Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:

Arrange the following events in a chronological order:

(A) Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa
(B) 'Purna Swaraj' accepted as a goal at the Lahore session
(C) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(D) Congress Ministries resign

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A), (B), (C), (D)

(A), (C), (B), (D)

(B), (A), (D), (C)

(C), (B), (D), (A)

Correct Answer:

(A), (C), (B), (D)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (C), (B), (D)

  • (A) Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa (1915): Gandhi returned to India on January 9, 1915, after more than two decades of political activism in South Africa.

  • (C) Rowlatt Satyagraha (1919): This was Gandhi's first nationwide protest in India, launched in 1919 against the oppressive Rowlatt Act.

  • (B) 'Purna Swaraj' accepted as a goal (1929): The Indian National Congress, under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, passed the resolution for 'Purna Swaraj' (complete independence) in December 1929 at its Lahore session.

  • (D) Congress Ministries resign (1939): The Congress ministries in various provinces resigned in October 1939 in protest against the British Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, for declaring India a belligerent in World War II without consulting the Indian leaders.