Question

Facts relating to non corporation movement? Find out the wrong statement.

(i) The AICC met in May 1920 and decided to convene a special session in September to enable the congress to decide on its course of action

(ii) It was the CR Das who moved the main resolution on non-corporation

(iii) Charkhas were popularised on a wide scale and khadi became uniform of the national movement

(iv) The government felt that things were really going too far and announced a change in policy declaring the volunteer corps illegal and arrested all those who claimed its members

• A. (i) & (ii) only
• B. (i), (ii) & (iv) only
• C. (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv) only
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer:

D. None of the above

• Statement (i) is correct: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) met in May 1920 and decided to hold a special session in September 1920 (which took place in Calcutta/Kolkata) to formally discuss and adopt Mahatma Gandhi's Non-Cooperation program. Statement (ii) is correct: While Chittaranjan (C.R.) Das initially opposed some aspects of the movement at the Calcutta session, he famously changed his stance and moved the main resolution on Non-Cooperation at the regular Nagpur session of the Congress in December 1920. Statement (iii) is correct: The boycott of foreign cloth was a central pillar of the movement. Charkhas (spinning wheels) were distributed on a massive scale to promote self-reliance, and Khadi homespun cloth became the symbolic "uniform" of Indian nationalists. Statement (iv) is correct: As the movement grew incredibly powerful, the British government cracked down harshly in late 1921. They declared the Congress and Khilafat volunteer corps illegal and arrested thousands of leaders and volunteers (with the notable exception of Gandhi at that specific moment).