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Hearing about which of these incidents, Mahatma Gandhi called a halt to the Non-Cooperation movement.

  1. Chauri Chaura incident

  2. Jallianwala Bagh incident

  3. Awadh incident

  4. Forest Revolt in Kumaon
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Chauri Chaura incident occurred in the Gorakhpur district of the United Province on 5th Feb, 1922. A large group of protesters clashed with the police and in retaliation to the firing by police, set fire to a police station killing all the policemen inside. Upset with the incident due to violence involved, Gandhiji called a halt to the Non-Cooperation movement.

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Who has the started the Kuka Movement?

  1. Sant Guru Ram Singh

  2. Lala Hardyal

  3. Sardar Bhagat Singh

  4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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A Correct answer
Explanation

This movement marked the first major anti-British reaction and its new political order initiated in 1849 among the people in Punjab in 1857. The Namdhari Movement, the aftermath of the Kuka Movement was the most important phase as it aimed at overthrowing the British rule and played important role in freedom struggle. This movement actively propagated the principles of boycott and non-co-operation given by Sant Guru Ram Singh (founded the Namdhari sect) for the Namdharis. Guru’s Non-co-operation Movement actively propagated few things such as the boycott of education institutions of British and laws established by them.

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The famous resolution on Non-Cooperation under the inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi was adopted in a special session of Congress held at Calcutta in ____.

  1. September $1920$
  2. December $1922$
  3. October $1924$
  4. November $1925$
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Congress held a special session in Calcutta in September 1920 under the presidentship of Lala Lajpat Rai. It met to pass the resolution of the Non-Cooperation Movement. Mahatma Gandhi wrongly predicted that if the Non-cooperation movement gets successful, Swaraj could be attained in One year. 

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Mahatma Gandhi called for an all India Hartal (strike) to protest against Rowlatt Act on $6$th April ___________.

  1. $1918$
  2. $1919$
  3. $1926$
  4. $1925$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Rowlatt Act allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and permitted imprisonment of suspects without trial. It was passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in February 1919. Gandhi organized a hartal, a form of protest through non-violence by the stoppage of work on 6th Aprill,1919.

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At Jallianwala Bagh meeting ____________ ordered the troops to open fire.

  1. Benn

  2. Irwin

  3. Dyer

  4. Montagu
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was the incident in which British troops fired on a large crowd of unarmed Indians in Amritsar killing several hundred people and wounding many hundreds more. On 13 April 1919, thousands of people were gathered at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. General Dyer arrived there with armed troops and ordered ruthless firing on the uninformed crowd. 

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The Special Congress Session held in $1920$ at Calcutta was presided over by ____.

  1. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Lala Lajpat Rai

  3. S.C. Bose

  4. Mahatma Gandhi
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Congress held a special session in Calcutta in September 1920 under the presidentship of Lala Lajpat Rai. It met to pass the resolution of the Non-Cooperation Movement. Mahatma Gandhi wrongly predicted that if the Non-cooperation movement gets successful, Swaraj could be attained in One year. 

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Of the following who did not oppose the Non-cooperation resolution?

  1. C.R. Das

  2. Madan Mohan Malaviya

  3. Annie Besant

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Jawaharlal Nehru was a strong supporter of the Non-cooperation movement. C.R. Das, Madan Mohan Malaviya, and Annie Besant were among those who initially expressed reservations or opposition to the resolution.

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Khilafat Movement was organised by _____.

  1. Md. Ali Jinnah

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Ali Brothers

  4. Sir Agha Khan
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Khilafat Movement was organized by the Ali brothers- Shaukat and Muḥammad Ali to protest against the injustice done to Turkey. It was an agitation by Indian Muslims, allied with Indian nationalists, to pressure the British government to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam after World War I. In early 1919 a Khilafat Committee which demanded that the Khalifa’s control over Muslim sacred places be restored and he should be left with sufficient territories.

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The first Swarajist Conference was held at ___________.

  1. Ahmedabad

  2. Allahabad

  3. Madras

  4. Bardoli
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Swaraj Party was an Indian political party established in late 1922–early 1923 by members of the Indian National Congress (Congress Party), notably Motilal Nehru and CR Das. Their first session was held at the residence of Motilal Nehru in Allahabad. They were among the pro changes who wanted to contest in the elections. Many candidates of the Swaraj Party got elected to the central legislative assembly and provincial legislative council in the 1923 elections where they opposed the unjust government policies.