Unit-1

to Chapter Rise of Nationalism and

Of
2 Establishment of the Indian
National Congress
Chapter at a Glance
" National awakening in India originated from the concepts of nationalism and right of self-determination
initiated by the French Revolution and the socio-religious reform movements in India.
"The political awareness gave rise to various political associations such as Indian National Congress l
1885.
. This marked the beginning of the organised national movement in India.
Factors leading to the growth
of Nationalism

Economic Repressive Socio-religious Role of the press

reform movements
exploitation colonial policies

Formation of the Indian National Congress

In 1884, A.0. Hume in consultation with the Indian

Union
leaders laid the foundation of Indian National

from December 28 to 31, 1885

The first session of Indian National Union was held
at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay under the Presidentship of W.C. Bonnerjee

Naoroji, the name of the

On the suggestion of Dadabhai
Congress on December 28, 1885
Union was changed to Indian National
Aims of the Indian National Congress

To formulate popular demands To develop and consolidate the

lo promote friendly relations and present them before the feelings of national unity
between nationalist political Government. irrespective of caste, religion or
workers from different parts province.
of the country. Totrain and organise public
opinion in the country.

Multiple choicequestions (a) Ethical teachings

Who established the BrahmoSamaj in 1828? (b) Doctrines of Upanishads
(a) Jyotiba Phule (c) Monotheism
(b) Raja Rammohan Roy (d) Doctrine of nationalism
(c) Swami Vivekananda 3. What was Rammohan Roy's belief about religion?
(d) Davanand Saraswati (a) Each religion had set up a moral code
influenced by
2. How was Raja Rammohan Roy necessary for social peace and happiness
Islam?
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(b) Believed that women were
Opposed the caste system superior mnen
to (a) Encourage Western education and Iyotib
(c)
(d) Preached the power of strength and self
(b) Propagate freedom and fraternity philosophy reforn
(a) Ec
reliance (c) Propagate the path of religion
4. Which social evil was made (d) Fostering patriotism and ideas of Ac) Sc
1829? illegal in India in justice in the nation liberty and Phule
(a) Child marriage 13. Which book is known as the "Bible of of the
(b) Ban on widow Bengali patriotism"? moden provi
(c) Purdah system remarriage (a) Anandamath (b) Bharat Durdasa (a) D
(c) Kesari (d) Mahratta (c) B
(d) Sati system
14. Our national song has been taken from whik 2. Jyotib
5. What was the
Bengali weekly started by Raja book? came
Rammohan Roy? (a) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India (a) G
(a) Sambad Kaumudi (b) Rast Goftar (b) Dharma Marg Darshak (c) Re
(c) Shome Prakash (d) Young India
6. Name the (c) Ghulamgiri 23 ......

Persian paper started by Raja (d) Anandamath journ

Rammohan Roy 15. Why was the birth of Indian National Congress (a) D
(a) Rast Goftar
(b) Punjab Kesari very significant in the history of India?
(c) Mirat-ul-Akhbar (d) Mahratta (c) Ju
7. What step did Raja (a) Comprised great leaders 24. The
Rammohan Roy take against (b) First all-India association of a
Press Regulation? nature
permanent
(a) He believed in the ethical teachings (a) T
of (c) An Englishmen helped in the foundation
Christianity (d) The British officials supported the
(b) Jy
(b) He presented a petition to the Supreme Court Congress
16. Iderntify one of the immediate
(c) He protested against the Press Regulation objectives of the (d) D
(d) He recognised the significance of
Congress as stated by W.C. Bonnerjee. 25. The
education in the modern world English (a) Holding of Indian Civil Service
examination week
both in England and India
8. Who apprised the Select (a)
Committee of the British (b) Appointment of a Royal
Parliament about the poor economic conditions of
enquire into
Commission to e B
the people in India? the working of the Indian 26.
(a) Jyotiba Phule (b) Savitribai Phule
administration
(c) To train and mobilise public Natic
(c) A.O. Hume 1 (dy Raja Rammohan Roy the country opinion all over
9. Name the book written by Jyotiba Phule.
(d) Expansion of the Legislative (b)
(a) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India Councils (©) A
(b) Dharma Marg Darshak Fill inthe blanks (d) K
(c) Ghulamgiri 17. Raja Rammohan Roy stressed on the of 27. W.C.
(d) A Nation in Making all religions. the
10. Why did Phule say that women were (a) Awakening persc
men? superior to (b) Validity
c) Unity (a)
(d) Division
(a) They bore children and nursed them 18. The papers published by Raia Rammohan koy
(b) Women were Bharat Mata had a distinct character.
8, The
and
(c) He regarded Women as
"priceless
(a) Repressive, dominating all pa
possessoion" (b) Nationalist, progressive
(d) If a woman is educated, the whole nation will (c) Superior, progressive (b)
be educated
(d) Humanist, economic
11. In which year did Phule establish one of the 19. Raja Rammohan Roy
first Budget
girls school in India? wanted the
to be reduced so that more funds would be 29, One
(a) 1829
(c) 1873
(b) 1848
(d) 1896
available for health and education of the peop
(a) Production (b) Marketing
Cong
12. How did the Indian press influence the Indians? (c) Cash flow hatio
(d) Military (a)
(c)
 Rise of Nationalism and Establishment of the Indian National Congress
NJvotiba Phule was highly popular Congress
kormer of the 19th century. 30. was the President of the
Session held in Calcutta in 1886.
(a) Economic (b) Political
c) Social (a) W.C. Bonnerjee (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Religious (c) Badruddin Tyabji (d) George Yule
4. Phule strongly believed that all the problems
of the ..

could be
provided proper education. resolved if they are Arrange in chronological order
(a) Dalits 31. Arrange these newspapers according to starting
(b) Kshatriyas date from the past to the present:
(c) Brahmin (d) Vaishya I. Pioneer newspaper was started.
-. lvotiba Phule was a mali by and hence I. The Hinduwas published in Madras.
came to be called Phule'.
I. The Statesman supported the policies of the
(a) Generation (b) Caste government, yet they kept the people abreast
(c) Religion (d) Production about the political developments in the
was the founder of the nationalist country.
IV. The Times of India was founded.
journals in India.
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Pherozshah Mehta Choose the correct option:
(a) IV, I, II, I (b) II, III, I, IV
(c) Justice Ranade (d) Raja Rammohan Roy (d) I, II, IV, II
(c) III, I, II, IV
4 The journal 'Shom Prakash' was started by
Picture based questions
(a) Tilak Study the picture and answer the following
(b) Jyotiba Phule questions:
se Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
5. The Amrit Bazar Patrika began as the
weekly.
(a) Maratha (b) Anglo-Bengali
(e) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
26 was sung for the first time in the Indian
National Congress of 1896. 32. Why is he considered the Father of Indian National
a Vande Mataram Congress?
(b) Jana Gana Mana (a) He was the first President of the Indian
(c) Ae mere watan ke logo National Congress.
(d) Kadanm kadam badaye ja (b) He was a political reformer.
l. W.C. Bonnerjee addressed the Congress to enable (e) He played a major role in the formation of the
the from all parts of India to become Congress.
personally known to each other. (d) He was a retired civilservant.
(a) Party workers (b) Leaders 33. When and where was the first session of Indian
deNational workers (d) Elites National Congress held?
8. The was attended by 72 delegates from (a) 1885, Bombay (b) 1886, Calcutta
all parts of India. (c) 1887, Madras (d) 1906, Calcutta
34. Who was the first President of the Indian National
B FirstCongress Session
(b) Second Congress Session Congress?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(c) Third Congress Session
(d) Brahma Samaj (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
29, One of the objectives of the Indian National (c) Dadabhai Naoroji
religious and ayW.C. Bannerjee
Congress was to end all .......,
prejudices and to promote a feeling of
iational unity among all lovers of the country. Assertion-reasoning
(a) Agitation, white (b) Association, party In the questions given below, there are two
) Government, age (d) Racial, provincial statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R),
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1854)
Read the statements and choose the
correct option: 37. Why did Phule set up an orphanage in
35. Assertion (A): Raja
Rammohan Roy protested (a) To give shelter to the orphaned children
against the practice of denying women the right (b) To give shelter to abandoned girls
to property.
(c) To give shelter to poor widows and
Reason (R): He believed, social reforms were children their 10.
necessary for political advancement and (d) To give shelter toabandoned aged people 11.
happiness for the people of India.
Options: 38. What was the purpose of Satya Shodhak Samaj? 12.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the (a) To educate girls
correct 13.
explanation of A (b) To give health care to the poor women
(b) Both A and R are true butR is not the 14.
correct (c) To shelter abandoned girls
explanation of A. 15.
(c) Ais true but R is false. (d) To mitigate the sufferings and pain of Dalits
and women
(d) A is false but R is true. 16.
39. Who was the head of the Women's Wing of the
36. Assertion (A): Raja Rammohan Roy waged a legal
Society?
battle against Press Regulations. (a) Savitribai Phule (b) Sarojini Naidu
Reason (R): Rammohan Roy acknowledged the (c) Sarala Devi
blessings of British rule in India. (d) Annie Besant
17
Options: 40. Why did Phule praise the British rule?
18.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct (a) Their policies and programmes were always
for the welfare of the poor. 19,
explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct (b) It gave Indians the tools with which to fight 20.
explanation of A. 21.
against social injustice.
(c) A is true but R is false. 22.
(c) They further restricted the freedom of women.
(d) A is false but R is true. (d) They helped the Indians in promoting the 23.

cottage industries. 24.

Source based questions 25.

Read the passage and answer the questions that

follow:
Analogy based questions 26

41. Complete the given analogy. 27.

Men kept their women uneducated so that they would Indian Arms Act: 1878 ::Ilbert Bill:? 28.
never question their domination. Phule established in (a) 1870 29
1848 one of the first Girls schools in 1854 to provide (b) 1872
shelter to poor widows and their children. He (c) 1883 30
(d) 1885
also founded anumber of schools for girls and the 42.
lower castes, i.e., the Mahars and the Mangs. Phule
Complete the given analogy.
Swami Vivekananda : Ramkrishna Mission
founded the Satya Shodhak Samaj (Society of the
Seekers of Truth) on 24 September 1873. The Society Jyotiba Phule:?
endeavoured to mitigate the distress and sufferings of (a) Brahmo Samaj (b) Satya Shodhak Samaj
Dalits and women. His wife Savitribai was the head (c) Arya Samaj
of the Women's Wing of the Society. Phule praised
(d) Atmiya Sabha
43. Complete the given analogy.
the British rule, because it gave Indians the tools
First Session of Congress : W.C. Bonnerjee :
with which to fight social injustice. It is, however,
heartening to find Phule mentioning in his book, Second Session of Congress :?
'Ghulamgiri' that it were the farmers on whose labours (a) Surendranath Benerjee
the Government, its army and salaries and pensions of (b) A.O. Hume
the Whites depended. (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer the questions from the options given below: (d) Dadabhai Naoroji 6

Answers
Multiple choice questions 3. (a) Each religion had set up a moral Code
1. (b) Raja Rammohan Roy necessary for social peace and happiness
2. (c) Monotheism 4. (d) Sati
5. (a) Samvad Kaumudi
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M
: (b) He presented a petition to the Supreme Court Arrange in
chronological order
ren
Rammohan Roy 31. (a) IV, I, II, II
&(d) Raja
nd their 9%
() Ghulamgiri Picture based questions
bore children and nursed them the formation of the
10.(a) They 32. (c) He played amajor role in
1L. (b) 1848
ople Congress
.(d) Fostering patriotism and ideas of liberty and 33. (a) December 1885, Bombay
Bamaj? justice in the nation 34. (d) W.C. Bonnerjee
13. (a) Anandamath
4. (d) Anandamath Assertion-Reasoning
true and R is the correct
(b) First all-India association of a permanent 35. (a) Both A and R are
bf Dalits explanation of A
nature the correct
16. (c) To train and mobilise publicopinion all over 36. (b) Both A and R are true but R is not
8 of the explanation of A.
the country There were many restrictions
on the
publication of Vernacular press and other
Fll in the blanks those
Indian newspapers and journals in
I7. (C) Unity days.

always
I8. (b) Nationalist, progressive Source based questions
19. (d) Military their
0. (c) Social 37. (c) To give shelter to poor widows and
to fight children.
1. (a) Dalits
38. (d) To mitigate the sufferings and pain of Dalits
Womern.
2. (b) Caste and women.
3. (d) Raja Rammohan Roy 39. (a) Savitribai Phule
cing the 24. (c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
40. (b) It gave Indians the tools with which to fight
. (0) Bengali against social injustice.
26. (a) Vande Mataram Analogy based questions
27. (c) National workers
3. (a) First Congress Session 41. (c) 1883

3.(d) Racial, provincial 42. (b) Satya Shodhak Samaj

30. (b) Dadabhai Naoroji 43. (d) Dadabhai Naoroji

ssion
Word of Advice Samaj.
confused between Brahmo Samaj, and Arya
t Few students got policies of Lord Curzon or Lord Lytton.
k Samaj
whether to write the repressive
sure in a few answer
2. Some students were not also given as examples of this policy
of Bengal were
The Universities Act and Partition
scripts. books and the newspapers for the reasons press
mentioned the names of the
merjee 3. Afew students only
developing nationalism amongst Indians'.
Played an important role in of nationalism.
confused between economic and political factors the growth of
4. Atew students were Surendranath Banerjee as Presidents under whomthe first two
of
5. Afew students mentionedthe name
Congress were held.
National
Sessions of the Indian the repressive policies of Lord Curzon and mentioned partitioning
6. Afew ofthem were confused with Universities Act, etc.
Calcutta Corporation Act and a cause of the revolt of 1857.
Or Bengal, the negative impact of western education as
7. Afew students wrote about
misunderstood the sentence- the development of modern means of transport and
8. students 'national consciousness' and gave negative points rather
a lcode Some
Communication with reference to the rise of
"telegraph poles were erected to hangIndians" and "railway
development, like,
than positive points of hesocial order".