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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2019 — General Studies · Question 45 of 200

Q45
Indian National MovementGandhian Era: Khilafat, NCM, CDM
The first mass movement started by Mahatma Gandhi was
  1. a.Non-cooperation movement
  2. b.Quit India movement
  3. c.Indigo movement
  4. d.Salt movement

Answer: (A) Non-cooperation movement

The Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22) was Gandhi's first genuinely nationwide mass movement, drawing in millions of Indians across regions and classes. His earlier interventions like the Champaran Satyagraha (1917, related to indigo cultivation) were significant but localised, not pan-India mass movements.