Assignment

Very short questions(1x1)

1. What is forced recruitment ?

2. What was Champaran movement ? When was it started ?

3. When was ‘Rowlatt Act’ passed ?

4. What was decided in Calcutta session of congress in September 1920 ?

5. Who has written the book ‘HIND SWARAJ’ and when ?

6. In which session of congress ‘Non-Cooperation’ programme was adopted ?

7. What was the objective of General Dyer in opening fire on the crowd in Jallianwala Bagh?

8. Who was the spiritual head of Islamic world ?

9. Name the famous brothers who were Muslim leaders in 1919 ?

10. Who participated in the Non-cooperation movement ?

11. Which party did not Boycott the council elections and why ?

12. What do mean by ‘Boycott’ ?

13. What is Begar ?

14. What is Picketing ?

15. Who was Alluri Sita Ram Raju ?

16. Who formed Swaraj Party ? What was its aim ?

17. Who constituted The Statutory Commission under Sir John Simon?

18. When Lord Irwin proposed ‘Dominion Status’ for India ?

19. In which congress session ‘Purna Swaraj’ was demanded and when?

20. When Mahatma Gandhi wrote a letter to Lord Irwin stating eleven demands?

21. When Gandhi Irwin Pact was done?

22. When the Civil Disobedience Movement called off ?

23. When ‘Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress’ was established ?

24. When and how Chauri Chaura event happened ?

25. When Civil Disobedience was relaunched ?

26. When did Mahatma Gandhi break the Salt Law ?

27. To whom Mahatma Gandhi called ‘HARIJAN’ ?

28. Who organised the Dalits into The Depressed Classes Association and when ?

29. What are the features of Bharat Mata painted by Abanindranath Tagore ?

30. Who published ‘The Folklore of Southern India’ and when?

Short answer type(1x3)

1. Describe Mahatma Gandhi’s views on satyagraha.

2. "Rowlatt Act was a Black Act." Examine the statement.

3  Describe the events that led to the Non-cooperation movement in support of Khilafat as well as Swaraj.

4. Why did the Congress decide to launch the Civil Disobedience Movement?

5. Describe the different stages in the Non-cooperation movement proposed by Mahatma Gandhi. How public was mobilised ?

6. What was the Khilafat Movement ? Why did Gandhiji consider it important to raise the Khilafat Issue ?

7. Write a short note on Alluri Sitaram Raju.

8. Discuss Swaraj in Plantation.

9. Write a short note on ‘Simon Commission.

10. Who formed The Swaraj Party and why ?

11. Write a short note on 'Salt Satyagraha'.

12. “Swaraj meant different things to different people”. Discuss.

13. Discuss the views of Mahatma Gandhi on Untouchability. 

14. Describe the activities that took place in the first phase of Civil Disobedience Movement.

15. Explain the reasons for the lukewarm response of some Muslim organisations to the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Long Answer Questions{5 Marks Questions}

1. Write the events that finally lead ‘The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre’ on 13th  April 1919.

2. Describe the limits of Civil Disobedience Movement.

3. Describe the Non-cooperation Movement in towns? What were its effects? Why does it slow down later?

4. How did people belonging to different communities, regions or language groups develop a sense of collective belonging in India ?           

5. Describe the events leading to the Salt Movement and Civil Disobedience Movement.