Civil Disobedience Movement

11. At which Congress Session was the working committee authorized to launch a programme of Civil Disobedience? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2005]

(a) Bombay
(b) Lahore
(c) Lucknow
(d) Tripura

Correct Answer: (b) Lahore

Solution:The Lahore Session of Indian National Congress in 1929 authorized the Congress Working Committee to start the Civil Disobedience Movement. Mahatma Gandhi was assigned to lead the Movement in the second meeting of Congress Working Committee held in February, 1930 at Sabarmati Ashram.

12. Which one of the following began with the Dandi March? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

(a) Home Rule Movement
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) Quit India Movement

Correct Answer: (c) Civil Disobedience Movement

Solution:Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Dandi March accompanied by his trusted volunteers from Sabarmati Ashram on March 12, 1930. The march was over 241 miles, from Gandhi’s ashram in Sabarmati to Gujarat’s coastal village of Dandi. The volunteers walked for 24 days. On April 5, 1930, he reached Dandi, and on 6 April he violated the salt law, manufacturing salt by boiling seawater. This marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement. This Movement spread all over India under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. A leader like C. Rajagopalachari took up Salt March in Tamil Nadu from Trichinopoly to Vedaranyam.

13. Dandi March was undertaken in: [44th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2000]

(a) 1932
(b) 1931
(c) 1929
(d) 1930

Correct Answer: (d) 1930

Solution:Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Dandi March accompanied by his trusted volunteers from Sabarmati Ashram on March 12, 1930. The march was over 241 miles, from Gandhi’s ashram in Sabarmati to Gujarat’s coastal village of Dandi. The volunteers walked for 24 days. On April 5, 1930, he reached Dandi, and on 6 April he violated the salt law, manufacturing salt by boiling seawater. This marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement. This Movement spread all over India under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. A leader like C. Rajagopalachari took up Salt March in Tamil Nadu from Trichinopoly to Vedaranyam.

14. When did the ‘Dandi March’ begin? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006 Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]

(a) 31 December, 1929
(b) 26 January, 1930
(c) 12 March, 1930
(d) 6 April, 1930

Correct Answer: (c) 12 March, 1930

Solution:Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Dandi March accompanied by his trusted volunteers from Sabarmati Ashram on March 12, 1930. The march was over 241 miles, from Gandhi’s ashram in Sabarmati to Gujarat’s coastal village of Dandi. The volunteers walked for 24 days. On April 5, 1930, he reached Dandi, and on 6 April he violated the salt law, manufacturing salt by boiling seawater. This marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement. This Movement spread all over India under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. A leader like C. Rajagopalachari took up Salt March in Tamil Nadu from Trichinopoly to Vedaranyam.

15. Gandhiji started Dandi March from: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1999 Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2002]

(a) Champaran
(b) Sabarmati
(c) Bardoli
(d) All of these

Correct Answer: (b) Sabarmati

Solution:Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Dandi March accompanied by his trusted volunteers from Sabarmati Ashram on March 12, 1930. The march was over 241 miles, from Gandhi’s ashram in Sabarmati to Gujarat’s coastal village of Dandi. The volunteers walked for 24 days. On April 5, 1930, he reached Dandi, and on 6 April he violated the salt law, manufacturing salt by boiling seawater. This marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement. This Movement spread all over India under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. A leader like C. Rajagopalachari took up Salt March in Tamil Nadu from Trichinopoly to Vedaranyam.

16. From which ashrama did Mahatma Gandhi start the "Dandi March"? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

(a) Sabarmati
(b) Pavnar
(c) Sewagram
(d) Ramnamdiya

Correct Answer: (a) Sabarmati

Solution:Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Dandi March accompanied by his trusted volunteers from Sabarmati Ashram on March 12, 1930. The march was over 241 miles, from Gandhi’s ashram in Sabarmati to Gujarat’s coastal village of Dandi. The volunteers walked for 24 days. On April 5, 1930, he reached Dandi, and on 6 April he violated the salt law, manufacturing salt by boiling seawater. This marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement. This Movement spread all over India under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. A leader like C. Rajagopalachari took up Salt March in Tamil Nadu from Trichinopoly to Vedaranyam.

17. In 1930, from where Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement? [65th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2019]

Correct Answer: (b) Dandi

Solution:Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Dandi March accompanied by his trusted volunteers from Sabarmati Ashram on March 12, 1930. The march was over 241 miles, from Gandhi’s ashram in Sabarmati to Gujarat’s coastal village of Dandi. The volunteers walked for 24 days. On April 5, 1930, he reached Dandi, and on 6 April he violated the salt law, manufacturing salt by boiling seawater. This marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement. This Movement spread all over India under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. A leader like C. Rajagopalachari took up Salt March in Tamil Nadu from Trichinopoly to Vedaranyam.

18. In which of the following movements women's participation is considered to be the maximum? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]

(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Salt Satyagraha
(c) Bardoli March
(d) Quit India Movement

Correct Answer: (b) Salt Satyagraha

Solution:Women’s participation on a large scale in Civil Disobedience movement. Though Gandhi visualised a supportive role for women, but they started getting impatient and demanded a more active role. Gandhi chose women for a higher role in the picketing of liquor and foreign cloth shops because of their inherent capacity for non-violence. Sarojini Naidu led the raid on Dharasana Saltworks.

19. In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi started Civil Disobedience Movement from: [65th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2019 I.A.S. (Pre) 1995]

(a) Sevagram
(b) Dandi
(c) Sabarmati
(d) Wardha