UPSC Prelims 2009 Q56: Modern History – Gandhian Mass Movements (1915 - 1942)

UPSC Prelims 2009, General Studies Paper I · Modern History

Which one of the following began with the Dandi March?

Answer: (c) Civil Disobedience Movement

Explanation

Which movement began with the Dandi March

Gandhi's famous march to break the salt law launched a major phase of the freedom struggle.

Option	Verdict	Reason
(a) Home Rule Movement	Incorrect	This movement predates the Dandi March and had different origins
(b) Non-Cooperation Movement	Incorrect	This movement began earlier (1920), before the Dandi March
(c) Civil Disobedience Movement	Correct	The Dandi March (1930), breaking the salt law, launched the Civil Disobedience Movement
(d) Quit India Movement	Incorrect	This movement began later (1942), unrelated to the Dandi March's launch

Dandi March and Civil Disobedience:

Point	Detail
Year	1930
Act	Breaking the salt law
Movement launched	Civil Disobedience Movement

Answer: (c) Civil Disobedience Movement.

(a) Incorrect. The Home Rule Movement predates and is unrelated to the Dandi March.
(b) Incorrect. The Non-Cooperation Movement began earlier, in 1920.
(c) CORRECT. The Dandi March (1930) launched the Civil Disobedience Movement.
(d) Incorrect. The Quit India Movement began later, in 1942.

The Dandi March (1930), breaking the colonial salt law, launched the Civil Disobedience Movement.

The Dandi March began the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Confusing the Dandi March's specific launch of Civil Disobedience with the earlier Non-Cooperation Movement.
Mixing up the chronology of India's major nationalist movements.
Not connecting the salt law specifically to Civil Disobedience's launch.

Dandi March (1930, salt law) = launched the Civil Disobedience Movement. A foundational freedom-struggle fact.

NCERT Class XII History — Themes in Indian History Part III — Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement
Encyclopaedia Britannica — Salt March