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- Question 1 of 31
1. Question
Category: NCERTWhich of the following were the effects of First world War on India.
1. It led to huge increase in defence expenditure which was financed through War loans.
2. Introduction of Income tax and increase in custom duties.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectWorld War led to a huge increase in defence expenditure which was financed by war loans and also customs duties were raised and income tax introduced.
IncorrectWorld War led to a huge increase in defence expenditure which was financed by war loans and also customs duties were raised and income tax introduced.
- Question 2 of 31
2. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding the idea of Satyagraha.
1. Mahatma Gandhi called satyagraha as passive resistance as physical force was not used.
2. In a Satyagraha, the satyagrahi appeals to the conscience of the oppressor.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectGandhi called Satyagraha is active resistance as it calls for intense activity.
IncorrectGandhi called Satyagraha is active resistance as it calls for intense activity.
- Question 3 of 31
3. Question
Category: NCERTIn the context of Rowlatt Act, Consider the following statements.
1. The Act was passed unopposed through Imperial Legislative Council as there no Indian members.
2. The act allowed detention of political prisoners without trial.
3. Mahatma Gandhi launched a non-violent civil disobedience against the unjust law.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectRowlatt Act (1919) had been hurriedly passed through the Imperial Legislative Council despite the united opposition of the Indian members.
IncorrectRowlatt Act (1919) had been hurriedly passed through the Imperial Legislative Council despite the united opposition of the Indian members.
- Question 4 of 31
4. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements about the Khilafat committee.
- To defend the Ottoman emperor’s temporal powers, a khilafat committee was formed in Bombay.
- Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali were the young Muslim leaders who took Active part in formation of the committee.
- Mahatma Gandhi supported the khilafat committee and launched a unified national Non-cooperation movement.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?
CorrectThe First World War had ended with the defeat of Ottoman Turkey and there were rumours that a harsh peace treaty was going to be imposed on the Ottoman emperor – the spiritual head of the Islamic world (the Khalifa). To defend the Khalifa’s temporal powers, a Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay in March 1919.
Gandhiji saw this as an opportunity to bring Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national movement. At the Calcutta Session of the Congress in September 1920, he convinced other leaders of the need to start a non-cooperation movement in support of Khilafat as well as for swaraj.
IncorrectThe First World War had ended with the defeat of Ottoman Turkey and there were rumours that a harsh peace treaty was going to be imposed on the Ottoman emperor – the spiritual head of the Islamic world (the Khalifa). To defend the Khalifa’s temporal powers, a Khilafat Committee was formed in Bombay in March 1919.
Gandhiji saw this as an opportunity to bring Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national movement. At the Calcutta Session of the Congress in September 1920, he convinced other leaders of the need to start a non-cooperation movement in support of Khilafat as well as for swaraj.
- Question 5 of 31
5. Question
Category: NCERTWith reference to the idea of Non-cooperation, consider the following statements:
1. The movement with idea of Non-cooperation was to be unfolded in stages.
2. Gandhi ji in his book Hind Swaraj talked about the idea of Non-cooperation to attain Swaraj.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectIn his famous book Hind Swaraj (1909) Mahatma Gandhi declared that British rule was established in India with the cooperation of Indians, and had survived only because of this cooperation. If Indians refused to cooperate, British rule in India would collapse within a year, and swaraj would come.
IncorrectIn his famous book Hind Swaraj (1909) Mahatma Gandhi declared that British rule was established in India with the cooperation of Indians, and had survived only because of this cooperation. If Indians refused to cooperate, British rule in India would collapse within a year, and swaraj would come.
- Question 6 of 31
6. Question
Category: NCERTWhich of the following statement regarding Non-cooperation movement is incorrect?
CorrectThe council elections were boycotted in most provinces except Madras, where the Justice Party, the party of the non-Brahmans, felt that entering the council was one way of gaining some power – something that usually only Brahmans had access to.
IncorrectThe council elections were boycotted in most provinces except Madras, where the Justice Party, the party of the non-Brahmans, felt that entering the council was one way of gaining some power – something that usually only Brahmans had access to.
- Question 7 of 31
7. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding the involvement of tribal peasants of Andhra Pradesh in Non-cooperation movement.
