Well structured WBBSE Class 10 History MCQ Questions Chapter 7 Movements Organized by Women, Students, and Marginal People in 20th Century India can serve as a valuable review tool before exams.
Movements Organized by Women, Students, and Marginal People in 20th Century India Class 10 WBBSE MCQ Questions
Multiple Choice Questions (Tick off the correct ones)
Question 1.
In which of the following novels appears the emotional hymn. Bande Mataram?
a. Rajsingha
b. Durgeshnandini
c. Anandamath
d. Kapalakundala
Answer:
c. Anandamath
Question 2.
Of the following who spread the gospel of nationalism in Punjab?
a. Sarojini Naidu
b. Saraladebi Choudhurani
c. Basanti Devi
d. Ashalata Sen
Answer:
b. Saraladebi Choudhurani
Question 3.
Of the following who edited the journal Antahpur between 1901 and 1904 ?
a. Saraladebi Choudhurani
b. Basanti Debi
c. Hemantakumari Choudhury
d. Ashalata Sen
Answer:
c. Hemantakumari Choudhury
Question 4.
Foundation of which of the following was laid in Calcutta on the day of the Partition of Bengal ?
a. Federation Hall
b. Mahajati Sadan
c. Town Hall
d. None of the above
Answer:
a. Federation Hall
Question 5.
Of the following who became the first lady President of the Indian National Congress?
a. Saraladebi Choudhurani
b. Neli Sengupta
c. Hemantakumari Choudhury
d. Annie Besant
Answer:
d Annie Besant
Question 6.
One of the women who led the Bengali women in the Non Cooperation Movement was :
a. Neli Sengupta
b. Basanti Debi
c. Hemantakumari Choudhury
d. Ashalata Sen
Answer:
b. Basanti Debi
Question 7.
Of the following who was the first Indian women to become the President of the Indian National Congress?
a. Urmila Debi
b. Basanti Debi
c. Sarojini Naidu
d. Padmaja Naidu
Answer:
c. Sarojini Naidu
Question 8.
Of the following one of the women leaders who promoted women’s welfare and training in some useful crafts during the Civil Disobedience Movement was :
a. Nabashashi Sen
b. Basanti Debi
c. Hemantakumari Choudhury d Ashalata Sen
Answer:
c. Hemantakumari Choudhury
Question 9.
Of the following who gave the lead to capture the court and police station of Tamluk ?
a. Nabashashi Sen
b. Basanti Debi
c. Hemantakumari Choudhury
d. Matangini Hazra
Answer:
d Matangini Hazra
Question 10.
Of the following who set up a radio transmitter, known as the Voice of Freedom during the Quit India Movement?
a. Swarup Rani Nehru
b. Sarojini Naidu
c. Usha Mehta
d None of the above
Answer:
c. Usha Mehta
Question 11.
Of the following who organized the Dipali Sangha during the Non Co-operation Movement ?
a. Nabashashi Sen
b. Pritilata Waddedar
c. Leela Roy
d. Ashalata Sen
Answer:
c. Leela Roy
Question 12.
Which of the following aimed at inculcating self-reliance among women and guide them to sort out their own problem?
a. Dipali Sangha
b. Suhrid Samiti
c. Bamabodhini
d. Anushilan Samiti
Answer:
a. Dipali Sangha
Question 13.
Of the following who led seven boy-revolutionaries to make a daring attack upon the Europeans at Assam-Bengal Railway European Club at Chittagong?
a. Matangini Hazra
b. Pritilata Waddedar
c. Bina Das
d. Ashalata Sen
Answer:
b. Pritilata Waddedar
Question 14.
Of the following who became associated with the Chhatri Sangha, a female students’ association, from her very youth days?
a. Bina Das
b. Pritilata Waddedar
c. Kalpana Datta
d Matangini Hazra
Answer:
c. Kalpana Datta
Question 15.
Of the following who was the leader of the Chittagong Armoury raid?
a. Pritilata Waddedar
b. Surya Sen
c. Loknath Bal
d Ashalata Sen
Answer:
b. Surya Sen
Question 16.
Of the following who was the commander of the women regiment of the Azad Hind Fauj ?
a. Lakshmi Sehgal
b. Pritilata Waddedar
c. Kalpana Das
d. Shanti of Comilla
Answer:
a. Lakshmi Sehgal
Question 17.
Of the following who became the first student martyr durin? the Non Co-operation Movement when he was arresied ‘ by the British police?
a. Birendranath Sasmal
b. Gunadhar Hazra
c. Surya Sen
d. Matangini Hazra
Answer:
b Gunadhar Hazra
Question 18.
