Previous Year Question

Match the following events of the Indian National Movement with the years in which they occurred:

(i) Peasant Movement at Bardoli — (a) 1921
(ii) Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Noakhali — (b) 1918
(iii) Gandhiji began wearing the loincloth — (c) 1946
(iv) Ahmedabad mill workers' strike — (d) 1928

(i)-(d), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(a)

(i)-(d), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(a)

(i)-(d), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(b)

(i)-(b), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(a)

Correct Answer: C

Detailed Solution

The correct matching is:

(i) Bardoli Peasant Movement — 1928
According to NCERT, in 1928 Vallabhbhai Patel led the peasant movement in Bardoli, a taluka in Gujarat, against the enhancement of land revenue. The movement became famous as the Bardoli Satyagraha.

(ii) Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Noakhali — 1946

According to the historical records of the Gandhi Heritage Portal, Gandhi left for Noakhali on 6 November 1946 and reached there on 7 November 1946. He worked in the villages of Noakhali and Tippera to restore peace and communal harmony after communal violence.

(iii) Gandhiji began wearing the loincloth — 1921
According to the Gandhi Heritage Portal, Gandhi adopted the loincloth as his public dress at Madurai in September 1921. On 23 September 1921, he made his first public appearance in the loincloth, which later became his permanent
style of dress.

(iv) Ahmedabad Mill Workers' Movement — 1918
According to NCERT, in 1918 Mahatma Gandhi went to Ahmedabad to organise a satyagraha among cotton mill workers. The Ahmedabad mill workers' struggle was one of Gandhi's early satyagrahas in India.

Bardoli Peasant Movement → 1928
Noakhali visit → 1946
Adoption of loincloth → 1921
Ahmedabad Mill Workers' Movement → 1918

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