1. A militant guerilla movement of tribal peasants had spread against the colonial government.
2. Alluri sitaram Raju who was proclaimed as incarnation of God led the movement in Gudem hills.
3. The tribal peasants were persuaded to wear Khadi and give up drinking.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectAlluri Sitaram Raju claimed that he had a variety of special powers: he could make correct astrological predictions and heal people, and he could survive even bullet shots. Captivated by Raju, the rebels proclaimed that he was an incarnation of God.
Raju talked of the greatness of Mahatma Gandhi, said he was inspired by the Non-Cooperation Movement but he also asserted that India could be liberated only by the use of force, not non- violence.
IncorrectAlluri Sitaram Raju claimed that he had a variety of special powers: he could make correct astrological predictions and heal people, and he could survive even bullet shots. Captivated by Raju, the rebels proclaimed that he was an incarnation of God.
Raju talked of the greatness of Mahatma Gandhi, said he was inspired by the Non-Cooperation Movement but he also asserted that India could be liberated only by the use of force, not non- violence.
- Question 8 of 31
8. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following events.
1. The demand of Purna Swaraj by Indian National Congress.
2. Lord Irwin announced Round Table Conference.
3. Beginning of civil disobedience movement.
4. Irwin refused to negotiate eleven demands of Gandhi ji.
Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?CorrectOctober 1929: Lord Irwin announced a vague Dominion status offer and Round Table Conference to discuss a further constitution.
December 1929: Under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Lahore Congress formalised the demand of ‘Purna Swaraj’ or full independence for India.
Feb 1930: Lord Irwin was unwilling to negotiate the eleven demands of Gandhi ji.
March 1930: Mahatma Gandhi started his famous salt march accompanied.
IncorrectOctober 1929: Lord Irwin announced a vague Dominion status offer and Round Table Conference to discuss a further constitution.
December 1929: Under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Lahore Congress formalised the demand of ‘Purna Swaraj’ or full independence for India.
Feb 1930: Lord Irwin was unwilling to negotiate the eleven demands of Gandhi ji.
March 1930: Mahatma Gandhi started his famous salt march accompanied.
- Question 9 of 31
9. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding reaction within congress after withdrawal of Non-cooperation movement.
1. C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the Swaraj Party within the Congress to argue for a return to council politics.
2. Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose pressed for more radical mass agitation and for full independence.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectIncorrect - Question 10 of 31
10. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding Civil disobedience movement.
1. The people were now asked to break the colonial laws along with Non-cooperation.
2. The forest laws were violated at many places by entering reserved forests.
3. There was no violence during the Civil Disobedience movement.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectThere were violent incidents reported in few places during CDM. When Mahatma Gandhi himself was arrested, industrial workers in Sholapur attacked police posts, municipal buildings, lawcourts and railway stations – all structures that symbolized British rule.
IncorrectThere were violent incidents reported in few places during CDM. When Mahatma Gandhi himself was arrested, industrial workers in Sholapur attacked police posts, municipal buildings, lawcourts and railway stations – all structures that symbolized British rule.
- Question 11 of 31
11. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding the swaraj Flag designed by Gandhiji.
1. It was a tricolour with spinning wheel at the centre which symbolises self-help.
2. It had a crescent-shaped moon representing Hindus and Muslims.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectBy 1921, Gandhiji had designed the Swaraj flag, a tricolour (red, green and white) and had a spinning wheel in the centre representing the Gandhian ideal of self-help.
During the Swadeshi movement in Bengal, a tricolour flag (red, green and yellow) was designed. It had eight lotuses representing eight provinces of British India, and a crescent moon, representing Hindus and Muslims.
IncorrectBy 1921, Gandhiji had designed the Swaraj flag, a tricolour (red, green and white) and had a spinning wheel in the centre representing the Gandhian ideal of self-help.
During the Swadeshi movement in Bengal, a tricolour flag (red, green and yellow) was designed. It had eight lotuses representing eight provinces of British India, and a crescent moon, representing Hindus and Muslims.
- Question 12 of 31
12. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding the limits of civil disobedience movement (CDM).
1. The untouchables or Dalits were not moved by the abstract concept of swaraj and had limited involvement in the CDM.
2. The relationship between Hindus and Muslims worsened during this period.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectNot all social groups were moved by the abstract concept of swaraj. One such group was the nation’s ‘untouchables’, who from around the 1930s had begun to call themselves Dalit or Oppressed.
