GS PrelimsHistory (Modern India)Morley Minto reforms1997

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists: List I (Events) - List II (Results) 1. I. Morley Minto Reforms - A) Country-wide agitation 2. II. Simon Commission - B) Withdrawal of a movement 3. III. The Chauri-Chaura incident - C) Communal Electorates 4. IV. The Dandi March - D) Communal outbreaks 5. E) Illegal manufacture of salt Codes:

A

I-C, II-D, III-E, IV-B

B

I-D, II-A. III-B, IV-C

C

I-B, II-C, III-D, IV-E

D

I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-E

Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation

1. This question requires matching historical events with their corresponding results or associations. 2. The Morley-Minto Reforms (Indian Councils Act 1909) introduced Communal Electorates (separate electorates for Muslims) for the first time (I matches C). 3. The arrival of the all-white Simon Commission in 1928 was met with widespread protests and boycotts across India, leading to country-wide agitation (II matches A). 4. The Chauri-Chaura incident in February 1922 involved violence by protestors against police, leading Mahatma Gandhi to abruptly call off the Non-Cooperation Movement. It resulted in the withdrawal of a movement (III matches B). 5. The Dandi March, led by Gandhi in 1930, was a pivotal event of the Civil Disobedience Movement, involving the symbolic breaking of the salt law by the illegal manufacture of salt (IV matches E). 6. Therefore, the correct matching code is I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-E.

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