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Modern History MCQs – 14 (Civil Disobedience Movement)

Civil Disobedience Movement MCQs with answers and explanations for UPSC and Other examinations.

1. At which Session of Indian National Congress, Working committee of Congress was authorized to launch a programme of Civil Disobedience ?

(a) Bombay
(b) Lahore
(c) Lucknow
(d) Tripura

Correct Answer(b) Lahore

  • The Lahore Session of Indian National Congress in 1929 authorized the Congress Working Committee to start the Civil Disobedience Movement. 
  • Mahatma Gandhi was assigned to lead the Movement.

2. Which one of the following movements began with the famous Dandi March ?

(a) Home Rule Movement
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) Quit India Movement.

Correct Answer(c) Civil Disobedience Movement

  • Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Dandi march accompanied by his trusted volunteers from Sabarmati Ashram on March 12, 1930. 
  • The march was over 240 miles, from Sabarmati ashram to Gujarat’s coastal town of Dandi. 
  • On April 6, 1930 he reached Dandi and violated the salt law by manufacturing salt by boiling sea water. 
  • This marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
  • Salt was a major point of the movement because the English Government had banned the selling of the salt and also imposed a tax on it, which highly affected common people.

3. Similar to the Dandi March, a salt march was started by who among the following in Tamil Nadu ?

(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) C. Rajagopalachari

Correct Answer(d) C. Rajagopalachari

  • Similar to the Dandi March, a salt march was started by C. Rajagopalachari in Tamil Nadu.
  • He took up Salt March in Tamil Nadu from Tiruchengode ashram to Vedaranyam of Tiruchirapalli.
  • The march began on April 13, 1930 and ended on April 28, 1930.

4. Consider the following statements about Civil Disobedience Movement :

1. It started with the famous Dandi March.
2. Women did not participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 & 2
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer – (a) 1 only

  • The Civil Disobedience Movement started with the famous Dandi March.
  • Womens participated on a large scale in the Civil Disobedience movement.
  • Kasturba Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur and Kamladevi Chattopadhyaya were prominent women leaders who actively contributed to the Civil Disobedience Movement.

5. Which among the following events was first to occur ?

(a) Dandi March
(b) Quit India Movement
(c) Arrival of Simon Commission
(d) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Correct Answer(c) Arrival of Simon Commission

  • Given events occurred in the following sequence:
    • Arrival of Simon Commission → February 3, 1928 
    • Dandi March → March 12, 1930
    • Gandhi-Irwin Pact → March 5, 1931
    • Quit India Movement → August, 1942

6. A volunteer organization known as ‘Khudai Khidmatgar’ was founded by who among the following ?

(a) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(c) Maulana Azad
(d) None of the Above

Correct Answer(a) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

  • ‘Khudai Khidmatgar’ also known as ‘Red Shirt’ was a volunteer organization founded by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan in North-West Frontier province. 
  • He called for Pathan regional nationalist unity and a struggle against colonialism.

7. After the failure of Civil Disobedience movement, Gandhiji gave importance to which among the following :

(a) Constructive programmes
(b) Limited use of violence
(c) Negotiation with British
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer(a) Constructive programmes

  • Gandhi gave importance to the constructive programmes after the failure of Civil Disobedience Movement. 
  • In September, 1932 Mahatma Gandhi founded the All India Anti-Untouchability League for the welfare of Harijans and also started the weekly magazine ‘Harijan’.

8. Consider the following statements about Gandhi-Irwin Pact :

1. It was signed by Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin.
2. It discontinued the Civil disobedience Movement.

Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 & 2
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer – (c) Both 1 & 2

  • The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed by Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin on 5th March, 1931.
  • Below were the proposed conditions of the pact:
    • Discontinuation of Civil disobedience Movement by Indian National Congress.
    • Participation of the India National Congress in Round Table Conference
    • Withdrawal of all ordinances issued by the British Government against INC
    • Withdrawal of all prosecutions except those involving violence
    • The release of prisoners arrested for participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement
    • Removal of the tax on Salt

9. Who among the following presided over the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress in 1931 ?

(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) J.M. Sengupta
(c) S.C. Bose
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel

Correct Answer(d) Vallabhbhai Patel

  • The Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in 1931. 
  • In this session, Congress passed the resolutions related to Fundamental Rights and the national economic programme for the first time.
  • Jawaharlal Nehru with the help of M.N. Roy drafted the resolution on Fundamental Rights and National economic programmes.

10. Arrange the following events in the chronological order :

1. Second Round Table Conference
2. Karachi Session of Indian National Congress
3. Execution of Bhagat Singh
4. Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Select the answer using the codes below :

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 2, 3, 1, 4
(с) 4, 3, 2, 1
(d) 3, 4, 2, 1

Correct Answer –  (с) 4, 3, 2, 1

  • Gandhi-Irwin Pact → March 5, 1931.
  • Execution of Bhagat Singh → March 23, 1931
  • Karachi Session of Congress → March 26-29, 1931
  • Second Round Table Conference → December 7, 1931

11. Consider the following statements about Round Table Conferences :

1. Ramsay MacDonald presided over the first Round Table Conference.
2. Indian National Congress did not attend any of the Round Table Conferences.

Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 & 2
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer – (a) 1 only

  • The Round Table Conferences (RTC) of 1930–1932 were a series of conferences organized by the British Government with the Indian political personalities to discuss constitutional reforms in India.
  •  Ramsay MacDonald presided over the all the Round Table Conference.
  • The Indian National Congress decided not to participate in the first Round Table conference as many of the INC leaders were imprisoned due to their involvement in the civil disobedience movement.
  • After the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Congress participated in the second Round Table Conference solely represented by Gandhi.
  • After the failure of the second round table conference, Gandhi relaunched the Civil Disobedience Movement.
  • The Third Round Table Conference was also not attended by Congress.

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