After the decline of the Non-Cooperation-Khilafat movement, a large section of Muslims felt alienated from the Congress.
IncorrectNot all social groups were moved by the abstract concept of swaraj. One such group was the nation’s ‘untouchables’, who from around the 1930s had begun to call themselves Dalit or Oppressed.
After the decline of the Non-Cooperation-Khilafat movement, a large section of Muslims felt alienated from the Congress.
- Question 13 of 31
13. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding the growth of Nationalism in India.
- The identity of nation was visually associated with the image of Bharat Mata which was first created by Rabindranath Tagore.
- Abanindranath Tagore painted the famous Bharat Mata painting, devotion to which was seen as evidence to Nationalism.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?
CorrectThe image was first created by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. In the 1870s he wrote ‘Vande Mataram’ as a hymn to the motherland. Moved by the Swadeshi movement, Abanindranath Tagore painted his famous image of Bharat Mata.
IncorrectThe image was first created by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. In the 1870s he wrote ‘Vande Mataram’ as a hymn to the motherland. Moved by the Swadeshi movement, Abanindranath Tagore painted his famous image of Bharat Mata.
- Question 14 of 31
14. Question
Category: NCERTWith reference to Dalit participation in National movement, Consider the following statements.
- Dr. B.R.Ambedkar had organized the dalits into the depressed classes Association.
- The Poona pact gave the depressed classes reserved seats in provincial and central Legislative councils.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?
CorrectDr B.R. Ambedkar, who organised the Dalits into the Depressed Classes Association in 1930, clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the second Round Table Conference by demanding separate electorates for dalits. Poona Pact of September1932 gave the Depressed Classes reserved seats in provincial and central legislative councils.
IncorrectDr B.R. Ambedkar, who organised the Dalits into the Depressed Classes Association in 1930, clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the second Round Table Conference by demanding separate electorates for dalits. Poona Pact of September1932 gave the Depressed Classes reserved seats in provincial and central legislative councils.
- Question 15 of 31
15. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding the Ancient Silk routes.
1. The silk routes were over land and also by sea linking Asia with Europe.
2. The textiles and spices flown from Asia to Europe by silk routes in return for Gold and Silver.
Which of the above given statements is/ are not correct?CorrectIncorrect - Question 16 of 31
16. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding Indentured Labour Migration from India.
1. The Indentured workers were hired under contracts with a promise of return travel to India.
2. Most Indentured workers came from the states of Maharashtra and Kerala
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?CorrectThe Indian indenture system was a form of bonded labor that emerged in the 19th century after the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.
The system began in 1834, with Mauritius being the first destination. It expanded to colonies like Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Fiji, South Africa, Suriname, and Reunion.
Typically, laborers signed up for five years of work, with the option to renew. They were promised wages (e.g., 8 rupees/month in the early years), food rations, and return passage after the contract ended.
Most Indian indentured workers came from the present-day regions of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, central India and the dry districts of Tamil Nadu.
IncorrectThe Indian indenture system was a form of bonded labor that emerged in the 19th century after the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.
The system began in 1834, with Mauritius being the first destination. It expanded to colonies like Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Fiji, South Africa, Suriname, and Reunion.
Typically, laborers signed up for five years of work, with the option to renew. They were promised wages (e.g., 8 rupees/month in the early years), food rations, and return passage after the contract ended.
Most Indian indentured workers came from the present-day regions of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, central India and the dry districts of Tamil Nadu.
- Question 17 of 31
17. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements about Drain of wealth from India by Britishers.
1. British had trade surplus due to high value exports to India and in turn low value raw material imports from India.
2. British used the trade surplus and revenues to balance its deficit in world economy and also the expenses of British officials.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?CorrectBritain’s trade surplus in India also helped pay the so called ‘homecharges’ that included private remittances home by British officials and traders, interest payments on India’s external debt, and pensions of British officials in India.
IncorrectBritain’s trade surplus in India also helped pay the so called ‘homecharges’ that included private remittances home by British officials and traders, interest payments on India’s external debt, and pensions of British officials in India.
- Question 18 of 31
18. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding the age of Indian textiles.
