BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 121

The political strategy 'Struggle–Truce–Struggle' (S-T-S) came into prominence with the call for:

Swadeshi Movement
Quit India
Boycott of the Simon Commission
Khilafat issue

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Answer: (D) Khilafat issue

Explanation

Bipan Chandra's S-T-S describes alternating mass struggle and truce from Non-Cooperation (1920) onward. BPSC dropped this question from the final key; D is the best-supported answer.

(A) Incorrect
Wrong: the Swadeshi Movement (1905) predates the Gandhian strategy.
(B) Incorrect
Wrong: Quit India was the final phase, not where S-T-S began.
(C) Incorrect
Wrong: not the starting point of the strategy.
(D) Correct
Correct: the Khilafat call launched Non-Cooperation, the first Gandhian mass struggle in the S-T-S pattern.