UNIT- 6

MAHATMA GANDHI AND THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT

1.Describe the causes that led to the Non-Cooperation movement.

2.Why did Gandhiji suspend the Non-Cooperation movement?
3.Describe the programmes of Non-Cooperation movement.
4.What were the impacts of Non-Cooperation movement?
5.Mention the factors leading up to Civil Disobedience movement.
6.Describe Dandi March.
7.Mention the programmes of Civil Disobedience movement.
8.Write a note on Gandhi-Irwin pact.
9.Describe second round table conference.
10.What were the impacts of Civil Disobedience movement?

ANALYTICAL QUESTIONS

1. Name three events which disillusioned Gandhiji and turned him into a non-
cooperator from a cooperator with the British government.
2.Suppose you recently visited Jallianwala Bagh Memorial in Amritsar. While
you were there, you could visualise what might have happened on that
unfortunate day on April 13, 1919. Describe the scene of the tragedy as
visualised by you.
3.How did the Civil Disobedience Movement create a sense of collective
belonging that resulted in the spread of nationalism?
4.The Simon Commission was appointed in November 1927 by the British
Government. Subsequently the Civil Disobedience Movement began. In this
context answer the following questions:
(a) Why was the Simon Commission appointed by the British Government?
Why did the Congress boycott the Commission?
(b) The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched by Gandhiji with his
famous Dandi March. Mention the significance of this historic event.
(c) Why did Gandhiji suspend Civil Disobedience Movement in 1931 and later
in 1934 call it off?

MCQ
1.Purna Swaraj was declared at ________________ congress Session presided
by Jawaharlal Nehru 1929.
a)Calcutta
b)Madras
c)Lahore
d)Karachi

2.When was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed?

a)March 1, 1932
b)March 5, 1931
c)March 10, 1935
d)March 7, 1937

3.Which among the following date was passed by a resolution by Indian

National Congress to observe every year as “Purna Swaraj”?
a)August 15
b)January 26
c)August 30
d)October 2

4.What was one of the agreements by the Governor- General in the Gandhi-
Irwin Pact?
a)To open more educational institutions
b)To release all political prisoners except those guilty of violence
c)To separate the Hindus from the Muslims
d)To hold a Cabinet Mission
5.Why did a crowd of people set fire to the police station in Chauri Chaura in
February, 1922?
a)There was a Hindu-Muslim riot
b)The crowd was attacked by the police during a peaceful march
c)A police officer had beaten some volunteers picketing a liquor shop
d)The crowd of people were fired at we trying to sell khadi cloth

6.A Khilafat Committee was formed to support the ____________________

a)Sunni Muslims
b)Germany
c)Caliph of Turkey
d)Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali

7.On 13 April 1919 people had gathered at ________________ in Amritsar for

a peaceful meeting
a)Town Hall
b)Jallianwala Bagh
c)Court
d)Sabramati Ashram

8.Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in _________________

a)1816
b)1920
c)1919
d)1916

9.Civil Disobedience Movement was the result of ________________

a)Khilafat Movement
b)Dandi March
c)Non-Cooperation Movement
d)None of these

9.When did the Chauri Chaura incident happen?

a)1922 February
b)1923 February
c)1924 February
d)1921 February

10.The Salt March ended when Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi on

_____________
 a)April 6, 1930
b)September 30, 1931
c)August 13, 1931
d)January 26, 1931

11.Which events made Gandhiji to start Non-cooperation Movement?

a)Rowlatt Act passed by Britishers
b)Khilafat Movement
c)Jalianwala Bagh Massacre
d)All of these

12.When was Rowlatt Act passed by the British Government

a)March, 1919
b)April, 1919
c)June, 1919
d)July, 1919

13.What was Rowlatt Act?

a)Arrest of a person without any warrant
b)Suspension of Right of Habeas Corpus
c)No individual Movement can be run by anyone
d)All of these

14.Who ordered soldiers to fire at people in Jallianwala Bagh?

a)Lord Dufferin
b)Lord Curzon
c)General Dyer
d)None of these

15.Who was elected as President of All India Khilafat Conference in November

1919?
a)Shaukat Ali
b)Mahatma Gandhi
c)Maulana Azad
d)None of these

16.Which two programs were started in association with Non-cooperation

Movement?
a)Swadeshi and Boycott
b)Self Governance and protests
c)Prayers and petitions
 d)None of these

17.Which was not the impact of Non-cooperation Movement?

a)National Movement became Mass Movement
b)Britishers gave self governance to Indians
c)Congress became a Revolutionary movement
d)Fostered Hindu Muslim unity

18.Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 was started due to

___________________
a)Simon Commission 1927
b)Nehru Report 1928
c)Declaration of Poorna Swaraj
d)All of the above

19.What resolution was passed at Lahore Session?

a)Self Governance
b)Poorna Swaraj
c)Republic India
d)Boycott British

20.When was Second Round Table conference held?

a)September 7 to December 1, 1931
b)November 12, 1930 to January 19,1931
c)December 1,1930 to December 1, 1931
d)None of these