CBSE Class 8 History The Making of the National Movement 1870s 1947 Worksheet

Question. During which session Congress demanded the complete independence
(A) Nagpur
(B) Mumbai
(C) Lahore
(D) Surat
Answer.C

Question. Who presided over the Lahore session ?
(A) Gandhijish
(B) J. L. Nehru
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) C.R.Das
Answer.B

Question. When the First Independence Day' was celebrated ?
(A) 26 January, 1930
(B) 26 January, 1950
(C) 26 January, 1949
(D) 15 August, 1947
Answer.A

Question. In which year the Kakori incident took place ?
(A) 1925
(B) 1926
(C) 1930
(D) 1931
Answer.A

Question. Who founded'Noujawan Sabha' ?
(A) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(B) Udham Sigh
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Ras Bihari
Answer.C

Question. In which session of Congress, Subhash Chandar Bose became its president?
(A) Nagpur
(B) Lahore
(C) Haripur
(D) Calcutta
Answer.D

Question. Name the ship from which the revolt of the Navy Started.
(A) Talwar
(B) Komagatamaru
(C) Padmini
(D) None of the above
Answer.C

Question. In which year Dandi March took place ?
(A) 1930
(B) 1931
(C) 1932
(D) 1935
Answer.B

Question. Mahatma Gandhi started Civil Dis-obedience movement with-
(A) Staging a dharna
(B) Strike
(C) Making salt
(D) Hunger Strike
Answer.C

Question. When did the Civil Dis-obedience movement started ?
(A) 1921
(B) 1930
(C) 1931
(D) 1932
Answer.A

Question. Who led the'Red Shirt' movement ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(C) Pt. Nehru
(D) MoulanaAzad,
Answer.B

Question. In which year the First Round Table Conference took place ?
(A) 1930
(B) 1931
(C) 1932
(D) 1933
Answer.A

Question. In which Round Table Conference, Congress did not participated ?
(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Third
(D) None of the above
Answer.A

Question. In which year Gandhi-Irwin pact took place ?
(A) 1929
(B) 1930
(C) 931
(D) 1032
Answer.C

Question. In which year the CommunalAward was announced
(A) 1930
(B) 1931
(C) 1932
(D) 1933
Answer.C

Question. Name the author of'The Indian muslims'
(A) Dizrelli
(B) Shakespear
(C) William Hunter
(D) Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan
Answer.D

Question. Who established the Mohammad anAnglo-Indian college ?
(A) Bake
(B) Moulana Azad
(C) Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan
(D) Mohammad Ali Jinna
Answer.D

Question. In which year Muslim League was established ?
(A) 1900
(B) 1905
(C) 1906
(D) 1916
Answer.C

Question. Who was the first person to demand a separate state for Muslims ?
(A) Jinnah
(B) RehmatAli
(C) Students of Cambridze University
(D) lqbal
Answer.A

Question. In which year Muslim League observed the 'Deliverance Day' ?
(A) 1929
(B) 1930
(C) 1939
(D) 1940
Answer.B

Question. When did Cripps Mission visited India ?
(A) 1940
(B) 1928
(C) 1941
(D) 1942
Answer.D

Question. In which year 'Quiet India Movement' was started ?
(A) 1940
(B) 1941
(C) 1942
(D) 1944
Answer.C

Question. Who gave the slogan of 'Do or Die' ?
(A) Pt. Nehru
(B) Sardar Patel
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer.D

Question. In which movement, Gandhi gave the slogan of'Do or Die'
(A) Non-Cooperation Movement
(B) Civil Diobedience Movement
(C) Quiet India Movement
(D) Champaran Movement
Answer.C

Question. During which year the Moplah revolt took dace in the Malabar region ?
(A) 1919
(B) 1920
(C) 1921
(D) 1922
Answer.D

Question. Who is known as the 'lron man of India' ?
(A) Gandhi Ji
(B) Pt. Nehru
(C) Sardar Patel
(D) Moulana Azad
Answer.C

Question. Mahatma Gandhi gave the slogan 'Quit India'. Who gave the slogan 'Leave Asia' -
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Sardar Patel
(C) Jinnah
(D) Pt. Nehru
Answer.B

Question. Who gave the title of 'Sardar' to Sardar Patel
(A) Pt. Nehru
(B) MoulanaAjad
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D)Ambedkar
Answer.C

Question. Name the first person to call Gandhi as 'Mahatma'?
(A) Ravindra Nath Tagore
(B) Pt. J.N. Nehru
(C) Bal GangadharTilak
(D) None of the above
Answer.A

Question. Who is often termed as the 'Creater of the Indian constitution'?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Dr. Ambedkar
(C) M.L. Nehru
(D) Sardar Patel
Answer.B

Question. In which year Meruth conspiracy took place ?
(A) 1925
(B) 1927
(C) 1929
(D) 1930
Answer.C

Question. In which year Mahatma Gandhi was born ?
(A) 1889
(B) 1875
(C) 1869
(D) 1879
Answer.C

Question. At which place Mahatma Gandhi had his first Satyagraha ?
(A) Bardoli
(B) Champaran
(C)Amritsar
(D) Sabarmati
Answer.B

Question. In which year all India Farmers Union was formed ?
(A) 1928
(B) 1936
(C) 1942
(D) 1946
Answer.B

Question. In which year 'Workers Day' was celebrated forthe first time in India ?
(A) 1927
(B) 1937
(C) 1947
(D) 1957
Answer.A

Question. Who ordered the firing at Jallianwala Bagh ?
(A) Dayar
(B) Sounders
(C) Rend
(D) None of the above
Answer.A

Question. Who gave the slogan'Jai Hind' ?
(A) Subhash Chandra Bose
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) J. L. Nehru
(D) Sardar Patel
Answer.A

Question.When did Muslim League passed the 'Resolution for Pakistan'
(A) 1909
(B) 1930
(C) 1940
(D) 1947
Answer.C

Question. "Every blow on my body will prove to be a nail in the British coffin". Who gave the above statement ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Pt. J.L. Nehru
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer.C

Question. At which place, Gandhi broke the salt law by making salt ?
(A) Sabarmati
(B) Dandi
(C) Bombay
(D) Surat
Answer.B

Question. Who headed the Interim government formed in India in 1946 ?
(A) J.L. Nehru
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Sardar Patel
(D) Jinnah
Answer.A

