History & Civics
Answer
Swadeshi means producing necessary items in one's own country and using them for one's use without being dependent on imported goods. Gandhiji believed that the use of Swadeshi goods would make us self-sufficient and eliminate our dependence on imported goods. Gandhiji emphasised manual labour and the use of the Charkha and Khadi. He popularised Swadeshi and Khadi by reviving hand spinning and hand weaving.
Related Questions
The issue on which the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 was launched was …………… .
- equal employment opportunities for Indians
- the proposed execution of Bhagat Singh.
- salt monopoly exercised by the British Government.
- complete freedom.
Assertion (A): Gandhiji called off the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922.
Reason (R): An unruly crowd burnt down a police station at Chauri-Chaura in 1922.
- Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true, but R is false.
- A is false, but R is true.
The headquarters of the Home Rule League formed by Annie Besant was located at
- Adyar near Madras
- Panki near Kanpur
- Jehanabad
- Bhagalpur
Read the excerpt given below and answer the question that follows:
A commission, without any Indian members, was sent to India to discuss constitutional reforms. The step agitated the people, and the Indian political parties boycotted the commission. When the Commission visited Lahore on October 30, 1928, Rai led the non-violent march to protest the commission.
(Source: Modern History, NCERT)
Name the movement that ensued with the commission coming to India. State any two significant impacts of the movement.