DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SIENCE
THE MAKING OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT:1870s - 1947
I. NAME THE FOLLOWING:
1. The book written by Dadabhai Naoroji criticizing the economic impact of the British rule._______
2. This Act is enacted in an effort to silence those who were critical of the British Government. _______
3. This retired British official, played a major role in the foundation of the Indian National Congress. _______
4. In 1905 He partitioned Bengal. ________
5. This Marathi newspaper edited by Tilak became one of the strongest critics of British rule. ____________________________
6. An appointed or elected body of people with an administrative, advisory or representative function. ______________________
7. Rabindranath Tagore renounced this as an expression of his protest against the Jallianwala Bagh atrocities. ___________________________
8. These two comrades of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association threw bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly on 8 April 1929. _______
9. The members of the Khilafat agitation who supported the Non-Cooperation Movement. __________
10. Also known as Badshah Khan he was the founder of Khudai Khidmatgars, a powerful non-violent movement and is fondly remembered as ‘Frontier Gandhi’. ___________________________________________
11. The three main exponents of the Radical Group of the Congress popularly known as ‘Lal ,Bal and Pal’- ______________
12.He was instrumental in inflicting the Jallianwala Bagh atrocities on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar. ______________
II. FILL IN THE BLANKS:
1. Most of the political associations that came into being during in the 1870s and 1880s were led by ___________such as lawyers.
2. The dissatisfaction with the _______________ rule intensified in the 1870 s and 1880s.
3. The _______________________was passed in 1878 disallowing ________________ from possessing arms.
4. The __________________ in the first 20 years was _____________________ in its objectives and methods.
5. The ________________________ leaders wanted to develop public awareness about the unjust nature of the British rule.
6. The __________________________ infuriated people all over India and was opposed by both the sections of the Congress- the Moderates and the Radicals.
7. In deltaic Andhra the Swadeshi movement was known as ______________
8. The All India Muslim League was formed at ______________________ in 1906.
9. The Congress and the Muslim League signed the historic _______________________ in 1916 when they decided to work together for representative government in the country.
10. In 1919 Gandhiji gave a call for a satyagraha against the _____________________ that the British had just passed.
11. The ________________ turned out to be the first all-India struggle though it was largely restricted to the cities.
12. The _____________ Movement was launched in 1930.
13. The __________________________ related the general desire of freedom to a specific grievance shared by everybody.
14. In 1920, the British imposed a harsh treaty on the _________________ or _______
15. The ________________ Movement gained momentum through 1921-22.
16. _________________who reorganized the Muslim League was an exponent of ‘Two- Nation ‘Theory.
III. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN TWO POINTS:
1. Enlist the political associations that came into being in the 1870s and 1880s
2. Why was there a furore over the attempt of the British Government to introduce the Ilbert Bill?
3. Throw light on the objectives of the Swadeshi and Boycott Movement.
4. Why did the Radical leaders of the Congress criticize the Moderates?
IV. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN THREE POINTS:
5. Give reasons for the boycott of the Simon Commission by all political groups.
6. Write a short note on the methods adopted by the Moderate leaders to protest against the British rule.
7. Why did Gandhiji abruptly call off the Non-Cooperation Movement?
V. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION IN FOUR POINTS:
8. Elucidate the real motives of the British for partitioning Bengal in 1905.
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