Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:

Trace out the various events of the freedom struggle to independence of India in a chronological order:

(A) Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi.
(B) Rowlatt Satyagraha.
(C) Independence day was observed.
(D) Quit India Movement.
(E) Non-Cooperation Movement.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

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

(E), (D), (C), (B), (A)

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

(A), (B), (C), (D), (E)

Correct Answer:

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

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (E), (C), (A), (D)

The correct chronological order is:

(B) March 1919: Rowlatt Satyagraha.
(E) 1921: Non-Cooperation Movement.
(C) 26 Jan 1930: Independence day was observed.
(A) March 1930: Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi.
(D) August 1942: Quit India Movement.

Timeline of important events in Indian Freedom movement:

1915: Mahatma Gandhi returns from South Africa
1917: Champaran movement
1918: Peasant movements in Kheda (Gujarat), and workers’ movement in Ahmedabad
1919: Rowlatt Satyagraha (March-April)
1919: Jallianwala Bagh massacre (April)
1921: Non-cooperation and Khilafat Movements
1928: Peasant movement in Bardoli
1929: “Purna Swaraj” accepted as Congress goal at the Lahore Congress (December)
26 January 1930- Independence Day was observed
1930: Civil Disobedience Movement begins; Dandi March (March-April)
1931: Gandhi-Irwin Pact (March); Second Round Table Conference (December)
1935: Government of India Act promises some form of representative government
1939: Congress ministries resign
1942: Quit India Movement begins (August)
1946: Mahatma Gandhi visits Noakhali and other riot-torn areas to stop communal violence.
11 August 1947: Jinnah elected President of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
14 August 1947: Pakistan Independence; celebrations in Karachi
14-15 August 1947 : At midnight India celebrates Independence
December 1949: Constitution is signed