Q60. Who proposed mass civil disobedience in 1922 to secure the release of prisoners detained during Non-Cooperation?
[UP Police Sub-Inspector, 25 November 2021, Shift 1]
A. Zakir Hussain
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. C. R. Das
Answer: B. Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation: Gandhi considered escalating the campaign to mass civil disobedience in 1922. However, violence at Chauri Chaura convinced him to suspend Non-Cooperation before such escalation could take place.
Q59. Muhammad Ali Jinnah presented his famous Fourteen Points in which year?
[UP Police Sub-Inspector, 12 November 2021, Shift 1]
A. 1929
B. 1919
C. 1949
D. 1909
Answer: A. 1929
Explanation: Jinnah published his Fourteen Points in 1929 in response to constitutional disagreements that followed the Nehru Report. The demands concerned Muslim representation, separate electorates, provincial autonomy and other safeguards.
Q58. Place these events in chronological order: Sharda Act, Nehru Report, creation of Simon Commission, Dandi March.
[UPPSC Combined State GS I, 24 October 2021]
A. Simon Commission–Nehru Report–Sharda Act–Dandi March
B. Sharda Act–Nehru Report–Simon–Dandi
C. Dandi–Simon–Nehru–Sharda
D. Sharda–Dandi–Nehru–Simon
Answer: A. Simon Commission–Nehru Report–Sharda Act–Dandi March
Explanation: The Simon Commission was created in 1927, followed by the Nehru Report in 1928, the Child Marriage Restraint or Sharda Act in 1929 and Gandhi’s Dandi March in 1930.
Q57. Who helped settle the Swarajist–No-Changer disagreement on 6 November 1924?
[DSSSB TGT Social Studies, 9 October 2021, Shift 2]
A. Anil Baran Roy
B. Motilal Nehru
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. S. C. Mitra
Answer: C. Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation: Gandhi helped reconcile the factions through an agreement with Swarajist leaders Das and Motilal Nehru. The arrangement allowed work in legislatures on behalf of Congress while protecting the broader organisation’s unity.
Q56. Which leader did not belong to the No-Changers after Non-Cooperation?
[UPSC EPFO EO/AO, 5 September 2021]
A. Vallabhbhai Patel
B. M. A. Ansari
C. Rajendra Prasad
D. Motilal Nehru
Answer: D. Motilal Nehru
Explanation: Motilal Nehru joined the Swarajists, who advocated legislative council entry. Patel, Ansari and Rajendra Prasad belonged to the No-Changer wing, which prioritised constructive work and maintained non-cooperation outside councils.
Q55. The Khilafat agitation mainly concerned developments in which country?
[WBCS Preliminary, 22 August 2021]
A. India
B. Arabia
C. Iran
D. Turkey
Answer: D. Turkey
Explanation: The Khilafat agitation centred on the future of the Ottoman Caliphate based in Turkey after World War I. Indian Muslim leaders sought to protect the Caliph’s position and later coordinated with Gandhi’s anti-colonial Non-Cooperation programme.
Q54. Who urged Gandhi to organise non-cooperation in support of the Khilafat cause?
[SSC CGL 2020 cycle, 16 August 2021, Shift 3]
A. Shaukat Ali
B. Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D. Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Answer: A. Shaukat Ali
Explanation: Shaukat Ali, one of the two Ali brothers, played a prominent part in bringing the Khilafat cause to Gandhi. The resulting alliance helped connect the Muslim political protest with the wider Non-Cooperation Movement.
Q53. Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by Indian leaders?
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 31 July 2021, Shift 2]
A. Sir John Simon chaired it
B. All commissioners were British
C. Commissioners lacked professional experience
D. Lala Lajpat Rai was hurt during a protest
Answer: B. All commissioners were British
Explanation: The main objection was exclusion of all Indian representatives from the commission. Its all-British membership prompted demands that Indians themselves must participate in deciding their constitutional arrangements.
Q52. At which December 1920 Congress session was the Non-Cooperation programme ratified?
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 26 July 2021, Shift 1]
A. Nashik
B. Aurangabad
C. Nagpur
D. Surat
Answer: C. Nagpur
Explanation: The Nagpur Congress session in December 1920 ratified Non-Cooperation and reorganised Congress for more extensive mass mobilisation. The earlier Calcutta special session had already approved Gandhi’s non-cooperation programme in principle.
Q51. Which action was NOT part of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 26 July 2021, Shift 1]
A. Salt March
B. Surrender of official titles
C. Civil-service boycott
D. Boycott of foreign goods
Answer: A. Salt March
Explanation: The Salt March began in 1930 as part of the Civil Disobedience Movement. In contrast, the 1920–22 Non-Cooperation programme emphasised renouncing titles, boycotting institutions and foreign goods, and promoting indigenous production.
