Question

Chauri Chaura Incident led to the suspension of __________.
a.Civil Disobedience Movement
b.Quit India Movement
c.Non cooperation Movement
d.None of these

Answer 1

Hint: Mahatma Gandhi led a very famous nationwide Non cooperation movement in the first half of the 20th century, or precisely in the 1920’s and as we already know, using non-violent methods of civil disobedience known as Satyagraha.

Complete solution: Two days before the incident of Chauri chaura, on 2 February 1922, some volunteers protested against high food prices and liquor sale in the marketplace. A lot of protesters and demonstrators were beaten up by the police and along with that many famous leaders were arrested and jailed.
4th February 1922 was the date and Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of the United Province, (modern Uttar Pradesh) in British India was the location of the Chauri Chaura incident, wherein, the police had to retaliate by opening fire to the huge group of demonstrators of the Non Cooperation movement. In retaliation the demonstrators attacked and set fire to a police station, killing all of its occupants.Three civilians and twenty three police personnels lost their lives in this incident. Mahatma Gandhi, halted the non-co-operation movement on the national level on 12 February 1922, as a direct result of this incident.
Reading the above explanation, we can very conveniently deduce that option c, non cooperation movement is the correct answer.

Note: The police in retaliation for this incident imposed martial law in the entire area which led to innumerable raids and convictions of the people around. Also, recall the approximate date of the Chauri Chaura incident and then recall the time period of each of these events, find the corroborating dates. You should use these tricks only if you are not able to recall the exact answer.