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Questions Related to non-cooperation movement

On $15^{th}$ August $1947$, in which place was Gandhiji trying to bring peace to reduce the riots?

  1. Noakhali

  2. Satara

  3. Nawadwip

  4. Jalandhar


Correct Option: A

Which of the following songs was so dear to Gandhiji's heart, that he wrote: 'That one song is enough to sustain me, even if I were to forget the 'Bhagwad Gita'. _______

  1. Hare Ram

  2. Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram

  3. Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye

  4. Ishwar Allah Tero Nam


Correct Option: C

Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a half-naked fakir?

  1. Lord Wavell

  2. Lord Irwin

  3. Lord Willingdon

  4. Winston Churchill


Correct Option: D

Which of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi's views on Satyagraha is not correct?

  1. It denotes assertion of the power of the human soul against social, political and economic dominance

  2. It is the exercise of the purest soul force against all injustice, oppression and exploitation

  3. It is the best weapon of the weak against the strong

  4. Mahatma Gandhi's theory of Satyagraha was based on the acceptance of the concept of self-suffering


Correct Option: C

What was the name of the English weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi?

  1. Young India

  2. Kesari

  3. Bombay Chronicle

  4. Resurgent India


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Young India was a weekly paper or journal in English published by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi from 1919 to 1931. Its objective was to spread his unique ideology and thoughts regarding the use of nonviolence in organising movements and to urge readers to consider, organise and plan for India’s eventual independence from Britain.

Arrange the following events in correct chronological order.
(A) Rowlatt satyagraha
(B) Khilafat movement
(C) Jalianwala Bagh massacre
(D) Kheda satyagraha

  1. DACB

  2. BACD

  3. ABCD

  4. DCBA


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Kheda Satyagraha -Kheda Satyagraha took place in 1918, against the taxation policy of the British. While MK Gandhi was the spiritual leader, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel emerged as the leader of the struggle.
Rowlatt Satyagraha - In 1919, the British passed the Rowlatt Act, which restricted civil liberties like the freedom to assemble and strengthened police powers. Hindus and Muslims together revolted against this act non violently in the Satyagraha.
The Jalianwala Bagh massacre took place on April 13, 1919, under the command of General Dyre. The civilians, majorly Sikhs, had assembled at the Jallianwala Bagh to participate in the annual Baisakhi celebrations and were fired upon by the British, in lieu of the martial law.
Khilafat movement, which began in 1919 and went on till 1922, was an agitation by Indian Muslims allied with Indian nationalists, following the years of World WarI. Its purpose was to pressurize the British Government to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam following the breakup of Ottoman Empire at the end of the war.

At which Congress session a compromise was worked out within Congress before launching the non-cooperation movement?

  1. Nagpur

  2. Bombay

  3. Calcutta

  4. Madras


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

At a special session of the Congress held at Calcutta on September 4 1920 a special resolution was adopted accepting Non-Cooperation Movement as the only option left open for Indians.

What was the main objective of Mahatma Gandhi for supporting the Khilafat Movement?

  1. Protection of rights of Muslims in other countries.

  2. In World War I, India was on the side of Ottoman Empire.

  3. Protection of minorities in India.

  4. Creation of broader base for the national movement.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Gandhiji saw the Khilafat Movement as an opportunity for uniting the Hindus and the Muslims. The movement was launched by the Khilafat committee to oppose the harsh treaty which was going to be imposed on the spiritual leader of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East. The movement was anti-British which provided Gandhi with a Pan-Indian platform for his national movement.

Name the place associated with the Chauri-Chaura incident.

  1. Bilaspur

  2. Gorakhpur

  3. Lucknow

  4. Amritsar


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 The Non-Cooperation movement was in full swing when in Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur, the police fired upon a Congress procession of 3,300 peasants. The angry crowd set  the police station on fire, killing 22 policemen. Gandhiji had always emphasised that the movement should be peaceful and non-violent . After this incident he called off the movement unilaterally in 1922.

Which of the following incidents made Gandhiji suspend to the Non-Cooperation Movement?

  1. Killing of hundreds of people at Amritsar by General Dyer.

  2. Violent clash of agitators with police at Chauri Chaura.

  3. Violent Guerrilla War in the hills of Andhra Pradesh.

  4. Forcible imposition of Rowlatt Act on the people.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 The movement was in full swing when in Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur, the police fired upon a Congress procession of 3,300 peasants. The angry crowd set  the police station on fire, killing 22 policemen. Gandhiji had always emphasised that the movement should be peaceful and non-violent . after this incident he called off the movement unilaterally in 1922.