Indian Freedom Movement

Hindustan Republican Association was a revolutionary organisation. Exam tip: remember HRA with Kakori incident.

Saunders' killing was linked with revenge for Lala Lajpat Rai's death. Exam tip: remember causes of revolutionary events.

They threw bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly and courted arrest. Exam tip: remember event and place together.

Jawaharlal Nehru led the Interim Government. Exam tip: connect it with the transfer of power process.

V P Menon helped Patel in integrating princely states. Exam tip: remember Patel and Menon together.

The action linked with Hyderabad's integration was Operation Polo. Exam tip: remember events of princely state integration.

Dr Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India. Exam tip: remember the President with the date of Constitution enforcement.

C Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India. Exam tip: remember last Viceroy and last Governor-General separately.

Sare Jahan Se Achha is a famous work of Muhammad Iqbal. Exam tip: remember authors of patriotic songs.

The first Congress session was held in 1885 at Bombay. Exam tip is to link 1885 with the beginning of Congress.

Early Congress leaders were called Moderates. Exam tip is to link them with petitions and constitutional methods.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a major nationalist leader from Maharashtra. Exam tip is to remember him as Bal in Lal Bal Pal.

The Swadeshi Movement was based on using indigenous goods and boycotting foreign goods. Exam tip is to remember Swadeshi as indigenous.

Annie Besant was a major leader of the Home Rule Movement. Exam tip is to link her with the demand for self-government.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale is called Gandhi's political guru. Exam tip is to remember Gokhale as a moderate leader.

The Rowlatt Act was called a Black Act because it allowed arrest without trial. Exam tip is to link it with 1919.

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on 13 April 1919. Exam tip is to remember the date with Amritsar.

Rabindranath Tagore returned his knighthood in protest against Jallianwala Bagh. Exam tip is to link it with moral protest.

Colonial institutions were boycotted during the Non-Cooperation Movement. Exam tip is to treat it as a nonviolent mass movement.

The spinning wheel, or charkha, represented self-reliance during the freedom movement. It encouraged Indians to spin and wear Khadi instead of depending on cloth made in British-controlled mills. In this way, the charkha stood for economic independence, dignity of labour, and rejection of foreign goods. Therefore, the correct answer is option A, self-reliance. It was not a symbol of military rule, foreign trade, or a railway tax.

The clue is the connection between the charkha, Khadi, and Swadeshi. Producing cloth at home helped people depend more on their own work and reduced support for imported British cloth. This practical action also became a peaceful form of national protest. Although the charkha can be linked with several wider ideas, self-reliance is the direct choice offered here. Thus option A matches the historical meaning, and the supplied answer is correct.