Identify the correct statements among the following:
A. It was the Salt satyagraha that made Gandhiji a truly national leader.
B. During the Non-cooperation movement, hill tribes in northern Andhra violated the forest laws.
C. Peasants in Kumaun refused to carry loads for colonial officials during the Non-cooperation movement.
D. Non-cooperation movement entailed denial, renunciation and self-discipline.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → B, C and D only
A. It was the Salt satyagraha that made Gandhiji a truly national leader. Incorrect. It was the Rowlatt satyagraha of 1919 that made Gandhiji a truly national leader; emboldened by its success, he called for non-cooperation. The Salt Satyagraha came eleven years later, in 1930. One word swapped, Rowlatt for Salt, and a true line became false. NTA loves this move, so slow down on every name and date.
B. During the Non-cooperation movement, hill tribes in northern Andhra violated the forest laws. Correct. Non-cooperation set the countryside astir: hill tribes in northern Andhra violated the forest laws, and farmers in Awadh did not pay taxes.
C. Peasants in Kumaun refused to carry loads for colonial officials during the Non-cooperation movement. Correct. Peasants in Kumaun refused to carry loads for colonial officials. People acted on the call to ‘non-cooperate’ in ways that suited their own interests.
D. Non-cooperation movement entailed denial, renunciation and self-discipline. Correct. Gandhiji’s American biographer Louis Fischer wrote that non-cooperation entailed denial, renunciation, and self-discipline; it was training for self-rule.
NCERT (2025-26): “2. The Making and Unmaking of Non-cooperation … It was the Rowlatt satyagraha that made Gandhiji a truly national leader. Emboldened by its success, Gandhiji called for a campaign of ‘non-cooperation’ with British rule.… 2.1 Knitting a popular movement … The countryside was seething with discontent too. Hill tribes in northern Andhra violated the forest laws. Farmers in Awadh did not pay taxes. Peasants in Kumaun refused to carry loads for colonial officials.… …Non-cooperation,’ wrote Mahatma Gandhi’s American biographer Louis Fischer, ‘became the name of an epoch in the life of India and of Gandhiji. Non-cooperation was negative enough to be peaceful but positive enough to be effective. It entailed denial, renunciation, and self-discipline. It was training for self-rule.’…” |