Popular rumours spread about Gandhi during the National Movement were:
A. He possessed miraculous powers.
B. King had sent him to save peasants.
C. He had power to overrule all the local officials.
D. Gandhi wrote all these in his "My Experiments with Truth".
E. His power was superior to that of the English monarch.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A, B, C, E only
A. He possessed miraculous powers. Correct. Wherever Gandhiji went, rumours spread of his miraculous powers.
B. King had sent him to save peasants. Correct. In some places it was said that he had been sent by the King to redress the grievances of the farmers.
C. He had power to overrule all the local officials. Correct. It was also said that he had the power to overrule all local officials.
D. Gandhi wrote all these in his “My Experiments with Truth”. Incorrect. This is not a rumour at all but a claim about a book. The rumours spread among the peasants, and the historian Shahid Amin traced them through reports and rumours in the local press of eastern Uttar Pradesh.
E. His power was superior to that of the English monarch. Correct. In other places it was claimed that Gandhiji’s power was superior to that of the English monarch, and that with his arrival the colonial rulers would flee the district.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.2 A people’s leader … In a fascinating study, the historian Shahid Amin has traced the image of Mahatma Gandhi among the peasants of eastern Uttar Pradesh, as conveyed by reports and rumours in the local press. When he travelled through the region in February 1921, Gandhiji was received by adoring crowds everywhere. 2.2 A people’s leader … Wherever Gandhiji went, rumours spread of his miraculous powers. In some places it was said that he had been sent by the King to redress the grievances of the farmers, and that he had the power to overrule all local officials. In other places it was claimed that Gandhiji’s power was superior to that of the English monarch, and that with his arrival the colonial rulers would flee the district.…” |