1. The coarser cottons were produced in many countries, but the finer varieties came from India.
2. The export of cotton goods outside India had started in pre-colonial times itself.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectSurat on the Gujarat coast connected India to the Gulf and Red Sea Ports; Masulipatam on the Coromandel coast and Hoogly in Bengal had trade links with Southeast Asian ports.
IncorrectSurat on the Gujarat coast connected India to the Gulf and Red Sea Ports; Masulipatam on the Coromandel coast and Hoogly in Bengal had trade links with Southeast Asian ports.
- Question 19 of 31
19. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding the term ‘ gomastha ‘.
1. It was a paid servant appointed by English East India company to supervise the weavers.
2. The gomastha were the local merchants who had control over the local trade.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectEast India Company to eliminate local traders and brokers, appointed a paid servant called the Gomastha to supervise weavers, collect supplies, and examine the quality of cloth.
Gomastha were outsiders with no local link with weavers. Those weavers who took loans from the company to buy raw materials had to hand over the cloth they produced to the Gomastha.
IncorrectEast India Company to eliminate local traders and brokers, appointed a paid servant called the Gomastha to supervise weavers, collect supplies, and examine the quality of cloth.
Gomastha were outsiders with no local link with weavers. Those weavers who took loans from the company to buy raw materials had to hand over the cloth they produced to the Gomastha.
- Question 20 of 31
20. Question
Category: NCERTIn the context of Beginning of Age of Factories in India, Consider the following statements.
- The first cotton mill in India started in Mumbai in First half of the nineteenth century.
- The jute mills came up in Bengal region in the Second half of the nineteenth century.
- The First weaving and spinning mill was started in South India.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?
CorrectIn the second half of the 19th century, factories started in India:
- The first cotton mill in Bombay came up in 1854.
- The first Jute mills came up in Bengal in 1855 a
- the first spinning and weaving mill of Madras began production in 1874, .
IncorrectIn the second half of the 19th century, factories started in India:
- The first cotton mill in Bombay came up in 1854.
- The first Jute mills came up in Bengal in 1855 a
- the first spinning and weaving mill of Madras began production in 1874, .
- Question 21 of 31
21. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding the presidency cities in India.
1. These are the capitals of Presidencies of British India viz. Bombay, Bengal and Madras.
2. These were multifunctional cities with large proportion of India ‘s urban population.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectThey were multi-functional cities as they had major ports, warehouses, homes and offices, army camps, as well as educational institutions, museums and libraries.
IncorrectThey were multi-functional cities as they had major ports, warehouses, homes and offices, army camps, as well as educational institutions, museums and libraries.
- Question 22 of 31
22. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding the presidency city of Bombay.
1. The Portuguese had gifted the city of Bombay to the British in seventeenth century.
2. It became an important administrative and industrial centre by the end of nineteenth century.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectBombay was a group of seven islands under Portuguese control. In 1661, control of the islands passed into British hands as a gift after the marriage of Britain’s King Charles II to the Portuguese princess.
IncorrectBombay was a group of seven islands under Portuguese control. In 1661, control of the islands passed into British hands as a gift after the marriage of Britain’s King Charles II to the Portuguese princess.
- Question 23 of 31
23. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding the beginning of Printing.
1. The earliest print technology was developed in East Asian countries which was hand printing.
2. The ‘Accordion’ book is a traditional book in Chinese whose only one side of page was printed.Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?
CorrectThe earliest kind of print technology was hand printing, developed in China, Japan and Korea
As both sides of the thin, porous sheet could not be printed, the traditional Chinese ‘Accordion’ Book was folded and stitched at the side.
IncorrectThe earliest kind of print technology was hand printing, developed in China, Japan and Korea
As both sides of the thin, porous sheet could not be printed, the traditional Chinese ‘Accordion’ Book was folded and stitched at the side.
- Question 24 of 31
24. Question
Category: NCERTIn the context of the book Gita Govinda, Consider the following statements.
1. The book was written by Jayadeva in eighteenth century.
2. It is a palm leaf handwritten manuscript.Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?
CorrectThis is a palm-leaf handwritten manuscript in accordion format i.e. a collapsible section—like a dropdown. You click or tap a heading, and it expands to show more content.
IncorrectThis is a palm-leaf handwritten manuscript in accordion format i.e. a collapsible section—like a dropdown. You click or tap a heading, and it expands to show more content.