Question. Forwhich proposal Gandhi used the words a postdated cheque of a drowning bank ?
(A) Cripps Praposal
(B) C.R. Praposal
(C) Wavel praposal
(D) Cabinet mission praposal
Answer.C

Question. Who among the following was not a leader of the Indian National Army ?
(A) Subhash Chandra Boss
(B) Ras Bihari
(C) Mohan Singh
(D) Sukhdev
Answer.D

Question. The first session of All India Farmers Union was held at -
(A) Faizabad
(B) Lukhnow
(C) Delhi
(D) Surat
Answer.A

Question. When was the Congress Socialist Party formed?
(A) 1930
(B) 1932
(C) 1934
(D) 1936
Answer.C

Question. Against whom the Khilafat movement was launched ?
(A) Indian National Congress
(B) English Government
(C) Government of England
(D) None of the above
Answer.C

Question. Who among the following was not a part of khilafat movement ?
(A) Soukat Ali
(B) Mohammad Ali
(C) Abdul Kalam Azad
(D) Sardar Patel
Answer.D

Question. Which revolutionary was sentenced to death on the charge of the murder of Saunders ?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Chandra ShekharAzad
(C) Ras Bihari
(D) Manmathnath
Answer.B

Question. Who among the following were the first to be arrested during Non-Cooperation movement ?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) J.L. Nehru
(C) Ali Brothers
(D) S.C. Boss
Answer.C

Question. Who was the head of the committee formed in 1924 to recommend reforms in the Act of 1919 ?
(A) M, L. Nehru
(B) Alexsender Moodyman
(C) C.R. Das
(D) John Simmon
Answer.A

Question. Name 'the secretary of state, who challanged the Indians to prepare a constitution ?
(A) Morle
(B) Bralenhead
(C) Montegue
(D) None of the above
Answer.B

Question. Who among the Indians denied to accept the Nehru report ?
(A) Communists
(B) Jinnah
(C) Congress
(D) None of the above
Answer.B

Question. During Lahore session in 1929 the Congress president used the following words "We have only are target - complete independence". Who used these words ?
(A) Pt. J. N. Nehru
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Moulana Azad
(D) S.C. Boss
Answer.A

Question. 'Hindustan Democratic Federation' was founded by
(A)Yatindra Mukkherji
(B) Sachindra Sanyal
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Rajnder Lahiri
Answer.B

Question. Who among the following was not a part of Kakori cons piracy ?
(A) Ram Prashad Bismilt
(B) Ranjendra Lahiri
(C) Sachindra Sanyal
(D) Kedarnath Sehgal
Answer.D

Question. 'Death or Victory', who gave this slogan ?
(A) Indian National Army
(B) Hindustan Democratic Socialist Party
(C) Naujawan Sabha
(D) None of the above
Answer.A

Question. Who among the following', with Bhagat Singh threw the bomb in Central Legislative Assembly in the year 1929?
(A) Battu Keshwar Dutt
(B) Ray Guru
(C) Sukhdev
(D) Sachindra Sanyal
Answer.B

Question. Udham Singh went to England to kill -
(A) General Dayar
(B) Ex - Governor Dayar
(C) Mac - Donald
(D) None of the above
Answer.A

Question. Chandra Bose was appointed as the Chairman of the Independence League and was called 'Netaji'. In which year this happened ?
(A) 1942
(B) 1943
(C) 1944
(D) 1945
Answer.A

Question. Who among the following INA officers was not tried of the charge of treason ?
(A) Shahnawaj Khan
(B) Prem Shehgal
(C) Gurubhaksh Singh
(D) Mohan Singh
Answer.D

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1. Muslim League launched ‘Direct Action Day’ to get ___________ on 16th August 1946.
2. The British Viceroy _________ partitioned ___________ in 1905.
3. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started with _____________.
4. Poorna Swaraj Resolution was passed in the year ___________ at ___________.
5. Two revolutionaries, who established their centre of activity abroad were ___________ and _________.
6. With the partition of India, millions of ___________ started coming to India.
7. After independence, Indian states were recognized on the basis of _____________.
8. The three nations which started the Non-Aligned Movement were ________, _______ and ________.
9. The _________ were the basis of India’s economic planning.
10. Our constitution was implemented on _____________.

II. Choose the correct option.

1. Rabindarnath Tagore renounced his knighthood after
a) The Chauri Chaura incident
b) The passing of the Rowlatt Act
c) Gandhiji’s call for non cooperation
d) The Jallianwala Bagh incident

2. C.R. Das was a leader of the
a) Swaraj Party
b) Communist Party
c) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
d) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

3. The INA had to abandon its march to Delhi because
a) Subhash Chandra Bose changed his mind
b) The British made peace with the INA
c) Japanese support was with drawn
d) The congress persuaded the INA to do so.

4. The first step to set up an All India Organisation was taken up by
a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
b) A.O. Hume
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) W.C. Banerji

5. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh were the leaders of
a) Indian Army
b) Militant Nationalists
c) Indian National Congress
d) None of these

6. The split between moderates and extremists in 1907 session took place at
a) Banaras
b) Surat
c) Lahore
d) Ahmedabad

7. Shimla Agreement was signed in
a) 1971
b) 1972
c) 1973
d) 1974

8. China attacked India in
a) 1961
b) 1962
c) 1963
d) 1964

9. SAARC was formed in
a) 1984
b) 1985
c) 2007
d) 2008

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1. Muslim League launched ‘Direct Action Day’ to get ___________ on 16th August 1946.

2. The British Viceroy _________ partitioned ___________ in 1905.

3. The Civil Disobedience Movement was started with _____________.

4. Poorna Swaraj Resolution was passed in the year ___________ at ___________.

5. Two revolutionaries, who established their centre of activity abroad were ___________ and _________.

6. With the partition of India, millions of ___________ started coming to India.

7. After independence, Indian states were recognized on the basis of _____________.

8. The three nations which started the Non-Aligned Movement were ________, _______ and ________.

9. The _________ were the basis of India’s economic planning.

10. Our constitution was implemented on _____________.

II. Choose the correct option.

1. Rabindarnath Tagore renounced his knighthood aftera)

The Chauri Chaura incident

b) The passing of the Rowlatt Act

c) Gandhiji’s call for non cooperation

d) The Jallianwala Bagh incident

2. C.R. Das was a leader of thea)

Swaraj Party

b) Communist Party

c) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

d) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

3. The INA had to abandon its march to Delhi because

a) Subhash Chandra Bose changed his mind

b) The British made peace with the INA

c) Japanese support was with drawn

d) The congress persuaded the INA to do so.

