Q70. What is the date of the Chauri Chaura incident?
[APSSB Forester, 26 June 2022]
A. 4 February 1922
B. 14 February 1932
C. 4 February 1920
D. None of the above
Answer: A. 4 February 1922
Explanation: On 4 February 1922, participants in the Non-Cooperation agitation clashed with police at Chauri Chaura in present-day Uttar Pradesh. The violence caused Gandhi to halt the national movement.
Q69. Who was identified with the later New Swarajists advocating constitutional participation?
[Rajasthan Police Constable, 13 May 2022, Shift 1]
A. Bhulabhai Desai
B. Madhav Desai
C. Govind Ballabh Pant
D. C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: A. Bhulabhai Desai
Explanation: Bhulabhai Desai was associated with the later constitutionalist current in Congress politics. It should be distinguished from the original Swaraj Party founded in 1923 by C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru after Non-Cooperation.
Q68. Which act allowed the British authorities to arrest suspects without a normal trial?
[DSSSB Junior Secretariat Assistant, 23 April 2022, Shift 3]
A. Rowlatt Act 1919
B. Morley-Minto Reforms
C. Pitt’s India Act 1784
D. Regulating Act 1773
Answer: A. Rowlatt Act 1919
Explanation: The 1919 Rowlatt Act granted extraordinary police and detention powers to the colonial state. Gandhi’s opposition developed into the Rowlatt Satyagraha, one of the earliest widespread nationalist campaigns under his leadership.
Q67. What is the exact date of the Chauri Chaura incident?
[DSSSB Junior Secretariat Assistant, 23 April 2022, Shift 3]
A. 4 February 1922
B. 3 February 1921
C. 4 February 1921
D. 3 February 1922
Answer: A. 4 February 1922
Explanation: The Chauri Chaura incident happened on 4 February 1922 in the United Provinces. A violent confrontation with police resulted in the burning of a station, prompting Gandhi to suspend Non-Cooperation.
Q66. Who among the following was not in the Congress No-Changers camp?
[UPSC CDS I General Knowledge, 10 April 2022]
A. M. A. Ansari
B. Vithalbhai Patel
C. C. Rajagopalachari
D. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar
Answer: B. Vithalbhai Patel
Explanation: Vithalbhai Patel supported the pro-council-entry Swarajist strategy rather than the No-Changers. The latter emphasised constructive programmes, non-cooperation and organisation outside the colonial legislatures after Gandhi suspended the movement.
Q65. Which major colonial act was partly influenced by the Simon Commission’s findings?
[DSSSB Junior Secretariat Assistant, 8 April 2022, Shift 1]
A. Government of India Act 1935
B. Charter Act 1833
C. Defence of India Act 1915
D. Indian Councils Act 1861
Answer: A. Government of India Act 1935
Explanation: The Simon Commission’s report was one of several inputs to British constitutional discussions culminating in the Government of India Act 1935. Its proposals followed a review of the 1919 Act.
Q64. In which year did the Simon Commission publish its report?
[ESIC UDC memory-based paper, 19 March 2022, Shift 2]
A. 1927
B. 1928
C. 1930
D. 1932
Answer: C. 1930
Explanation: The Simon Commission published its report in 1930 after touring India. The commission was appointed in 1927, arrived in 1928 and met major boycotts due to its exclusion of Indian members.
Q63. Regarding Rowlatt Satyagraha, which statements are correct: (A) the Act curtailed rights and expanded police powers; (B) Gandhi and Jinnah opposed restrictions on basic freedoms; (C) the agitation had no all-India impact?
[CTET Paper II Social Science, 1 January 2022]
A. A and B only
B. B and C only
C. A and C only
D. C only
Answer: A. A and B only
Explanation: The Rowlatt Act curtailed civil liberties, so Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah opposed it. The 1919 protest spread across different communities and regions; consequently, the claim of no wider national impact is incorrect.
Q62. The Nehru Report of 1928 was primarily connected with which subject?
[SSC GD, 14 December 2021, Shift 2]
A. Education policy
B. Surat split
C. Communal awards
D. Constitutional framework
Answer: D. Constitutional framework
Explanation: The Nehru Report was a proposed constitutional framework drafted under Motilal Nehru. It included proposals on Dominion Status, legislatures, electoral arrangements and fundamental rights, rather than a programme of educational or party-organisational reform.
Q61. Which proposal was NOT among Jinnah’s Fourteen Points of 1929?
[AP High Court Assistant Examiner, 28 November 2021, Shift 2]
A. A Muslim share in cabinets
B. No constitutional changes without state consent
C. One-fifth Muslim representation in the central legislature
D. Religious freedom for communities
Answer: C. One-fifth Muslim representation in the central legislature
Explanation: Jinnah demanded at least one-third Muslim representation in the central legislature, not one-fifth. His Fourteen Points also emphasised religious freedom, federal safeguards and protections for Muslim political representation.
