Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 8 (SSC) · History-Political Science (इतिहास-राज्यशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 9 — Chapter 9: Last Phase of the Struggle for Independence
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What movement was launched in 1942? [1]
(A) Quit India Movement
(B) Non-cooperation Movement
(C) Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) Swadeshi Movement
2. What was the Quit India Movement's slogan? [1]
(A) Do or Die
(B) Swaraj is my birthright
(C) Satyagraha forever
(D) Unity in diversity
3. Who led the Indian National Army (INA)? [1]
(A) Subhas Chandra Bose
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Bhagat Singh
4. What did the INA seek? [1]
(A) Armed liberation with foreign support
(B) Only peaceful negotiation
(C) Cooperation with British rule
(D) No specific goal
5. What did Britain face after World War II? [1]
(A) Economic exhaustion and pressure to decolonise
(B) Increased strength and resources
(C) No pressure at all
(D) Growing support for colonialism
6. What weakened Britain's resolve to hold India? [1]
(A) Combined mass movements and economic realities
(B) Only military defeat
(C) Only foreign invasion
(D) Nothing weakened it
7. What did these combined pressures lead to? [1]
(A) Final negotiations for independence
(B) Continued colonial rule
(C) No change at all
(D) Increased British control
8. Why learn about the last phase of the struggle? [1]
(A) To understand the final push towards independence
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What movement was launched in 1942? [1]
(A) Quit India Movement
(B) Non-cooperation Movement
(C) Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) Swadeshi Movement
10. What was the Quit India Movement's slogan? [1]
(A) Do or Die
(B) Swaraj is my birthright
(C) Satyagraha forever
(D) Unity in diversity
11. Who led the Indian National Army (INA)? [1]
(A) Subhas Chandra Bose
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Bhagat Singh
12. What did the INA seek? [1]
(A) Armed liberation with foreign support
(B) Only peaceful negotiation
(C) Cooperation with British rule
(D) No specific goal
13. What did Britain face after World War II? [1]
(A) Economic exhaustion and pressure to decolonise
(B) Increased strength and resources
(C) No pressure at all
(D) Growing support for colonialism
14. What weakened Britain's resolve to hold India? [1]
(A) Combined mass movements and economic realities
(B) Only military defeat
(C) Only foreign invasion
(D) Nothing weakened it
15. What did these combined pressures lead to? [1]
(A) Final negotiations for independence
(B) Continued colonial rule
(C) No change at all
(D) Increased British control
16. Why learn about the last phase of the struggle? [1]
(A) To understand the final push towards independence
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests