Question

Assertion (A): Gandhi stopped the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922. 

Reason (R): Violence at Chauri-Chaura led him to stop the movement. 

(a) Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A. 

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A 

(c) A is true but R is false (d) A is false but R is true

Answer 1

(a) Gandhi started the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920. It progressed powerfully from 1920 – Feb, 1922. But the attack on a local police station by angry peasants at Chauri-Chaura in Gorakhpur district of UP on Feb 5, 1922 led Gandhi to stop the movement.