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Indian HistoryMediumAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GK

The distribution of charkhas on a wide scale among the people was decided by :

  1. A.Congress Working Committee in 1919
  2. B.All India Congress Committee in 1921
  3. C.Mahatma Gandhi at the start of Dandi March
  4. D.All India Congress Committee in 1947

Correct answer

B. All India Congress Committee in 1921

Explanation

The correct answer is B, All India Congress Committee in 1921. At its meeting at Bezwada (Vijayawada) in March 1921, the AICC set three targets to carry the Non-Cooperation Movement forward: one crore members for the Congress, one crore rupees for the Tilak Swaraj Fund, and twenty lakh charkhas to be distributed among the people by 30 June 1921. Spinning and khadi were meant to make villages self-reliant, replace foreign cloth and give every Indian a simple daily act of nationalism. Option A is wrong because in 1919 the agitation against the Rowlatt Act was under way and the mass charkha programme had not yet been adopted. Option C is wrong because the Dandi March of 1930 was about breaking the salt law, not a decision to distribute charkhas. Option D is wrong because by 1947 the national movement was ending with independence and partition, and no such programme was launched then. Exam tip: Bezwada AICC, 1921: one crore members, one crore rupees and twenty lakh charkhas.

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Q3.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2020, GKHard

Who among the following was the first to accept a ministerial position in the Central Provinces in October 1925?

  1. A.B. S. Moonje
  2. B.M. R. Jayakar
  3. C.S. B. Tambe
  4. D.B. N. Sasmal
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Correct answer: C. S. B. Tambe

In October 1925 Tambe, a Swarajist member from the Central Provinces, accepted a seat on the Governor's Executive Council. He became the first Swarajist to take office under the dyarchy that the party had vowed to wreck from within.