Of the following who organized the Anti-Circular Society ?
a. Surendranath Banerjee
c. Sachindra Prasad Basu
b Sachindra Prasad Mukherjee
d. Dinabandhu Mitra
Answer:
c. Sachindra Prasad Basu
Question 19.
In Calcutta who was instrumental in organizing women students for participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement?
a. Nabashashi Sen
b. Basanti Debi
c. Hemantakumari Choudhury
d. Bina Das
Answer:
d. Bina Das
Question 20.
To which of the following revolutionary a organization belonged Benoy-Badal-Dinesh?
a. Suhrid Samiti
b. Anushilan Samiti
c. Bengal Volunteers
d. Brati Samiti
Answer:
c. Bengal Volunteers
Question 21.
Of the following who was a great social reformer of Maharashtra?
a. Jyotiba Phule
b. Rammohan Roy
c. Saraladebi Choudhurani
d. Ashalata Sen
Answer:
a. Jyotiba Phule
Question 22.
Of the following who organized the Mahad Satyagraha?
a. Jyotiba Phule
b. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
c. Veersalingam Pantulu
d. Keshab Chandra Sen
Answer:
b. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
Question 23.
Of the following what inspired the Namasudras to hold their heads high?
a. Buddhism
b. Jainism
c. Bhakti Movement
d. Sufism
Answer:
c. Bhakti Movement
Question 24.
Of the following who is regarded as the Father of Namasudra Renaissance?
a. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
b. Harichand Thakur
c. Sri Chaitanya
d. Guruchand Thakur
Answer:
d. Guruchand Thakur
Tick off True or False
1. Womenfolk of India played an insignificant role in the freedom movement.
Answer: False
2. Recent researches revealed that apart from Saraladebi Choudhurani there were many other women who were drawn into the political struggle during the anti-Partition agitation.
Answer: True
3. There are several instances where even the housewives came out in the open and led processions on streets during the anti-partition Movement.
Answer: True
4. Under the leadership of Basanti Debi demonstration of women was organized in front of the shops selling Indian goods.
Answer: False
5. Women’s participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement took various forms. For example, the Parsee women a Bombay advocated for female education.
Answer: True
6. In setting up of a radio transmitter Usha Mehta’s intention was to circulate the information of war of freedom amongst the people all over the world.
Answer: False
7. During the period of armed revolutionary struggle women were allowed by their male relatives to join revolutionary secret societies.
Answer: False
8. Remarkable was the Dipali Sangha’s work in the field of women’s rights.
Answer: True
9. Kalpana Datta became a member of the Chittagong branch of the Indian Republican Army led by Jatindranath Mukherjee.
Answer: False
10. The Rani of Jhansi, the women regiment of the Azad Hind Fauj was trained as an infantry regiment.
Answer: True
11. The day of the Calcutta visit of the Prince of Wales was marked by a complete strike in all the schools and colleges.
Answer: True
12. During the Civil Disobedience Movement a remarkable role was played by the students of the then Midnapur district of West Bengal
Answer: True
13. In 1905 Sachindranath Mukherjee organized the Anti-Circular Society.
Answer: False
14. The encounter that took place between the police and the members of the Bengal Volunteers at Writers’ Buildings came to be known as the Corridor Warfare.
Answer: True
15. The word dalit originated from the Sanskrit root word dal, meaning downtrodden or oppressed.
Answer: True
16. The Mahad Satyagraha was organized by Mahatma Gandhi.
Answer: False
17. The word Namasudra is not mentioned in any of the prenineteenth century Bengali social history or literature.
Answer: True
18. Guruchand Thakur may well be regarded as the ‘Father of the Namasudra renaissance’.
Answer: True
Fill in the gaps by choosing the correct words
1. A good number of women of Khulna (in Bangladesh) attended a meeting, during the Anti-Partition agitation, addressed by ______ in which the women broke their glass-bangles.
Answer: Kaliprasanna
2. During the Non Co-operation Movement the Bengali women were led by ______
Answer: Basanti Debi
3. ______ was the first Indian women to become the Congress President.
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
4. During the Civil Disobedience Movement the ______ women residing in Bombay advocated for female education.
Answer: Parsee
5. Usha Mehta, a patriot to the very core of her heart, set up a radio transmitter named ______
Answer: Voice of Freedom
6. The year 1932 was marked by the heroic activities of young revolutionaries of ______
Answer: Chattagram
7. ______ organized the Anti-Circular Society (1905) during the Anti-Partition Movement.
Answer: Sachindra Prasad Basu
8. ______ categorically said that he had no hesitation in saying that the ‘students of Bengal would give the lead in our sustained struggle for freedom’.
