Question

Arrange in chronological order.

(a) Muslim League gave preference to the Fourteen Points of Jinnah rather than the Nehru Report.

(b) Congress asked the government to accept the Nehru Report within one year.

(c) Congress demanded 'Purna Swaraj' (Complete Independence) in the Lahore session.

(d) Gandhiji started Salt Satyagraha.

1. (a), (c), (d), (b)
2. (d), (b), (a), (c)
3. ​(b), (a), (c), (d)
4. ​​(a), (b), (c), (d)
5.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : ​(b), (a), (c), (d)

The correct answer is (b), (a), (c), (d).

• The chronological order is ​(b) - (a) - (c) - (d).
• In reaction to the Nehru Report, Mr Jinnah was authorized by the League to draft in concise terms the basis of any future constitution that was to be devised for India Jinnah's aim was to safeguard the interests of Muslims.
• Congress asked the government to accept the Nehru Report within one year - December 1928
  • ​The novel features of the Nehru Committee Report were almost accepted by the Indian leaders.
  • The next session of the Congress was held in Calcutta in December 1928.
  • In this session, the Nehru Report was accepted by a majority vote.
  • Congress gave an ultimatum to the British Government to accept the recommendation of the report by December 31, 1929, and also threatened another mass movement in case the report is not accepted.
  • The report was not accepted by the Government.
• Muslim League gave preference to the Fourteen Points of Jinnah rather than the Nehru Report -  March 1929
  •  The demands of Jinnah were not met, he gave the ‘Fourteen Points’ in March 1929, which served as the basis of all future agenda of the League.
• Congress demanded 'Purna Swaraj' (Complete Independence) in the Lahore session - January 1930 
  • One hundred seventy-two Indian members of central and provincial legislatures resigned in support of the resolution and in accordance with Indian public sentiment. The Declaration of Independence was officially promulgated on 26 January 1930.
• Gandhiji started Salt Satyagraha - March–April 1930
  • Salt March, also called Dandi March or Salt Satyagraha, major nonviolent protest action in India led by Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi in March–April 1930.