UPSC History Indian National Movement Question Bank Modern History & Indian National Movement - II

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    During the Civil Disobedience Movement, in Bengal, no-tax campaign, specially refusal to pay chowkidara tax, was started instead of violation of salt law, because-

    A)  Chowkidara tax had become unbearable in Bengal and it was more needed to oppose it than to oppose salt law.

    B)  The people at remote areas in Bengal were more interested in no-tax campaign.

    C)  The Congressmen, to carry the movement for a long time, wanted to expand it up to new issues.

    D)  Due to onset of the monsoon it was difficult to make salt in Bengal.

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     According to historian Bipan Chandra, Mahatma Gandhi and the All India National congress could not meet the challenge of communalism because they did not make deep analysis of the communal phenomenon.


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