Who among the following was one of the leaders who were instrumental in convincing Mahatma Gandhi about the need to start a non-cooperation movement in support of the Khilafat?
- A.Shaukat Ali
- B.Mohammad Ali Jinnah
- C.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- D.Abdul Ghaffar Khan
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Shaukat Ali. Shaukat Ali and his brother Muhammad Ali, the Ali brothers of Rampur in the United Provinces, led the Khilafat agitation and met Mahatma Gandhi to argue that the Khilafat cause and swaraj should be fought together. Gandhi accepted, and the Non-cooperation movement launched in 1920 carried both demands, which is why the Khilafat question belongs to the national movement in this province.
Option B is wrong because Mohammad Ali Jinnah opposed the mass civil disobedience method and left the Congress at this time. Option C is wrong because Maulana Abul Kalam Azad supported the cause but was not the leader who persuaded Gandhi. Option D is wrong because Abdul Ghaffar Khan built his movement in the North West Frontier Province and came into the Congress fold later.
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Practice Questions
View allThe revolt of 1857 began with the rising of sepoys at which town on 10 May 1857?
- A.Barrackpore
- B.Meerut
- C.Kanpur
- D.Lucknow
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On 10 May 1857 the sepoys of the Meerut garrison rose against their officers, released the comrades who had been jailed for refusing the new cartridges, and marched to Delhi, where they proclaimed Bahadur Shah Zafar their emperor.
Read the full explanation →Who led the revolt of 1857 at Lucknow in the name of her minor son Birjis Qadr?
- A.Rani Lakshmibai
- B.Begum Hazrat Mahal
- C.Rani Avantibai
- D.Zeenat Mahal
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A wife of the deposed Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, she took charge at Lucknow after the annexation of Awadh and had her young son Birjis Qadr proclaimed ruler, while the British garrison was besieged in the Residency.
Read the full explanation →The Chauri Chaura incident of 4 February 1922, after which the Non-cooperation movement was withdrawn, took place in which district?
- A.Gorakhpur
- B.Ballia
- C.Barabanki
- D.Azamgarh
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Chauri Chaura is a place in Gorakhpur district, where on 4 February 1922 a procession turned on the police and set fire to the police station, in which twenty-two policemen died.
Read the full explanation →Who led the Kakori train action of 9 August 1925?
- A.Chandra Shekhar Azad
- B.Ram Prasad Bismil
- C.Bhagat Singh
- D.Sachindra Nath Sanyal
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The Hindustan Republican Association, organised at Kanpur in 1924, needed funds for arms, and Bismil planned and led the stopping of a train carrying government money near Kakori, outside Lucknow, on 9 August 1925.
Read the full explanation →Banaras Hindu University was founded in 1916 by which leader?
- A.Madan Mohan Malaviya
- B.Motilal Nehru
- C.Purushottam Das Tandon
- D.Annie Besant
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Malaviya, a Congress leader from Allahabad, founded the Banaras Hindu University in 1916 and served as its head for many years; the university remains the largest institution the national movement created in the province.
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