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AP State Syllabus 8th Class Social Bits 11th Lesson National Movement: The Last Phase 1919-1947 with Answers

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Question 1.
………….. arrived in India in 1915 from South Africa.
A) Gandhiji
B) Nehru
C) Tilak
D) Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer:
A) Gandhiji

Question 2.
…………….. in Ahmedabad Gandhiji led a successful mili workers strike in ……………. year.
A) 1915
B) 1919
C) 1922
D) 1927
Answer:
B) 1919

Question 3.
In 1920 the British imposed a harsh treaty on
A) Saudi
B) Italy
C) Turkish Sultan
D) Russia President
Answer:
C) Turkish Sultan

Question 4.
…………… district was at the centre of nationalist activity.
A) Krishna
B) Visakhapatnam
C) Vijayanagaram
D) Guntur
Answer:
D) Guntur

Question 5.
In ………………. a crowd of peasants set fire to a police station in Chauri Chaura.
A) 1922
B) 1920
C) 1912
D) 1915
Answer:
A) 1922

Question 6.
The Indian National Congress met at Lahore in 1929 under the presidentship of
A) Gandhiji
B) Nehruji
C) C.R. Das
D) Bhagat Singh
Answer:
B) Nehruji

Question 7.
The Second World War started in
A) 1934
B) 1935
C) 1939
D) 1915
Answer:
C) 1939

Question 8.
The Indian Movement in 1942
A) Non-Cooperation
B) Quit India
C) Civil disobediance
D) Satyagraha
Answer:
B) Quit India

Question 9.
In March 1944, the Indian Flag was hoisted in Kohima by
A) Bhagat Singh
B) Rajguru
C) SNA
D) Sukhdev
Answer:
C) SNA

Question 10.
The Muslim League decided on mass agitation in support of its demand for
A) Pakisthan
B) Hindusthan
C) Bangladesh
D) None of the above
Answer:
A) Pakisthan

Question 11.
Gandhiji returned to India from South Africa
A) 1914
B) 1915
C) 1920
D) 1916
Answer:
B) 1915

Question 12.
The first Satyagraha started by Gandhiji.
A) Champaran
B) Kheda
C) Both A & B
D) Strike of Ahmedabad Mill labourers
Answer:
C) Both A & B

Question 13.
In Ahmedabad he led a successful mill workers strike in
A) 1915
B) 1918
C) 1919
D) 1920
Answer:
B) 1918

Question 14.
Find out the mismatch.
i) 1917 – Champaran Andolan
ii) 1918 – Kaira Protest Movement
iii) 1918 – Strike of Ahmedabad cotton mill workers
iv) 1919 – The Rowlatt Act
A) i, ii
B) ii & iii
C) iii & iv
D) None
Answer:
D) None

Question 15.
Who criticised the Rowlatt Act as “devilish”.
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Md. AN Jinnah
C) Both A & B
D) None
Answer:
C) Both A & B

Question 16.
Gandhiji asked the Indian people to observe 6 April 1919 as a day of …………… and hartal.
A) Self reliance day
B) Prayer and humiliation day
C) Day of Protection
D) Black day
Answer:
B) Prayer and humiliation day

Question 17.
The Muslim League was formed in
A) 1905
B) 1906
C) 1907
D) 1910
Answer:
B) 1906

Question 18.
Separate electorates for Muslims were conceded in
A) 1908
B) 1907
C) 1909
D) 1910
Answer:
C) 1909

Question 19.
The Hindu Mahasabha was formed in
A) 1910
B) 1912
C) 1914
D) 1915
Answer:
D) 1915

Question 20.
The person behind the Jalianwalabagh Massacre
A) Curzon
B) Munroe
C) General ‘O’ Dyer
D) Corn Wallis
Answer:
C) General ‘O’ Dyer

Question 21.
Rabindranath Tagore expressed the pain and anger of the country by renouncing his …………. given to him by the British government.
A) Bhaihood
B) Knighthood
C) League of Nation
D) Brotherhood
Answer:
B) Knighthood

Question 22.
The title of Turkey Sultan
A) Father
B) God Father
C) Khalifa
D) Sir
Answer:
C) Khalifa

Question 23.
The main leader of Khilafat movement
A) Md. AN
B) Shoukat AN
C) Both A & B
D) None
Answer:
C) Both A & B

Question 24.
In the Nagapur session of the congress in 1920 was acknowledged as the leader of the Congress.
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Subhash Chandra Bose
D) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Answer:
B) Mahatma Gandhi

Question 25.
The Non-cooperation movement gained momentum throughout
A) 1921 – 22
B) 1922 – 23
C) 1923 – 24
D) 1924 – 25
Answer:
A) 1921 – 22

Question 26.
Due to participation in Non-Cooperation Movement, these persons gave up their practice
A) Motilal Nehru
B) C.R. Das
C) C. Raja Gopalachari
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 27.
The person who took up Khadi campaign
A) Nehru
B) Gandhi
C) Patel
D) Bose
Answer:
B) Gandhi

Question 28.
He was not the member of the British Ministry
A) Straford Cripps
B) Pethik Lawrence
C) Alexander
D) Federal Castro
Answer:
D) Federal Castro

