EVS , Std 4 Lesson 3 [The Road To Independence]

 

 LESSON 3

THE ROAD TO

INDEPENDENCE

 


 

 
 

1. Who was the first   foreiner to reach India in 1498?

 *Vasco da Gama

 2. In which year India got 

 Independence?

*1947 August 15

 3. When did Gandhiji  came back to India from South Africa?

*On 9th January1915 [at ApolloBanther Harbour,

Bombay ]

4. which day is observed as 

pravasiday? [Non 

Resident Indian

day]

*January 9th is observed as Pravasiday in 

commemoration of arrival of Gandhiji from South Africa

5 . What was the condition of India during British rule,

when Gandhiji came back from South Africa?

* The British threatened and killed the Indians

*The British forced the Indians to obey all their laws

*Various taxes were

levied

5. Asram founded by Gandhiji in Gujarat?

Sabarmathi Asram

6.where is Sabarmathi Asram?

* on the banks of the

Sabarmati River in Gujarat 

7.political father of  Gandhiji?

*Gopal Krishna

Gokhale.

8. The first Sathyagraha

movement led by Gandhiji  in India?

*Champaran Sathyagraha

9. The firststruggle for

 peasants in India?

*chambaran

Sathyagraha

10. When did the champaran Satyagraha take place?

*In 1917

11. Where is Champaran?

*In Bihar

12. What is Satyagraha?

*Satyagraha means

holding on truth.Never accept evil, do not use violence  while opposing

never give up nonviolence.

13.write about Champaran

Sathyagraha?

The peasants of Champaran Village

in Bihar were forced

to cultivate indigo in

their fields and sell it at a rate fixed by British land

owners.British land owners

levied excess taxes too. Hearingabout their 

hardships Gandhiji led

Satyagraha struggle

against British in 1917. Then peasants free from misery.

14.When did Ahmedabad textile mill strike take place?

*In1918

15.where is Ahmedabad?

*Ahmedabad town

situated at the banks of the river Sabarmathi in 

Gujarat.

16.What issue of labourers led to this Sathyagraha?

*It was related to raising the wages of the textile

labourers.

17.Where is Kheda?

*In Gujarat

18.When did Kheda

Satyagraha take place?

*In1918

19.What issue led to

Kheda Satyagraha?

*The Kheda Satyagraha

demanded that the taxes imposed on peasants 

should be reduced when the

yields are low.

20.What is Rowlatt act?

*In march 1919 the British

 government introduced an act which gave them

power to arrest and

imprison anyone they wanted without trial for 

any length of time.

21.In which day Gandhiji 

led nation wide hartal  

against the Rowlatt act? 

*In 1919 April 6

22.Who led the protest 

against the Rowlett act in

Punjab?

*Dr.Saifuddin kitchalu and

Dr.Satyapalu

23.Where is 

Jallianwalabagh?

*In Punjab

24.When did the

Jallianwalabagh incident

 take place?

*In 1919 April 13

25.Who ordered the

Jallianwalabagh massacre?

*Michel O Dwyer

26.Who assassinated 

Michel O Dwyer in 1940 ?

* Udham Sing

27.Who was the great man, gave up'sir' title in protest

against the 

Jallianwalabagh incident?

* Rabindranath Tagore

28.Write a short note

about  Jallianwalabagh

massacre

*In13th April 1919 a

meeting was  going on

 Jallianwalabagh in 

Punjab to protest against 

the Rowlett act of British.

Jallianwalabagh was a big open ground arrounded 

by huge buildings with only one entrance.The British

soilders fired at the 

unarmed crowed.More than one thousand people

were  killed and many more were injured.This sad

 incident is called 

Jallianwalabagh massacre.

29.Gandhiji called for a 

country wide strike after the Jallianwalabag incident

What was the method of

struggle?

*Non-cooperation 

movement

30.Explain about 

non-cooperation movement

*Non-cooperation movent 

was a mass movement which was launched by 

Gandhiji in 1920. It was 

decided not to cooperate with British Government 

at any level.

31.When do the Non-

cooperation movement 

launch by Gandhiji?

*1920

32.What were the demands of the Non-cooperation 

movement?

*Promote Khadi, Avoid Liquor,propagate Hindi 

language,Boycott foreign 

clothes

33.Relating with a freedom 

struggle Gandhiji visited 

Kerala for the first time.

Whatwas that struggle?

*Non-Cooperation 

movement

34.Which leader of Khilafat 

movement was with Gandhiji during his visit to 

Kerala?

* Shoukat Ali

34.when did Gandhiji first visit Kerala?

*18th August 1920

35.What was Gandhiji's 

advice to the people in Kerala?

*We, Indians are children

 of one mother.Our joys and sorrows are the same.

Our goal is the freedom

 of India.

36.Due to which incident 

Gandhiji with drawn the Non-cooperation 

movement?

* chauri chaura incident.

