Gandhi and his Early Movements (Part-III)

31. Who among the following was not a member of the Champaran Agrarian Enquiry Committee? [U.P.R.O. A.R.O. (Pre) 2017]

(a) F.G. Slay
(b) D.J. Reid
(c) Anugrah Narayan
(d) Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer: (c) Anugrah Narayan

Solution:The Champaran Agrarian Enquiry Committee was presided over by F.G. Slay. Its members were D.J. Reid, Mahatma Gandhi, L.C. Adami, Raja Harihar Prasad, Narayan Singh, G. Rainny, and M.E.L. Tainer.

32. In response to the mass agitation of the Champaran Movement, the British Government took which step to address the issue? [69th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2023]

(a) Appointed Mahatma Gandhi as the Governor of Champaran
(b) Enforced strict curfew and imposed Martial law in the region
(c) Instituted the Champaran Agrarian Committee
(d) Declared Champaran as an independent State

Correct Answer: (c) Instituted the Champaran Agrarian Committee

Solution:To find a solution for the Champaran movement (1917), the British government set up the Champaran Agrarian Committee to look into the grievances of the peasants.

33. In which Farmers' Movement did Mahatma Gandhi participate first of all? [42nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1997]

(a) Khera
(b) Champaran
(c) Bardoli
(d) Baroda

Correct Answer: (b) Champaran

Solution:Gandhi, the exponent of the Satyagraha Movement, staged his first Satyagraha in Champaran, Bihar in 1917. The poor peasants, the indigo planters of the district, invited Gandhi to come there to see the grievances of the much-exploited peasants. Gandhiji returned from South Africa in 1915, and in 1917 he launched his first successful Satyagraha in Champaran on the request of Rajkumar Shukla.

34. At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India? [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2011 U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009 I.A.S. (Pre) 2007 U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2004]

(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Bardoli
(c) Champaran
(d) Kheda

Correct Answer: (c) Champaran

Solution:Gandhi, the exponent of the Satyagraha Movement, staged his first Satyagraha in Champaran, Bihar in 1917. The poor peasants, the indigo planters of the district, invited Gandhi to come there to see the grievances of the much-exploited peasants. Gandhiji returned from South Africa in 1915, and in 1917 he launched his first successful Satyagraha in Champaran on the request of Rajkumar Shukla.

35. At which place in Bihar Gandhiji had his first Satyagraha? [56th to 59th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2015]

(a) Champaran
(b) Chhapra
(c) Bettiah
(d) Patna

Correct Answer: (a) Champaran

Solution:Gandhi, the exponent of the Satyagraha Movement, staged his first Satyagraha in Champaran, Bihar in 1917. The poor peasants, the indigo planters of the district, invited Gandhi to come there to see the grievances of the much-exploited peasants. Gandhiji returned from South Africa in 1915, and in 1917 he launched his first successful Satyagraha in Champaran on the request of Rajkumar Shukla.

Gandhi and his Early Movements (Part-III)

31. Who among the following was not a member of the Champaran Agrarian Enquiry Committee? [U.P.R.O. A.R.O. (Pre) 2017]

32. In response to the mass agitation of the Champaran Movement, the British Government took which step to address the issue? [69th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2023]

33. In which Farmers' Movement did Mahatma Gandhi participate first of all? [42nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1997]

34. At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India? [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2011 U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009 I.A.S. (Pre) 2007 U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2004]

35. At which place in Bihar Gandhiji had his first Satyagraha? [56th to 59th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2015]

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