Which of the following events was the last in chronological order?

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Correct — B, Moplah Revolt. Ordering the four: the Home Rule Movement began in 1916; the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occurred on 13 April 1919; the Khilafat Movement was launched in 1919; and the Moplah (Malabar) Rebellion broke out in August 1921. Among the given events the Moplah Revolt is the latest — indeed it grew out of the Khilafat–Non-Cooperation agitation in Malabar, so it necessarily came after the Khilafat Movement had begun.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Took place on 13 April 1919 — after the Home Rule agitation but two years before the Moplah Revolt, so not the last.  (c) Launched in 1919; the Moplah rebellion of 1921 actually arose from the Khilafat agitation in Malabar, so Khilafat's start precedes it.  (d) The earliest of the four — Tilak's and Annie Besant's Home Rule Leagues were set up in 1916.

Concept: This slice of the freedom struggle runs from the Home Rule agitation of the First World War years into the early Gandhian mass phase. The Home Rule Leagues (1916) demanded self-government; the Rowlatt satyagraha led to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919); the Khilafat cause (1919) merged with Non-Cooperation (1920-22); and the Moplah (Mapilla) peasant uprising of 1921 erupted in Malabar amid that ferment.

State PCS 2023 Q49 — History PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2023 Q49 — History PYQ with Answer