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Questions Related to non-cooperation movement

The Non-Cooperation Movement was suspended in ______.

  1. 1921

  2. 1922

  3. 1929

  4. 1930


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A mob of people at Chauri – Chaura (near Gorakhpur) clashed with police and burnt 22 policemen on February 5, 1922. This compelled Gandhiji to withdraw the Non-Cooperation movement on Feb. 12, 1922.

When was the Rowlatt Act passed by the British?

  1. 1919

  2. 1918

  3. 1917

  4. 1916


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In spite of opposition from the Indians the Rowlatt Act was passed in March, 1919.

The Congress supported Mahatma Gandhi's plan for non-cooperation with the government (Sept. 1920) till the Punjab and Khilafat wrongs were removed and __________.

  1. Poorna Swaraj was established

  2. The Rowlatt Act was annulled

  3. Parliamentary democracy was introduced

  4. Swaraj was established


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Congress supported Gandhiji's plan of Non-cooperation Movement till three of its objectives were achieved. They included:

  • (a) Justice for Jallianwala Bagh Massacre by punishing general O 'Dyer.
  • (b) Restoring the prestige of the Caliphate and
  • (c) Fulfillment of the demand for Swaraj.

Which one of the following is not true regarding the Jallianwala Bagh incident?

  1. It took place on 10th April. 1919

  2. Satyagrahis were forced to rub their noses on the ground and crawl on the streets

  3. Its aim was to 'produce moral effect' on the minds of the Satyagrahis

  4. Its aim was to create a feeling of terror


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919.

Consider the following statements and identify the correct response from the options given thereafter:
Statement I: In 1921, as the non-cooperation movement spread, houses of talukdars were looted and merchants were attacked.
Statement II: Mahatma Gandhi had declared that tax was not to be paid and land was to be redistributed amongst the poor.

  1. Statement I is false and Statement II is true

  2. Statement I is true and Statement II is false

  3. Both Statement I and Statement II are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

  4. Both Statement I and Statement II are true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In 1921, as the non-cooperation movement spread, houses of talukdars were looted and merchants were attacked. People told that Mahatma Gandhi had declared that tax was not to be paid and land was to be redistributed amongst the poor. They used his name to sanction all the things but Gandhi did not give such statement.

In $1921$, Mahatma Gandhi resolved to wear only a loincloth to propagate home spun cotton to signify ______________.

  1. The poverty of the Indian people

  2. The ruin of India's handloom textiles

  3. His identification with the Indian people

  4. His resolve to wear tailored clothes only when India became independent


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In 1921, After having resolved to fully dedicate himself for the freedom of India, Gandhiji decided to wear only a loincloth to promote home spun cotton. His main aim or doing this was also to identify himself with the people of India.

Which of the following event was the reason for suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement?

  1. The non co-operators were not enthusiastic

  2. The leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose were against it

  3. Gandhiji bowed to the pressure of the British government

  4. Chauri Chaura incident


Correct Option: D

Which of the following was the achieved milestone of the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1921?

  1. It stopped the injustice done to the Khilafat

  2. Indians obtain some political rights

  3. The Hindus and the Muslims came closer in political pursuit

  4. It avenged the Punjab atrocities


Correct Option: B

When did the Non-Cooperation Movement got momentum under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress?

  1. 1920-1922

  2. 1922-1924

  3. 1987-1989

  4. 1990-1992


Correct Option: A

Charanpaduka firing incidence is also known as Madhya Pradesh's Jallianwala Bagh.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A