This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > History > Class 12 History Chapter 2 Nationalism In India – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 2 Nationalism In India Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who called the revolution of 1857 as the first war of independence of India? A) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. B) Bahadur Shah Jafar. C) Tatya Tope. D) Mangal Pandey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. 2. WHEN WAS THE ROWLATT ACT PASSED? A) DECEMBER$\rightarrow$1918. B) MARCH$\rightarrow$1919. C) AUGUST$\rightarrow$ 1947. D) JANUARY$\rightarrow$1890. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MARCH$\rightarrow$1919. 3. THE FORM OF PROTEST BY WHICH PEOPLE BLOCK THE ENTRANCE OF SHOP OR OFFICE IS CALLED? A) THICKET. B) PICKET. C) MASS PROTEST. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PICKET. 4. Q8 . In which city Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy took place? A) Amritsar. B) Meerut. C) Agra. D) Lahore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amritsar. 5. 'FICCI' formed in ..... A) 1929. B) 1928. C) 1920. D) 1927. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1927. 6. Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a devout disciple of A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale. B) Feroz Shah Mehta. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Motilal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi. 7. What was the Salt March and why was it important? A) A treaty signed between India and Britain in 1930. B) The Salt March was a pivotal nonviolent protest against British salt laws in 1930, significant for mobilizing Indian resistance and gaining global awareness for India's struggle for independence. C) A military campaign to seize British forts in India. D) A cultural festival celebrating Indian heritage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Salt March was a pivotal nonviolent protest against British salt laws in 1930, significant for mobilizing Indian resistance and gaining global awareness for India's struggle for independence. 8. The All India Muslim League was established in: A) 1906. B) 1915. C) 1907. D) 1911. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1906. 9. The Poona Pact which was signed between the British Government and Mahatma Gandhi in 1934 provided for [1997] A) Separate electorates for the Muslims. B) Creation of dominion status for India. C) Seperate electorate for the Harijans. D) A joint electorate with the reservation for Harijan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A joint electorate with the reservation for Harijan. 10. The Jallianwala Bagh incident took place on A) 13th April 1912. B) 13th April 1919. C) 13rd April 1910. D) 13th April 1917. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13th April 1919. 11. When was the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries set up? A) 1928. B) 1926. C) 1929. D) 1927. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1927. 12. Why did Gandhiji withdraw the Non-cooperation Movement? A) Gandhiji realised that people were losing interest in the movement. B) Gandhiji felt that the movement was turning violent in many places. C) Some Congress leaders wanted to participate in elections to Provincial Councils. D) Some Congress leaders wanted more radical mass agitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gandhiji felt that the movement was turning violent in many places. 13. The infamous Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre took place when there was an annual ..... fair.a) Teeyanb) Gurupurabc) Lohrid) Baisakhi A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 14. At which Congress session was the working committee authorized to launch a program of Civil Disobedience? [2005] A) Tripura. B) Lahore. C) Lucknow. D) Bombay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lahore. 15. The Napoleonic Code introduced across Europe primarily aimed to: A) Reinforce feudal obligations. B) Centralise the Church's influence. C) Establish equality before the law and simplify administration. D) Protect aristocratic privileges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Establish equality before the law and simplify administration. 16. Champaran Satyagraha (1916) was launched by Gandhiji against A) High revenue demand. B) Indigo planters. C) Mill owners. D) Salt tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indigo planters. 17. When did Gandhiji enter into a pact with Irwin? A) 6 April 1930. B) 5 March 1931. C) 22 January 1929. D) 4 April 1932. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5 March 1931. 18. What was the significance of the salt tax in the Civil Disobedience Movement? A) It affected only the rich people. B) It was a symbol of British oppression and affected both the rich and the poor. C) It had no significance in the movement. D) It was a minor issue compared to other demands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was a symbol of British oppression and affected both the rich and the poor. 19. Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Salt March from his ashram in Sabarmati to Dandi, covering a distance of ..... A) 600 miles. B) 260 miles. C) 500miles. D) 240 miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 240 miles. 