Question 29.
A highlight of Non-Cooperation movement was the famous
A) Tenali Bomb case
B) Kakinada coup case
C) Chira-Perala movement
D) Kotappa Konda bad incident
Answer:
C) Chira-Perala movement

Question 30.
The Muslim League declared this date as “Direct Action Day”
A) 15-8-1946
B) 16-8-1946
C) 26-8-1946
D) 27-8-1946
Answer:
B) 16-8-1946

Question 31.
The people of Chirala – Perala refused to pay the taxes and migrated to a new settlement called
A) Rayanampadu
B) Ramnagar
C) Krishna Nagar
D) Vankayala Nagar
Answer:
B) Ramnagar

Question 32.
………………. said, Gandhiji’s swaraj is coming and we will not pay taxes to this government.
A) Gandhiji
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Subhash Chandra Bose
D) People
Answer:
D) People

Question 33.
The forest Sathyagrahas were began in this districts
A) Guntur
B) Kadapa
C) Both A & B
D) None
Answer:
C) Both A & B

Question 34.
At the end of a powerful movement, peasants in the united province (now Uttar Pradesh) managed to stop illegal eviction of tenants.
A) Raigarh
B) Chandragarh
C) Pratapgarh
D) Kanpur
Answer:
C) Pratapgarh

Question 35.
The year of Chauri – Chaura incident
A) 1920
B) 1921
C) 1922
D) 1923
Answer:
C) 1922

Question 36.
The Non Co-operation movement was called off due to this
A) Truth
B) Non-violence
C) Violence
D) Non-truth
Answer:
C) Violence

Question 37.
Leader such as argued that they party should fight elections to the councils and enter them in under influence government policies.
A) C.R. Das
B) Motilal Nehru
C) Both A & B
D) None
Answer:
C) Both A & B

Question 38.
The year of Civil dis-obedience movement
A) 1920
B) 1930
C) 1932
D) 1934
Answer:
B) 1930

Question 39.
Two important developments of the mid-1920s were the formation of the
A) RSS
B) Communist Party of India
C) Both A & B
D) None
Answer:
C) Both A & B

Question 40.
In this session, Congress declared that the attainment of “Puma Swaraj” was its ultimate goal.
A) Kanpur
B) Calcutta
C) Bombay
D) Lahore
Answer:
D) Lahore

Question 41.
The year of Lahor session
A) 1928
B) 1929
C) 1930
D) 1932
Answer:
B) 1929

Question 42.
This was decided to celebrate as the day of Purna Swaraj
A) Feb’ 1st
B) Jan’ 1st
C) Jan’ 20th
D) Jan’ 26th
Answer:
D) Jan’ 26th

Question 43.
The Dandi Sathyagraha was started on this day
A) 11-3-1930
B) 12-3-1930
C) 18-4-1930
D) 12-4-1930
Answer:
B) 12-3-1930

Question 44.
The number of followers of Gandhiji that participated in the foot-march of dandi sathyagraha with Gandhiji
A) 72
B) 78
C) 62
D) 68
Answer:
B) 78

Question 45.
The distance of Gandhiji foot-march from Sabarmathi Ashram to Dandi village
A) 200 kms
B) 300 kms
C) 375 kms
D) 400 kms
Answer:
C) 375 kms

Question 46.
Gandhiji disobeyed the British rules as a part of Salt Sathyagraha
A) 6-4-1930
B) 12-4-1930
C) 28-4-1930
D) 1-5-1930
Answer:
A) 6-4-1930

Question 47.
The number of Sathyagrahis’s that were arrested during Salt Sathyagrahas
A) 80,000
B) 90,000
C) 1,00,000
D) 1,20,000
Answer:
B) 90,000

Question 48.
The main result of Civil disobedience movement
A) 1909 Act
B) 1919 Act
C) Indian Council Act 1935
D) 1950 Act
Answer:
C) Indian Council Act 1935

Question 49.
The Congress formed governments in out of 11 provinces
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 10
Answer:
A) 7

Question 50.
The period of World War – II
A) 1939-45
B) 1936-42
C) 1935-45
D) 1950-52
Answer:
A) 1939-45

Question 51.
The number of countries in allied group.
A) England, France, Russia
B) England, Germany, Austria
C) England, Russia, Austria
D) America, Japan, Russia
Answer:
A) England, France, Russia

Question 52.
During the Second World War America dropped atom bomb over these cities
A) Hiroshima
B) Nagasaki
C) Both A& B
D) None
Answer:
C) Both A& B

Question 53.
The year of Quit India movement
A) 1946
B) 1942
C) 1943
D) 1944
Answer:
B) 1942

Question 54.
The slogan during the movement is “do or die”.
A) Civil disobedience movement
B) Non Co-operation movement
C) Quit India movement
D) Swadeshi movement
Answer:
C) Quit India movement

Question 55.
Congress Working Committee met on at Bombay and passed a resolution stating clearly that “British Rule in India must end immediately
A) 8-8-1942 – Bombay
B) 8-8-1943 Calcutta
C) 2-9-1944 Kanpur
D) 7-7-1945 Lucknow
Answer:
A) 8-8-1942 – Bombay

