Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 8 (SSC) · History-Political Science (इतिहास-राज्यशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 8 — Chapter 8: Civil Disobedience Movement
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What marked the start of the Civil Disobedience Movement? [1]
(A) The Salt March (Dandi March)
(B) The Non-cooperation Movement
(C) The 1857 uprising
(D) Indian independence
2. What did the Salt March protest? [1]
(A) The British salt tax
(B) Income tax
(C) Land tax
(D) Import duties
3. What did Gandhi do during the Salt March? [1]
(A) Made salt illegally from seawater
(B) Boycotted foreign cloth only
(C) Led an armed rebellion
(D) Negotiated with the British
4. What does civil disobedience involve? [1]
(A) Deliberately breaking unjust laws peacefully
(B) Violent rebellion
(C) Ignoring all laws randomly
(D) Supporting unjust laws
5. What did participants do with legal consequences? [1]
(A) Accepted them peacefully
(B) Avoided them by fleeing
(C) Fought against arrest violently
(D) Ignored the law entirely
6. How did the movement spread? [1]
(A) Across India, breaking various laws
(B) Only in one city
(C) Nowhere significant
(D) Only among officials
7. What was one outcome of the movement? [1]
(A) Increased international awareness
(B) Immediate independence
(C) No effect at all
(D) Strengthened British rule
8. Why learn about the Civil Disobedience Movement? [1]
(A) To understand this key phase of India's struggle
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What marked the start of the Civil Disobedience Movement? [1]
(A) The Salt March (Dandi March)
(B) The Non-cooperation Movement
(C) The 1857 uprising
(D) Indian independence
10. What did the Salt March protest? [1]
(A) The British salt tax
(B) Income tax
(C) Land tax
(D) Import duties
11. What did Gandhi do during the Salt March? [1]
(A) Made salt illegally from seawater
(B) Boycotted foreign cloth only
(C) Led an armed rebellion
(D) Negotiated with the British
12. What does civil disobedience involve? [1]
(A) Deliberately breaking unjust laws peacefully
(B) Violent rebellion
(C) Ignoring all laws randomly
(D) Supporting unjust laws
13. What did participants do with legal consequences? [1]
(A) Accepted them peacefully
(B) Avoided them by fleeing
(C) Fought against arrest violently
(D) Ignored the law entirely
14. How did the movement spread? [1]
(A) Across India, breaking various laws
(B) Only in one city
(C) Nowhere significant
(D) Only among officials
15. What was one outcome of the movement? [1]
(A) Increased international awareness
(B) Immediate independence
(C) No effect at all
(D) Strengthened British rule
16. Why learn about the Civil Disobedience Movement? [1]
(A) To understand this key phase of India's struggle
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests