Test: Nationalism in India - 1 - Class 10 MCQ

• The act gave enormous power to the government that it can repress political activities and political leaders can be arrested and kept in prison without trials for two years.
• This means that the person who is kept in prison will not go to court and there will not be any type of action to free him for two years.

The assertion is true because Mahatma Gandhi did indeed use Satyagraha as a novel method of mass agitation. Satyagraha involved nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to bring about social and political change.

The reason provided is also true, as Gandhi did believe in the principle of non-violence (Ahimsa) and made it a central tenet of his philosophy. However, the reason alone does not provide a direct or specific explanation for why he used Satyagraha. While his belief in non-violence influenced his choice of method.

Therefore, the correct answer is 2. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.

In 1917 Gandhiji led the movement in Kheda district of Gujarat, demanding relaxation of the revenue tax owing to the poverty experienced by the farmers because of the outbreak of plague and crop failure.

In the non cooperation movement, liquor shops were blocked so that nobody could purchase it.

►Here Picket is a word used for protesting by blocking shops.

Gandhiji decided to launch a nationwide Satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act, 1919, because:

• It gave enormous power to the government and no power to the leaders.
• This law was hurriedly passed even after the united opposition by the Indians and other Indian leaders.
• It allowed the detention of political leaders without any trial for three years.
• It means that the British Government can arrest any Indian leader without any proof of crime.

Hence Reason has nothing to do with the Assertion part.

• For export to other nations, the East India Company employed workers to extensively grow commercial crop, and bought it from them at very low prices.
• This was resented by the plantation workers. Added to this was the inhuman living conditions they were subjected to.
• So, MK Gandhi went to Champaran, Bihar in 1916 to organise a Satyagraha among the plantation workers.

For plantation worker, in assam, freedom means to move freely. When workers heard of the non-cooperation movement, thousands of workers defied the authorities, left the plantation, and started moving towards their homes.

Here both statements are true.
But reason is not appropriate because the reason should be related to why we started wearing khadi so the correct reason should be that khaadi is cloth material which was made in india only, we were not wearing the British cloth material so as not to cooperate with them.

• Simon Commission was a group appointed in November 1927 by the British government under Stanley Baldwin to report on the working of the Indian constitution established by the Government of India Act of 1919 and suggest reforms.
• The commission was boycotted by the Indian National Congress and most other Indian political parties as there was no Indian member in the Commission.

The Simon Commission was opposed primarily because it did not have any Indian representation in the assemblage. The government of Britain had appointed this Commission in 1927. The goal of the Simon Commission was to give an account of how the Indian constitution was working.