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Q12 (IAS/2025) History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947) › Gandhian mass movements Answer Verified

Consider the following subjects with regard to Non-Cooperation Programme : I. Boycott of law-courts and foreign cloth II. Observance of strict non-violence III. Retention of titles and honours without using them in public IV. Establishment of Panchayats for settling disputes How many of the above were parts of Non-Cooperation Programme?

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Your answer: —  ·  Correct: C
Explanation

The Non-cooperation movement included boycott of schools, colleges, courts, government offices, legislatures, foreign goods, and return of government conferred titles and awards[3]. Alternatively, national schools and panchayats were to be set up and swadeshi goods manufactured and used[3].

Statement I is correct: An all-party conference in June 1920 approved a programme of boycott of law courts[4], and foreign cloth was burnt in huge bonfires[5].

Statement II is correct: Gandhi issued a manifesto in March 1920, announcing his doctrine of non-violent Non-Cooperation Movement[6], and the act of violence at Chauri Chaura prompted Gandhi to call off the movement altogether[7], demonstrating the strict adherence to non-violence.

Statement III is **incorrect**: The programme called for the **return** of titles and honours, not their retention.

Statement IV is correct: The programme included dispensation of justice through panchayats instead of boycotted law courts[9].

Therefore, three statements (I, II, and IV) were parts of the Non-Cooperation Programme.

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  1. [1] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 4: Advent of Gandhi and Mass Mobilisation > c) Launch of Non-Cooperation Movement > p. 47
  2. [2] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 4: Advent of Gandhi and Mass Mobilisation > c) Launch of Non-Cooperation Movement > p. 47
  3. [3] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 4: Advent of Gandhi and Mass Mobilisation > c) Launch of Non-Cooperation Movement > p. 47
  4. [4] Modern India ,Bipin Chandra, History class XII (NCERT 1982 ed.)[Old NCERT] > Chapter 15: Struggle for Swaraj > THE KHILAFAT AND NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT (1919-22) > p. 270
  5. [5] India and the Contemporary World – II. History-Class X . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 2: Nationalism in India > 2.1 The Movement in the Towns > p. 34
  6. [6] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 39: After Nehru... > Non-cooperation Movement > p. 806
  7. [7] THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY PART III, History CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 11: MAHATMA GANDHI AND THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT > 2. The Making and Unmaking of Non-cooperation > p. 291
  8. [8] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 16: Non-Cooperation Movement and Khilafat Aandolan > p. 332
  9. [9] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 16: Non-Cooperation Movement and Khilafat Aandolan > p. 332
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Q. Consider the following subjects with regard to Non-Cooperation Programme : I. Boycott of law-courts and foreign cloth II. Observance of…
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A classic 'Core History' question with a single 'Truth-Inversion' trap. Statements I, II, and IV are verbatim from standard texts (Spectrum/NCERT). Statement III ('Retention of titles') contradicts the famous 'Surrender of titles' (e.g., Gandhi's Kaiser-i-Hind). The strategy is simple: if an option claims the opposite of a headline event, it is the imposter.

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Was a boycott of law courts part of the Indian Non-Cooperation Programme (1920–1922)?
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History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 4: Advent of Gandhi and Mass Mobilisation > c) Launch of Non-Cooperation Movement > p. 47
Presence: 5/5
“(c) Launch of Non-Cooperation Movement The Khilafat Conference, at the instance of Gandhi, decided to launch the non-cooperation movement from 31 August 1920. Earlier an all-party meet at Allahabad had decided on a programme of boycott of government educational institutions and their law courts. Non-cooperation movement included boycott of schools, colleges, courts, government offices, legislatures, foreign goods, return of government conferred titles and awards. Alternatively, national schools, panchayats were to be set up and swadeshi goods manufactured and used. The struggle at a later stage was to include no tax campaign and mass civil disobedience, etc. A regular Congress session held at Nagpur in 1920 endorsed the earlier resolutions.”
Why this source?
  • Explicitly records that an all-party meet at Allahabad decided on a programme including boycott of law courts.
  • Places boycott of law courts within the broader Non-Cooperation measures (boycott of schools, colleges, courts).
Modern India ,Bipin Chandra, History class XII (NCERT 1982 ed.)[Old NCERT] > Chapter 15: Struggle for Swaraj > THE KHILAFAT AND NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT (1919-22) > p. 270
Presence: 5/5
“Meanwhile the Government had refused to annul the Rowlatt Act, make amends for the atrocities in the Punjab, or satisfy the nationalist urge for self-government. In June 1920, an all-party conference met at Allahabad and approved a programme of boycott of schools, colleges, and law courts. The Khilafat Committee launched a non-cooperation movement.”
Why this source?
  • States June 1920 all-party conference at Allahabad approved boycott of schools, colleges and law courts.
  • Directly links the approved boycott programme to the launching of the Khilafat/non-cooperation movement.
Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 16: Non-Cooperation Movement and Khilafat Aandolan > p. 332
Presence: 5/5
“August 31, 1920 The Khilafat Committee started a campaign of non-cooperation and the movement was formally launched. (Tilak had, incidentally, breathed his last on August 1, 1920.) September 1920 At a special session in Calcutta, the Congress approved a non-cooperation programme till the Punjab and Khilafat wrongs were removed and swaraj was established. The programme was to include— • boycott of government schools and colleges;• boycott of law courts and dispensation of justice through panchayats instead;• boycott of legislative councils; (there were some differences over this as some leaders like C.R.”
Why this source?
  • Lists boycott of law courts as a specific element of the non-cooperation programme and proposes dispensing justice through panchayats.
  • Places this item in the formal programme timeline (August–September 1920 launch and Congress approval).
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