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Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement — Class 12 History PYQs

51 questions from this chapter, asked in 9 Class 12 exams between 2016–2025 — every question paper set included, duplicates removed.

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2016–2025years covered

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Q1MCQ2025

Arrange the following historical events in a correct chronological order and choose the correct option :
I. Making of the Constituent Assembly
II. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
III. Quit India Movement
IV. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Options :

(A)II, III, I and IV
(B)II, IV, III and I
(C)III, II, I and IV
(D)IV, III, I and II
Q2MCQ2025

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 ?

(A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C)Lala Lajpat Rai
(D)Bipin Chandra Pal
Q3MCQ2025

Why did Gandhi call for a nationwide campaign against the 'Rowlatt Act' ? Choose the appropriate option from the following :

(A)The British Government closed all the schools and colleges.
(B)The first World War came to an end.
(C)British Govt. permitted detention without trial.
(D)People expected independence from the British.
Q4MCQ2025
(A)Analyse the impact of national movement in India from 1915 to 1931 on the Indian masses. OR
(B)Analyse the role of Gandhiji after independence of India.
Q5MCQ2025
(A)"The Salt march was the movement that brought Gandhiji to the world attention." Analyse the statement. OR
(B)"As a consequence of the Non-Cooperation Movement, the British Raj was shaken to its foundation, for the first time since the revolt of 1857." Analyse the statement.

Read the following source carefully and answer the questions that follow :
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 wickedly the salt tax has been designed. In order to prevent the use of salt that has not paid the tax which is at times even fourteen times its value, the Government destroys the salt it cannot sell profitably. Thus it taxes the nation's vital necessity ; it prevents the public from manufacturing it and destroys what nature manufactures without effort. No adjective is strong enough for characterizing this wicked dog-in-the-manger policy. From various sources, I hear tales of such wanton destruction of the nation's property in all parts of India. Maunds if not tons of salt are said to be destroyed on the Konkan coast. The same tale comes from Dandi. Wherever there is likelihood of natural salt being taken away by the people living in the neighbourhood of such areas for their personal use, salt officers are posted for the sole purpose of carrying on destruction. Thus valuable national property is destroyed at national expense and salt taken out of the mouths of the people.
The salt monopoly is thus a fourfold curse. It deprives the people of a valuable easy village industry, involves wanton destruction of property that nature produces in abundance, the destruction itself means more national expenditure and fourthly, to crown this folly, an unheard of tax of more than 1,000 per cent is exacted from a starving people.
This tax has remained so long because of the apathy of the general public. Now that it is sufficiently roused, the tax has to go. How soon it will be abolished depends upon the strength the people.
The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (CWMG), Vol. 49
32.1 Why was salt law disliked by the masses ?
32.2 Why were salt officers appointed by the British Government ?
32.3 Why did Lord Irwin fail to understand the significance of Salt March ?

Q7MCQ2024

Two statements as Assertion

(A)is incorrect, but Reason (R) is correct.
(B)Both Assertion
(C)Assertion
(D)Assertion
Q8MCQ2024
(A)"There are many different kinds of sources from which we can reconstruct the political career of Gandhiji and the history of the Indian nationalist movement." Examine the statement. OR
(B)Examine the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi towards nation building after the independence of India.
Q9MCQ2024

Who among the following belonged to the group of 'Moderates' of the Indian National Congress ?

(A)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B)Lala Lajpat Rai
(C)Bipin Chandra Pal
(D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Q10MCQ2024
(A)"Quit India Movement challenged the British rule and shaped the course of Indian Independence." Justify the statement. OR
(B)"Mahatma Gandhi's role was significant in the Non-Cooperation Movement." Justify the statement.

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