CBSE Class 10 Social Science Competency Based Questions Nationalism in India avilable here. We have included total 3 set of passage. Each passage has 3 questions. Students who are going to prepare their Board exam please Read the passage below and answer the following questions.
Nationalism in India Class 10 Competency Based Questions
1) Read the passage below and answer the following questions:
Mahatma Gandhi returned to India in January 1915. He devised the idea of Satyagraha. Without seeking vengeance or being aggressive, a satyagrahi could win the battle through non-violence. This could be done by appealing to the conscience of the oppressor. People – including the oppressors – had to be persuaded to see the truth, instead of being forced to accept truth through the use of violence. By this struggle, truth was bound to ultimately triumph. Mahatma Gandhi believed that this dharma of non-violence could unite all Indians.
1.) Gandhi Ji returned from south Africa, where he successfully fought against the
a) Class divisions
b) Racist regime
c) Monarchy
d) All of the above
2.) Explain the idea of Satyagraha.
The idea of Satyagraha was propagated by Mahatma Gandhi under which he emphasized the power of truth. He said that if the cause was true and there is a struggle against injustice then physical force is not required to fight against the oppressor. He said that the battle against injustice can be won through non-violence, and this could be done by appealing the conscience of oppressor.
3.) In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to Ahmedabad to organise.
a) Agricultural labours strike
b) Forced labour strike.
c) Cotton mill workers strike
d) Untouchability
2) Read the passage below and answer the following questions:
Gandhiji proposed that the Non-cooperation movement should unfold in stages. It should begin with the surrender of titles that the government awarded, and a boycott of civil services, army, police, courts and legislative councils, schools, and foreign goods. It was also planned that if the government used repression, then full fledged civil disobedience movement would be launched.
1.) ‘British rule was established in India with the cooperation of Indians and had survived only because of this cooperation’. This stamen was written by whom-
a) Subhash Chandra Bose
b) Motilal Nehru
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Shaukat Ali
2.) Who along with Gandhi Ji toured India extensively for mobilizing popular support for the Non-cooperation movement?
a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Moti Lal Nehru
d) ShaukatAli
3.) What was the stance of Congress regarding the Non-cooperation movement?
Initially, many within the congress were apprehensive about the proposal of Non-cooperation movement. They were reluctant to boycott the council elections as they feared that the movement might lead to popular violence. Finally, at the Nagpur session of congress a compromise was worked out and the Non-cooperation movement was adopted.
3) Read the passage below and answer the following questions:
In February 1922, Mahatma Gandhi decided to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement. He felt the movement was turning violent in many places and satyagrahis needed to be properly trained before they would be ready for mass struggles. The new Tory government in Britain constituted a Statutory Commission under Sir John Simon. Set up in response to the nationalist movement, the commission was to investigate the functioning of the constitutional system in India and suggest changes.
1.) Provisional councils were set up under which act?
a) Pitts India Act
b) Regulating Act
c) Government of India Act 1909
d) Government of India Act 1919
2.) What was the other name of the Statutory commission set up by the British government? What was the reaction of Indian nationalists with respect to it?
The Statutory commission set up by the British government was also known as Simon Commission. Indian Nationalists were against the Simon commission, and they greeted it with the slogan “Go back Simon”. The main reason behind the resentment was that there was not a single member in the commission.
3.) When and by whom Swaraj Party was formed?
The Swaraj Party was formed in 1919 by CR Das and Motilal Nehru. They were of the opinion that it is important to oppose British policies from within the council and should support the reform activities.
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