Consider the following movements : 1. Moplah Rebellion 2. Bardoli Satyagraha 3. Champaran Satyagraha 4. Salt Satyagraha Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the above in ascending order ?
- (a)1-3-4-2
- (b)3-1-2-4
- (c)2-3-1-4
- (d)4-2-1-3
Correct — B, 3-1-2-4. The four dates run Champaran in April and May 1917, the Malabar or Moplah rebellion from 20 August 1921, Bardoli from February to August 1928, and the Salt Satyagraha from the march that began on 12 March 1930 and the breaking of the salt law on 6 April 1930. Placing them in ascending order therefore gives Champaran first as item 3, the Moplah rebellion second as item 1, Bardoli third as item 2 and the Salt Satyagraha last as item 4, which is exactly the sequence in option (b).
- (a)1-3-4-2 — It opens with the Moplah rebellion of 1921 and pushes Champaran of 1917 to second place, and it ends with Bardoli of 1928 after the Salt Satyagraha of 1930. Two pairs are inverted.
- (c)2-3-1-4 — It begins with Bardoli in 1928, eleven years after Champaran. The last two positions happen to be right, which is what makes the option look plausible at a glance.
- (d)4-2-1-3 — This is close to the reverse of the true order, opening with the latest event of 1930 and closing with the earliest of 1917. It answers a descending-order question that was not asked.
The four episodes mark four different phases of the national movement. Champaran in 1917 was Gandhi's first satyagraha on Indian soil, fought against the tinkathia system that forced Bihar's tenants to grow indigo; his refusal to leave when ordered out was his first act of civil disobedience in India, and a commission of inquiry made the planters refund a quarter of what they had wrongly taken. The Malabar rebellion of 1921 broke out in the Eranad and Valluvanad taluks of south Malabar amid the ferment of the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation movements. Bardoli in 1928 was a no-tax campaign against a steep revenue enhancement, and it earned Vallabhbhai Patel the title Sardar. The Salt Satyagraha of 1930 opened the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Chronology questions are answered fastest by anchoring one date you are sure of and sorting around it. Champaran is the safest anchor because 1917 is fixed by Gandhi's return to India in 1915 and his first campaign two years later; the Salt March is the second anchor at 1930. That leaves only Moplah and Bardoli to place between them, and the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation years of 1920 to 1922 pin the Moplah rebellion before Bardoli. Note also that the first and last items are separated by only thirteen years, so the whole set sits within the Gandhian phase of the movement.
- Champaran Satyagraha, April and May 1917 — against the tinkathia indigo system in Bihar, and Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience in India.
- Malabar or Moplah rebellion, from 20 August 1921 in the Eranad and Valluvanad taluks of south Malabar, in the atmosphere of the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation movements.
- Bardoli Satyagraha, February to August 1928 — a no-tax campaign against a 30 per cent revenue enhancement, led by Vallabhbhai Patel.
- Salt March, 12 March to 6 April 1930, covering 387 kilometres from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, where Gandhi broke the salt law.
- The women of Bardoli gave Vallabhbhai Patel the title Sardar after the campaign succeeded.
- 1917 — Champaran Satyagraha, Bihar (item 3)
- 1921 — Moplah or Malabar rebellion, south Malabar (item 1)
- 1928 — Bardoli Satyagraha, Gujarat (item 2)
- 1930 — Salt Satyagraha, from Sabarmati to Dandi (item 4)
Reading the years off the timeline gives 3-1-2-4, which is option (b).
- Reading ascending order as latest first; ascending means earliest first.
- Placing Bardoli before the Moplah rebellion because Patel's campaign is better known.
- Confusing the Malabar rebellion of 1921 with the earlier Malabar risings under Pazhassi Raja, which belong to the start of the nineteenth century.
NDA sets a four-item chronology of freedom-struggle episodes, or asks who led a named satyagraha.
Consider the following events during India’s freedom struggle: 1. Chauri-Chaura Outrage 2. Minto-Morley Reforms 3. Dandi March 4. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the events above?
- (a) 1 ‑ 3 ‑ 2 ‑ 4
- (b) 2 ‑ 4 ‑ 1 ‑ 3
- (c) 1 ‑ 4 ‑ 2 ‑ 3
- (d) 2 ‑ 3 ‑ 1 ‑ 4
Answer(b) 2 ‑ 4 ‑ 1 ‑ 3
The same ordering exercise across the same decades, and it shares the Dandi March as its last item.
Consider the following historical events: 1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact 2. Second Round Table Conference 3. Peasant Movement in Bardoli 4. Peasant Movement in Kheda Which one of the following is the correct chronological order (starting from the earliest) of the above events?
- (a) 4–1–3–2
- (b) 4–3–1–2
- (c) 3–1–2–4
- (d) 1–2–4–3
Answer(b) 4–3–1–2
The same chronology drill on overlapping ground, and Bardoli sits in both lists as the 1928 marker.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928 was led by
- (a)Mahatma Gandhi
- (b)Vallabhbhai Patel
- (c)Rajendra Prasad
- (d)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer(b) Vallabhbhai Patel — the campaign's success brought him the title Sardar.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Gandhi broke the salt law at Dandi on
- (a)12 March 1930
- (b)6 April 1930
- (c)26 January 1930
- (d)5 March 1931
Answer(b) 6 April 1930 — the march itself began on 12 March and covered 387 kilometres over 24 days.