2021 · Q62
The cell for ‘renunciation of (all) voluntary associations with the (British) Government’ was given during
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- ANon-Cooperation Movement.
- BCivil Disobedience Movement.
- CQuit India Movement.
- DProtest against partition of Bengal.
Explanation
The Non-Cooperation Movement launched by Gandhi in 1920 called on Indians to renounce all voluntary association with the British government - boycotting government schools, colleges, law courts and councils, and refusing to pay taxes. The Civil Disobedience Movement (1930) and Quit India Movement (1942) had different programmes, and the anti-partition agitation (1905) predated this formulation.