Answer: Gandhiji
9. In the ______ Patrika it was reported that many students laid down their lives in the ‘ 42 Movement.
Answer: Amritabazar
10. In organizing the raid on Chittagong Armoury on 18 April 1930 ______ was assisted by many other revolutionaries.
Answer: Surya Sen
11. Benoy-Badal-Dinesh, the three revolutionaries of Bengal Volunteers, were involved in killing ______ by a revolutionary attack at the Writers’ Buildings.
Answer: Simpson
12. ______ Satyagraha organized by Ambedkar was a great and most sensational struggle.
Answer: Mahad
13. What inspired the Namasudras to hold their heads high was the influence of the Bhakti movement by ______
Answer: Chaitanya
Statement and Assertion
Question 1.
Statement : Apart from Saraladebi Chowdhurani there were many other women drawn into the political struggle during the antiPartition agitation.
Assertion :
(a) Saraladevi spread the gospel of nationalism in Punjab.
(b) Saraladebi maintained close links with Suhrid Samiti which was a revolutionary secret society.
(c) Ashalata Sen, an eleven-year old girl of Dacca, went visiting house after house encouraging women to join the Swadeshi cause.
(d) No one except Saraladebi dreamt of including womenfolk in the antiPartition agitation.
Answer:
(c) Ashalata Sen, an eleven-year old girl of Dacca, went visiting house after house encouraging women to join the Swadeshi cause.
Question 2.
Statement : Mrs. Annie Besant was to become the first lady President of the Indian National Congress.
Assertion :
(a) Mrs. Besant’s involvement in politics inspired many Indian women to join politics.
(b) During the Non Co-operation Movement the Bengali women were led by Basanti Debi
(c) Basanti Debi became the President of the Bengal Provincial Congress in 1921.
(d) Urmila Debi took an active part in the Non Co-operation Movement.
Answer:
(a) Mrs. Besant’s involvement in politics inspired many Indian women to join politics.
Question 3.
Statement : Women’s participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement took various forms.
Assertion :
(a) The Non Co-operation was followed by the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930.
(b) The Gujrati women, under the influence of Gandhiji, aimed at attainment of Swaraj and women’s freedom.
(c) Suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement found its stronger follow-up in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
(d) Between 1930 and 1932 women in many places played an important role as they participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Question 4.
Statement : During the Quit India Movement the peasant women attacked the police stations, even the communication net work was disrupted.
Assertion :
(a) Peasant women joined the men in lodging protest against the hike in land-revenue.
(b) Usha Mehta, a patriot to the very core of her heart, set up a radio transmitter.
(c) In rural areas peasant women protested against the landholders’ rights.
(d) In Midnapore, Matangini Hazra, a 73-year-old widow, led a group of people in capturing the Police Station of Tamluk.
Answer:
(d) In Midnapore Matangini Hazra, a 73-year old widow, led a group of people in capturing the Police Station of Tamluk.
Question 5.
Statement : Direct participation of women in the revolutionary movement was not feasible.
Assertion :
(a) Women were not allowed by their male relatives to join the revolutionary secret societies.
(b) Indirect participation of women helped the revolutionaries silently from the background.
(c) No concerted efforts made to encourage participation of women as Mahatma Gandhi had done in regard to non-violent activities.
(d) Kalpana Datta and Pritilata Waddedar were two women revolutionaries of Bengal.
Answer:
(a) Women were not allowed by their male relatives to join the revolutionary secret societies.
Question 6.
Statement : Kalpana Datta played a very important role in the revolutionary upsurge.
Assertion :
(a) Kalpana became associated with Chhatri Sangha.
(b) Kalpana became a member of the Indian Republican Army.
(c) Kalpana was to accompany Pritilata in the European Club raid, but was arrested a few days before when she was going to meet Surya Sen.
(d) At a point of time Kalpana was detained again, and was sentenced to life term imprisonment.
Answer:
(c) Kalpana was to accompany Pritilata in the European Club raid, but was arrested a few days before when she was going to meet Surya Sen.
Question 7.
Statement : As regards the nature of the students’ role in the armed revolutionary struggle it is to be admitted that the young revolutionaries did not try to plan a violent revolution involving the masses.
Assertion :
(a) The idea of young revolutionaries was to strike terror in the hearts of the alien rulers.
(b) The immediate goal to put an end to the British rule could not be achieved.
(c) The student revolutionaries mostly belonged to the middle class and as such vast majority of common people remained outside its purview.
(d) The young revolutionaries could not set forth any alternative plan of government that would take over immediately after the British withdrawal.
Answer:
(c) The student revolutionaries mostly belonged to the middle class and as such vast majority of common people remained outside its purview.
