Chapter 13: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement

Important Questions

1. Discuss the events in which Mahatma Gandhi participated after his arrival from South Africa? [CBSE 2019]

2. How have the different kinds of available sources helped the historians in reconstructing the political career of Gandhiji and the history of the national movement that was associated with it ? Explain. [CBSE 2018]

3. What were the conditions when Gandhi arrived India? [CBSE 2019]

4. "The worst is over but Indians need to work collectively for the equality of all classes and creeds." Substantiate the statement of Gandhiji for bringing communal peace after the partition of India. [CBSE 2013]

5. What were the steps suggested by Gandhiji towards Swaraj?

6. “Quit India Movement” was genuinely a mass movement bringing into its ambition hundreds of thousands of ordinary Indians.” Analyse the statement. [CBSE 2018]

7. "The India in which Gandhiji came back to in 1915 was rather different than the one he had left in 1893." Substantiate the statement.

Sample Questions

1. "The initiatives in Champaran, Ahmedabad and Kheda marked Gandhiji out as a nationalist with a deep sympathy for the poor.” Substantiate the statement. [CBSE 2015]

2. "It was the Rowlatt Satyagraha that made Gandhiji a truly national leader." Substantiate the statement. [CBSE 2014]

3. The Non-Cooperation Movement was training for self rule.” Analyze the statement of American biographer Louis Fisher in the context of Indian Nationalism. [CBSE 2015]

4. Discuss the first and second Round Table Conferences”

5. “The Salt Satyagraha was one of the most successful campaigns in Gandhiji’s non-violent struggle against Britishers.” Analyse the statement. [CBSE 2018]