CBSE Class 5 Social Science Struggle For Independence Worksheet

THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE

 I NAME THE FOLLOWING:

 1. Two social reformers who fought against the evil practices in Indian society-______________________ and ___________________

2. Young Indians who started using more violent means to fight against the British were called- ____________________

3. The leaders who wanted Swaraj or self -rule for the Indians- _______________

4. The extremist leader who declared, ‘Freedom is my birthright, and I shall have it.’_________________________

5. Two Moderate leaders-_______________________________________

II FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1. Social reformers fought against the ___________that divided the Indian society.

2. The Indian National Congress was formed in _________

3. The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in ____________

4. The _____________ were not in favour of ‘soft’ approach.

5. Bal Gangadhar Tilak started a newspaper called______________

6. The British were worried about the growing feeling of ___________ among the Indians.

7. In 1905, the British decided to divide Bengal into two parts, one for the ________and the other for the ___________

8. The protests against the British division of Bengal led to the ___________________

9. During the ______________Movement people burnt British goods.

10. People pledged to use goods made in their own country and ____________British goods.

11. After the partition of Bengal, several young Indians started using more  __________means to fight the British.

 

13. _________________took over the leadership of the Independence movement after he came back to India from South Africa in 1915.

 

III FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CLUES GIVEN:

IV. MATCH THE COLUMNS:

A                                           B

 

1.Raja Ram Mohan Roy             a. Extremists

 

2. Dadabhai Naoroji                 b. Social Reformer

 

3. Swadeshi Movement            c. Revolutionary

 

4. Aurobindo Ghosh                 d. Partition of Bengal

 

5. Swaraj or Self rule               e. Moderates

 

V ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN 2 POINTS:

 

1. What were some of the evil practices in Indian society before the Revolt of 1857?

 

2. Why did the social reformers want to educate the people of India against the evil practices prevalent in the Indian society?

 

VI ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN 3 POINTS:

 

3. Why did the British want to divide Bengal? 

 

4. What was the Swadeshi Movement? 

 

5. What did the revolutionaries believe in? 

 

VII ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN 4 POINTS:

 

6. Write a short note on the rise of Indian nationalism. 

 

7. What was the difference between the moderates and the extremists?

Please click on below link to download CBSE Class 5 Social Science Struggle For Independence Worksheet