Chapter  13 MAHATMA GANDHI AND THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT Civil Disobedience and Beyond

1. Consider the following comments about the
Non-cooperation Movement:

1. In March 1920, M.K. Gandhi produced a manifesto
   announcing his nonviolent Non-Cooperation Movement theory.
2. M.K. Gandhi advised people to follow swadeshi ideas.
3. M.K. Gandhi suspended the movement when the minimal
   demands were accepted by the British.

   Which of the statements given above
is/are correct?

2. Consider the following statements in relation to the
All India Khilafat Conference:

1. The All India Khilafat Conference, which took
   place in Delhi in November 1919.
2. The All India Khilafat Conference was established
   to assist the khilafat cause.
3. Gandhi presided over the All India Khilafat Committee.

  Which of the statements given above
is/are correct?

3. Consider the following events:

Which of the following is the correct

1. Rowlatt Satyagraha
2. Khilafat Movements
3. Peasant movements in Kheda
4. Peasant movement in Bardoli

chronological sequence of the above events?

4. Consider the following assertions:

1. Gandhi advocated not just the initiation of Satyagraha,
   but also non-cooperation with the government on the Khilafat problem.
2. December 1920: The Nagpur session of the Indian National
   Congress supported the non-cooperation platform.
3. Vijayaraghavachariar was president of the Indian National
   Congress in Nagpur in December 1920.
4. A 15-member Congress working committee (CWC) was formed to
   lead the Congress at the Nagpur session.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

5. Consider the following statements regarding who presided over
the Indian National Congress’s Ahmedabad session in 1921 while
C.R. Das was imprisoned:

Choose the correct answer

6. Consider the following remarks in relation to the
Chauri-Chaura incident:

1. An enraged crowd set fire to the police station.
2. Jawaharlal Nehru expressed surprise at Gandhi’s decision to
   call off the non-cooperation agitation.

  Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

7. With reference to Non-cooperation Movement,
consider the following statements:

1. M.K. Gandhi issued a manifesto in March 1920, announcing his
   doctrine of non-violent Non-Cooperation Movement.
2. M.K. Gandhi urged the people to adopt swadeshi principles.
3. M.K. Gandhi suspended the movement after an outburst of
   violence at Chauri Chaura in UP in February 1922.

  Which of the statements given above
is/are correct?

8. Consider the following events:

Which of the following is the correct

1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
2. Dandi March
3. Quit India Movement begins
4. “Purna Swaraj” was recognised as a Congress goal in Lahore.

chronological sequence of the above events?

9. Consider the following events: 

Which of the following is the correct

1. Rowlett Act
2. Khilafat movement
3. Jallianwala bagh massacre
4. Non-cooperation movement

chronological sequence of the above events?

10. Consider the following statements in relation to the
Non-cooperation Movement:

1. It was Gandhi’s first mass political effort.
2. INC passed a resolution in its Calcutta session.
3. Lord Chelmsford was India’s viceroy.

Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?

11. Take a look at the statement on the Champaran Satyagraha.

1. It occurred before to the Ahmedabad mill strike.
2. It was also referred to as the “First Hunger Strike.”
3. J. B. Kriplani was an essential figure in the Satyagraha.

Select the correct answer.

12. Consider the following events:

Which of the following is the correct

1. workers’ movement in Ahmedabad
2. Non-cooperation
3. Civil Disobedience Movement begins
4. Second Round Table Conference

chronological sequence of the above events?

13. Take a look at the statement addressing the Ahmedabad mill strike.

1. This occurred in 1918.
2. It was also referred to as the “First Hunger Strike.”
3. Lord Hardinge II was the viceroy of India at the time.

Select the correct answer.

14. Take a look at the statement about the
Ahmedabad mill strike.

1. It occurred as a result of heavy rainfall,
   causing crop damage.
2. Anusurya Sarabhai brought the subject to
   Gandhi’s attention.

Select the correct answer.

15. Take a look at the remark on the Kheda satyagrah.

1. It occurred following the Champaran Satyagraha.
2. During the Kheda Satyagrah, Lord Chelmsford served
   as Viceroy of India.
3. It was sometimes referred to as the First Non-Cooperation
   Movement. 

Select the correct answer.

16. Take a look at the Rowlett Act statement.

1. It occurred on March 18, 1919.
2. Warren Hastings served as Viceroy of India
   during the Rowlett Act.

Select the correct answer.

17. Take a look at the Rowlett Act statement.
1. This act nullified the right to habeas corpus.
2. For the first time, women were added to Rowlett Satyagarah.
Select the incorrect answer.

18. Take a look at the Rowlett Act statement.

1. According to the statute, there was judicial review
   after authorization from the viceroy.
2. Gandhi established Rowlett Satyagarah.

Select the correct answer.

19. Consider the following statement about the
Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

1. Lord Chelmsford was the viceroy of India at
   the time of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
2. Sardar Udham Singh assassinated G. Dyer.

Select the incorrect answer.

20. Consider the following statement about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

1. A Hunter Commission was formed to investigate
   the occurrence.
2. The INC established a non-official inquiry
   commission.
3. On April 9, British officials detained two
   nationalist leaders, Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr Satyapal.
4. In protest, Rabindranath Tagore resigned
   his Kaiser-i-Hind.

