Question

Consider the following statements:
1. Lala Lajpat Rai and Jawahar Lal Nehru formed a group known a as Swaraj Party.
2. The incident at Chauri Chaura Led to the suspensions of the Non-cooperation Movement.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

• A. Only 1
• B. Only 2
• C. Both 1 and 2
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is B Only 2

On 5 February 1922, an agitated crowd gheroed the police station at chauri-chaura in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh and set fire to it. Twenty two policemen including the station master died in the incident. Seeing it funning violent, Mahatma Gandhi announced the suspension of the Non-cooperation Movement Many top leaders of the country were stunned at this suden announcement. Motilal Nehru and Chittaronjan Das formed a separate group within the congress known as the Swaraj Party its purpose was not to let the movement lapse into passivity