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CBSE class 10 History Quiz | CBSE class 10 History Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) & Answers

(1) Satyagraha means:
[A] following the path of non-violence
[B] Complete independence
[C] Fight against injustice
[D] All the above
Answer: All the above
(2) Why did the Indians oppose the Simon Commission?
[A] It had no Indian Members
[B] It has mixed Member
[C] It did not want to give power to Indians
[D] None of these
Answer: It had no Indian Members

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(3) The Non-Cooperation movement due to:
[A] Chauri Chaura incident
[B] Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre
[C] Lahore incident
[D] All of the above
Answer: Chauri Chaura incident
(4) Dandi March was undertaken to protest against:
[A] The Salt Tax
[B] protest against Rowlatt Act
[C] To protest against Indigo tax
[D] launched Quit India Movement
Answer: The Salt Tax
(5) When did the Jallianwalla bagh massacre take place:
[A] 1919
[B] 1921
[C] 1918
[D] None of these
Answer: 1919
(6) Oudh Kisan Sabha was set up by:
[A] Nehru & Baba Ramchandra
[B] Nehru
[C] Mahatma Gandhi
[D] Sardar Patel
Answer: Nehru & Baba Ramchandra
(7) Who was Alluri Sitaram Raju?
[A] A peasant
[B] An officer in the British government
[C] Leader of a Militant Guerrilla movement.
[D] A leader of the Indian National Congress
Answer: A peasant
(8) Which act gave the government the power to detain political prisoners without trial for up to two years.
[A] Emigration Act of 1859
[B] Government of India Act 1919
[C] Rowlatt Act 1919
[D] Rowlatt Act 1920
Answer: Rowlatt Act 1919
(9) In which session of the Indian National Congress was the non-cooperation movement adopted?
[A] Lahore Session of December 1920
[B] Kolkata Session of December 1928
[C] Nagpur Session of December 1927
[D] Nagpur Session of December 1920
Answer: Lahore Session of December 1920
(10) Why did Gandhiji travel to Champaran?
[A] To meet his relatives
[B] To launch a Satyagraha against the Indigo planters
[C] To help the mill workers of Champaran
[D] To organise a rally
Answer: To launch a Satyagraha against the Indigo planters
(11) An opposition to the practices of the medieval church was called:
[A] Heretic
[B] Seditious
[C] Inquisition
[D] Protestant
Answer: Heretic
(12) Who started to edit the Bengal Gazettes weekly in 1780.
[A] Richard M Ho
[B] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[C] James Augustus Hickey
[D] None of the above
Answer: James Augustus Hickey
(13) The newspaper started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was the :
[A] The Tribune
[B] The Hindu
[C] The Statesman
[D] Kesari
Answer: Kesari
(14) The first weekly paper published in India was :
[A] Shamsul Akbar
[B] Bombay Samachar
[C] Samachar Chandrika
[D] Bengal Gazette
Answer: Bengal Gazette
(15) Who among the following introduced hand printing technology in Japan ?
[A] Buddhist Missionaries from China
[B] Buddhist Missionaries from Japan
[C] Buddhist Missionaries from India
[D] None of the above
Answer: Buddhist Missionaries from China
(16) Which one among the following is an autobiography of Rashsundari Devi?
[A] Amar Zindagi
[B] Amar Jyoti
[C] Amar Jiban
[D] Amar Jawan
Answer: Amar Jiban
(17) Who among the following were scared of print?
[A] Religious authorities and monarchs
[B] Printers and Publishers
[C] Common Men - including peasants, workers, poor women etc.
[D] Writers and philosphers
Answer: Religious authorities and monarchs
(18) In India, the printing press first came to
[A] Bombay with Portuguese
[B] Bombay with British
[C] Goa with Portuguese
[D] Goa with British
Answer: Goa with Portuguese
(19) Which of the following books reflects the plight of the ‘lower castes’ and poor in India?
[A] Sachchi Kavitayan
[B] Gulamagiri
[C] Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal
[D] All of the above
Answer: All of the above
(20) Choose the name of the oldest printed book of Japan.
[A] Koran
[B] Bible
[C] Diamond Sutra
[D] Ukiyo
Answer: Diamond Sutra

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