The success of Gandhi in broadening the basis of nationalism was based on careful organisation.
Find out the incorrect options from below.
A. New branches of the Congress were set up.
B. A series of ‘Praja Mandals’ were established in the Princely States.
C. He encouraged leaders to communicate in the language of colonial rulers.
D. The provincial committees of the Congress should be based on linguistic basis.
E. He asked people to fight with the British in a guerilla warfare method.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → C, E only
A. New branches of the Congress were set up. Correct statement. As part of the careful organisation behind Gandhiji’s success, new branches of the Congress were set up in various parts of India.
B. A series of ‘Praja Mandals’ were established in the Princely States. Correct statement. A series of Praja Mandals were established to promote the nationalist creed in the princely states.
C. He encouraged leaders to communicate in the language of colonial rulers. Incorrect statement. Gandhiji encouraged the communication of the nationalist message in the mother tongue, rather than in the language of the rulers, English.
D. The provincial committees of the Congress should be based on linguistic basis. Correct statement. The provincial committees of the Congress were based on linguistic regions, rather than on the artificial boundaries of British India.
E. He asked people to fight with the British in a guerilla warfare method. Incorrect statement. Gandhiji’s method was non-violent protest, known as satyagraha, which he first forged in South Africa. Guerrilla warfare, armed attacks by small bands, has no place in it.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.2 A people’s leader … While Mahatma Gandhi’s mass appeal was undoubtedly genuine – and in the context of Indian politics, without precedent – it must also be stressed that his success in broadening the basis of nationalism was based on careful organisation. New branches of the Congress were set up in various parts of India. A series of ‘Praja Mandals’ were established to promote the nationalist creed in the princely states. Gandhiji encouraged the communication of the nationalist message in the mother tongue, rather than in the language of the rulers, English. Thus the provincial committees of the Congress were based on linguistic regions, rather than on the artificial boundaries of British India. In these different ways nationalism was taken to the farthest corners of the country and embraced by social groups previously untouched by it.…” |