Gandhi's Early Satyagrahas and the Non-Cooperation Movement

Attempt the quiz above first, then review every question with its correct answer and a short explanation below.

1. Q1.Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in:

   • A.1905
   • B.1919
   • C.1922
   • D.1915✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: He returned on 9 January 1915.

2. Q2.Gandhi's first satyagraha in India was at:

   • A.Kheda
   • B.Bardoli
   • C.Champaran✓ Correct Answer
   • D.Dandi

   Explanation: It was in 1917 against the indigo planters.

3. Q3.The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched in:

   • A.1919
   • B.1922
   • C.1920✓ Correct Answer
   • D.1930

   Explanation: It began on 1 August 1920.

4. Q4.The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn after the incident at:

   • A.Chauri Chaura✓ Correct Answer
   • B.Jallianwala Bagh
   • C.Kakori
   • D.Dandi

   Explanation: A mob burned a police station on 5 February 1922.

5. Q5.Which of the following was a satyagraha for peasants of Gujarat in 1918?

   • A.Champaran
   • B.Bardoli
   • C.Dandi
   • D.Kheda✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: Peasants demanded remission of revenue after crop failure.

6. Q6.Chauri Chaura is located in the present-day State of:

   • A.Bihar
   • B.Gujarat
   • C.Punjab
   • D.Uttar Pradesh✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: It is in Gorakhpur district.

7. Q7.Gandhi's first hunger strike in India was during the strike at:

   • A.Ahmedabad mill workers (1918)✓ Correct Answer
   • B.Champaran indigo planters
   • C.Kheda farmers
   • D.Bombay dock workers

   Explanation: Anasuya Sarabhai supported the workers.

8. Q8.The Khilafat Movement was led in India by:

   • A.Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
   • B.Ali brothers (Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali)✓ Correct Answer
   • C.Mohammad Iqbal
   • D.Liaquat Ali Khan

   Explanation: Gandhi supported it as a unity cause.

9. Q9.The Congress adopted the Non-Cooperation programme at the special session of:

   • A.Calcutta, 1920✓ Correct Answer
   • B.Nagpur, 1920
   • C.Lahore, 1929
   • D.Karachi, 1931

   Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai presided over this session.

10. Q10.The Nagpur session of December 1920 was presided over by:

    • A.Motilal Nehru
    • B.C. Vijayaraghavachariar✓ Correct Answer
    • C.Jawaharlal Nehru
    • D.Subhas Bose

    Explanation: It ratified the Non-Cooperation Movement.

11. Q11.The Rowlatt Satyagraha was launched by Gandhi in:

    • A.1917
    • B.1920
    • C.1919✓ Correct Answer
    • D.1922

    Explanation: A nationwide hartal was observed on 6 April 1919.

12. Q12.Which title did Gandhi return in the Non-Cooperation Movement?

    • A.Bharat Ratna
    • B.Padma Vibhushan
    • C.Kaisar-i-Hind✓ Correct Answer
    • D.Sir

    Explanation: He had received it for services during the Boer War.

13. Q13.Gandhi was invited to Champaran by:

    • A.Rajendra Prasad
    • B.Rajkumar Shukla✓ Correct Answer
    • C.Braj Kishore Prasad
    • D.J. B. Kripalani

    Explanation: Rajkumar Shukla, a local indigo cultivator, persuaded Gandhi to visit, and Rajendra Prasad later joined him.

14. Q14.The Moplah rebellion of 1921 took place in:

    • A.Bengal
    • B.Malabar (Kerala)✓ Correct Answer
    • C.Punjab
    • D.Gujarat

    Explanation: It began as a tenant protest linked to Khilafat.

15. Q15.Who was the Mahatma's political guru in India?

    • A.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    • B.Gopal Krishna Gokhale✓ Correct Answer
    • C.Dadabhai Naoroji
    • D.Lala Lajpat Rai

    Explanation: Gokhale advised him to travel across India before taking part in politics.

16. Q16.The Chauri Chaura incident took place on:

    • A.13 April 1919
    • B.12 March 1930
    • C.5 February 1922✓ Correct Answer
    • D.8 August 1942

    Explanation: Gandhi suspended the movement on 12 February 1922.

17. Q17.Sabarmati Ashram was established by Gandhi in 1917 at:

    • A.Ahmedabad✓ Correct Answer
    • B.Wardha
    • C.Pune
    • D.Vadodara

    Explanation: It was also called Satyagraha Ashram.

18. Q18.Gandhi's weekly journal started in 1919 was:

    • A.Young India✓ Correct Answer
    • B.Harijan
    • C.Indian Opinion
    • D.Kesari

    Explanation: Navajivan was the Gujarati weekly.

19. Q19.Gandhi was arrested in March 1922 and sentenced for sedition to:

    • A.two years
    • B.ten years
    • C.life imprisonment
    • D.six years✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: He was released early in 1924 for health reasons.

20. Q20.The Khilafat Movement protested the harsh treatment of the Ottoman Caliph after:

    • A.World War II
    • B.the Russian Revolution
    • C.the Balkan Wars
    • D.World War I✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: The Treaty of Sevres hurt Turkey.