20. What did the term 'Swaraj' mean to different social groups during the national movement? A) Different things to different people. B) Economic prosperity for all. C) A return to traditional practices. D) Complete independence from British rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Different things to different people. 21. Why was the Khilafat Committee formed in March 1919? A) To unite Hindus and Muslims. B) To fight for swaraj. C) To defend the Khalifa's powers. D) To conspire against the British. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To defend the Khalifa's powers. 22. Slogan by tribals A) Vandhematharam. B) Sudentram. C) Sudenthrabharath. D) Jaihind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sudenthrabharath. 23. Why Congress was reluctant to include workers demands as part of their programme of struggle A) They felt that this would alienate the industrialists and divide the anti imperial forces. B) They thought they would lost the battle. C) Gandhi was not interested to support workers. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They felt that this would alienate the industrialists and divide the anti imperial forces. 24. What was going to be the initial stage of the non-cooperation movement A) Drafting new laws to replace British laws. B) Civil disobedience and breaking laws. C) Boycott of civil services, army and foreign goods. D) Armed riots in villages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boycott of civil services, army and foreign goods. 25. Business men joined hands with the congress A) G.D.Birla. B) J.Tata. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) G.D.Birla. 26. Revolutionaries in France replaced regional dialects with standard French primarily to: A) Promote administrative efficiency. B) Erase local cultures. C) Celebrate Parisian culture. D) Build a unified national identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Build a unified national identity. 27. What is the meaning of picket? A) Foreign goods were burnt. B) A form of demonstration or protest by which people block the entrance to a shop, factory or office. C) Wearing only Indian clothes. D) Non financing of foreign imports. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A form of demonstration or protest by which people block the entrance to a shop, factory or office. 28. The council elections were boycotted except ..... presidency. A) Madras. B) Calcutta. C) Bombay. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madras. 29. Which of the following is associated with the Young Bengal Movement? A) Derozians. B) Mitra Bandhu. C) Bethune School. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derozians. 30. Who was the founder of 'Swaraj party'? A) Motilal Nehru. B) C.R. das. C) Both of above. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of above. 31. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option. Authors Books Gandhiji Hind Swaraj ..... Ananda Mat A) Abanindranath Tagore. B) Rabindranath Tagore. C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. D) Natesa Shastri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. 32. The Ilbert Bill controversy highlighted: A) The arms policy in India. B) Racial discrimination by the British. C) The introduction of Indian languages in courts. D) Economic policies of the British. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Racial discrimination by the British. 33. According to the census of 1921, 12 to 13 million people perished as a result of famines and the ..... epidemic. A) Black death. B) Influenza. C) Smallpox. D) Typhus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Influenza. 34. Mahatma Gandhi fought in South Africa for A) Racist regime. B) Indigo Planters. C) Freedom for South Africa. D) Freedom for India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Racist regime. 35. Who among the following were the leader of oudh Kisan sabha A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Motilal Nehru. C) Baba Ramchandra. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and b. 36. Lal Bal Pal were popularly called as. A) Moderates. B) Revolutionaries. C) Extremists. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extremists. 37. Which prominent leader is associated with the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885?a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak.b) Dadabhai Naoroji.c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale.d) A.O. Hume. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 38. Who is known as Father of Indian cartography? A) James Renneell. B) James Russel. C) Rabindranath Tagore. D) James Mill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Renneell. 39. Who was behind jallianwalabagh massacre? A) General Hastings. B) General motors. C) General dyer. D) Mahatma gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) General dyer. 40. Whose name is associated with "the folklore of Southern India?" A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. B) Natesa Sastri. C) Bipin Chandra pal. D) T. Krishnamurthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natesa Sastri. 41. FICCI was formed in which year A) 1923. B) 1925. C) 1920. D) 1927. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1927. 42. 