4. The first step to set up an All India Organisation was taken up bya)

Jawahar Lal Nehru b) A.O. Hume c) Mahatma Gandhi d) W.C. Banerji

5. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh were the leaders of

a) Indian Army b) Militant Nationalists

c) Indian National Congress d) None of these

6. The split between moderates and extremists in 1907 session took place at

a) Banaras b) Surat c) Lahore d) Ahmedabad

7. Shimla Agreement was signed in

a) 1971 b) 1972 c) 1973 d) 1974

8. China attacked India in

a) 1961 b) 1962 c) 1963 d) 1964

9. SAARC was formed in

a) 1984 b) 1985 c) 2007 d) 2008

Question. In which of the following battleswith the Sikhs did the partisans of the holy war suffer a terrible defeat in which Syed Ahmad lost his life ?
(A) The Battle of Amritsar
(B) The Battle of Charsadda
(C) The Battle of Balakot
(D) The Battle of Attock
Answer.C

Question. Which of the following circumstances of the Bengal Army in 1824 proved to be the proverbial last straw leading to a mutiny ?
(A) Changes in regimental arrangements
(B) Concentration of authority with the higher commanders
(C) Orders issued to march to Burma which entailed crossing the sea
(D) The sepoys were paid inadequate over seas allowances
Answer.D

Question. Match the Journals/Newpapers or Periodicals given in the List I with their Founder/Founder Editors mentioned in List II. Select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists
List I                                                                List II
(Newspapers/Journals/Periodicals)     (Founder/Founder Editors)
a. Sabd Kaumundi                                 1. Keshav Chandra Sen
b. Indian Mirror                                    2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c. Amrit Bazar Patrika                          3. G.S. Aiyar & Viraraghavachari
d. Hindi                                                 4. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
(A) a b c d 
     1 3 4 2
(B) a b c d
      2 3 4 1
(C) a b c d
      3 2 4 1
(C) a b c d    
      2 1 4 3
Answer.A

Question. Which of the following statements about the religious ideas of Raja Rammohan Roy is not correct ?
(A) He vigorously opposed the worship of idols and prevalence of meaningless religious rituals
(B) He assailed the prevalent Hindu belief in many gods and preached monotheism or unity of God
(C) He demonstrated the inferiority of Islam and Christianity in comparison to Hinduism
(D) He founded the Brahmo Samaj with a view to purify Hinduism
Answer.C

Question. Which of the following tenets of Brahmo Samaj was not responsible for its elitist following ?
(A) Deistic theology
(B) Rational ethics
(C) Loving devotion to God and service of man
(D) Liberal attitude in social, economic and political matters
Answer.C

Question. Which of the following was not a part of the chief items ofthe programme of social reform of the Prarthana Samaj?
(A) Intermarriage and interdining among different castes
(B) Improvement of the lot of women and remarriage of widows
(C) Improvement of the lot of depressed classes
(D) Preaching of unity of God
Answer.D

Question. Who unded the Ramakrishna Mission (1896) ?
(A) Ramakrishna Paramahansa
(B) Narendra Nath Datta
(C) Gopal Krishna Gohkale
(D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Answer.A

Question. Which of the following statement was not made by Vivekananda ?
(A) "Liberty in thought and action is the only condition of life, growth and well being"
(B) "The only god in Whom I believe, the sum total of all souls and above all, my God the wicked, my God the afflicted, my God the poor of all races"
(C) "I will give up twenty thousand such bodies to help one man. It is glorious to help even one man"
(D) "So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor, who having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them"
Answer.C

Question. Which of the following programmes of the Arya Samaj contributed to the growth of communalism in India ?
(A) Spread of education among women
(B) Eradication of untouchability
(C) The suddhi movement
(D) Propagation of western education and teaching of sciences
Answer.C

Question. Which of the following was not one of the controversial problems of Islam which was reinterpreted by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in order to make Islam look more rational ?
(A) Islam had laid down such liberal conditions for the treatment of slaves as to alter the very character of slavery
(B) Polygamy was allowed but only in rare circumstances
(C) Holy War (Jihad) was not a Muslim concept
(D) Not every type of interest, but only the usury of pre-Islamic times was prohibited
Answer.C

Question. What was the novel undertaking initiated by Dadabhai Naoroji and his Parsi friends in the field of social u pliftment of women ?
(A) Schools for teaching girls
(B) Orphanages for abandoned female
(C) Ahome for destitute women
(D) An institution to teach western manners to Parsi women
Answer.A

Question. Which of the following correctly describes the aim of the Servants of India Society ?
(A) It was a society formed with the object of organising a struggle for the independence of the motherland
(B) Under the influence of Marxist ideology, it undertook to unite the labour force for the betterment of its living conditions
(C) Its main object was to carry the message of modern education to the rural masses
(D) Itconsisted of a group of men who were trained and equipped for some form of service to the motherland
Answer.D

Question. Which of the following did not effect a change in the status of the lower castes ?
(A) Loss of monopoly on land ownership by the traditional upper class
(B) Rise of the rural capitalist class
(C) Growth of a new middle class
(D) British colonial policy of undermining native traditions
Answer.D

Question. Who founded theAll India Harijan Sangh in 1932 ?
(A) BabasahebAmbedkar
(B) M.K. Gandhi
(C) B.G. Tilak
(D) Jotiba Phule
Answer.B

Question. The labour movement in India intensified after the First World War because of :
(A) The economic distress created by increase in cost of living
(B) The Non-cooperation Movement of Gandhiji
(C) The Russian Revolution and the setting up of the Intemational Labour Organisation
(D) All of the above
Answer.D

Question. There was a great spurt in trade union activity after the Second World War because of
(A) Pro-labour attitude of the popular governments, both at the Centre and in the States
(B) The development of an industrial proletariat class in the cities
(C) The setting up of an elaborate machinery by the government for the settlement of industrial disputes
(D) All of the above
Answer.D

