10th Standard, Social, History, Chapter – 18
THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE
EXERCISES
I Fill in the blanks with suitable words:
1. The Indian National Congress was established in the year 1885.
2. The person who talked about the ‘Drain theory’ was Dadabhai Naoroji.
3. ‘Swarajya is my birth right’ was declared by Lokamanya Balgangadhara Tilak.
4. The Ali brothers started the Khilafat movement.
5. Separate nation for Muslims was proposed by Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
6. The Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress that took place in 1929 was presided by Jawaharlal Nehru.
7. Mahad tank and Kalaram temple movement was organised by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
8. The Jhansi regiment of Indian National Army was headed by Captain Lakshmi.
9. The place where Gandhiji carried out the Salt Satyagraha was Dandi in Surat.
10. Quit India movement was carried out in the year 1942.
II Fill in the blanks with given alternatives:
11. Founder of the Indian National Congress was _________.
a) Mahathma Gandiji b) A.O.Hume
c) Balagangadhara Tilak d) Gopalkrishna Gokhale
Answer: A.O.Hume
12. Publisher of ‘Maratha’ Paper was _________.
a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Ras Bihari Bose
c) Balagangadhara Tilak d) V.D. Savarkar
Answer: Balagangadhara Tilak
13. Swaraj Party was established in the year _________.
a) 1924 b) 1923
c) 1929 d) 1906
Answer: 1923
14. President of Indian National Congress of Haripura session was _________.
a) Sardar valbha Bhai Patel b) Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
c) Lal Lajapath Roy d) Subhashchandra Bose
Answer: ) Subhash Chandra Bose
15. Iron man of India was _________.
a) Bhagath Sing b) Chandrashekar Azad
c) Abul Kalam Azad d) Sardar Valbahi Patel
Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
III Discuss the following in groups and answer them:
16. Which were the organizations in India before the establishment of the Indian National Congress?
Answer: The organizations in India before the establishment of the Indian National Congress were as follows.
- ‘The Hindu Mela’,
- ‘The East India Association’,
- ‘Poona Sarvajanik Sabha’
- ‘The Indian Association’
17. What were the demands put forward by moderates to the British?
Answer: The demands put forward by moderates to the British are,
- development of industries
- reduction of military expenses
- improvement in educational standards
- forcing the British government to take up studies about poverty in the country
18. Analyse the drain theory.
Answer: The transfer of Indian wealth to England and called it as Drain Theory. The moderates critically analysed the ill-effects of the British rule in India. They placed before the people facts and figures about the drain of Indian wealth into England. Dadabhai Naoroji explained about the transfer of Indian wealth to England and called it as Drain Theory. He maintained that encouraging imports and reducing exports created a situation unfavourable to India, leading to drain of wealth. Since India had to bear the burden of paying wages, pension and administrative expenses of British officials, a lot of wealth was flowing into England. The Age of Moderates is also called the Age of Generous Nationalism.
19. Name the revolutionaries in freedom movement.
Answer: V.D.Savarkar, Aurobindo Ghosh, Shyamji Krishna Verma, Madam Cama, Khudiram Bose, Ramaprasad Bismil, Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekar Azad, Subhash Chandra Bose and Rani Lakshmi Bhai were prominent revolutionary leaders in freedom movement.
20. Explain the role of Balagangadhar Tilak in the freedom struggle.
Answer:
21. What were the reasons for withdrawing of partition of Bengal?
22. Describe Chowri-Chowra incident.
23. Describe the Salt Satyagraha.
24. What were the reasons for the failure of the Quit India movement?
25. Name the revolutionaries who took part in the Indian freedom struggle.
26. What was the result of the second Round Table Conference?
27. Give an account of the achievements of Subhash Chandra Bose in the independence struggle.
28. Describe the tribal revolts in the Indian freedom struggle.
III Activities:
1. Collect pictures of freedom fighters and prepare an album.
2. With the help of the internet, collect pictures and information about Jallianwallah Bagh tragedy and Dandi satyagraha.
3. Arrange lectures on Gandhiji’s policies of satyagraha and non-violence.
IV Project :
1. Enact dramas depicting patriotism in your school.
