SSC GD 2023 PYQ — Question 26

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Non-cooperation movement

On February 4, 1922, a sizable gathering of protestors engaged in the non-cooperation movement battled with police at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of the United Province (Uttar Pradesh) in British India.

• The police then opened fire.
• After a brutal altercation between political activists and British Indian police, Chauri Chaura gained notoriety during the Indian independence movement.
• From 1921 to 1926, Lord Reading held the position of viceroy of India.
• In India, he ended the Devadasi system.
• It was Lord Reading who appointed Hilton Young as the commissioner.
• The Chauri Chaura event happened when Lord Reading was in office.
• The Chauri Chaura event led to the withdrawal of the non-cooperation movement.
• Gandhiji was imprisoned on February 12, 1922, despite having single-handedly put an end to the national uprising.