Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows: The movement started with middle-class participation in the cities. Thousands of students left government- controlled schools and colleges, headmasters and teachers resigned, and lawyers gave up their legal practices. The council elections were boycotted in most provinces except Madras, where the Justice Party, the party of the nonBrahmans, felt that entering the council was one way of gaining some power-something that usually only Brahmans had access to. The effects of non- cooperation on the economic front were more dramatic. Foreign goods were boycotted, liquor shops picketed, and foreign cloth burnt in huge bonfires. The import of foreign cloth halved between 1921 and 1922, its value dropping from ` 102 crore to ` 57 crore. In many places merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign trade. As the boycott movement spread, and people began discarding imported clothes and wearing only Indian ones, production of Indian textile mills and handlooms went up.
But this movement in the cities gradually slowed down for a variety of reasons. Khadi cloth was often more expensive than mass produced mill cloth and poor people could not afford to buy it. How then could they boycott mill cloth for too long? Similarly the boycott of British institutions posed a problem. For the movement to be successful, alternative Indian institutions had to be set up so that they could be used in place of the British Ones. These were slow to come up. So students and teachers began trickling back to government, schools and lawyers joined back work in government courts.
Question 1
What was the purpose of Justice Party to contest Elections to the Council in Madras? Select the appropriate option:
(a) It wanted to contest elections to the council as it was one of the ways to gain some Income that usually only Brahmans had access to.
(b) It wanted to contest elections to the council as it was one of the ways to gain some power that usually only Brahmans had access to.
(c) It wanted to contest elections to the council as it was one of the way to gain more popularity that usually only Brahmans had access to.
(d) It wanted to contest elections to the council as it was one of the ways to take revenge from Brahmans.
Answer:
From the paragraph
The council elections were boycotted in most provinces except Madras, where the Justice Party, the party of the nonBrahmans, felt that entering the council was one way of gaining some power-something that usually only Brahmans had access to.
So, the correct answer is (B) - It wanted to contest elections to the council as it was one of the ways to gain some power that usually only Brahmans had access to.
Question (ii)
How was the effects of ‘Non- Cooperation on the economic front’ dramatic?
(a) Merchants refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign trade.
(b) The merchants imported goods from other countries.
(c) The neighbouring countries were offering same goods at cheaper prices.
(d) Public was not interested in buying foreign goods.
Answer:
From the paragraph
The import of foreign cloth halved between 1921 and 1922, its value dropping from ` 102 crore to ` 57 crore. In many places merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign trade.
So, the correct answer is (A) - Merchants refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign trade.
Question (iii)
The import of foreign cloth between 1921 and 1922 saw changes because:
(a) Its value dropped from ` 100 crore to ` 97 crore
(b) Its value dropped from ` 201 crore to ` 150 crore
(c) Its value dropped from ` 102 crore to ` 57 crore
(d) Its value dropped from ` 102 crore to ` 75 crore
Answer:
From the paragraph
The import of foreign cloth halved between 1921 and 1922, its value dropping from ` 102 crore to 57 crore. In many places merchants and traders refused to trade in foreign goods or finance foreign trade.
So, the correct answer is (C) - Its value dropped from 102 crore to 57 crore.
Question (iv)
Thousands of ____________ left government controlled schools and colleges and _______ gave up their legal practices.
(a) Teachers, Judges
(b) Headmasters, Clerks
(c) Students, Advocates
(d) Students, lawyers
Answer:
From the paragraph
The movement started with middle-class participation in the cities. Thousands of students left government- controlled schools and colleges, headmasters and teachers resigned, and lawyers gave up their legal practices.
So, the correct answer is (D) - Students, lawyers
