2004 General Studies, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2004 · General Studies

Question 122: History and Culture

Consider the following events during India’s freedom struggle:

  1. 1.Chauri-Chaura Outrage
  2. 2.Minto-Morley Reforms
  3. 3.Dandi March
  4. 4.Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms

Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the events above?

a1 ‑ 3 ‑ 2 ‑ 4
b2 ‑ 4 ‑ 1 ‑ 3
c1 ‑ 4 ‑ 2 ‑ 3
d2 ‑ 3 ‑ 1 ‑ 4

AnswerThe answer is (b).

The Minto-Morley Reforms came in 1909, the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms in 1919, the Chauri-Chaura incident in 1922 and the Dandi March in 1930. So the order is 2, 4, 1, 3. Remember the sequence by its years: 1909, 1919, 1922, 1930. The two reform measures come first, then the two Gandhian events.

  • 1. Chauri-Chaura (1922) comes third.
  • 2. Minto-Morley (1909) comes first.
  • 3. The Dandi March (1930) comes last.
  • 4. Montagu-Chelmsford (1919) comes second.
Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Puts Chauri-Chaura before Minto-Morley, which is wrong.
  • (b) Correct: Minto-Morley, Montagu-Chelmsford, Chauri-Chaura, Dandi.
  • (c) Puts Chauri-Chaura before Minto-Morley, which is wrong.
  • (d) Puts Dandi before Chauri-Chaura, which is wrong.

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