MPSC PYQ

Civil Disobedience Movement

Tested in 8 real MPSC questions across 4 years (20132023). See it in context on the interactive Concept Graph →

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What you need to know first

History of Maharashtra freedom struggleFreedom struggle events in MaharashtraDandi March1930 MovementsGandhian era in Indian historySalt March eventsEvents of 1930 Salt SatyagrahaRole of various classes

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Dandi MarchHistorical quotesWomen in Freedom StruggleGandhian MovementsGandhi-Irwin PactSecond Round Table Conference

Real questions that test this

खालील घटनांची योग्य क्रमाने मांडणी करा. i. श्वेत पत्रिका ii. पुणे करार iii. नेहरू अहवाल iv. धारासना सत्याग्रह Arrange the following events in the correct order. i. White paper ii. Poona pact iii. Nehru report iv. Dharasna Satyagraha

1)iv, ii, iii, i
2)iv, i, ii, iii
3)iii, iv, ii, i✓ Correct
4)ii, iii, iv, i

Chronology of events: Nehru Report (1928), Dharasna Satyagraha (1930), Poona Pact (1932), White Paper on Constitutional Reforms (1933). Therefore, iii, iv, ii, i is correct.

In Nasik District, Jungle Satyagraha was carried out successfully in Satana, Baglan and Kalvan Taluqas. The chief leaders in Baglan included Dadasaheb Gadre, Mahant Seetaramshastri and Tarkateertha Laxmanshastri Joshi. Dang is the area of forests. The Koli and Thakar tribes were also drawn into the Jungle Satyagraha. It became difficult for the government servants to collect the Forest Grazing Tax from them. They were not terrified even by the armed police. On 5th August, a Jungle Satyagraha was organised at Bhilwad in Baglan, wherein thousands of farmers participated. Already distressed by the world's Great Depression, farmers extended their support like never before to the programme of Satyagraha to break Salt Laws and Forest Laws.

श्री नवरे यांनी आपण सागραकडून पर्वताकडे जात असल्याचे जाहीर केले. या वाक्याचा अर्थ काय होतो? Mr. Navare declared that they were now moving from the sea to the mountains. What does the statement mean?

a)ते तीर्थयात्रेला जाणार होते.
b)ते किनारपट्टीपासून डोंगराळ प्रदेशापर्यंत पदयात्रा काढणार होते.
c)सत्याग्रहाचे केंद्र आता समुद्राकडून डोंगराळ भागातील जंगलाकडे जाणार होते.✓ Correct
d)वरीलपैकी एकपण नाही.

सत्याग्रहाच्या काळात विधी आणि जंगलांच्या सत्याग्रहासाठी चळवळीचे केंद्र किनारपट्टीच्या मिठाच्या सत्याग्रहावरून डोंगराळ आणि जंगलाच्या प्रदेशाकडे हलवले गेले, ज्याचा संदर्भ 'सागराकडून पर्वताकडे' असा दिला आहे.

सविमय कायदेभंगाच्या चळवळीचे उद्दिष्ट कोणते? / What was the aim of the Civil Disobedience Movement?

1)कायदे मोडून प्रशासनाला जेरीस आणणे. / Paralysing the administration by taking law into the hands.✓ Correct
2)सरकारकडून अधिक मागण्या मान्य करून घेणे. / Make the government concede more demands.
3)गोलमेज परिषदेत काँग्रेससाठी स्थान मिळवणे. / Secure a place for the Congress in the Round Table Conference.
4)वैयक्तिक सत्याग्रह लोकप्रिय करणे. / To popularise individual Satyagraha.

The primary aim of the Civil Disobedience Movement (1930) was complete disobedience of British laws, famously initiated with the Dandi March and breaking the salt tax.

सविनय कायदेभंग चळवळीत धारासना येथील सत्याग्रहात पुढीलपैकी कोणी सहभाग घेतला ? / Who was the prominent participant in the Satyagraha at Dharasana in the Civil Disobedience Movement ?

1)कमलादेवी चटोपाध्याय / Kamaladevi Chatopadhyaya
2)अंबिका चक्रवर्ती / Ambika Chakrawarti
3)कस्तूरबा गांधी / Kasturba Gandhi
4)सरोजिनी नायडू / Sarojini Naidu✓ Correct

Sarojini Naidu, Imam Saheb, and Manilal Gandhi led the historic Dharasana Salt Satyagraha during the Civil Disobedience Movement.

सविनय कायदेभंग चळवळी बद्दल पुढील विधानांत कोणते/कोणती विधान/विधाने खरे/खरी नाहीत ? Which of the following statements about Civil Disobedience Movement is/are not true ?

a)(1) खान अब्दुल गफ्फार खान ने लाल शर्ट वाल्या स्वयंसेवकांचे संघटन करून सरकार विरुद्ध एक तीव्र चळवळ अहिंसक मार्गाने सुरू केली, त्यात कर न देणे हे ही अंतर्भूत होते. / The Red Shirt volunteers, organised by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan followed in a non-violent manner, an intense anti-government movement including non-payment of taxes.
b)(2) नागालँडची राणी गेैडिन्ल्यूने वयाच्या 13 व्या वर्षी बंड पुकारले आणि 15 वर्षांची कारावासाची शिक्षा भोगली. / Rani Gaidinliu of Nagaland at the age of 13, raised the banner of revolt and suffered 15 years of imprisonment.
c)(3) सविनय कायदेभंग चळवळीमुळे काँग्रेस संघटना 1921-22 पेक्षा ही ग्रामीण विभागात बलवान बनली होती. / Due to the Civil Disobedience Movement, the Congress organisation was stronger in villages than in 1921-22.
d)(4) व्यापारी समूhane सरकारला मदत केली. / The business community supported the Government.✓ Correct

During the Civil Disobedience Movement, the business community did not universally support the British government; rather, sections of the Indian business community supported nationalist aims or remained neutral, making statement 4 incorrect.