Question. In the field of social reform, the main contribution(s) of Dhondo Keshav Karve was/were that he :
(A) Opened Widow's Home at Pune
(B) Started India's firs Women's University at Pune
(C) Founded the Niskam Karma Math to train social workers for women's emancipation
(D) All of the above
Answer.D

Question. What was the main reason for the greatly worsened condition of the peasants in the late 1920s and early 1930s which led to peasant movements in the Punjab, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh ?
(A) New settlement
(B) Oppression of the landlords
(C) Fall in the prices of primary commodities
(D) Rent regulations
Answer.C

Question. Who founded the Gaudiya Samaj in 1823 to promote education and the'Dharma Sabha' in 1330 to organise a campaign against the abolition of Sati ?
(A) Radha Kant Dev
(B) Gopi 11,1ohan Dev
(C) Radha Madhav Bonnerji
(D) Kashinath Bonnerji
Answer.A

Question. During the first twenty years of the Congress, which of the following acted as President of the INC thrice ?
(A) Surendra Nath Baner e
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Sankaran Nair
Answer.A

Question. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokmanya (Universally Respected) during :
(A) Swadeshi movement
(B) Revolutionary movement
(C) Home Rule movement
(D) His imprisonment in 1908
Answer.C

Question. After the Surat Split in 1907, the second split in the Congress took place in 1918 on the issue of
(A) Lucknow Pact
(B) Montagu Declaration
(C) Election of Mrs. Annie Besant as President of the INC (1917)
(D) Both (A) and (C) above
Answer.B

Question. Who made the greatest contribution in organising the Kisan Sabha movement?
(A) Swami Sahajanand Saraswah
(B) Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Indulal Yajnik
Answer.C

Question. The agitation, during which "for the first time under British rule, India with its varied races and religions had been brought under the same platform for a common cause and united front". It was launched for
(A) Protection of tenants from oppression by the Zamindars
(B) The repeal of the Arms Act
(C) Liberalisation of the Vernacular Press Act.
(D) Raising the maximum age for Civil Services examination
Answer.D

Question. What was the main political weapon used by the moderate nationalists to exert pressure upon the government against the partition of Bengal ?
(A) Satyagraha
(B) Civil disobedience
(C) Non-cooperation
(D) Swadeshi and boycott
Answer.D

Question. Who attended the imperial durbar (1877) dressed in hand-spun khadi ?
(A) Ganesh Vasudev joshi
(B) M.G. Ranade.
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Balendranath Tagore
Answer.A

Question. The outcome to the condemnation of the Montagu-Chelmsford Report by the Congress leaders was that :
(A) The Government threatened towithdraw the reforms
(B) The nationalist leaders were interned
(C) Most of the moderates left the Congress and later founded the Indian Liberal Federation
(D) The Government undertook to modify the proposals to accommodate some of the demands of the nationalists
Answer.B

Question. The important contribution made by the Khilafat agitation to the Non-Cooperation movement was that :
(A) It made a significant contribution to the sussess of the Non-Cooperation movement
(B) It provided a new band of leaders who infused fresh blood into the movement
(C) It brought urban Muslims intothe nationalist movement
(D) It added immense weight to the demands of the nationalists
Answer.C

Question. What was the provocation for MA. Jinnah putting forth his "fourteen points" demanding separate electorate, one-third seats in the central legislature etc., for the Muslims ?
(A) The threat of majority rule
(B) Communal politics of the Hindu-Mahasabha and the Sikh League
(C) Difference of opinion regarding the proposals contained in the Nehru Report
(D) The challenge of the British Government of draw up an agreed constitution of India
Answer.C

Question. The Cripps Proposals were rejected by the Muslim League, because
(A) Its demand for Pakistan had not been directly conceded
(B) For the Constitution-making body separate electorate had not been recognised
(C) Both (A) and (B) above
(D) Muslimswere not given proportionate representation in the proposed Executive Council
Answer.C

Question. A revolutionary, who spent 24 years in various prisons, of which he spent two and a half years on hunger strike on different occasions, was
(A) Jatindranath Das
(B) Jcgesh Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Bhai Bal Mukund
(D) V.D. Savarkar
Answer.D

Question. AMLhprashtrian Brahmin young man, who joined the revolutionary movement in the Punjab and went to the gallovis was :
(A) Rajaguru
(B) Sukhdev
(C) Bhai Parmanand
(D) Bhai Balmukund
Answer.A

Question. A woman revolutionary, who while receiving her Degree at the Convocation of the University of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal shot him, was
(A) Kalpana Datta
(B) Preetilata Waddedar
(C) Bina Das
(D) Lila Nag
Answer.C

Question. The Congress criticised the Harcourt Butler Committee Report because it stressed on
(A) The preservation of Princely States through British Paramountcy
(B) The independence and autonomy of the Princely States
(C) The sovereignty of the Princely States
(D) All the above
Answer.A

Question. This revolutionary, before being sent to the gallows, declared: "We shall be born again, shall meet again and shall jointly fight once again for the cause of the motherland as comrades-in-arms". He was :
(A) Ashfaquallah Khan
(B) Rajendra Lahiri
(C) Ram Prasad Bismil
(D) Roshan Singh
Answer.C

Question. Which of the following was the last event of the year 1919 ?
(A) Passing of the Rowlatt Act
(B) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
(C) All India Khilafat Conference
(D) The Governement of IndiaAct, 1919
Answer.A

Question. The official position of A.O. Hume in the Indian National Congress was that of
(A) Founder
(B) Vice-President
(C) General Secretary
(D) Head of the Reception Committee
Answer.A

Question. A novel and remarkable feature of the Civil Disobedience movement was the widespread participation of :
(A) Peasants
(B) Students
(C) Women
(D) Industrialists and merchants
Answer.C

I. Answer the following:-

1. List the goals of early political organizations formed in India.

2. What reasons were responsible for the growth of dissatisfaction amongst people against British rule in 1870’s?

3. Who did the Indian National Congress wish to speak for?

4. How did the Moderates propose to struggle against British rule?

5. How were the policies of the Radicals within the Congress different from that of the Moderates?

6. Write a short note on Partition of Bengal.

7. Point out the features of the Swadeshi and Boycott movement.

8. What economic impact did the First World War have on India?

9. Why was the ‘Satyagraha’ call given by Gandhiji in 1919? What did it lead to?

10. Why was the Khilafat Movement started?

11. What were the objectives of the Non-cooperation Movement? What was its result?

12. Why did Gandhiji call off the Non cooperation Movement?

13. List the important political developments in mid-1920 in India.

14. Write a short note on Simon Commission.

15. Point out the importance of Congress Session at Lahore in 1929.

16. List the features of Govt. of India Act of 1935.

17. Why did the Congress Ministries resign in protest in 1939?

18. Write a short note on Quit India Movement.

19. Discuss the developments of 1937-1947 period that led to the creation of Pakistan.

20. Evaluate the dynamic role of Gandhiji in the Indian Nationalist struggle for freedom as a leader of the masses.

II. Answer the following in a line:-

(i) When was the Indian National Congress formed?