- Question 25 of 31
25. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements about beginning of Printing in India.
1. The printing press was introduced in India by Portuguese missionaries.
2. In the beginning the books were printed in the Konkani and Kanara languages.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectBoth are correct.
IncorrectBoth are correct.
- Question 26 of 31
26. Question
Category: NCERTWith reference to magazine ‘Bengal Gazette ‘, consider the following statements.
1. It was edited by James Augustus Hickey as a commercial paper open to all.
2. Governor General Warren Hastings supported the newspaper as it promoted the image of colonial government.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectJames Augustus Hickey is celebrated as the father of Indian journalism. An Irishman by origin, he launched Hicky’s Bengal Gazette in 1780, which holds the distinction of being India’s first printed newspaper.
As he also published a lot of gossip about the Company’s senior officials in India, enraged by this, Governor-General Warren Hastings persecuted Hickey.
IncorrectJames Augustus Hickey is celebrated as the father of Indian journalism. An Irishman by origin, he launched Hicky’s Bengal Gazette in 1780, which holds the distinction of being India’s first printed newspaper.
As he also published a lot of gossip about the Company’s senior officials in India, enraged by this, Governor-General Warren Hastings persecuted Hickey.
- Question 27 of 31
27. Question
Category: NCERTWhich of the following newspaper was published by Raja Rammohun Roy.
CorrectRammohun Roy published the Sambad Kaumudi from 1821. Hindu orthodoxy commissioned the Samachar Chandrika to oppose Rammohun Roy’s opinions.
IncorrectRammohun Roy published the Sambad Kaumudi from 1821. Hindu orthodoxy commissioned the Samachar Chandrika to oppose Rammohun Roy’s opinions.
- Question 28 of 31
28. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding the expression of women through writing and print.
1. Amar Jiban was the first full length autobiography published in the Bengali language by Rashsundari Debi.
2. Tarabai Shinde of Maharashtra wrote about the miserable life of upper caste widows.
3. The Hindi printing had begun early and formed a base for other languages.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectIn East Bengal, Rashsundari Debi, a young married girl in a very orthodox household, learnt to read in the secrecy of her kitchen and wrote her autobiography Amar Jiban which was published in 1876. It was the first full-length autobiography published in the Bengali language.
In the 1880s, in present-day Maharashtra, Tarabai Shinde and Pandita Ramabai wrote with passionate anger about the miserable lives of upper-caste Hindu women, especially widows.
While Urdu, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi print culture had developed early, Hindi printing began seriously only from the 1870s.
IncorrectIn East Bengal, Rashsundari Debi, a young married girl in a very orthodox household, learnt to read in the secrecy of her kitchen and wrote her autobiography Amar Jiban which was published in 1876. It was the first full-length autobiography published in the Bengali language.
In the 1880s, in present-day Maharashtra, Tarabai Shinde and Pandita Ramabai wrote with passionate anger about the miserable lives of upper-caste Hindu women, especially widows.
While Urdu, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi print culture had developed early, Hindi printing began seriously only from the 1870s.
- Question 29 of 31
29. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding Mahatma Jyotiba Phule.
1. He was the pioneer of low caste protest movements in Maharashtra.
2. He wrote about injustices of caste system in his book Gulamgiri.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectHe wrote about the injustices of the caste system in his Gulamgiri (1871).
IncorrectHe wrote about the injustices of the caste system in his Gulamgiri (1871).
- Question 30 of 31
30. Question
Category: NCERTIn the context of vernacular press act of 1878, Consider the following statements:
1. It allowed the government to seize and confiscate the press.
2. It was modelled on the lines of Irish press laws.
3. It allowed the government to censor reports and editorials.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectIncorrect - Question 31 of 31
31. Question
Category: NCERTConsider the following statements regarding the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA).
1. It was found by revolutionaries to target the symbols of British power.
2. Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutta threw a bomb in central Legislative assembly.
3. Bhagat Singh wanted to glorify the cult of the bomb and pistol.
Which of the above given statements is/ are correct?CorrectDuring his trial, Bhagat Singh stated that he did not wish to glorify ‘the cult of the bomb and pistol’ but wanted a revolution in society.
IncorrectDuring his trial, Bhagat Singh stated that he did not wish to glorify ‘the cult of the bomb and pistol’ but wanted a revolution in society.
