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Facts

• The spirit of nationalism aroused in the Indians.
• The period of Indian Renaissance started when many social reformers and writers worked to
eradicate social evils.
• The Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 by A.O. Hume. It was moderate in its early phase.

• The extremist phase began when the British ignored the appeals and petitions of Indian leaders.
• The British adopted the policy of Divide and Rule to weaken the freedom movement.
• The Swadeshi and Boycott movement brought down the sale of British goods.

• The revolutionaries wanted to throw the British out of India by force, but the government came
down heavily on them.
• Many leaders ran the nationalist movement from abroad.
• The British forced India into the First World War.

XERCISE

A. Tick (3) the right option :
1. The spirit of ____________ rose when the people were badly suppressed by the British.
(a) nationalism (b) greed (c) selfishness

2. The period of cultural and social awakening is called Indian ____________ .
(a) struggle (b) Renaissance (c) freedom
3. The first ever national-level political organisation in India was the ____________ .
(a) India House
(b) Indian National Conference
(c) Indian National Congress
4. The Swadeshi and Boycott movement was started during the ____________ phase.

(a) moderate (b) extremist (c) none of these
5. The British adopted the policy of ____________ .
(a) Help the Indians (b) Awaken and Arouse (c) Divide and Rule
6. Khudi Ram Bose, Aurobindo Ghosh, Ashwini Kumar Dutt and Prafulla Chaki were all
____________ .
(a) moderate leaders (b) revolutionaries (c) extremist leaders
7. The Home Rule League was set up by ____________ .

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) Mahatma Gandhi
B. Write TRUE or FALSE :
1. Nationalism means love and loyalty for the country. _______
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a social reformer. _______
3. The Indian National Congress was founded by an Indian. _______

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