This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > History > Class 12 History Chapter 2 Nationalism In India – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 2 Nationalism In India Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. . Which among the following was the prime factor in the emergence of modern nationalism in India? A) New symbols. B) Anti-colonial movement. C) New ideas. D) Icons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anti-colonial movement. 2. Who founded the Indian National Congress in 1885? A) Subhas Chandra Bose. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Allan Octavian Hume. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allan Octavian Hume. 3. Why was the "Rowlatt Satyagrah" called off by Gandhiji? A) As a protest against British Empire. B) Due to british pressure. C) Due to Chauri Chaura violence. D) Jaliyawallah bagh incident. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jaliyawallah bagh incident. 4. Place where Mahatma Gandhi organised satyagraha for cotton mill workers A) Calcutta. B) Ahmedabad. C) Kheda. D) Bombay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ahmedabad. 5. Name the two industrial organization established by Indian merchants and industrialists to protect their business interests A) The Confederation of Indian Industries. B) The Indian Industrial and Commerical Congress (1922). C) (c) The Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in 1927. D) (d) Both (b) and (c). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (d) Both (b) and (c). 6. Who composed the hymn 'Vande Mataram'? A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. C) Abanindranath Tagore. D) Chandra Shekhar Azad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. 7. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on ..... A) 5 June 1932. B) ) 5 May 1931. C) 5 April 1932. D) B) 5 March 1931. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B) 5 March 1931. 8. In which city Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy took place? A) Lahore. B) Agra. C) Amritsar. D) Meerut. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amritsar. 9. Demand for 'Purna Swaraj was adopted by Congress in A) Nagpur Congress Session, 1920. B) Calcutta Congress Session, 1920. C) Madras Congress Session, 1927. D) Lahore Congress Session, 1929. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lahore Congress Session, 1929. 10. In December 1920 session of Indian national Congress held in ..... A) Nagpur. B) Lahore. C) Madras. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nagpur. 11. Under the Inland Emigration Act of 1859 the peasants were not permitted to A) Leave their village. B) Settle in the city. C) Leave their plantation without permission. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leave their plantation without permission. 12. Boycott was seen as the symbol of ..... A) English domination. B) Western economic and cultural domination. C) Satyagraha. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Western economic and cultural domination. 13. The system in which labour that indian villagers were forced to contribute without any payment A) Indentured labour. B) Begger. C) Begar. D) Forced labour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Begar. 14. Where was the militant Guerrila movement spread in India? A) Garo Hills. B) Khasi Hills. C) Gudem Hills. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gudem Hills. 15. Gandhiji organised a Satyagraha in Ahmedabad Mill in 1918 A) To protest against the poor working condition in the factory. B) To demand for a higher wages for workers. C) To protest against high revenue demand. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To demand for a higher wages for workers. 16. When did Lahore Congress declared independence? A) 14th January 1929. B) 26 the October 1929. C) 26th January 1930. D) 26th January 1929. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 26th January 1930. 17. When was the Vienna congress held? A) 1920. B) 1950. C) 1750. D) 1815. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1815. 18. Who was the writer of 'Hind Swaraj' A) Sardar Patel. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) General Dyer. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahatma Gandhi. 19. In the early 1800s, liberalism for the new middle classes stood for: A) Royal patronage and hereditary privileges. B) Freedom of markets and representative governance. C) Strengthening clerical institutions. D) Revival of medieval laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freedom of markets and representative governance. 20. Why did Vladymir Lenin leave Russia in the first place? A) Persecution by Czar Nicholas I. B) Persecution by Czar Nicholas II. C) Fear of Capitalism. D) Attacks by the proletariat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persecution by Czar Nicholas II. 21. Who led the revolt of peasants in Awadh? A) Baba Ramdev. B) Baba Ramchandra. C) Baba Nagarjuna. D) Baba Parmanand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baba Ramchandra. 22. Which event in 1857 is considered as the first war of Indian independence against British rule? A) Revolt of 1857. B) Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. C) Indian Rebellion of 1857. D) Indian Uprising of 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indian Rebellion of 1857. 23. Satyagraha in Ahmedabad was to support ..... A) Plantation workers. B) Complete independence. C) Peasants. D) Cotton mill workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cotton mill workers. 24. Under British rule Indians began to resent being ruled by a foreign government because A) They couldn't get married. B) Great Britain sold the land to other foreign countries. C) They didn't like British food and drink. D) They were treated as second-class citizens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were treated as second-class citizens. 25. Who among the following was NOT an early leader of the Indian National Congress? A) A.O. Hume. B) Badruddin Tyabji. C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. D) Dadabhai Naoroji. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. 26. What was the primary goal of the Indian freedom struggle? A) To achieve independence from British colonial rule. B) To promote British culture in India. C) To increase trade with European countries. D) To establish a monarchy in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To achieve independence from British colonial rule. 27. Kheda satyagraha is to support the peasants who were affected by ..... and ..... A) Taxation and crop failure. B) Plague and influenza epidemic. C) Plague epidemic and crop failure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plague epidemic and crop failure. 28. Which group was primarily involved in the Bardoli Satyagraha led by Vallabhbhai Patel? A) Tribal leaders. B) Industrial workers. C) Students. D) Peasants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peasants. 29. Metternich and other conservatives after 1815 supported modernisation primarily to: A) Support capitalist uprisings. B) Suppress revolutionary ideas completely. C) Weaken traditional monarchies. D) Strengthen autocratic rule through efficient systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strengthen autocratic rule through efficient systems. 30. THIS MOVEMENT WAS ORGANIZED IN 1916 BY GANDHIJI A) CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. B) NON COOPERATION MOVEMENT. C) CHAMPARAN MOVEMENT. D) QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CHAMPARAN MOVEMENT. 31. The significance of the press is to ..... A) Promote friendly relations between nationalist. B) Spread awareness of the happenings in the world. C) Appreciate the work done by the British. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spread awareness of the happenings in the world. 32. . In 1905, who painted the image of Bharat Mata shown as dispensing learning, food and clothing? A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) Abnindranath Tagore. C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. 33. When did Mahatma Gandhi return back to India from South Africa A) 1920. B) 1916. C) 1915. D) 1917. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1915. 34. When did the hartal against the rowlatta act start A) 6 April 1920. B) 13 April 1919. C) 6 April 1919. D) 13 April 1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6 April 1919. 35. Why did General Dyer order to open fire on a i peaceful demonstration at Jallianwala Bagh? A) He wanted to show his power. B) Because his object, as he declared later, was to 'produce a moral effect' to create fear in the minds of 'satyagrahis'. C) Firing was ordered because it was an unruly crowd. D) He ordered to fire because he noticed a sudden unrest in the crowd. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because his object, as he declared later, was to 'produce a moral effect' to create fear in the minds of 'satyagrahis'. 36. In ..... , Gandhiji started satyagraha in Champaran. A) 1918. B) 1917. C) 1916. D) 1919. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1917. 37. What was the main demand of the early Congress? A) Boycott of British goods. B) Indianisation of administration. C) Complete independence. D) Creation of separate electorates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indianisation of administration. 38. What was the significance of the Dandi March led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930?a) It marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement.b) It was a protest against the Rowlatt Act.c) It aimed to promote education among Indians.d) It was a campaign for women's rights. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 39. What was the name of the Act passed by the british government to impose restrictions on the free movement of plantation workers? A) FORCED RECRUITMENT OF WORKERS Act IN RURAL AREAS. B) Rowllat Act. C) Pits india Act. D) Inland immigration act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inland immigration act. 40. Resistance to Napoleon's reforms grew among the conquered populations because: A) The reforms abolished traditional taxes. B) Political freedom did not accompany administrative changes. C) Military rule brought prosperity to all classes. D) Regional leaders retained their powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political freedom did not accompany administrative changes. 41. Why did Gandhiji organise a Satyagraha in Ahmedabad Mill in 1918? A) To protest against the poor working conditions in the factory. B) To demand for higher wages for workers. C) To protest against high revenue demand. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To demand for higher wages for workers. 42. Gandhiji supported the congress and ignored the Dalits too A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 43. 'The Folklore of Southern India' was published by A) Shaukat Ali. B) Mohammad ali. C) Sarojini Naidu. D) Natesa Sastri. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natesa Sastri. 44. Who has given the famous slogan 'Do or Die'? A) Bhagat Singh. B) C.R. Das. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Subhash Chandra Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi. 45. What were the conditions of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact 1931 A) Gandhi agreed to participate in the 2nd Round Table Conference in London. B) British government agreed to release to all the prisoners. C) Both A and B. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gandhi agreed to participate in the 2nd Round Table Conference in London. 46. Which of the following situations created due to first world war in India? A) Custom duties were raised. B) Income tax introduced. C) Prices increased doubling. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 47. Gandhiji launched a satyagraha in Ahmedabad for the A) Peasants. B) Cotton mill workers. C) Palntation workers. D) Farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cotton mill workers. 48. In which year the Second Round Table Conference was held? A) 1931. B) 1938. C) 1945. D) 1935. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1931. 49. When was the Poona Pact held? A) 11202. B) 11933. C) 11749. D) 11018. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 11933. 50. What was the importance of 26 January 1930? A) On this day India got freedom. B) On this day congress, with the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru declared 'Purn Swaraj' in India. C) On this day Civil-disobedience movement was started. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On this day congress, with the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru declared 'Purn Swaraj' in India. 51. Which Round Table Conference which was boycotted by the congress? A) First. B) Second. C) Third. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First. 52. Blocking the entrance to a shop or place is known as A) Picketing. B) Boycot. C) Satyagraha. D) Hartal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Picketing. 53. Which freedom fighter is known for his slogan 'Jai Hind'? A) Bhagat Singh. B) Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Subhas Chandra Bose. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subhas Chandra Bose. 54. Where Gandhiji started first satyagraha A) SRILANKA. B) India. C) Nepal. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Africa. 55. Who has written the book Swaraj? A) C.R Das. B) Jawahalal Nehru. C) B.R Ambedkar. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahatma Gandhi. 56. Non Cooperation and Khilafat Movement was adopted in which year and where? A) Calcutta in Dec 1920. B) Nagpur in Dec 1920. C) Madras in Dec 1920. D) Bombay in Dec 1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nagpur in Dec 1920. 57. Around World War I, what was the new policy introduced by the British in India? A) Tax. B) Providing loans at low interest rates. C) Income tax. D) Custom duties. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Custom duties. 58. Name of the epidemic A) Corona. B) Influenzas. C) Plague. D) Malaria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Influenzas. 59. What was the significance of the Salt March led by Mahatma Gandhi? A) The Salt March was a military campaign to seize control of salt production. B) The Salt March was a nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly in India, which played a significant role in the Indian independence movement. C) The Salt March was a protest against the Indian government. D) The Salt March was a celebration of British rule in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Salt March was a nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly in India, which played a significant role in the Indian independence movement. 60. Who formed Federation of Indian Commerce and Industries? A) British Traders. B) Indian Farmers. C) Indian Merchants. D) None of the above. 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