(ii) Name some early Moderate Leaders.

(iii) Name the book written by Dadabhai Naroji.

(iv) Name the newspaper edited by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

(v) Who was the Viceroy in 1905?

(vi) Name the Revolutionary Leaders.

(vii) When was Muslim League formed?

(viii) When did the Extremist Leaders split and join the Congress again?

(ix) Which international event inspired the Workers Movement in India?

(x) Name the leaders who formed the Swarajist Party.

Question. Which agreement was held between Congress and Muslim League ?
(A) Lahore agreement
(B) Nashik agreement
(C) Lukhnow agreement
(D) None of these
Answer.C

Question. When was the Lukhnow agreement held ?
(A) 1906
(B) 1907
(C) 1916
(D) 1920
Answer.B

Question. Who started Home Rule Movement ?
(A) Tilak and Anibesant
(B) Gandhi
(C) Vipin Chandra Pal
(D) J.L. Nehru
Answer.A

Question. Where the Kuka movement took place ?
(A) Maharashta
(B) Bengal
(C) Punjab
(D) Delhi
Answer.C

Question. Ganesh Sawarkar was an -
(A) Moderate
(B) Extremist
(C) Revolutionary
(D) None of the above
Answer.A

Question. 'Hindustan Association of the Pacific Coast' was established by -
(A) Lala Hardayal
(B) Bhagat Singh
(C) Sohan Singh Makhna
(D) Savarkar
Answer.C

Question. 'Kamagatamaro' was the name of a -
(A) Place
(B) Human being
(C) Ship
(D) River
Answer.C

Question. In which year Muslim League was established?
(A) 1885
(B)1888
(C)1906
(D) 1916
Answer.C

Question. Which of the following event in 1905 inspired the Indian nationalists -
(A) Russian Revolution
(B) Japan's victory over Russia
(C) Abysenia's victory over Italy
(D) Japan's victory over China
Answer.B

Question. When was the 'Ghadar party' established ?
(A) 1905
(B) 1907
(C) 1913
(D) 1915
Answer.C

Question. Who was the first president of Ghadar party ?
(A) Hardayal
(B) Sohan Singh Makhna
(C) Sawarkar
(D) None of the above
Answer.A

Question. When was the Communal Electorate introduced in India ?
(A) 1961
(B) 1892
(C) 1909
(D) 1919
Answer.C

Question. In which year Lahore conspiracy took place ?
(A) 1905
(B) 1910
(C) 1915
(D) 1919
Answer.C

Question. Because of which conspiracy khudiram Bose was sentenced death penalty ?
(A) Meruth conspiracy
(B) Lahore conspiracy
(C) Kanpur conspiracy
(D) Alipure conspiracy
Answer.D

Question. Name the revolutionary who threw a bomb on Lord Harding -
(A) Savarkar
(B) Bhagat Singh
(C) Ras Bihari Boss
(D) Manmathnath
Answer.C

Question. When the capital was shifted from Calculate to Delhi ?
(A) 1910
(B) 1912
(C) 1915
(D 1920
Answer.B

Question. Name the revolutionary who was sentenced to death on the charges of murder of Curzon Vayli
(A) Savarkar
(B) Madanlal Dhingra
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Udham Singh
Answer.B

Question. In which year home rule league was established
(A) 1906
(B) 1912
(C) 1915
(D) 1919
Answer.B

Question. A.O. Hume was a retired -
(A) Military official
(B) Administrative officer
(C) Social reformer
(D) Politician
Answer.C

Question. Which extremist leader was sentenced for six years imprisonment in the year 1908 -
(A) Vipinchandra Pal
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Arvind Ghosh
Answer.C

Question. Name the leader of the revolutionary party'Yugantar Dal'
(A) Bhupendra Dutt
(B) Ras Bihari Boss
(C) Jatindra Nath Mukherji
(D) Hardayal
Answer.C

Question. Name the editor of the paper 'Kesari'
(A) Vipin Chandra Pal
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) GangadharTilak
(D) Arvind Ghosh
Answer.C

Question. Ani Besant started two news paper, one was 'Common wilt' and the other one Was -
(A) Kesari
(B) New India
(C) Amrit Bazar Patrika
(D) India
Answer.B

Question. Who published the paper'Comrade'?
(A) Tilak
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Hardayal
(D) MuhammedAli
Answer.D

Question. Under whose presidentship Muslim League was founded ?
(A) Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan
(B) Nawab Wakar-Ul-Mulk
(C) Salimullah
(D) None of the above
Answer.B

Question. Which bill is often termed as 'Black Bill'
(A) Illbert bill
(B) Rollet Act
(C) Education Bill
(D) None of the above
Answer.B

Question. Rowllet Act was passed in the year
(A) 1915
(B) 1917
(C) 1919
(D) 1921
Answer.C

Question. In which year 'Jailianwala Bagh' incident occured ?
(A) 1917
(B)1919
(C) 1921
(D) 1923
Answer.B

Question. Jallianwala Bagh is situated in
(A) Delhi
(B) Bombay
(C) Calcutta
(D) Amritsar
Answer.D

Question. In which year the incident of Chauri Chaura occured
(A) 1921
(B) 1922
(C) 1923
(D) 1924
Answer.B

Question. In which district Chauri Chaura is situated ?
(A) Lukhnow
(B) Delhi
(C) Gorakhpur
(D) Basti
Answer.C

Question. In which year Swarajya Party was formed
(A) 1920
(B) 1921
(C) 1922
(D) 1923
Answer.D

