Q100. Which incident persuaded Gandhi to stop Non-Cooperation in February 1922?
[SSC MTS 2022 cycle, 19 June 2023, Shift 1]
A. Chauri Chaura
B. Central Assembly bombing
C. Kakori action
D. Jallianwala Bagh
Answer: A. Chauri Chaura
Explanation: Gandhi halted Non-Cooperation because protesters burned a police station at Chauri Chaura. He argued that the movement could not maintain its moral force unless its participants adhered to non-violent discipline.
Q99. Motilal Nehru presented his constitutional report in which year?
[MP Forest Guard/Jail Prahari, 13 June 2023, Shift 3]
A. 1920
B. 1925
C. 1928
D. 1932
Answer: C. 1928
Explanation: The Nehru Report was presented in 1928 under Motilal Nehru’s chairmanship. It proposed a constitutional framework and Dominion Status, becoming a central reference in debates over Indian self-government.
Q98. Which incident caused the suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
[MP Forest Guard/Jail Prahari, 12 June 2023, Shift 2]
A. Lahore Conspiracy
B. Chauri Chaura
C. Champaran Satyagraha
D. Jallianwala Bagh
Answer: B. Chauri Chaura
Explanation: Violence at Chauri Chaura on 4 February 1922 caused Gandhi to withdraw the nationwide agitation. Protesters burned a police station after clashes with police, undermining the movement’s declared commitment to nonviolence.
Q97. In what year was Gandhi’s Non-Cooperation Movement launched?
[MP Forest Guard/Jail Prahari, 3 June 2023, Shift 2]
A. 1915
B. 1920
C. 1929
D. 1942
Answer: B. 1920
Explanation: Gandhi launched Non-Cooperation in 1920 after the Rowlatt Act agitation, Punjab atrocities and the Khilafat issue. Boycotts of foreign goods, courts and government schools became important parts of mass participation.
Q96. What was the principal objective of the Simon Commission?
[SSC MTS, 19 May 2023, Shift 1]
A. To assess India’s political-constitutional arrangements
B. To settle India’s religious future
C. To determine education policy
D. To design an economic plan
Answer: A. To assess India’s political-constitutional arrangements
Explanation: The Simon Commission reviewed the operation of the Government of India Act 1919 and suggested constitutional reforms. The commission’s all-British composition provoked protests across India when it visited in 1928.
Q95. Motilal Nehru and C. R. Das left legal practice as part of which movement?
[SSC MTS 2022 cycle, 17 May 2023, Shift 1]
A. Self-Respect Movement
B. Quit India Movement
C. Non-Cooperation Movement
D. Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer: C. Non-Cooperation Movement
Explanation: During Non-Cooperation, Gandhi asked professionals to boycott colonial courts. Motilal Nehru and C. R. Das abandoned their legal practices, symbolising elite participation in wider peaceful resistance to British institutions.
Q94. The Chauri Chaura incident occurred in which year?
[SSC MTS 2022 cycle, 16 May 2023, Shift 1]
A. 1901
B. 1915
C. 1922
D. 1908
Answer: C. 1922
Explanation: The Chauri Chaura episode occurred on 4 February 1922 in what is now Uttar Pradesh. Violent attacks and a police-station burning prompted Gandhi to stop the Non-Cooperation Movement.
Q93. In which month of 1922 was the Chauri Chaura police station set on fire?
[SSC CHSL 2022 cycle, 17 March 2023, Shift 4]
A. June
B. February
C. December
D. April
Answer: B. February
Explanation: The Chauri Chaura incident occurred in February 1922. Gandhi suspended Non-Cooperation soon afterwards because he believed mass political resistance had to remain strictly non-violent.
Q92. How many constitutional demands did Jinnah present in March 1929?
[CRPF Head Constable Ministerial, 27 February 2023, Shift 2]
A. 11
B. 7
C. 14
D. 20
Answer: C. 14
Explanation: Muhammad Ali Jinnah put forward Fourteen Points in 1929 to safeguard Muslim political and constitutional interests. The proposals followed disagreements about representation and safeguards in the 1928 Nehru Report.
Q91. Which British officer ordered the firing at Jallianwala Bagh?
[SSC GD 2022 cycle, held 13 February 2023, Shift 3]
A. General Dawson
B. General Dyer
C. General Haunters
D. General Panters
Answer: B. General Dyer
Explanation: Reginald Edward Harry Dyer directed his troops to fire on unarmed people gathered in Amritsar on 13 April 1919. The episode shocked India and became a symbol of colonial oppression.
