Q50. Gandhi’s Non-Cooperation Movement operated primarily during which period?
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 4 March 2021, Shift 2]
A. 1918–1920
B. 1920–1922
C. 1930–1935
D. 1915–1919
Answer: B. 1920–1922
Explanation: The mass Non-Cooperation Movement ran from 1920 until Gandhi suspended it in February 1922 after Chauri Chaura. Boycott, swadeshi and non-violent protest were its major features.
Q49. Gandhi called for a nonviolent protest day on 6 April 1919 against which act?
[RRB NTPC CBT-I, 1 April 2021, Shift 1]
A. Rowlatt Act
B. Charter Act 1813
C. Arms Act
D. Vernacular Press Act
Answer: A. Rowlatt Act
Explanation: The 6 April 1919 hartal was part of Gandhi’s Rowlatt Satyagraha. The legislation had expanded the colonial state’s capacity to restrict political activity and imprison suspects without trial.
Q48. In which year did the Chauri Chaura incident take place?
[SSC Junior Engineer Electrical, 24 March 2021]
A. 1942
B. 1910
C. 1930
D. 1922
Answer: D. 1922
Explanation: The incident occurred on 4 February 1922 in Gorakhpur district. The deaths resulting from the burning of a police station led Gandhi to suspend Non-Cooperation.
Q47. Against which legislation did Gandhi call for satyagraha in 1919?
[SSC Junior Engineer Electrical, 24 March 2021]
A. Calico Act
B. Arms Act
C. English Education Act
D. Rowlatt Act
Answer: D. Rowlatt Act
Explanation: Gandhi called for satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act, a repressive 1919 measure that authorised detention without ordinary trial. The campaign drew national attention to colonial restrictions on political rights.
Q46. Protests against which British law contributed to the gathering at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar?
[RRB NTPC CBT-I, 14 March 2021, Shift 1]
A. Government of India Act
B. Rowlatt Act
C. Simon Commission
D. Pitt’s India Act
Answer: B. Rowlatt Act
Explanation: The Rowlatt Act authorised extraordinary detention powers, provoking demonstrations in Punjab. The protests and arrests of local leaders formed the immediate political background to the Jallianwala Bagh gathering in April 1919.
Q45. Which colonial law did Gandhi oppose by launching satyagraha?
[RRB NTPC CBT-I, 8 March 2021, Shift 2]
A. Rowlatt Act of 1919
B. Vernacular Press Act 1878
C. Government of India Act 1858
D. Regulating Act 1773
Answer: A. Rowlatt Act of 1919
Explanation: Gandhi’s Rowlatt Satyagraha challenged legislation that allowed detention without normal trial safeguards. It brought public opposition to colonial repression onto a national stage in 1919.
Q44. When did the Non-Cooperation Movement begin?
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 9 February 2021, Shift 2]
A. 1930
B. 1920
C. 1940
D. 1910
Answer: B. 1920
Explanation: The Non-Cooperation Movement emerged in 1920 under Gandhi’s leadership. It sought swaraj through boycotts of colonial institutions and goods, use of khadi, and adherence to non-violence.
Q43. Which feature formed part of the Rowlatt Act of 1919?
[RRB NTPC CBT-I, 9 February 2021, Shift 2]
A. Detention without trial and censorship of the press
B. Compulsory public lathi-charges
C. Ban on Indian-made goods
D. Special crop taxation
Answer: A. Detention without trial and censorship of the press
Explanation: The Rowlatt Act enabled extraordinary preventive detention and restrictions on civil liberties. Introduced after World War I, it extended repressive wartime measures and prompted Gandhi’s nationwide satyagraha in 1919.
Q42. Why did Gandhi stop Non-Cooperation in 1922?
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 3 February 2021, Shift 2]
A. His arrest required it
B. A mob burned Chauri Chaura police station
C. The movement won its goal
D. He became ill
Answer: B. A mob burned Chauri Chaura police station
Explanation: Gandhi ended the campaign following the police-station burning at Chauri Chaura in February 1922. He believed the movement’s non-violent foundations were endangered by escalating violence.
Q41. Gandhi ended Non-Cooperation after violence at which place?
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 9 January 2021, Shift 2]
A. Chauri Chaura
B. Rowlatt Act protest
C. Quit India agitation
D. Khilafat meeting
Answer: A. Chauri Chaura
Explanation: The Chauri Chaura attack occurred in present-day Uttar Pradesh. Gandhi condemned the burning of the police station and halted the national Non-Cooperation campaign soon afterwards.
