One Mark Questions Answers

EXERCISE

I. Choose the correct answer

1. Which one of the following was launched by Haji Shariatullah in 1818 in East Bengal?

a) Wahhabi Rebellion

b) Farazi Movement

c) Tribal uprising

d) Kol Revolt

Ans: (b)

2. Who declared that “Land belongs to God” and collecting rent or tax on it was against divine law?

a) Titu Mir

b) Sidhu

c) Dudu Mian

d) Shariatullah

Ans: (c)

3. Who were driven out of their homeland during the process of creation of Zamins under Permanent Settlement?

a) Santhals

b) Titu Mir

c) Munda

d) Kol

Ans: (a)

4. Find out the militant nationalist from the following.

a) Dadabhai Naoroji

b) Justice Govind Ranade

c) Bipin Chandra pal

d) Romesh Chandra

Ans: (c)

5. When did the Partition of Bengal come into effect?

a) 19 June 1905

b) 18 July 1906

c) 19 August 1907

d) 16 October 1905

Ans: (d)

6. What was the context in which the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act was passed?

a) Kol Revolt

b) Indigo Revolt

c) Munda Rebellion

d) Deccan Riots

Ans: (c)

7. Who set up the first Home Rule League in April 1916?

a) Annie Basant

b) Bipin Chandra Pal

c) Lala Lajpat Rai

d) Tilak

Ans: (d)

8. Who drew the attention of the British to the suffering of Indigo cultivation through his play Nil darpan?

a) Dina Bandhu Mitra

b) Romesh Chandra Dutt

c) Dadabhai Naoroji

d) Birsa Munda

Ans: (a)

II. Fill in the blanks

1. Wahhabi rebellion was an anti–imperial and anti-landlord movement which originated in and around 1827.

2. The major tribal revolt which took place in Chotanagpur region was Kol revolt.

3. The Chotanagpur Tenancy Act, restricted the entry of non-tribal people into the tribal land.

4. Chota Nagpur Act was passed in the year 1908.

5. W.C. Bannerjee was elected the president of Indian National Congress in the year 1885.

III. Choose the correct statement

1. (i) The Company received ₹ 22.5 million from Mir Jafar and invested it to propel the industrial revolution in Britain.

(ii) Kols organized an insurrection in 1831-1832, which was directed against government officers and moneylenders.

(iii) In 1855, two Santhal brothers, Sidhu and Kanu, led the Santhal Rebellion.

(iv) In 1879, an Act was passed to regulate the territories occupied by the Santhals.

a) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct

b) (iii) and (iii) are correct

c) (iii) and (iv) are correct

d) (i) and (iv) are correct

Ans: (a)

2. (i) One of the most significant contributions of the early Indian Nationalists was the formulation of an economic critique of colonialism.

(ii) The early Congress leaders stated that the religious exploitation in India was the primary reason for the growing poverty.

(iii) One of the goals of the moderate Congress leaders was to achieve Swaraj or self-rule.

(iv) The objective of Partition of Bengal was to curtail the Bengali influence and weaken the nationalist movement.

a) (i) and (iii) are correct

b) (i), (iii), and (iv) are correct

c) (ii) and (iii) are correct

d) (iii) and (iv) are correct

Ans: (b)

3. Assersion (A): Under colonial rule, for the first time in Indian history, government claimed a direct proprietary right over forests.

Reason (R): Planters used intimidation and violence to compel farmers to grow indigo.

a) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A

b) Both (A) and (R) are wrong

c) Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

d) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct

Ans: (a)

4. Assersion (A): The Revolt of 1857 was brutally suppressed by the British army.

Reason (R): The failure of the rebellion was due to the absence of Central authority.

a) Both (A) and (R) are wrong

b) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct

c) Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

d) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A

Ans: (c)

IV. Match the following

1. Wahhabi Rebellion - Lucknow

2. Munda Rebellion - Peshwa Baji Rao II

3. Begum Hazarat Mahal - Titu Mir

4. Kunwar Singh - Ranchi

5. Nana Sahib - Bihar

Answer: 

1. Wahhabi Rebellion - Titu Mir

2. Munda Rebellion - Ranchi

3. Begum Hazarat Mahal - Lucknow

4. Kunwar Singh - Bihar

5. Nana Sahib - Peshwa Baji Rao II