MCQs-The Making of the National Movement:1870s-1947-Class 8

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Multiple Choice Questions-The Making of the National Movement:1870s-1947-Class 8-Social Science

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1–10: Early Nationalism and Key Events

Which law prohibited Indians from owning arms?
a) Vernacular Press Act
b) Arms Act
c) Rowlatt Act
d) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: b) Arms Act
What year was the Vernacular Press Act passed?
a) 1858
b) 1878
c) 1888
d) 1898
Answer: b) 1878
What did the Ilbert Bill propose?
a) Partition of Bengal
b) Equality between British and Indian judges
c) Boycott of British goods
d) Indian participation in Legislative Councils
Answer: b) Equality between British and Indian judges
Who played a key role in the formation of the Indian National Congress?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) A.O. Hume
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) B.G. Tilak
Answer: b) A.O. Hume
What was the main aim of the early Congress leaders?
a) Complete independence
b) Boycott of British goods
c) Greater Indian representation in governance
d) Establishing a socialist state
Answer: c) Greater Indian representation in governance
What does the word “Sarvajanik” mean?
a) For the British
b) For all the people
c) For the educated classes
d) For one religion
Answer: b) For all the people
Which year saw the founding of the Indian National Congress?
a) 1875
b) 1880
c) 1885
d) 1905
Answer: c) 1885
Who was known as the “Grand Old Man of India”?
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) Surendranath Banerjee
Answer: c) Dadabhai Naoroji
What did Dadabhai Naoroji’s book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India criticize?
a) Indian leaders
b) The British economic exploitation of India
c) Indian religious practices
d) Land reforms
Answer: b) The British economic exploitation of India
What event highlighted racial discrimination by the British in the 1880s?
a) Partition of Bengal
b) The Ilbert Bill controversy
c) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
d) Rowlatt Act
Answer: b) The Ilbert Bill controversy

11–20: Rise of Radical Nationalism and Partition of Bengal

What year did the Partition of Bengal occur?
a) 1903
b) 1904
c) 1905
d) 1906
Answer: c) 1905
Who was associated with the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright”?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The Swadeshi Movement was launched in response to:
a) Rowlatt Act
b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
c) Partition of Bengal
d) Quit India Movement
Answer: c) Partition of Bengal
Which leader edited the newspaper Kesari?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
What did the Swadeshi Movement promote?
a) Foreign goods
b) Use of Indian goods
c) Military recruitment
d) Religious reforms
Answer: b) Use of Indian goods
In which region was the Swadeshi Movement strongest?
a) Gujarat
b) Punjab
c) Bengal
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: c) Bengal
The Muslim League was formed in:
a) 1906
b) 1916
c) 1920
d) 1940
Answer: a) 1906
The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was between:
a) British government and Congress
b) Congress and Muslim League
c) Congress and Communists
d) None of the above
Answer: b) Congress and Muslim League
What was the purpose of the Rowlatt Act?
a) Increase tax revenue
b) Suppress revolutionary activities
c) Introduce Indian representation
d) Support Indian laborers
Answer: b) Suppress revolutionary activities
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on:
a) 12 March 1919
b) 13 April 1919
c) 15 August 1920
d) 26 January 1930
Answer: b) 13 April 1919

21–30: Gandhian Era and Early Movements

Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in:
a) 1914
b) 1915
c) 1916
d) 1917
Answer: b) 1915
Gandhi’s first major movement in India was at:
a) Champaran
b) Kheda
c) Ahmedabad
d) Dandi
Answer: a) Champaran
The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched in:
a) 1919
b) 1920
c) 1921
d) 1922
Answer: b) 1920
The Khilafat Movement was led by:
a) Lala Lajpat Rai
b) Ali brothers
c) Sardar Patel
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: b) Ali brothers
Which event caused Gandhi to call off the Non-Cooperation Movement?
a) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
b) Salt March
c) Chauri Chaura incident
d) Quit India Movement
Answer: c) Chauri Chaura incident
The Civil Disobedience Movement started in:
a) 1930
b) 1931
c) 1935
d) 1942
Answer: a) 1930
What was the main focus of the Dandi March?
a) Boycott foreign cloth
b) Break the salt law
c) Protest land taxes
d) Demand women’s rights
Answer: b) Break the salt law
When did the Quit India Movement begin?
a) 1939
b) 1940
c) 1942
d) 1945
Answer: c) 1942
Which slogan is associated with the Quit India Movement?
a) “Do or Die”
b) “Jai Hind”
c) “Inquilab Zindabad”
d) “Satyameva Jayate”
Answer: a) “Do or Die”
Who founded the Indian National Army (INA)?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Chandrashekhar Azad
d) Sardar Patel
Answer: b) Subhas Chandra Bose

Later Movements and Partition

(These questions continue covering Gandhian movements, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Partition)

The Cabinet Mission arrived in India in:
a) 1942
b) 1946
c) 1947
d) 1948
Answer: b) 1946
The Muslim League’s demand for Pakistan was formalized in:
a) 1939
b) 1940
c) 1942
d) 1946
Answer: b) 1940
The INA attempted to enter India through:
a) Bengal
b) Punjab
c) Kohima and Imphal
d) Bombay
Answer: c) Kohima and Imphal

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When did the Indian National Congress found?
a) 1878
b) 1885
c) 1905
d) 1920
Answer: b) 1885
Who among these was not a Moderate leader?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Surendranath Banerjee
Answer: b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The Vernacular Press Act was passed in:
a) 1857
b) 1878
c) 1883
d) 1909
Answer: b) 1878
What was the slogan given by Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
a) “Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it”
b) “Jai Hind”
c) “Inquilab Zindabad”
d) “Quit India”
Answer: a) “Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it”
The Rowlatt Act was passed in:
a) 1915
b) 1918
c) 1919
d) 1921
Answer: c) 1919
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred in which city?
a) Delhi
b) Amritsar
c) Lahore
d) Bombay
Answer: b) Amritsar
Who led the Khilafat Movement?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Ali brothers
c) Bhagat Singh
d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: b) Ali brothers
Who gave the call for the Salt March?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Sardar Patel
Answer: c) Mahatma Gandhi
In which year did the Non-Cooperation Movement begin?
a) 1919
b) 1920
c) 1922
d) 1923
Answer: b) 1920
The Quit India Movement was launched in:
a) 1930
b) 1942
c) 1945
d) 1947
Answer: b) 1942
The Ilbert Bill was introduced in:
a) 1882
b) 1883
c) 1884
d) 1885
Answer: b) 1883
Who established the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA)?
a) Bhagat Singh
b) Chandrashekhar Azad
c) Sukhdev
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
What was the main demand of the Lucknow Pact?
a) Immediate independence
b) Hindu-Muslim unity
c) Boycott of British goods
d) Abolition of salt tax
Answer: b) Hindu-Muslim unity
The Partition of Bengal was carried out in:
a) 1903
b) 1904
c) 1905
d) 1906
Answer: c) 1905
What was the aim of the Swadeshi Movement?
a) Promote Indian goods
b) Promote British goods
c) Abolish zamindari
d) Reduce taxes
Answer: a) Promote Indian goods

10 True/False Questions

The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 allowed Indians to freely express their views.
False
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a leader of the Moderates.
False
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in 1919.
True
The Quit India Movement was started during the Second World War.
True
The Muslim League was established in 1885.
False
Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement by breaking the salt law.
True
The Rowlatt Act allowed imprisonment without trial.
True
Subhas Chandra Bose believed in non-violence like Gandhiji.
False
The Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946 suggested the Partition of India.
False
Dadabhai Naoroji wrote the book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.
True

10 Match the Following

Column A	Column B
1. Dadabhai Naoroji	a. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak	b. Vernacular Press Act
3. Ali Brothers	c. Swaraj is my birthright
4. Rowlatt Act	d. Non-Cooperation Movement
5. Jallianwala Bagh	e. 1919 massacre in Amritsar
6. Bhagat Singh	f. Khilafat Movement
7. Mahatma Gandhi	g. Integration of princely states
8. Lord Curzon	h. Civil Disobedience Movement
9. Subhas Chandra Bose	i. Partition of Bengal
10. Sardar Patel	j. Azad Hind Fauj

Answers:
1 – b, 2 – c, 3 – f, 4 – d, 5 – e, 6 – a, 7 – j, 8 – g, 9 – h, 10 – i

5 Assertion-Reasoning Questions

Assertion (A): The Indian National Congress was formed in 1885.
Reason (R): A.O. Hume wanted to unite Indians under one platform.
Answer: Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
Assertion (A): The Rowlatt Act caused widespread unrest in India.
Reason (R): It allowed detention of Indians without trial.
Answer: Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
Assertion (A): The Quit India Movement failed to achieve immediate independence.
Reason (R): The movement was suppressed by the British with violence.
Answer: Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
Assertion (A): The Partition of Bengal was opposed by all Indians.
Reason (R): It was seen as a British attempt to divide and rule.
Answer: Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
Assertion (A): The Khilafat Movement weakened Hindu-Muslim unity.
Reason (R): It was primarily a religious issue for Muslims.
Answer: A is false, but R is true.

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