Practice Gandhi's Early Movements, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh, Khilafat and Non-Cooperation – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 3

Consider the following statements about satyagraha:

1. Satyagraha means the power of truth.

2. A satyagrahi seeks to overcome the oppressor through physical force.

3. Gandhiji had used satyagraha in South Africa before he returned to India in January 1915.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List-I with List-II:

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following statements about the Rowlatt Act and the protest against it:

1. It was passed in the Imperial Legislative Council despite the united opposition of its Indian members.

2. It allowed political prisoners to be detained without trial for up to two years.

3. During the protest, Gandhiji was barred from entering Delhi.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following events of 1919:

1. Beginning of the hartal against the Rowlatt Act

2. Formation of the Khilafat Committee in Bombay

3. Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh

4. Police firing on a peaceful procession in Amritsar

Select the correct chronological order.

Consider the following statements about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre:

1. Many villagers in the crowd did not know that martial law had been imposed.

2. General Dyer later said that his aim was to produce a 'moral effect' and create fear in the minds of satyagrahis.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Khilafat Committee was formed at Lahore in March 1919.

2. Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali were young leaders of the Khilafat movement.

3. Gandhiji persuaded other leaders at the Calcutta session of September 1920, but the Non-Cooperation programme was adopted at Nagpur in December 1920.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List-I with List-II regarding the Non-Cooperation Movement:

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following statements:

1. In Hind Swaraj (1909), Gandhiji argued that British rule would collapse within a year if Indians stopped cooperating.

2. The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn in February 1922 after violence at Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur.

3. Gandhiji was arrested before he withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about the agitation against the Rowlatt Act, 1919:

1. The Act was hurriedly passed in the Imperial Legislative Council despite the united opposition of the Indian members.

2. Gandhiji was allowed to enter Delhi to lead the protests there in person.

3. During the agitation there were strikes in railway workshops and shops were closed.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List-I with List-II:

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.