Question 56.
The Congress leaders who were arrested during the morning on 9-8-1942
A) Gandhiji, Patel
B) Nehru, Maulana Azad
C) Acharya Kripalani, Rajendra Prasad
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 57.
The people of ……………. formed parallel government between 1942-1944.
A) Kanpur
B) Midnapur
C) Calcutta
D) Bombay
Answer:
B) Midnapur

Question 58.
The number of people that were arrested by the end of 1943.
A) 80,000
B) 85,000
C) 90,000
D) 95,000
Answer:
C) 90,000

Question 59.
India got independence on
A) 15-8-1947
B) 20-8-1947
C) 27-8-1947
D) 28-8-1947
Answer:
A) 15-8-1947

Question 60.
The Slogan of Subhas Chandra Bose on 18-3-1944
A) Dilli Chalo
B) On to Delhi
C) Both A & B
D) Jai Jawan
Answer:
C) Both A & B

Question 61.
The Indian flag was hoisted in these place in March 1944
A) Itanagar
B) Imphal
C) Kohima
D) Aizwal
Answer:
C) Kohima

Question 62.
This was said as the death day of Subhas Chandra Bose in a plane accident when he travelled from Bangkok to Tokyo is
A) 23-8-1945
B) 25-8-1945
C) 26-8-1945
D) 7-8-1945
Answer:
A) 23-8-1945

Question 63.
In ………….. the Muslim League had moved a resolution demanding “Independent States” for Muslims on the north-western and eastern areas of the country.
A) 1935
B) 1940
C) 1945
D) 1950
Answer:
B) 1940

Question 64.
From which the Muslim League treated Muslims as a special race different from Hindus?
A) 1920
B) 1925
C) 1930
D) 1935
Answer:
C) 1930

Question 65.
After this year the radical organisations characterized by intensive activities
A) 1930
B) 1940
C) 1950
D) 1960
Answer:
B) 1940

Question 66.
These actively participated in the movements during 1940
A) Malabar tenant cultivators
B) Tebhaga tenant cultivators
C) Telangana Vetti castes
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above

Question 67.
Who declared itself as the one and only representative of Indian Muslims?
A) Indian National Congress
B) Muslim League
C) Viswa Hindu Parishad
D) All India Muslim Parishad
Answer:
B) Muslim League

Question 68.
Choose the correct matching.
Group – A                                         Group – B
1. Rash Bihari Bose         ( )        a) Dandi Satyagraha
2. 1935                            ( )        b) Jallianwala Bagh
3. Atom Bomb                ( )        c) Subhash Chandra Bose
4. 1930                            ( )        d) Government of India Act
5. Amritsar                      ( )        e) Hiroshima
A) 1 – a, 2 – b, 3 – c, 4 – d, 5 – e
B) 1 – c, 2 – a, 3 – e, 4 – b, 5 – d
C) 1 – c, 2 – d, 3 – e, 4 – a, 5 – b
D) 1 – d, 2 – e, 3 – c, 4 – b, 5 – a
Answer:
C) 1 – c, 2 – d, 3 – e, 4 – a, 5 – b

Question 69.
Mahatma Gandhi spent his first year in India travelling throughout the country, understanding the people, their needs and the overall situation.
Pick the correct comment.
A) He travelled to visit India.
B) He was a tourist guide.
C) He travelled to estimate the needs of the people and the country.
D) All the above
Answer:
C) He travelled to estimate the needs of the people and the country.

Question 70.
“Mahatma Gandhi abruptly called off the Non-cooperation Movement in February 1992.”
Pick the correct comment.
A) He was in favour of British rule.
B) The movement turned from Satyagraha to violence.
C) He wanted to take a rest for some time.
D) None of the above
Answer:
B) The movement turned from Satyagraha to violence.

Question 71.
Communal organisations sprang up in India in the early years of the 20th century as the tide of nationalism too was rising.
Name one such organisation.
A) TRS
B) AIML
C) BJP
D) All the above
Answer:
B) AIML

Question 72.
Louis Mountbatten was appointed as Viceroy in early 1947 and was not able to resolve the differences.
Who was the Viceroy when India got freedom?
A) Mountbatten
B) Cripps
C) Lawrence
D) Alexander
Answer:
A) Mountbatten

Question 73.
Whose death is still a mystery in Indian national leaders?
A) Gandhiji
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Sanjay Gandhi
D) N.S.C. Bose
Answer:
D) N.S.C. Bose

Question 74.
Guntur district was at the centre of …………. activity.
A) Local
B) Nationalist
C) Regional
D) None
Answer:
B) Nationalist

Question 75.
Who led the Chirala-Perala movement?
A) Madapati Hanumantha Rao
B) Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu
C) Duggirala Gopala Krishnayya
D) Sarojini Naidu
Answer:
C) Duggirala Gopala Krishnayya

Question 76.
Subhash Chandra Bose formed INA with the help of this person in Burma and Andaman.
A) Rash Bihari Bose
B) Bhagat Singh
C) Rajguru
D) Sukhdev
Answer:
A) Rash Bihari Bose