Question. Name the founder of 'Swarajya Party'.
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Tilak
(C) C.R. Das
(D) Jawahar Lal Nehru
Answer.C

Question. The aim of the 'Swarajya Party' was
(A) To help in the government work
(B) To obstruct government work
(C) To work for the government
(D) None of the above
Answer.B

Question. The first leader of the 'Swarajya Party' who accepted a government post war
(A) S.B. Tambe
(B) B. J. Patel
(C) Motilal Nehru
(D) C.R. Das
Answer.A

Question. In _____ year and at ________ session the moderates and the extremists were united.
(A) 1907, Surat
(B) 1909, Lahore
(C) 1916, Lucknow
(D) 1911, Culcutta
Answer.B

Question. Which act provided separate electorates for the Muslims ?
(A) 1909 Act
(B) 1919 Act
(C) 1935 Act
(D) None of the above
Answer.A

Question. In which year the incident of Chauri-Chaura took place
(A) 1921
(B) 1922
(C) 1923
(D) 1924
Answer.B

Question. Who established the 'Swaraj Party' ?
(A) Gandhi
(B) Tilak
(C) C. R. Das?
(D) J. L. Nehru
Answer.C

Question. Which political Leader died after receiving lathi blows while opposing the Simon Commission ?
(A) Govind Ballabh Pant
(C) Bhagat Singh
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer.C

Question. Name the president of the Congress Session held at Lahore which decided to launch Civil Disobedience Movement.
(A) Mahatama Gandhi
(B) S.C. Bose
(C) J.L. Nehru
(D) M.L. Nehru
Answer.C

Question. In 1927 the _____ was formed, which focused the attention of the Indian people all over the country on the conditions prevailing in the states.
(A) The Communist Party of India
(B) Congress Socialist Party
(C) All India States People's Conference
(D) Socialist Party of India
Answer.C

Question. Who was the first leader chosen to go for Individual Satyagraha ha ?
(A) Mahatama
(B) J.L. Nehru
(C) S.C. Bose
(D) Vinoba Bhave
Answer.D

Question. In march 1942, _______ came to India to hold talks with the Indian leaders.
(A) Morley-Minto
(B) Montague-Chelmsford
(C) Cripps Mission
(D) Cabinet Mission
Answer.C

Question. The'Two nation theory' was given by
(A) M.A. Jinnah
(B) Khan Abdul Gafar Khan
(C) Abul KalamAzad
(D) Agha Khan
Answer.A

Question. Who gave the slogan of 'lnqlab Jindabad'
(A) Moderates
(B) Extremist
(C) Revolutionary
(D) None of the above
Answer.C

Question. Who established the 'Forward Block'?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Ras Bihari Boss
(C) Chandra ShekharAzad
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer.B

Question. In which year Indian National Army was established ?
(A) 1940
(B) 1942
(C) 1944
(D) 1945
Answer.B

Question. The way of greeting among the Indian National Army was :
(A) Jai Hind
(B) Namaste
(C) Jai Bharat
(D) None of the above
Answer.A

Question. In which year the Navy revolted ?
(A) 1942
(B) 1944
(C) 1946
(D) 1947
Answer.C

Question. Who gave the slogan 'Delhi Chalo' ?
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Subhash Chandra Bose
(C) Ras Bihari
(D) Mohan Singh
Answer.B

Question. Who said "Give me your blood, I will give you independence"
(A) Bhagat Singh
(B) Ras Bihari
(C) Mohan Singh
(D) Subhash Chandra Boss
Answer.D

Question. How many brigades were there in Indian National Army?
(A) 01
(B) 02
(C) 03
(D) 04
Answer.C

Question. The women regiment in the Indian NationalArmy was known as
(A) Rani Jhanshi Brigade
(B) Razia Sultan Brigade
(C) Tarabai Brigade
(D) Putlibai Brigade
Answer.A

Question. With the help of _______ Indian National Army attacked on the eastern front of India.
(A) Russia
(B) England
(C) Japan
(D) China
Answer.C

Question. When did Simmon Commission visited India ?
(A) 1923
(B) 1925
(C) 1927
(D) 1928
Answer.C

Question. Indian response to Simmon Commission was
(A) Indian opposed it
(B) Indians supported it
(C) They remain neutral
(D) None of the above
Answer.A

Question. Which political party sent Simmon Commission to India ?
(A) Liberal party
(B) Conservative party
(C) Torry party
(D) None of the above
Answer.C

Question. Name the nationalist leader who died because of the blows he received during the lathi charge while opposing the Simmon Commission
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Vipin Chandra Pal
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Anibesant
Answer.C

Question. Why Indian's opposed the Simmon Commission ?
(A) No Indians were allowed in the commission
(B) The commission committed atrocities
(C) Because of its large size
(D) None of the above
Answer.A

One Marks Questions

1.What is the literal meaning of "Sarvajanik"?

2.When was the Indian National Congress established?

3.How many delegates attended the meeting of the Indian National Congress?

4.When was the All IndianMuslim League formed and by whom?

5.When and why did the Congress split?

6.Who dominated the Congress after its split in 1907?

7.When did the moderates and the Radicals of the Congress reunite?

8.When did Gandhi come to India from South Africa?

9.Who was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh incident?

10.Which was the first All - India struggle during the Indian national movement?

11.When did the Jallianwala Bagh incident took place?

Two Marks Questions

12.Who were the early important leaders of the Indian National Congress?

13.Who was Dadabhai Naoroji and what was his role in the Indian National Movement?

14.Who is a "publicist"?

15.Why did the All India Muslim League support the partition of Bengal in 1905?

16.What was the Lucknow Pact?

17.When did All-India Muslim League move a resolution demanding "Independent States" for Muslims?

18.When and how did the struggle against British rule become a mass movement?

19.Why did Indians opposed the Simon Commission?

20.When did the Russian Revolution took place? And how did it inspire Indian nationalists?

Three Marks Questions

21.Write names of political associations during 1870 & 1880s.What was common in their founders?

22.What were the separate electorates and when did the All India Muslim League achieve it?

23.Why did Gandhi call off the Non-cooperation movement?

24.What was Chauri Chaura incident?

25.Why was the Khilafat agitation launched and by whom?

26.What were the methods used by the moderates to spread public awareness about exploitative rule of the British?

27.How did Gandhi spend his first year in India? And what were the earliest interventions of Gandhi in India?

28.Before coming to India, Gandhi was a respected leader and known internationally.

NATIONAL MOVEMENT

1. Dadabhai Naoroji, organized the East India Association in London to influence British public opinion to promote Indian welfare.

2. The first session of the Indian National Congress at Bombay in December, 1885. It was presided over by W.C.Banerjee.

3. V.D. Savarkar has organized the Abhinava Bharat which was a popular secret society of revolutionaries.

4. In June 1914, the first world war broke out.

5. Jawaharlal Nehru was made the president of the congress at the historic Lahore session of 1929.

6. The British Government sent a Cabinet Mission in March 1946 to negotiate with Indian leaders the terms for transfer of power to Indians.

7. In September 1946, an interim cabinet, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru was formed by the congress.

8. Lord Mountbatten was sent as the last viceroy in March 1947.

9. Lord Curzan divided the province of Bengal into two parts.

Important Notes on Non-Cooperation Movement :-> 

Causes for the Non-Cooperation Movement :- 

1. Khilafat Movement : 

-Turkey Ottoman empire attack ( 1 World War ) so Indian Muslims started a powerful agitation known as Khilafat Movement 

-Ali brothers (Mohammed Ali & Shaukat Ali ),Maulana Azad ,Hakim Ajmal Khan & Hasrat Mohani. 

(-Khilafatists -three points programme 

1. Ottoman Caliph should retain his empire 

2. Caliph power to be returned 

3. Arab lands under Muslim rule.) 

-Khilafat Day  observed on Oct 17,1919 

Gandhiji was elected as the president of All India Khilafat Conference. 

-People resigned the government jobs ,foreign goods were picketed,students boycotted schools & colleges, hartals & demonstrations were held. 

-Ali Brothers were arrested. 

2. Rowlatt Act :- 

The bill which was passed on March 1919 authorised the Government to imprison any person without trial & convict him in the court 

1. Arrest a person without warrant. 

2. In camera trial 

3. Restriction on movement of the individuals 

4. Suspension on the right of the Habeas Corpus. 

3. Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy: 

-Jallianwala Bagh ,Amritsar -April 13,1919 

-against the arrest of Dr.Saifuddin Kitchlu & Dr.Satya Pal 

-under the command of General Dyer troops kept on firing till their ammunition were exhausted 

-one thousand innocent demontraters were killed & many were wounded 

-British made a half-hearted attempt at constitutional reforms but refused to annul the Rowlatt Act & make amends for the atrocities of Punjab 

Objectives of the Non-Cooperation Movement :- 

1. Attain Self-government 

2. Anullment of the Rowlatt Act & Remedying of the Punjab Wrong. 

3. Remedying the Khilafat Wrong.

Programmes:- 

Boycott : 

Boycott of government schools colleges ,courts & foreign goods 

Boycott the elections to be held for the Councils suggested by the reforms of 1919 and resignation from nominated seats in local bodies 

Also surrendered the titles & honorary offfices & refused to attend Government functions 

 Swadeshi : 

Popularisation of Swadeshi & Khadi 

Establishment 0f national schools & colleges & Panchayats all over India 

Development of Unity between Hindus & Muslims 

Removal of untouchability & other measures for Harijan welfare 

Emancipation & upliftment of women 

Suspension of the Non -cooperation movement : 

Chauri-Chaura :- ( tragedy of Chauri -Chaura ) 

-a village in Gorakhpur District in UP -Feb5 , 1922 . 

-3,000 peasants marched to the police station. ( to protest against the police officer who had beaten a volunteer during picketing a liquor shop ) 

-police fired – infuriated the demonstrators & they set the police station in fire 

-22 policemen died -violent in other parts also. 

-Gandhiji who believed in Ahimsa was shocked & withdrawn the movement. 

-severely criticized 

Impact of the Non-cooperation movement:- 

1. The National Movement became a mass movement 

2. Instilled confidence among the people 

3. The Congress became a revolutionary movement 

4. Fostered Hindu-Muslim unity. 

5. Promoted social reforms 

6. Spread nationalism to every part of the country 

7. Popularised the cult of Swaraj 

Factors leading to Civil Disobedience movement:- 

Simon Commission :- 

-nov 1927,-appointed Simon Commission – to investigate the need for future constitutional reforms. 

-seven British members -no Indian 

-violation of the principle of self-determination and a deliberate insult to the self-respect to the Indians. 

-Madras session (1927 ) -Dr.Ansari -boycott the commission 

-Muslim League & Hindu Mahasabha decided to cooperate 

-feb 3,-commission reached Bombay-AII INDIA HARTAL 

-“Simon go back “ 

Declaration of Poorna Swaraj :- 

-Calcutta session of Congress – served as an ultimatum to the British government to accept the Nehru Report or face a mass movement 

-1929 Nehru (President) 

- passed a resolution of Poorna Swaraj ( complete independence ) 

-midnight of Dec 31,1929 

- banks of the river Ravi at Lahore. 

Civil Disobedience Movement :- 

Dandi March :- 

-12^th march ,1930 Mahatma Gandhi ---Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi ,a village on the Gujarat sea coast. 

-number of people joined 

- 6^TH march, Gandhiji violated the salt law by picking up a some salt left by the sea waves . 

-to attack the salt laws ( salt tax affected all sections of the society ) 

- breaking the salt law is the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement . 

Programmes of the movement: 

Civil Disobedience Movement involved :- 

1. Defiance of the salt laws 

2. Boycott of liquor 

3. Boycott of foreign cloth & British goods of all kinds 

4. Non-payment of taxes & revenues. 

Round Table Conference :- 

First Round Table Conference :- 

Gandhi Irwin Pact : 

Government agreed: 

1. Withdraw all ordinances & prosecutions 

2. Release all political prisoners , except those who are guilty of war. 

3. Permit peaceful picketing of liquor & all foreign cloth shops 

4. Restore the confiscated properties of the satyagrahis. 

5. Permit the free collection and the manufacture of salt by persons near the sea coast. 

Congress agreed : 

1. To suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement 

2. To participate in the second session of the Round Table Conference 

3. Not to press investigation into police excesses. 

Second Round Table Conference :- 

-attended by Gandhiji , according to the Gandhiji-Irwin Pact. 

