QUESTION 12
GS1
15 marks
Bring out the constructive programmes of Mahatma Gandhi during Non-Cooperation Movement and Civil Disobedience Movement.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Set out Gandhi's constructive programmes during Non-Cooperation (1920–22) and Civil Disobedience (1930–34), and why they mattered.
Bring outMake the main points or contrast clear with examples.
Demand-wise check
- 1NCM: khadi and charkha, Tilak Swaraj Fund, national schools and colleges (Jamia, Kashi Vidyapith, Gujarat Vidyapith), Hindu–Muslim unity, removal of untouchability, temperance≈50 words
- 2CDM: khadi, boycott of foreign cloth and liquor shops, Harijan work (Harijan Sevak Sangh 1932), village industries, women's participation≈50 words
- 3Purpose: build self-reliance, train cadres, keep the movement alive between agitations≈50 words
- 4Impact and limits≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Meaning of constructive programmeNCM itemsCDM itemsSignificanceConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Narrating the movements' events instead of the constructive programmes
- Not separating the two movements as asked
Draw this
- Two columns: NCM vs CDM constructive work
Value addition
- FactThe Tilak Swaraj Fund raised over ₹1 crore in 1921 to finance non-cooperation and constructive work.INC records
- SourceGandhi's 'Constructive Programme: Its Meaning and Place' (1941) lists 18 items including khadi, village industries and basic education.M.K. Gandhi, 1941
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- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 23 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Ritika Chitlangia · Page 41 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Abhishek Singh · Page 40 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 7 ↗Same syllabus reference
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