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    Which of the following movements drew women out from the seclusion of home?
    1. Swadeshi Movement
    2. Home Rule Movement
    3. Non-Cooperation Movement
    4. Civil Disobedience Movement
    Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

    A)  1 and 3 only

    B)  2 and 4 only

    C)  3 and 4 only

    D)  1, 2, 3 and 4

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     Women participated quite actively in the Indian national movement. They participated in the boycott of foreign goods, picketing of liquor shops, non- payment of taxes and so on. They also appeared in huge numbers in the Non-cooperation movement of 1921 and the civil disobedience movement of 1930. Some prominent women nationalists were Kalpana Dutt, Bhikaji Cama and Kamladevi Ghattopadhyaya, Annie Besant, the founder of the Home Rule Movement, too was a prominent leader and advocated the emancipation of the women lot (Indian women).


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