MCQ First Phase of the Indian National Movement 1885-1907 for ICSE History Class-10. These MCQ / Objective Type Questions is based on latest reduced syllabus according 2021-22 session on bifurcated pattern. Main motto of MCQ Type Question is cracking the next upcoming exam of council. Visit official website CISCE for detail information about ICSE Board Class-10 History .
MCQ Type Questions First Phase of the Indian National Movement 1885-1907 for ICSE Class-10 History
| Board | ICSE |
| Class | 10th (X) |
| Subject | History |
| Chapter | First Phase of the Indian National Movement 1885-1907 |
| Syllabus | on bifurcated syllabus (after reduction) |
| Session | 2021-22 |
| Topic | MCQ / Objective Type Question |
ICSE Class-10 History MCQ Type Questions of First Phase of the Indian National Movement 1885-1907
Question 1: Gokhale was a man of………. Views and had immense faith in British………….
(a) Moderate, liberalism
(b) Radical, capitalism
(c) Extremist, socialism
(d) Moderate, marketing
Answer (a) Moderate, liberalism
Question 2: What did Dadabhai Naoroji aim to provide the members of the British Parliament through East India Association?
(a) Praise Government policies
(b) Information about India’s grievances
(c) Terminate British rule
(d) Become the Viceroy
Answer (b) Information about India’s grievances
Question 3: The Congress urged the Government for complete separation of ………… and ……… functions.
(a) Press, government
(b) Executive, judiciary
(c) Social, economic
(d) Press, literary
Answer (b) Executive, judiciary
Question 4: The Congress Session of 1906 passed resolution on Swaraj, Swadeshi, and which other two aspects ?
(a) Boycott, National Education
(b) Opposition, Wealth management
(c) Provincial Legislature, finance
(d) Agriculture, industries
Answer (a) Boycott, National Education
Question 5: The Congress at its very first session asked for the expansion of the……..
(a) Legislative Councils
(b) Judiciary
(c) Press Regulations
(d) None of these
Answer (a) Legislative Councils
Question 6: Arrange in chronological order from the past to the present:
I Surendranath Banerjee took a lead in convening the Indian National Conference.
II Gopal Krishna Gokhale became the Member of the Imperial Legislative Council.
III Gokhale established the Servants of India Society.
IV The age limit for the Civil Service Examination was reduced from 21 to 19.
Choose the correct option:
(a) III, IV, II, I
(b) IV, II, I, III
(c) IV, I, II, III
(d) I, III, IV, II
Answer (c) IV, I, II, III
Question 7: What did Dadabhai think was the real basis of political power?
(a) Brute force
(b) Boycott
(c) Justice
(d) Swadeshi
Answer (c) Justice
Question 8: The early Congress leaders demanded total abolition of ……………. and the duty on sugar.
(a) Land revenue
(b) Press, literary
(c) Foreign goods
(d) Salt tax
Answer (d) Salt tax
Question 9: Surendranath Banerjee believed elective offices were a means to serve:
(a) People
(b) Politicians
(c) Prison mates
(d) British
Answer (a) People
Question 10: What did Gokhale plead for regards the Cotton Goods?
(a) Reduction in excise duty
(b) Abolition of excise duty
(c) Increase in export of Indian cotton goods into Britain
(d) None of the above
Answer (b) Abolition of excise duty
Question 11: The early nationalists did not believe in………… or …………. means.
(a) Agitation, unconstitutional
(b) Revolt, constitutional
(c) Liberty, democratic
(d) British rule, unconstitutional
Answer (a) Agitation, unconstitutional
Question 12: Who said at the Varanasi Congress Session that “the true Swadeshi Movement is both a patriotic and an economic Movement”?
(a) Pherozeshah Mehta
(b) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer (d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Question 13: The Congress leaders insisted on colonial form self-government, like the administrative system found in the dominions of ………….. and ……….
(a) Africa, Greenland
(b) Norway, Belgium
(c) Canada, Australia
(d) Tasmania, New Zealand
Answer (c) Canada, Australia
Question 14: With regards to safeguarding the civil liberties, the early Congress leaders demanded the right to ………. and to form associations.
(a) Revolt
(b) Strike
(c) Assemble
(d) Press Regulation
Answer (c) Assemble
Question 15: What economic reform did the early Congress leaders demand regarding industries?
(a) Heavy tax on export goods
(b) Abolition of salt tax
(c) Industrial growth through trade protection
(d) Reduction in expenditure
Answer (c) Industrial growth through trade protection
Question 16: Dadabhai’s historic address, read out by Mr. Gokhale because of Gokhale’s ill health laid stress on the attainment of…..
(a) Seat in House of Commons
(b) Peace
(c) Swaraj
(d) Equality
Answer (c) Swaraj
Question 17: The early nationalists asked for abolition of:
(a) Legislature
(b) Judiciary
(c) India Council
(d) Ilbert Bill
Answer (c) India Council
Question 18: Complete the given analogy
Indian Association : 1876 :: East India Association : ?
(a) 1885
(b) 1866
(c) 1865
(d) 1863
Answer (b) 1866
Question 19: For administrative reforms, the Congress urged the Government for wider employment of whom in the higher services?
(a) Indians
(b) British
(c) Professionals
(d) Weavers
Answer (a) Indians
Question 20: Through Dadablhai’s Brain Drain theory, he tried to explain how India’s……… was/were being taken away to England.
(a) Talents
(b) Wealth
(c) Knowledge
(d) Traditional cottage industry
Answer (b) Wealth
Question 21: Complete the given analogy.
Servants of India Society : G.K. Gokhale :: Deccan Education Society : ?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Pherozeshah Mehta
(c) M.G. Ranade
(d) Madan Mohan Malaviya
Answer (c) M.G. Ranade
Question 22: Which paper was started by W.C. Bonnerjee and edited by Surendranath Banerjee for several years?
(a) The Bengalee
(b) Ghulamgiri
(c) Amit Bazar Patrika
(d) Sambad Kaumudi
Answer (a) The Bengalee
Question 23: Complete the given analogy.
Poverty and Un-British Rule in India : Dadabhai Naoroji :: Nation in the Making : ?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) M.G. Ranade
(c) Pherozeshah Mehta
(d) G.K. Gokhale
Answer (a) Surendranath Banerjee
Question 24: What did Gokhale ask for in the Imperial Legislative Council in 1910 and 1912 ?
(a) Reduction in Salt Duty
(b) Abolition of excise duty on cotton goods
(c) Relief to Indian bonded labour in Natal
(d) Drain theory
Answer (c) Relief to Indian bonded labour in Natal
Question 25: What did the early Congress members request for the local municipal bodies?
(a) Abolition of municipal bodies
(6) Increase in the number of local bodies
(c) Local bodies to be run by the Viceroy
(d) Increase in their powers and reducing official control over them
Answer (d) Increase in their powers and reducing official control over them
Question 26: Surendranath Banerjee supported the Movement
(a) Opposition
(b) Apartheid
(c) Anti-capitalism
(d) Swadeshi
Answer (d) Swadeshi
Question 27: What was the Surendranath Banerjee’s best known book?
(a) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
(b) Ghulamgiri
(c) A Nation in Making
(d) The Call to Young India
Answer (c) A Nation in Making
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