Question 8.
Statement : Satischandra Mukherjee and his Dawn Society also made useful contributions in providing education to the expelled students.
Assertion :
(a) The Dawn Society formed by Satischandra aimed at making the Bengali youth real men through all-round development.
(b) Many described the University of Calcutta as the Goldighir Golamkhana.
(c) No concerted efforts made to encourage participation of women as Mahatma Gandhi had done in regard to non-violent activities.
(d) Kalpana Datta and Pritilata Waddedar were two women revolutionaries of Bengal.
Answer:
(a) Women were not allowed by their male relatives to join the revolutionary secret societies.
Question 9.
Statement : Kalpana Datta played a very important role in the revolutionary upsurge.
Assertion :
(a) Kalpana became associated with Chhatri Sangha.
(b) Kalpana became a member of the Indian Republican Army.
(c) Kalpana was to accompany Pritilata in the European Club raid, but was arrested a few days before when she was going to meet Surya Sen.
(d) At a point of time Kalpana was detained again, and was sentenced to life term imprisonment.
Answer:
(c) Kalpana was to accompany Pritilata in the European Club raid, but was arrested a few days before when she was going to meet Surya Sen.
Question 10.
Statement : As regards the nature of the students’ role in the armed revolutionary struggle it is to be admitted that the young revolutionaries did not try to plan a violent revolution involving the masses.
Assertion :
(a) The idea of young revolutionaries was to strike terror in the hearts of the alien rulers.
(b) The immediate goal to put an end to the British rule could not be achieved.
(c) The student revolutionaries mostly belonged to the middle class and as such vast majority of common people remained outside its purview.
(d) The young revolutionaries could not set forth any alternative plan of government that would take over immediately after the British withdrawal.
Answer:
(c) The student revolutionaries mostly belonged to the middle class and as such vast majority of common people remained outside its purview.
Question 11.
Statement : Satischandra Mukherjee and his Dawn Society also made useful contributions in providing education to the expelled students.
Assertion :
(a) The Dawn Society formed by Satischandra aimed at making the Bengali youth real men through all-round development.
(b) Many described the University of Calcutta as the Goldighir Golamkhana.
Match List I with List II
Question 1.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) The first occasion when womenfolk of India came forward to play an active role in politics | (i) Journal named Antahpur |
| (b) Bande Mataram | (ii) Saraladebi Choudhurani |
| (c) Spread the gospel of nationalism in Punjab | (iii) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
| (d) Hemantakumari Choudhury | (iv) Anti-Partition Agitation |
Answer:
(a) – (iv), (b) – (iii), (c) – (ii), (d) – (i)
Question 2.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) The day of Partition | (i) Bamabodhini Patrika |
| (b) Womenfolk taking Swadeshi vows | (ii) Federation Hall |
| (c) First lady President of the Congress | (iii) Basanti Debi |
| (d) Bengali women in the Co-operation Movement | (iv) Annie Besant |
Answer:
(a) – (ii), (b) – (i), (c) – (iv), (d) – (iii)
Question 3.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) Non Co-operation called off | (i) Attainment of Swaraj |
| (b) Gujarati women | (ii) Chauri Chaura Incident |
| (c) Usha Mehta | (iii) Spreading education among women |
| (d) Dipali Sangha | (iv) Voice of Freedom |
Answer:
(a) – (ii), (b) – (i), (c) – (iv), (d) – (iii)
Question 3.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) Chhatri Sangha | (i) Chittaranjan Guha |
| (b) Chittagong Armoury Raid | (ii) Ms Lakshmi Sehgal |
| (c) Azad Hind Fauj | (iii) Kalpana Datta |
| (d) A student ‘almost beaten to death’ | (iv) Surya Sen |
Answer:
(a) – (iii), (b) – (iv), (c) – (ii), (d) – (i)
Question 4.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) Anti-Circular Society | (i) Satishchandra Mukherjee |
| (b) Dawn Society | (ii) Sachindra Prasad Basu |
| (c) Benoy-Badal-Dinesh | (iii) Simpson |
| (d) ‘Corridor Warfare’ | (iv) Bengal Volunteers |
Answer:
(a) – (iii), (b) – (iv), (c) – (ii), (d) – (i)
Question 5.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) Release of an officer of INA | (i) Guruchand Thakur |
| (b) Mahad Satyagraha | (ii) Mathua Movement |
| (c) Namasudra Movement in Bengal | (iii) Rashid Ali Day |
| (d) ‘Father of Namasudra Renaissance’ | (iv) Ambedkar |
Answer:
(a) – (iii), (b) – (iv), (c) – (ii), (d) – (i)