37.In which year Gandhiji 

withdrawn the struggle

 Non-Cooperation 

movement  

*1922

38.In which year the British 

introduced the salt law?

*1882

39.What was the salt law ?

*The British levied taxes 

on salt which Indians

 prepared on their own 

seashores.Those who did

not pay taxes could be even 

imprisioned.This was salt law.

40.The violation of the salt

 law marked the beginning 

of ------movement in the 

country.

*Civil disobedience 

movement

41.where is Dandi 

seashore?

*Gujarat

42.When did the Dandi march started?

*12th March 1930

43.From where did the 

Dandi march started?

*Sabarmathi Asram

44.which song was sung  by 

Sathyagrahies during the 

Dandi March led by 

Gandhiji

*RagupatiRagava Raja ram

45.When did  Gandhiji and  his followers reached 

Dandi seashore?

*5th April 1930

46.Salt Sathyagraha 

occured on----

* 6th April 1930

47.write a short  note on salt Sathyagraha.

*Salt is a thing we  all need.

When British introduced 

salt law. Gandhiji decided 

to take salt as a weapon of 

struggle.Gandhiji and his 

followers marched from 

Sabarmathi Asram for 

388 kilometres and reached theDandi beach.There he 

broke the salt law.  

48.what did Gandhiji said 

before the Dandi March?

*"I will return only if I win,

or else I will offer my body 

to the seas"

49.What did Gandhiji said to the crowd after violating the salt Act?

*"This handful of salt is 

the symbol of strength . This fist may be crushed 

but the salt will not be 

given up"

50.The main venue for the salt satyagraha in Kerala?

*payyannur in Kannur district

51.What are the centers for salt Satyagraha in Kerala? 

*Payyannur and Beypore

52.Who led the salt 

Satyagraha in Kerala?

*K.Kelappan

53.who is known as 

"KeralaGandhi" ?

* K.Kelappan

54.which place is known as

 the second Bardoil?

*Payyannur

55.Number of participants

 in the salt satyagraha in 

Kerala along with Kelappan?

*32

56.which song  was sung by 

 Kelappan and his followers

 on the occasion of salt 

Satyagraha?

*Varika Varika sahachare

57.Who wrote the poem "varika varika sahachare"?

*Amshi Narayana Pillai

58.who led the salt  

Satyagraha processional

 from Palakkad to

Payyannur?

*T.R Krishna Swami 

Iyar

59.Who led the salt 

satyagraha processional

 from Kozhikode to

Payyannur?

*K.Kelappan

60.When did the salt 

Satyagraha Processional 

started?

*1930,April 13

61.what is the day on which

 the salt law was violated 

under theleadership of

 K.Kelappan ?

*1930 April 21

62.where is the movement 

to the salt satyagraha 

located?

*Uliyath Kadava

63.Who is the leader 

wholed salt Satyagraha 

on Beypore?

*Muhammed  Abdul 

Rahiman

64.The Treaty that ended the non-Cooperation 

movement?

*Gandi-Irwin-Treaty 

[1931,March 5]|

65.write a short note 

about Salt Satyagraha in

Kerala?

*The Salt March was 

began under the 

leadership of Gandhi in 

March 1930 had  its effect in

Malabar too. In Kerala 

broke salt law at Payyannur seacost in the

leadership of K.Kelappa

66.Write the name of 

freedom fighters in 

Kerala?

*T.KMadhavan,K.PKesava 

Menon,A K Gopalan,

Akkamma Cherian,

Kutty Malu Amma

67.Identify the events in

 Kerala related to the

 freedom  struggle?

*Malabar Rebellion

Wagon Tragedy 

[10thNovember,1921]

Guruvayur Sathyagraha

Vaikkom Sathyagraha


 

 

 

 

68.Write a short note about 

Quit India Movement

*Jawaharlal Nehru 

presented the  Quit India 

Resolution at the Congress 

session held in Bombay.  

Gandhiji called for the 

ultimate struggle for 

freedom.The slogan"

Quit India''added vigour 

to the struggle."Do or

Die',the exhoration of 

Gandhiji was taken up by the masses.Everyone 

including students ,joined the struggle. We celebrate 

August 9 as"Quit India Day.

69.Who lead "Quit 

India Movement "?

*Gandhiji

70.Who  wrote the Quit India Resolution?

*Gandhiji

71.Who presented the Quit India Resolution at the 

Congress session?

*Jawaharlal Nehru.

72.When was the Quit India

Resolution presented at the

congress session?

*I942, August 8 

[Bombay Session]

73.Which day is celebrated 

as Quit India Day?

*August 9

74.Who first coined the

 term Quit India?

*Yusuf Bahroli

75.Who led the Quit India 

Movement in Kerala?

*Dr. B R Menon

76.Who had  given slogan 

of "Door Die"during

 the Quit India Movement?

*Gandhij


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