-deadlocked by the minorities issue with separate electorate not only Muslims but also Depressed Classes, Indian Christians ,Anglo-Indians and Europeans. 

-question Of Independence or setting up a responsible government remained 

-British government refused immediate grant of Dominion status 

Impact of the Civil Disobedience Movement : 

1. caused a tide of patriotic fervour in the country 

2. widened the base of freedom struggle 

3. understand the significance of non- violence 

4. popularised new methods of propaganda like Prabhat Pheris, Vanara Sena & Manjari Sena 

5. changes in the social conditions like entry into temples ,access to wells also women were out of their homes & became the partners of freedom struggle 

6. basic constitutional reforms are necessary 

7. revived the will to fight the elections 1937 Congress achieved the positive results in the elections 

Second Phase Of The Indian National Movement

Scheme of Partition:-

July 20^th ,1905 Lord Curzon (announced )

October 16,1905 ( implemented )

1. BENGAL -proper Bengal -Bihar & Odisha (54 million ) Calcutta -capital

2. EASTERN BENGAL & ASSAM – eastern districts of Bengal proper & Assam ( 31 million ) Dacca -capital.

Causes of the Partition of Bengal :-

A) Nerve centre of Indian Nationalism.

B) By creating minorities issue.

C) Eastern Bengal – Muslim majority

western Bengal- Hindu majority 

Anti-Partition Movement :-(August 7 ,1905)

1. People’s reaction:-

2. Partition observed as National Mourning Day

3. Bande Mataram – theme song of the National movement

4. Amar Sonar Bangla -sung by huge crowds parading the streets

5. Raksha Bandhan – Hindus &  Muslims tied rachis (unbreakable unity )

Impact of Anti-Partition Movement (Aug,7, 1905):-

1. Accelerated the National Movement

2. Swadeshi & Boycott popularized .

3. Lost faith in British Fair play.

4. Backfired the plans of Curzon.

Surat Split , 1907 :-

Assertive Nationalists (AN ) wanted Swadeshi & Boycott to extend – Early Nationalists not accepted

Sank the differences worked together for Partition of Bengal.

 DISARGUMENT OVER THE CANDIDATURE OF THE PRESIDENT

Assertive Nationalists    Early Nationalists

                                   Kolkata session (1906 )

                                    Dadabhai Naoroji

Assertive Nationalists    Early Nationalists

                                   Surat session ( Dec1907 )

Lala Lajpat Rai              Rashbehari Ghosh

Utter confusion- AN expelled – 9 years

British – Concession & Repression

THE ASSERTIVE NATIONALISTS :-

Causes for the rise of Assertive Nationalists :-

1. Recognition of the true nature of the British.

2. Failure of the Early Nationalists

3. Worsening economic conditions

4. Growing consciousness among Indians

5. Need for Mass action

6. Influence of International events

7. Growth of Education & Unemployment

8. Ill-treatment of Indians abroad.

9. Existence of a Nationalist School of thought

10. Repressive policies of Lord Curzon.

1. the act of 1898- offence to provoke people against the British.   

2.The Calcutta Corporation Act 1899 reduce the strength of elected members from India. 

3.The  Official Secrets Act

4.The Indian Universities Act 1904

11. Partition of Bengal.

Main Objectives :-

Immediate atttainment of SWARAJ (complete independence ) & not just self-government .

Methods of Assertive Nationalists :-

1. Swadeshi
2. Boycott.
3. National Education:-

-National scheme of Education was planned to replace Govt. controlled Universities & collages
-large number of National schools in East Bengal,Bengal National College, Kolkata, Pachaiyappa National College, Chennai & D.A.V Movement ,Punjab.

Passive Resistance

Revivalism
Personal Sacrifice
Mass involvement 

Achievements of the Early Nationalists:-

-inculcate national pride by extolling India’s past.

-new slogan-non-cooperation, passive resistance ,mass agitation & self-reliable.

-spoke , wrote & edited newspapers in Vernacular languages.

-infused the spirit of Nationalism - hallowness in fair play.

-Self-reliance promoted,. (Jamshedji Tata Iron & Steel Industry - Bengal Chemical Works & Rabindranath Tagore ,Swadeshi Bhandar.)

-total freedom from British rule

-new educational institutions were setup

-Partition of Bengal annulled in 1911.

LEADERS OF ASSERTIVE NATIONALISM :-

Bal Gangadhar Tilak:(1856-1920 )

Father of Assertive Nationalism.

-first one to declare the demand for SWARAJ (“Swaraj is my birth right & I shall have it. “)

-he shifted petitions to demands for political rights

-organised Akharas & lathi clubs to inculcate courage ,self-defence & patriotism.

-preached Nationalism-Ganapati festival(1893 )

-1895 Shivaji festival to encourage young Maharastrians

-Mahratta (English) & Kesari (Marathi )( newspaper)-preached nationalism & people to be courageous & self-reliant

-Gita Rahasya  & The Artic Homes of the Vedas(books )

-established Home Rule League in Pune (1916 )- attain self-government within the British empire by constitutional means (1916) Forerunner of Gandhiji.

Bipin Chandra Pal :-

Father of Revolutionary thought in India

Worked as journalist in Bengal Public Opinion, The Tribune & New India to propagate the brand of Nationalism

National Education to be the base of the freedom movement

National Education would arouse patriotic feelings & also an instrument to social progress

Social & Economic reforms:-

-opposed caste system, advocated widow remarriage & educating women

-stressed in the indigenous development of the industries & supported Swadeshi & Boycott

-established equality in society, wanted to tax the rich than poor & demanded 48 hours of work.

LALA LAJPAT RAI:-

-an educationalist & a forceful writer, he started a monthly magazine ‘Young India’ (USA) which inspired the Indian youth ,kindled the fire of Nationalism in spreading the message of attaining Swaraj

-publications included The call to India ,England’s debt to India & The political future of India.

-founded Punjabi,Vande Mataram (Urdu Daily ) &People (English weekly )

-book -National Education regarding the reform of the prevalent Education system

-associated to Arya Samaj Movement also instrumental in the expansion of D.A.V

-opened orphanages, hospitals & schools setup Servants of the Peoples Society for the welfare of the downtrodden & the outcastes. 

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS