Mahatma Gandhi & the Nationalist Movement: Class 12 Previous Year Questions

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1. _________ Page 21 of 32 { } 30. (a) “Non-Cooperation Movement became an epoch in the life of Mahatma Gandhi and that of India.” Explain the statement of Louis Fisher with examples. 8 OR (b) ‘Gandhiji started the Salt March for various reasons and it resulted i…
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2. _________ Page 19 of 32 { } 26. “Mahatma Gandhiji with the Charkha has become the most abiding image of Indian Nationalism.” Substantiate this statement with examples. 3 _________ Page 20 of 32 { } 27. (a) 1857      (10 )     …
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3. Page 17 of 32 18. Arrange the following historical events in a correct chronological order and choose the correct option : 1 I. Making of the Constituent Assembly II. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre III. Quit India Movement IV. Gandhi-Irwin Pact Options : (A) II, II…
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4. Page 23 of 32 30. (a) Analyse the impact of national movement in India from 1915 to 1931 on the Indian masses. 8 OR (b) Analyse the role of Gandhiji after independence of India. 8 Page 24 of 32 – 3 4 = 12 31.           …
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5. Page 25 of 32 33. Read the following source carefully and answer the questions that follow : 1 + 1 + 2 = 4 Why the Salt Satyagraha ? Why was salt the symbol of protest ? This is what Mahatma Gandhi wrote : The volume of information being gained daily shows how…
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6. Page 17 of 32 20. On whose of the following advice Gandhiji spent a year in travelling around British India for getting to know the land and its people before entering into politics ? 1 (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (C) Lala Lajpat Rai (D) …
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7. Why did Gandhi call for a nationwide campaign against the ‘Rowlatt Act’ ? Choose the appropriate option from the following : 1 (A) The British Government closed all the schools and colleges. (B) The first World War came to an end. (C) British Govt. permitted d…
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9. (a) Examine the reasons and outcomes of the Salt Satyagraha. 4+4=8 OR (b) Examine the causes and events of Quit India Movement. 4+4=8 14 IÊS> K (òmoV-AmYm[aV àíZ) 3 4=12 31. {XE JE òmoV JE àíZm| Ho$ CÎma {b{IE : 1+1+2=4 r H$mo nH$ ¶h {bIm h¡ : hmWr dZm| Ho$ g§…
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10. (a) How did ·Salt Satyagraha' of Gandhiji become the All-India campaign in opposition to the British ? Explain with examples. OR (b) "As a consequence of the Non-cooperation Movement the British Raj was shaken to its foundation for the first time since the Rev…
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11. On the given political outline Map of India, locate and label any one of the following with appropriate symbol. (I) (a) The State where Gandhiji withdrew Non-Cooperation Movement. OR (b) The State where Gandhiji started Satyagraha for the Kheda peasants. (II) …
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12. Page 9 10. (10.1) On the given political outline map of India (on page 11), locate and label any one of the following with appropriate symbol : (a) The place where Gandhiji withdrew Non-Cooperation Movement. 1 OR (b) The place where Gandhiji started Satyagraha…
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13. (a· Explain the reasons of initiating the Non-Cooperation Movement by Gandhiji. OR (b) Explain the reasons that led to the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930.
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14. Read the case given below and answer the questions that follow : 1 + 1 + 2 = 4 Charkha Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly critical of the modern age in which machines enslaved humans and displaced labour. He saw the charkha as a symbol of a human society that would…
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15. Describe the major events that took place after Quit India movement that ultimately resulted in India's partition. 8 OR List the various sources Rita may use to make a project about the major events of the Indian National Movement.
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16. What were the unique characteristics or circumstances that made the Quit India Movement more intense and impactful than the preceding movements for independence in India? 8 OR Discuss the factors that led to salt becoming a unifying symbol during India's strug…
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17. Gandhiji encouraged the communication of the nationalist message in mother tongue rather than in language of the ruler, analyse, how he knitted the non-cooperation movement with this philosophy. OR The initiatives in Champaran, Ahmedabad and Kheda marked Gandh…
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18. A Prove that Gandhiji’s appeal among the poor, and peasants in particular, was enhanced by his ascetic lifestyle, and by his use of symbols such as the dhoti and the charkha. Examine how the masses perceived his ‘miraculous’ powers, in the light of the stateme…
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19. Critically examine how the coming of Mahatma Gandhi changed the nature of the Indian National Movement. [6]
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20. Read the following source carefully and answer the questions that follow: 'Gandhi, along with other nationalists, was deeply angered by the Rowlatt Act. In February 1919, he established the Satyagraha Sabha, a group of individuals who pledged to defy the Act a…
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