8)Why did Gandhiji withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement? A) (a) Gandhiji realised that people were losing interest in the movement. B) (b) Gandhiji felt that the movement was turning violent in many places. C) (c) Some Congress leaders wanted to participate in elections to Provincial Councils. D) D) Some Congress leaders wanted more radical mass agitations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (b) Gandhiji felt that the movement was turning violent in many places. 43. Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India? A) Indira Gandhi. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Sardar Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jawaharlal Nehru. 44. The flag had 8 lotuses on it, what did they represent? A) 8 Independent states for the future. B) 8 Indian States. C) 8 provinces of British India. D) 8 Bengal cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8 provinces of British India. 45. IN THE YEAR 1929 CONGRESS MADE A DEMAND FOR A) SEPARATE ELECTORRATE. B) DOMINION STATUS. C) POORNA SWARAJ. D) SWARAJ. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) POORNA SWARAJ. 46. What was the 'begar' system? A) Large revenue was collected from the labour. B) Baour was done in exchange of other goods. C) Labour was paid some percentage of payment. D) Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any payment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Labour that villagers were forced to contribute without any payment. 47. Gandhi is known for his:( click on whichever suits the best ) A) Desire to establish same nation for Hindu/Muslim. B) Use of nonviolent resistance to achieve Indian independence. C) Encouragement of violence to end British rule. D) Non violent opposition to britishers holding political office. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use of nonviolent resistance to achieve Indian independence. 48. Who was the local leader of tribals in Andhra Pradesh during non-cooperation movement? A) Jyotiba Phule. B) Alluri Sitaram Raju. C) Rajkumar Shukla. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alluri Sitaram Raju. 49. Which one of the following statements is not related to the Gandhi-irwin Pact? A) Gandhiji agreed not to launch any further mass agitations against the British. B) Gandhiji agreed to participate in the Round Table Conference. C) Gandhiji decided to call off the Civil Disobedience Movement. D) The British agreed to release the political prisoners. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gandhiji agreed not to launch any further mass agitations against the British. 50. Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association was also known as ..... A) Gujrat National Labour Association. B) National Mazdoor Samiti. C) Mazdoor Mahajan Sangh. D) Ahmedabad Rastriya Mazdoor Sangh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mazdoor Mahajan Sangh. 51. Who was the leader of peasant movement in oudh? A) Baba Ramchandra. B) Alluri sitarama raju. C) Mahatma gandhi. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baba Ramchandra. 52. What was the main objective of the Civil Disobedience Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in the 1930s?a) To support British colonial policies.b) To promote the use of British goods.c) To resist British laws and demand independence.d) To encourage participation in World War II. A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 53. 7) Who among the following two leaders led the Khilafat Movement? A) Shaukat Ali and Muhammad Ali. B) Gandhiji and Sardar Patel. C) Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Abul Kalam Azad. D) Abul Kalam Azad and Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shaukat Ali and Muhammad Ali. 54. In which "Congress session" the resolution on Poorna Swaraj was passed? A) Calcutta Session. B) Tripura Session. C) Lahore Session. D) Karachi Session. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lahore Session. 55. Justice Party of Madras was a party of A) Non-muslims. B) Non-brahmins. C) Non-tamils. D) Judges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-brahmins. 56. Who led the Awadh rebellion? A) Baba Ramchandra. B) Birsa Munda. C) Alluri Sitarama Raju. D) Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baba Ramchandra. 57. Which incident was responsible for withdrawing the non cooperation movement? A) Jalianwala bagh. B) Chauri chaura. C) Civil disobedience. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chauri chaura. 58. When was ponna pact signed? A) 1929. B) 1930. C) 1931. D) 1928. E) 1932. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 1932. 59. Who led the peasants in Awadh against the talukdars and landlords for high rent and other cesses? A) Alluri Sitaram Raju. B) Baba Ramchandra. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baba Ramchandra. 60. During the British India, how many provinces were there? A) Eight. B) Seven. C) Nine. D) Six. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eight. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArt Humanities QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 History Chapter 2 Nationalism In India Quiz 1Class 12 History Chapter 2 Nationalism In India Quiz 2Class 12 History Chapter 2 Nationalism In India Quiz 3Class 12 History Chapter 2 Nationalism In India Quiz 4Class 12 History Chapter 2 Nationalism In India Quiz 5Class 12 History Chapter 2 Nationalism In India Quiz 6Class 12 History Chapter 2 Nationalism In India Quiz 7Class 12 History Chapter 2 Nationalism In India Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books