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CBSE Class 10th History Multiple Choice Questions  Chapter 2 Nationalism in India

Question 1: Who among the following was NOT a leader of the Indian National Congress during the early phase of the nationalist movement?

a) Dadabhai Naoroji

b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

c) Surendranath Banerjee

d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Answer: b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Question 2: The partition of Bengal in 1905 was proposed by:

a) Lord Curzon

b) Lord Dalhousie

c) Lord Mountbatten

d) Lord Hardinge

Answer: a) Lord Curzon

Question 3: The Swadeshi movement aimed at:

a) Boycotting British goods

b) Encouraging Indian industries

c) Promoting indigenous products

d) All of the above

Answer: d) All of the above

Question 4: Who founded the Indian Home Rule Society in London?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Annie Besant

d) Lala Lajpat Rai

Answer: c) Annie Besant

Question 5: The Muslim League was founded in:

a) 1885

b) 1906

c) 1919

d) 1920

Answer: b) 1906

Question 6: The All-India Muslim League was established by:

a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

b) Syed Ahmed Khan

c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

d) Aga Khan III

Answer: d) Aga Khan III

Question 7: The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was signed between the Congress and the Muslim League to:

a) Demand complete independence from British rule

b) Form a coalition government in British India

c) Demand separate electorates for Muslims

d) Demand reforms in the British administration

Answer: d) Demand reforms in the British administration

Question 8: The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in:

a) Lahore

b) Amritsar

c) Delhi

d) Kolkata

Answer: b) Amritsar

Question 9: Who was the Governor-General of India during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

a) Lord Mountbatten

b) Lord Dalhousie

c) Lord Curzon

d) General Dyer

Answer: d) General Dyer

Question 10: The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn by Gandhi Ji due to:

a) Violence at Chauri Chaura

b) Lack of support from the Indian masses

c) Government repression

d) Gandhi’s arrest

Answer: a) Violence at Chauri Chaura

Question 11: The Simon Commission was appointed to:

a) Review the working of the Government of India Act of 1919

b) Investigate the Jallianwala Bagh massacre

c) Enquire about the conditions of Indian prisoners in British jails

d) Formulate policies for Indian economic development

Answer: a) Review the working of the Government of India Act of 1919

Question 12: Who was the leader of the Dandi March?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Subhas Chandra Bose

c) Mahatma Gandhi

d) Bhagat Singh

Answer: c) Mahatma Gandhi

Question 13: The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by Gandhi Ji after the failure of:

a) Khilafat Movement

b) Non-Cooperation Movement

c) Quit India Movement

d) Swadeshi Movement

Answer: b) Non-Cooperation Movement

Question 14: Who was known as the “Frontier Gandhi”?

a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer: a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Question 15: The Poona Pact was signed between Gandhi Ji and:

a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

d) Subhas Chandra Bose

Answer: a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Question 16: The Round Table Conferences were held in:

a) London

b) New Delhi

c) Karachi

d) Lahore

Answer: a) London

Question 17: Who was the British Prime Minister during the Second Round Table Conference?

a) Winston Churchill

b) Neville Chamberlain

c) Ramsay MacDonald

d) Stanley Baldwin

Answer: c) Ramsay MacDonald

Question 18: The “Communal Award” of 1932 was associated with:

a) Separate electorates for Muslims

b) Separate electorates for Sikhs

c) Separate electorates for Dalits

d) Separate electorates for Christians

Answer: c) Separate electorates for Dalits

Question 19: The Government of India Act, 1935 introduced:

a) Provincial autonomy

b) Dominion status for India

c) Separate electorates for minorities

d) All of the above

Answer: d) All of the above

Question 20: The August Offer of 1940 proposed:

a) Dominion status for India after the war

b) Immediate independence for India

c) Partition of India

d) Extension of British rule in India indefinitely

Answer: a) Dominion status for India after the war

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