Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (ICSE) · History and Civics
Chapter: Chapter 2 — Chapter 2: Growth of Nationalism and the Indian National Congress
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. When was the Indian National Congress founded? [1]
(A) 1885
(B) 1857
(C) 1947
(D) 1900
2. Who was a key founder of the INC? [1]
(A) A.O. Hume
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Subhas Chandra Bose
3. What did early INC leaders seek? [1]
(A) Moderate reforms through petitions
(B) Immediate independence through war
(C) No reforms at all
(D) Only economic reforms
4. What were early INC leaders called? [1]
(A) Moderates
(B) Extremists
(C) Radicals
(D) Loyalists
5. What method did Moderates believe in? [1]
(A) Constitutional methods and gradual reform
(B) Direct confrontation and violence
(C) Ignoring British rule completely
(D) Foreign intervention
6. What fostered national identity? [1]
(A) Western education and awareness of exploitation
(B) Isolation from ideas
(C) Only religious teachings
(D) Nothing fostered it
7. What did the INC's formation mark? [1]
(A) Organised Indian political activity
(B) The end of nationalism
(C) No significant change
(D) Only local activity
8. Why study the INC's early growth? [1]
(A) It laid groundwork for the independence movement
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for tests
9. When was the Indian National Congress founded? [1]
(A) 1885
(B) 1857
(C) 1947
(D) 1900
10. Who was a key founder of the INC? [1]
(A) A.O. Hume
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Subhas Chandra Bose
11. What did early INC leaders seek? [1]
(A) Moderate reforms through petitions
(B) Immediate independence through war
(C) No reforms at all
(D) Only economic reforms
12. What were early INC leaders called? [1]
(A) Moderates
(B) Extremists
(C) Radicals
(D) Loyalists
13. What method did Moderates believe in? [1]
(A) Constitutional methods and gradual reform
(B) Direct confrontation and violence
(C) Ignoring British rule completely
(D) Foreign intervention
14. What fostered national identity? [1]
(A) Western education and awareness of exploitation
(B) Isolation from ideas
(C) Only religious teachings
(D) Nothing fostered it
15. What did the INC's formation mark? [1]
(A) Organised Indian political activity
(B) The end of nationalism
(C) No significant change
(D) Only local activity
16. Why study the INC's early growth? [1]
(A) It laid groundwork for the independence movement
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for tests