Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

The actual goal of the Non-Cooperation Movement was to boycott British institutions, foreign goods, and colonial services to force Britain to grant swaraj. It did not include redistribution of land or cancellation of taxes. Local leaders in Awadh reinterpreted Gandhiji's message to suit peasant grievances — no-tax campaigns and land redistribution — which were not part of the Congress programme.

This gap reveals that ordinary people engaged with nationalism on their own terms, linking it to immediate economic sufferings. As the textbook notes, "the visions of these movements were not defined by the Congress programme" — people imagined swaraj as an end to all suffering, yet by acting in Gandhi's name they connected local struggles to a broader national movement.

Source: Chapter 2, Section 2.3 — Swaraj in the Plantations / Conclusion

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• Examiners look for: (1) what the official Congress goal actually was, (2) how Awadh peasants distorted it, and (3) what this reveals about popular engagement.
• Key phrase to quote or paraphrase: "visions of these movements were not defined by the Congress programme."
• Avoid over-explaining; 3 marks = 3 clear points in roughly 3–4 sentences.