MCQ Mahatma Gandhi and Popular National Movement for ICSE History Class-10

MCQ Mahatma Gandhi and Popular National Movement 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 Mahatma Gandhi and Popular National Movement for ICSE Class-10 History

Board ICSE
Class 10th (X)
Subject History
Chapter (Unit 2) Mahatma Gandhi and Popular National Movement
Syllabus  on bifurcated syllabus (after reduction)
Session 2021-22
Topic MCQ / Objective Type Question

ICSE Class-10 History MCQ Type Questions of Mahatma Gandhi and Popular National Movement


Question 1:  Mahatma Gandhi realised the nation was not ready yet for a non-violent struggle during the

(a) Chauri Chaura incident

(b) Kakori conspiracy case

(c) Partition of Bengal

(d) Formation of Muslim League

Answer (a) Chauri Chaura incident

Question 2: ‘Khilafat Movement’ subsided because of

(a) The understanding reached between the Congress and the Muslim League

(b) The concessions given to Muslims by the British

(c) Accession of Kemal Pasha to the throne of Turkey

(d) None of the above

Answer (c) Accession of Kemal Pasha to the throne of Turkey

Question 3:  Purna Swaraj was declared at……………. Congress Session presided by Jawaharlal Nehru 1929.

(a) Calcutta

(b) Madras

(c) Lahore

(d) Karachi

Answer (c) Lahore

Question 4: At which place was Gandhiji arrested for the first time by the British Government for sedition

(a) Bombay

(b) Pune

(c) Calcutta

(d) Ahmedabad

Answer (d) Ahmedabad

Question 5: The Simon Commission did not take responsibility for the fatal blows inflicted on …….. during the protest march when the Commission came to India.

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(b) Lala Lajpat Rai

(c) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) Bipin Chandra Pal

Answer (b) Lala Lajpat Rai

Question 6: When was the Gandhi – Irwin Pact signed

(a) March 1, 1932

(b) March 5, 1931

(c) March 10, 1935

(d) March 7, 1937

Answer (b) March 5, 1931

Question 7:  Which of the following dispute made Gandhiji to undertake a fast for the first time?

(a) Minto-Morley Reforms

(b) Ahmedabad Mill Strike

(c) Punjab Unrest

(d) Poona Pact

Answer (b) Ahmedabad Mill Strike

Question 8: He headed the Sedition Committee in 1919:

(a) Justice Rowlatt

(b) General Dyer

(c) Colonel Saunders

(d) David Cameron

Answer (a) Justice Rowlatt

Question 9:   Non-Cooperation was practiced on mass scale first during ……….

(a) 1915-20

(b) 1919-21

(c) 1920-21

(d) 1921-45

Answer (c) 1920-21

Question 10: Which of the following according to Gandhi ji, is an essential principle of satyagraha?

(a) Infinite capacity for suffering

(b) Non- violence

(c) Truth

(d) All of the above

Answer (d) All of the above

Question 11: Which of the following title was given by Mahatma Gandhi to Bal Gangadhar Tilak?

(a) The Maker of Modern India

(b) The Iron Man of India

(c) The father of the Indian unrest

(d) The Indian Lion.

Answer (a) The Maker of Modern India

Question 12:  Which among the following date was passed by a resolution by Indian National Congress to observe every year as “Purna Swaraj”?

(a) January 26

(b) August 15

(c) August 30

(d) October 2
Answer (a) January 26

Question 13:  6th April, 1930 is well known in the history of India because this date is associated with-

(a) Dandi March

(b) Quit India Movement

(c) Partition of Bengal

(d) Partition of India

Answer (a) Dandi March

Question 14: Which is one of the negative aspects of the Non- Cooperation Movement?

(a) Removal of untouchability

(b) Boycott of law courts by lawyers

(c) Hindu-Muslim Unity

(d) Prohibition of intoxicating drinks

Answer (b) Boycott of law courts by lawyers

Question 15:  Complete the given analogy.

Nagpur Session of 1920 : Non-Cooperation Resolution :: Lahore Session of 1929 : ?

(a) Quit India Resolution

(b) Civil Disobedience Resolution

(c) Declaration of Poorna Swaraj

(d) Khilafat Issue

Answer (c) Declaration of Poorna Swaraj

Question 16: Identify the concession granted by the Government under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

(a) Permission of peaceful picketing without any violation of ordinary laws

(b) Permission to collect or make salt for one’s use

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) Payment of reparations to those whose lands had been confiscated

Answer (c) Both (a) and (b)

Question 17:  What was one of the agreements by the Governor- General in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?

