Every Book Back multiple-choice question from Rise of Nationalism in India (12th Standard History, Samacheer Kalvi) — each with the correct option highlighted and a clear, worked explanation. Free to read in English and Tamil.
Q1
When did Gandhi return to India from South Africa?
- A. 1915Correct
- B. 1916
- C. 1917
- D. 1918
Explanation. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returned from South Africa in 1915 and took over the leadership of the national movement in 1919, when Indian nationalism entered a mass phase.
Q2
In which year was English Education introduced in India?
- A. 1825
- B. 1835Correct
- C. 1845
- D. 1855
Explanation. The English Education Act was passed by the Council of India in 1835. In the same year Macaulay wrote his Minute on Indian Education, arguing for Western education in English.
Q3
Find the odd one.
- A. William Jones
- B. Charles Wilkins
- C. Max Muller
- D. Aurobindo GhoseCorrect
Explanation. William Jones, Charles Wilkins and Max Muller were Orientalists who translated Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic texts into English. Aurobindo Ghose was an Indian nationalist, so he is the odd one.
Q4
'Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it' was said by
- A. Bala Gangadhar TilakCorrect
- B. Dadabhai Naoroji
- C. Subhash Chandra Bose
- D. Bharathi
Explanation. In 1897 Bal Gangadhar Tilak raised the clarion call 'Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it', asking for Swaraj instead of the economic reforms the moderates sought.
Q5
Match and choose the correct answer from the code given below.
(A) Bala Gangadhar Tilak - 1. Voice of India
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji - 2. Madras Times
(C) Macaulay - 3. Kesari
(D) William Digby - 4. Minute on Indian Education
- A. 2, 4, 1, 3
- B. 3, 1, 4, 2Correct
- C. 1, 3, 2, 4
- D. 4, 2, 3, 1
Explanation. Tilak edited Kesari, Naoroji founded Voice of India, Macaulay wrote the Minute on Indian Education and William Digby edited the Madras Times. So the code is 3, 1, 4, 2.
Q6
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
- A. English Education Act - 1843
- B. The abolition of slavery - 1859
- C. Madras Native Association - 1852Correct
- D. Indigo revolt - 1835
Explanation. The Madras Native Association was formed on 26 February 1852. The English Education Act was 1835, slavery was abolished in British India in 1843 and the Indigo revolt was in 1859-60.
Q7
Which is the correct chronological sequence of the following associations?
(i) East India Association
(ii) Madras Mahajana Sabha
(iii) Madras Native Association
(iv) India Society
- A. ii, i, iii, iv
- B. ii, iii, i, iv
- C. iii, iv, i, iiCorrect
- D. iii, iv, ii, i
Explanation. Madras Native Association (1852), India Society (1865), East India Association (1866) and Madras Mahajana Sabha (1884) give the order iii, iv, i, ii.
Q8
The Indian National Congress was founded by _________
- A. Subhash Chandra Bose
- B. Gandhi
- C. A.O. HumeCorrect
- D. B.G. Tilak
Explanation. Allan Octavian Hume, a retired English ICS officer, presided over the December 1884 meeting in Madras where the idea of the INC emerged; the Congress was formed in Bombay on 28 December 1885.
Q9
The first President of the Indian National Congress was
- A. Surendranath Bannerjea
- B. Badruddin Tyabji
- C. A.O. Hume
- D. W.C. BonnerjeeCorrect
Explanation. Apart from A.O. Hume, another important founding member of the INC was W.C. Bonnerjee, who was elected its first president at the Bombay session of 1885.
Q10
Who was called the 'Grand Old Man of India'?
- A. Bala Gangadhar Tilak
- B. M.K. Gandhi
- C. Dadabhai NaorojiCorrect
- D. Subhash Chandra Bose
Explanation. Dadabhai Naoroji, known as the Grand Old Man of Indian Nationalism, was a prominent early nationalist, elected to the British Parliament in 1892 and thrice President of the INC.
Q11
Who wrote the book 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India'?
- A. Bala Gangadhar Tilak
- B. Gopala Krishna Gokhale
- C. Dadabhai NaorojiCorrect
- D. M.G. Ranade
Explanation. Dadabhai Naoroji's major contribution was his book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India (1901), in which he put forward the concept of the drain of wealth.
Q12
Assertion (A): The British Government pursued a policy of free trade (or) laissez faire.
Reason (R): India had comparative advantage from England's free trade policy.
- A. A is correct but R does not explain A.
- B. A is correct and R explains A.
- C. A is correct and R is incorrect.Correct
- D. Both A and R are wrong.
Explanation. The British did follow free trade or laissez faire, but it de-industrialised India: cheap machine goods flooded Indian markets and handicrafts lost their market. So R is incorrect.
Q13
Which of the following statements are correct on Orissa famine?
Statement I: In 1866 a million and a half people of Orissa died of starvation.
Statement II: During that time the British exported 200 million pounds of rice to Britain.
Statement III: The Orissa famine prompted Dadabhai Naoroji to begin a life long investigation of poverty in India.
- A. I & II
- B. I & III
- C. None of the above
- D. All of the aboveCorrect
Explanation. The lesson states all three: a million and a half died in the 1866 Orissa famine, 200 million pounds of rice went to Britain, and the famine started Naoroji's lifelong study of Indian poverty.
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