permit people living near the sea-shores to ……………

(a) Own shipping companies

(b) Run fishing trawlers

(c) Of-shore drilling for extraction of petroleum

(d) Manufacture salt

Answer (d) Manufacture salt

Question 22: This was one of the positive programmes of the Non-Cooperation Movement:

(a) Boycott of British goods

(b) Boycott of Legislative Councils

(c) Surrender of titles and honorary posts

(d) Promotion of Swadeshi, especially home spun and home-woven cloth

Answer (d) Promotion of Swadeshi, especially home spun and home-woven cloth

Question 23: Why did a crowd of people set fire to the police station in Chauri Chaura in February, 1922 ?

(a) There was a Hindu-Muslim riot

(b) The crowd was attacked by the police during a peaceful march

(c) A Police officer had beaten so Some volunteers picketing a liquor shop

(d) The crowd of people were fired at we trying to sell khadi cloth

Answer (c) A Police officer had beaten so Some volunteers picketing a liquor shop

Question 24: Turkey had lost the……………. in 1918.

(a) First World War

(b) Second World War

(c) The French Revolution

(d) Bolshevik Revolution

Answer (a) First World War

Question 25: The Non-cooperation Movement undermined the power and prestige of the:

(a) British government

(b) Hindus

(c) Muslims

(d) Sikhs

Answer (a) British government

Question 26: Complete the given analogy.