Class 12 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond Mock Test (CBSE)

Topics in Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond

• A leader announces himself
• The making and unmaking of non-cooperation
• Knowing Gandhi
• The Salt Satyagraha: a case study
• Dialogues and the Round Table Conferences
• Quit India
• The last heroic days
• Knowing Gandhi: sources

Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond practice questions with answers

1. Q1Multiple choice·1 mark
   Which mass movement against British rule was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in August 1942, immediately after the failure of the Cripps Mission?

   1. (a)Khilafat Movement
   2. (b)Quit India Movement
   3. (c)Non-Cooperation Movement
   4. (d)Civil Disobedience Movement
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   1. Correct option: (b) Quit India Movement+1

   Answer: (b)
2. Q2Multiple choice·1 mark
   Mahatma Gandhi spent his final heroic days trying to bring about communal peace and harmony in which riot-torn region during 1946-1947?

   1. (a)Champaran
   2. (b)Kheda
   3. (c)Noakhali
   4. (d)Bardoli
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   1. Correct option: (c) Noakhali+1

   Answer: (c)
3. Q3Short answer·2 marks
   Identify any two distinct types of historical sources used by historians to reconstruct the political career and philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, and briefly explain the unique perspective each source provides.
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   1. First source type, any one of: Gandhi's own speeches and writings (e.g. in Harijan or Young India); private letters; autobiographies; government records such as police fortnightly reports; contemporary newspapers; or any other valid source type.+0.5
   2. Its perspective: speeches and writings give his public voice and ideas; letters reveal private thoughts, feelings and disagreements; autobiographies give the writer's recollection, shaped by memory; government records show how officials saw (or wished to see) the movement; newspapers record events and public opinion, coloured by their own bias.+0.5
   3. Second source type, a different one from the same list.+0.5
   4. Its perspective, as described above.+0.5

   Answer: Any two of: Gandhi's speeches and writings (his public voice), private letters (private thoughts), autobiographies (personal recollection), government records such as police fortnightly reports (the official view), newspapers (events and public opinion, with their biases), each with its perspective.
4. Q4Short answer·2 marks
   Identify two important types of historical sources used by historians to reconstruct the political career and philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, and briefly explain the significance of each.
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   1. First source type, any one of: Gandhi's own speeches and writings (e.g. in Harijan or Young India); private letters; autobiographies; government records such as police fortnightly reports; contemporary newspapers; or any other valid source type.+0.5
   2. Its significance: speeches and writings give his public voice and ideas; letters reveal private thoughts and feelings; autobiographies give the writer's recollection, shaped by memory; government records show how officials saw (or wished to see) the movement; newspapers record events and public opinion, coloured by their own bias.+0.5
   3. Second source type, a different one from the same list.+0.5
   4. Its significance, as described above.+0.5

   Answer: Any two of: Gandhi's speeches and writings (his public voice), private letters (private thoughts), autobiographies (personal recollection), government records such as police fortnightly reports (the official view), newspapers (events and public opinion, with their biases), each with its significance.

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