Very Short Answer Type Questions
1. Why were people in rural areas angry with Britishers?
2. What was ‘Champaran Movement’?
3. Why did Kheda farmers protest against Britishers?
4. What was Rowlatt Act of 1919?
5. Why was Martial Law imposed in Amritsar?
6. Why did General Dyer fire on innocent people gathered peacefully in Jallianwala
Bagh?
7. Why did Mahatma Gandhi join Khilafat issue?
8. Who were the two main leaders of the Khilafat Movement?
9. Why many Congress leaders were reluctant to boycott council elections?
10. What decision was made in Congress session at Nagpur in December 1920?
11. Why were Council elections not boycotted in Madras?
12. To what extent was Raju inspired by Mahatma Gandhi?
13. What action was taken by the tribals of Gudem Hills in their movement?
14. What was the tale of Assam plantation workers when they left?
15. Why was Simon Commission rejected in India?
16. How was Simon Commission greeted in India?
17. What was Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s proposal for Muslims?
18. What do you mean by forced recruitment?
19. Name the places where Mahatma Gandhi successfully organised Satyagraha
movements.
20. What were the demands of the Kheda in Gujarat?
Short Answer Type Questions
21. Who was the writer of the book, ‘Hind Swaraj’? What was the theme of the book?
Or
Explain the ideas of Gandhiji as he expressed in the famous book ‘Hind Swaraj’
regarding Non-cooperation.
22. Mention any four factors which were responsible in arousing the spirit of
nationalism in India.
23. What was the impact of the First World War on India?
Or
Explain new economic and political situations created in India during the First
World War.
Or
What was the impact of the First World War on the economic conditions in India?
24. What were the three local issues in which Gandhiji experimented his technique of
Satyagraha during the years 1917-1918? How were these issues resolved?
25. Mention three main proposals with reference to the Non-Cooperation Movement
as suggested by Mahatma Gandhi.
Or
Gandhiji proposed that the Non-Cooperation should unfold in stages. Explain.
26. What was the impact of the Rowlatt Act Satyagraha on the political situation in
India?
27. Explain the idea of Satyagraha according to Gandhiji.
28. What were the causes of the withdrawal of the NCM?
Long Answer Type Questions
29. What were the circumstances which led to the Khilafat and the Non-Cooperation
Movement?
Or
Why did Mahatma Gandhi feel the need to launch a broad-based movement in
1920? Give any three reasons.
Or
Explain any three causes that led to the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920.
30. Explain the course of the Non-Cooperation Movement in the towns.
Or
Describe the extent of peoples participation in the Non-cooperation Movement in
the towns. What were its economic effects?
Or
How did ‘Non-Cooperation Movement’ spread in cities across the country? Explain
its effects on the economic front.
31. Why for a long time, the Congress had ignored the dalits? What role did Gandhiji
play in uplifting them?
Or
How did Gandhiji view the Dalits? What did he do for them?
32. How did the First World War create a new economic and political situation in
India? Explain with examples.
33. Explain the response of the plantation workers to the NCM started by Gandhiji.
What did freedom mean for them?
34. Explain the incident and the impact of the Jallianwala Bagh.
