Non-Cooperation Movement

Mahatma Gandhi led the Non-Cooperation Movement from 1920, asking Indians to withdraw support from British institutions, schools, courts, and goods. The movement was connected with the Khilafat issue and the post-Jallianwala atmosphere. Clive, Curzon, and Mangal Pandey belonged to different historical contexts.

The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn by Gandhi in February 1922 after protesters at Chauri Chaura, in present-day Uttar Pradesh, attacked a police station and killed policemen. Gandhi believed that the movement had become violent and that people were not yet prepared for disciplined non-violent struggle. Plassey, Bengal’s partition and the Dandi March belong to different periods or movements.

The Non-Cooperation Movement asked people to withdraw cooperation from colonial institutions. Students were encouraged to leave government schools and colleges and, in some cases, join national educational institutions. This action was meant to challenge colonial authority, not to join a foreign army, raise taxes or accept official honours. Therefore option A is correct.

During the Non-Cooperation and broader swadeshi campaigns, people publicly boycotted foreign cloth and often burned it as a symbolic rejection of colonial economic control. They were encouraged to wear khadi and support Indian production instead. Foreign cloth was not worshipped, stored by the government as the movement's aim, or generally distributed free. Thus A is correct.

At Chauri Chaura in February 1922, protesters attacked a police station and killed policemen. Gandhi believed that the movement had not yet learned the discipline required for non-violence, so he suspended the Non-Cooperation Movement. He did not dissolve Congress or begin the later Salt Satyagraha or Quit India Movement at that time. Hence A is correct.