Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:

Which movement was withdrawn by Gandhiji after a group of peasants attacked and torched a police station in the hamlet of Chauri Chaura (United Provinces)?

Options:

Non-Cooperation Movement

Civil Disobedience Movement

Quit India Movement

Ahmedabad Labour Strike

Correct Answer:

Non-Cooperation Movement

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → Non-Cooperation Movement

Gandhiji immediately withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920–22) after the Chauri Chaura incident (1922), where peasants set fire to a police station.