Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:

Arrange the following in Chronological order :

(A) Non-cooperation Movement
(B) Civil Disobedience Movement
(C) Demand for 'Purna Swaraj'
(D) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(E) Quit India Movement

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer:

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

Explanation:

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

(D) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - 1919
(A) Non-cooperation Movement - 1921
(C) Demand for 'Purna Swaraj' - 1929
(B) Civil Disobedience Movement - 1930
(E) Quit India Movement - 1942

Timeline of important events in the 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)
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.