Select the incorrect answer.

21. Take a look at the statement about First RTC.

1. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar represents the Indian National
   Congress in the first RTC.
2. it was a failure.
3. Lord Irwin was the vicroy of India at the time.

Select the correct answer.

22. Take a look at the declaration regarding the
Khilafat movement.

1. It was first introduced in 1920.
2. It was against the British government and in
   favour of Turkey.
3. INC backed the khilafat movement.

Select the correct answer.

23. Take a look at the declaration about the non-cooperation movement.

1. It was MK Gandhi’s first large political movement.
2. The INC passed a resolution in its Calcutta session.
3. Lord Chelmsford was India’s viceroy at the time .
4. Motilal Nehru and C.R Das were lawyers who retired from their practises.
5. Because the merchant classes did not participate,
   there was no impact of foreign fabric imports in this movement.

Select the correct answer.

24. Take a look at the statement surrounding the Chauri chaura incident.
1. The incident occurred in 1922.
2. Lord Reading was the viceroy of India at the time.
3. As a result of the incident, Gandhi was forced to withdraw his
civil disobedience effort.
Select the correct answer.

25. Take a look at the following statement.

1. Gandhi initiated the first non-cooperation movement
   with the Champaran Satyagraha.
2. Gandhi led the first hunger strike in the Ahmedabad
   Mill Strike.
3. First Act of Civil Disobedience Mahatma Gandhi
   experienced this during the Kheda Satyagraha.
4. Rajkumar Shukla asked Gandhi to look at the difficulties
   of Bihar’s rural farmers.

  Which of the statements given
above is/are correct?

26. Take a look at the statement about First RTC.

1. It was held in London in 1931.
2. The Hindu Mahasabha and the Muslim League were present.

Select the incorrect answer.

27. Consider the following statements in relation to Champaran Satyagraha (1917):

1. European landowners forced peasants to grow indigo on a tinkathia
   portion of the overall land (called tinkathia system).
2. The tinkathia system denotes one-tenth of the total
   land area.
3. The government formed a committee to investigate the
   incident, and Gandhi was appointed as a member.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

28. Consider the following statements in relation to

Champaran Satyagraha (1917) connected leaders:

1. Ramnavmi Prasad
2. Anugrah Narayan Sinha
3. Shambhusharan Varma.
4. Rajendra Prasad

Choose the correct answer

29. Consider the following statements in relation to the
Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918):

1. There was a disagreement between the mill owner
   and the workers.
2. The mill owners were only willing to offer a 20%
   wage increase.
3. Sardar Patel requested that Mahatma Gandhi
   intervene and assist workers.

  Which of the statements given
above is/are correct?

30. Consider the following statements in relation to
the Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918):

1. The entire movement remained nonviolent.
2. Gandhi himself went on a death-defying fast.

  Which of the statements given
above is/are incorrect?

31. Consider the third RTC statement.

1. Dr. BR Ambedkar was present.
2. It was fruitless.

Select the correct answer.

32. Consider the following statements with relation to the
Kheda Satyagraha (1918):

1. It was referred to as the First Non-Cooperation.
2. The government seized the farmers’ personal property,
   land, and means of subsistence.
3. The previous government of India approved a resolution
   requiring the peasants of Kheda to pay greater revenue.
4. Patel and his colleagues coordinated the tax revolt, which
   was supported by Kheda’s various ethnic and caste communities.

  Which of the statements given above
is/are incorrect?

33. With reference to the people associated
with Kheda Satyagraha 1918, consider the following statements:

1. Narahari Parikh.
2. Mohanlal Pandya.
3. Ravi Shankar Vyas.
4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
5. Raj kumar shukla

  Which of the statements given
above is/are correct?

34. Consider the following statements with relation to The Rowlett Act:

1. The act made it possible for political activists to be tried without
   juries or even imprisoned without being tried.
2. It permitted the arrest of Indians without a warrant.
3. There was an appeals court, but all of the judges were British.
4. The suspension of the law of habeas corpus, which is the foundation
   of civil liberty, was sought.

Which of the following assertions is/are correct?

35. Consider the following assertion.

1. The First Mass Strike was a Satyagraha against
   the Rowlett Act.
2. ‘Gandhi He referred to the Rowlett Act as the
   “Black Act.”
3. Gandhi, on the other hand, was primarily the spiritual
   leader of the struggle.
4. Gandhi convened a Satyagraha Sabha, enlisting the
   support of younger members of Home Rule Leagues and Pan Islamists.

Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

36. Take a look at the statement regarding the
second round table conference.

1. It was a failure.
2. Dr. BR Ambedkar was present.
3. During this time, Willing Don was
   the Viceroy of India.

Select the correct answer.

37. Consider the assertion about the Gandhi-Irwin pact.

1. Irwin demanded that the civil disobedience action be ended.
2. Gandhi requested the release of the political prisoner.
3. Radical nationalists criticised the accord.

Select the incorrect answer.

38. Consider the assertion about the Gandhi-Irwin pact.

1. The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was approved at the Karachi session in 1931.
2. It is sometimes referred to as the Delhi Pact.

Select the correct answer.