Choose the correct events which are directly associated with Mahatma Gandhi:
(A) Chauri-Chaura incident
(B) Salt-Satyagraha
(C) Uprising in Lucknow Residency
(D) Second Round Table Conference
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) Chauri-Chaura incident — Correct. In February 1922 a group of peasants attacked and torched a police station at Chauri Chaura in the United Provinces. This act of violence prompted Gandhiji to call off the Non-Cooperation Movement altogether.
(B) Salt-Satyagraha — Correct. In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi announced that he would lead a march to break the salt law, which gave the state a monopoly in the manufacture and sale of salt.
(C) Uprising in Lucknow Residency — Incorrect. This belongs to the Revolt of 1857: when the rebel forces besieged Lucknow, Henry Lawrence, the Commissioner of Lucknow, took refuge with the Christian population in the fortified Residency. Gandhi’s movements in India began only after he returned from South Africa in 1915.
(D) Second Round Table Conference — Correct. It was held in London in the latter part of 1931, and there Gandhiji represented the Congress.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 Knitting a popular movement … Then, in February 1922, a group of peasants attacked and torched a police station in the hamlet of Chauri Chaura, in the United Provinces (now, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal). Several constables perished in the conflagration. This act of violence prompted Gandhiji to call off the movement altogether.… 3.1 Dandi … Soon after the observance of this ‘Independence Day’, Mahatma Gandhi announced that he would lead a march to break one of the most widely disliked laws in British India, which gave the state a monopoly in the manufacture and sale of salt.… 3.2 Dialogues … A second Round Table Conference was held in London in the latter part of 1931. Here, Gandhiji represented the Congress.… 5.1 Celebrating the saviours … When the rebel forces besieged Lucknow, Henry Lawrence, the Commissioner of Lucknow, collected the Christian population and took refuge in the heavily fortified Residency. Lawrence was killed but the Residency continued to be defended under the command of Colonel Inglis.…” |