Match List I with List II
| List I | List II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Movement | Purpose | ||
| A. | Quit India Movement | I. | To achieve self-government in India, demand for large political representation |
| B. | Civil Disobedience Movement | II. | Compelled the British to leave India |
| C. | Non-Cooperation Movement | III. | Refusal to obey certain laws, orders or commands of the Government |
| D. | Home Rule League Movement | IV. | Indians resigning their titles, boycotting foreign goods and Government institutions, refusing to pay taxes |
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
(A) Quit India Movement — this matches (II) Compelled the British to leave India. Launched on 8 August 1942 with Gandhi’s call of ‘Do or Die’, it demanded an immediate end of British rule.
(B) Civil Disobedience Movement — this matches (III) Refusal to obey certain laws, orders or commands of the Government. It began with the Dandi March of 1930, in which Gandhi broke the salt law on purpose.
(C) Non-Cooperation Movement — this matches (IV) Indians resigning their titles, boycotting foreign goods and Government institutions, refusing to pay taxes. In 1920–22 Indians withdrew their cooperation from British rule: they gave up titles, left government schools, courts and councils, burnt foreign cloth and planned not to pay taxes.
(D) Home Rule League Movement — this matches (I) To achieve self-government in India, demand for large political representation. The two Home Rule Leagues of 1916, led by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant, demanded self-government for India within the British Empire.