Delhi Public School Assignment - Social Science - Term 2

**DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL-BOPAL,AHMEDABAD** **2024-25** **CLASS: VIII SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE TERM-2 CYCLE - 17 CHAPTER - THE MAKING OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT: 1870s---1947** **MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:** 1. Which of the following did the Swadeshi movement discourage? a. National education b. N...

**DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL-BOPAL,AHMEDABAD** **2024-25** **CLASS: VIII SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE TERM-2 CYCLE - 17 CHAPTER - THE MAKING OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT: 1870s---1947** **MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:** 1. Which of the following did the Swadeshi movement discourage? a. National education b. Native enterprise c. Civil service d. Use of Indian languages 2. What area of expenditure increased after WW1 for the British Indian government? a. Textile b. Mining c. Defence d. All of the above 3. Who committed the Jallianwalabagh atrocities? a. General Dyer b. Major Dyer c. General Atkins d. General Collins 4. *Purna Swaraj* was declared under the presidentship of which leader? a. Chittaranjan Das b. Jawaharlal Nehru c. Motilal Nehru d. Bhagat Singh 5. The \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ turned out to be the first all-India struggle against the British government. a. Non-cooperation movement b. Rowlatt Satyagraha c. Both a and b d. None of the above 6. Where did Gandhi lead a successful millworkers' strike? a. Kheda b. Champaran c. Kanpur d. Ahmedabad 7. The Swadeshi movement, strongest in Bengal but with echoes elsewhere too -- in deltaic Andhra for instance, it was known as the Bharat bachao Movement. **(T/F)** 8. The need for an all-India organisation of educated Indians had been felt since 1870. **(T/F)** 9. Match the following: -- -- -- -- 10. **Identify the freedom fighter:** a. Lala Lajpat Rai b. Bal Gangadhar Tilak c. Dadabhai Naoroji d. Bipin Chandra Pal 11. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was founded by \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. a. Badrudin Tyabji b. Bhagat Singh c. A O Hume d. Annie Besant 12. Congress supported the British in the 1st World War as they were critical of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. 13. The \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ was broken by Gandhi in Dandi. 14. Gandhiji called off the Non-Cooperation movement because of violence in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. 15. Arrange in chronological order: a. The British sent a three-member Cabinet to suggest a political framework. b. Muslim League decided on mass agitation for Pakistan. c. Congress did well in the General elections. d. Congress rejected the idea of a joint government with Muslim League a. i, iii, ii, iv b. iv, iii, ii, i c. iv, iii, i, ii d. ii, iii, i, iv 16. Where did riots break out on *Direct Action day*? a. Bombay b. Calcutta c. Madras d. Dhaka 17. Who persuaded Gandhiji to allow women to participate in the freedom struggle? a. Ambabai b. Annie Besant c. Preetilata Wadedar d. Sarojini Naidu 18. *Khudai Khidmatgars* was founded by \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. a. Shaukat Ali b. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan c. Maulana Azad d. Liaquat Ali Khan 19. Provincial autonomy was prescribed under \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of 1935. a. Rowlatt Act b. Vernacular Press Act c. Government of India Act d. Arms Act 20. What was the aim of the Vernacular Press Act? a. Newspapers in mother-tongue were allowed to be printed b. Freed of press was granted c. Criticism of the government was to be silenced. d. None of the above Answer in brief: 1.What was the Ilbert Bill? 2\. **Write a brief note on government of India Act 1935.** 3\. Why did Gandhiji call off the Non-cooperation Movement? Answer in detail: 1.Write a brief note on Khilafat Movement. 2\. What caused the Partition of Bengal and its consequences? 3\. What were the demands of Congress in the early years?