(a) To open more educational institutions

(b) To release all political prisoners except those guilty of violence

(c) To separate the Hindus from the Muslims

(d) To hold a Cabinet Mission

Answer (b) To release all political prisoners except those guilty of violence

Question 18: The Muslim League demanded a separate state for the Muslims in the year:

(a) 1920

(b) 1930

(c) 1940

(d) 1946

Answer (b) 1930

Question 19: This was one of the programme of the khilafat Movement:

(a) Adopt Swadeshi and hartals

(b) Go on peace march

(c) Resignation from the government services

(d) Civil disobedience

Answer (c) Resignation from the government services

Question 20:  The Muslims of India demanded that the………. and powers which were taken away from the Sultan of Turkey be restored to him.

(a) Resources

(b) Territories

(c) Arms and artilleries

(d) Religion

Answer (b) Territories

Question 21:  According to Gandhi-Irwin Pact, the Governor-General agreed to permit people living near the sea-shores to ……………

(a) Own shipping companies

(b) Run fishing trawlers

(c) Of-shore drilling for extraction of petroleum

(d) Manufacture salt

Answer (d) Manufacture salt

Question 22: This was one of the positive programmes of the Non-Cooperation Movement:

(a) Boycott of British goods

(b) Boycott of Legislative Councils

(c) Surrender of titles and honorary posts

(d) Promotion of Swadeshi, especially home spun and home-woven cloth

Answer (d) Promotion of Swadeshi, especially home spun and home-woven cloth

Question 23: Why did a crowd of people set fire to the police station in Chauri Chaura in February, 1922 ?

(a) There was a Hindu-Muslim riot

(b) The crowd was attacked by the police during a peaceful march

(c) A Police officer had beaten so Some volunteers picketing a liquor shop

(d) The crowd of people were fired at we trying to sell khadi cloth

Answer  (c) A Police officer had beaten so Some volunteers picketing a liquor shop

Question 24: Turkey had lost the……………. in 1918.

(a) First World War

(b) Second World War

(c) The French Revolution

(d) Bolshevik Revolution

Answer (a) First World War

Question 25:  The Non-cooperation Movement undermined the power and prestige of the:

(a) British government

(b) Hindus

(c) Muslims

(d) Sikhs

Answer (a) British government 

Question 26:  Complete the given analogy.

Rowlatt Satyagraha : 1919 :: Kheda Satyagraha : ?

(a) 1918

(b) 1919

(c) 1920

(d) 1917

Answer (a) 1918

Question 27: In which of the following session of INC, Jawaharlal Nehru met Gandhiji for the first time?

(a) Bombay session 1904

(b) Patna session 1914

(c) Lucknow session 1916

(d) Kanpur session 1925

Answer (c) Lucknow session 1916

Question 28:  How was the Civil Disobedience Movement different from the Non-Cooperation Movement !

(a) Boycott of government schools and colleges

(b) Promotion of Swadeshi

(c) It involved non-payment of taxes and land revenue, and violation of various laws

(d) Boycott of law courts by lawyers

Answer (c) It involved non-payment of taxes and land revenue, and violation of various laws

Question 29:  A Khilafat Committee was formed to support the …………..

(a) Sunni Muslims

(b) Germany

(c) Caliph of Turkey

(d) Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali

Answer (c) Caliph of Turkey

Question 30: Complete the given analogy

Non-Cooperation Movement : Chauri Chaura incident :: Civil Disobedience Movement : ?

(a) Dandi March

(b) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

(c) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

(d) Rowlatt Act

Answer (b) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Question 31: What did Gandhiji mean by “Swaraj?

(a) Freedom for the country

(b) Freedom for the most humble of the countrymen

(c) Self- governance

(d) Complete independence

Answer (b) Freedom for the most humble of the countrymen

Question 32:  Gandhi-Irwin Pact was focused on ………. and …………..

(a) release few political leaders, labourers

(b) release of all political prisoners, cancellation of the oppressive laws

(c) release few educationists, farmers

(d) None of the above

Answer (b) release of all political prisoners, cancellation of the oppressive laws

Question 33: On 13 April 1919 people had gathered at ………. in Amritsar for a peaceful meeting

(a) Town Hall

(b) Jallianwala Bagh

(c) Court

(d) Sabarmati Ashram

Answer (b) Jallianwala Bagh

Question 34:  The Khilafat Movement contributed to the ………… Unity.

(a) Turkish

(b) Muslim

(c) Ottoman Empire

(d) National

Answer (d) National

Question 35:  The first mass movement led by Gandhiji in India was ………….

(a) The Rowlatt Satyagraha

(b) Non-Cooperation Movement

(c) Champaran Indigo Movement

(d) Dandi March

Answer (c) Champaran Indigo Movement

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