{"id":2889,"date":"2026-04-23T08:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2889"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:36:37","slug":"consider-the-following-statements-in-respect-of-the-non-cooperation-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/prelims\/consider-the-following-statements-in-respect-of-the-non-cooperation-movement","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements in respect of the Non-Cooperation Movement:\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I. The Congress declared the attainment of&nbsp;<strong>\u2018Swaraj\u2019<\/strong>&nbsp;by all legitimate and peaceful means to be its objective.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">II. It was to be implemented in stages with civil disobedience and non-payment of taxes for the next stage only if \u2018Swaraj\u2019 did not come&nbsp;<strong>within a year&nbsp;<\/strong>and the Government resorted to&nbsp;<strong>repression<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above is\/are&nbsp;<strong>correct<\/strong>?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>I only\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>II only\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both I and II\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neither I nor II\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c) Both I and II&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"noncooperation-movement-192022\"><strong>Non-Cooperation Movement (1920\u201322)<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Non-Cooperation Movement (1920\u201322)<\/strong>\u00a0was formally adopted by the\u00a0<strong>Indian National Congress at the Nagpur Session in December 1920 (presided over by C. Vijayaraghavachariar)<\/strong>. The Congress accepted Gandhi\u2019s programme of non-violent mass struggle aimed at achieving\u00a0<strong>Swaraj<\/strong>\u00a0by withdrawing cooperation from British institutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Congress declared that the attainment of\u00a0<strong>Swaraj through legitimate and peaceful means<\/strong>\u00a0would be its objective. Gandhi emphasised\u00a0<strong>non-violent methods (Ahimsa)<\/strong>\u00a0and moral resistance against colonial authority. The strategy involved persuading Indians to withdraw support from British administration rather than using violent rebellion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Non-Cooperation Movement was planned as a\u00a0<strong>phased programme<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Initial stage (Non-Cooperation):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Renunciation of government\u00a0<strong>titles and honorary positions<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Boycott of government schools, colleges, courts and legislative councils<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Boycott of foreign goods<\/strong>, especially cloth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promotion of\u00a0<strong>Swadeshi, Khadi and Charkha<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establishment of\u00a0<strong>national schools, colleges and panchayats<\/strong>\u00a0as alternative institutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resignation from government services and participation in\u00a0<strong>picketing liquor and foreign cloth shops<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Next stage (if conditions persisted):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gandhi declared that\u00a0<strong>if Swaraj was not achieved within one year or if the government resorted to repression<\/strong>, the movement would escalate to\u00a0<strong>Civil Disobedience<\/strong>, including\u00a0<strong>non-payment of taxes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The movement also supported the\u00a0<strong>Khilafat issue<\/strong>, demanded the\u00a0<strong>repeal of the Rowlatt Act<\/strong>, and promoted\u00a0<strong>Hindu\u2013Muslim unity<\/strong>, leading to wide participation by\u00a0<strong>lawyers, students, women, and Congress volunteers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I. The Congress declared the attainment of&nbsp;\u2018Swaraj\u2019&nbsp;by all legitimate and peaceful means to be its objective.&nbsp;&nbsp; II. It was to be implemented in stages with civil disobedience and non-payment of taxes for the next stage only if \u2018Swaraj\u2019 did not come&nbsp;within a year&nbsp;and the Government resorted to&nbsp;repression.&nbsp;&nbsp; Which of the statements given above is\/are&nbsp;correct?&nbsp;&nbsp; Answer:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[42],"years":[63],"class_list":["post-2889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prelims","category-upsc","tag-modern-history","years-63"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"},{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"}],"post_tag":[{"value":42,"label":"Modern History"}],"years":[{"value":63,"label":"2025"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1},{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":42,"name":"Modern History","slug":"modern-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":42,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":87,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2889"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}