Popular rumours spread about Gandhi during the National Movement were:

A. He possesed 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:

A, B, C, E only

The correct answer is Option 2 - A, B, C, E only

The only statement that is incorrect about rumours is the statement D. Gandhi wrote all these in his "My Experiments with Truth".

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.

Wherever Gandhiji went, rumours spread of his miraculous powers (STATEMENT A). In some places it was said that he had been sent by the King to redress the grievances of the farmers (STATEMENT B), and that he had the power to overrule all local officials (STATEMENT C). In other places it was claimed that Gandhiji’s power was superior to that of the English monarch (STATEMENT E), and that with his arrival the colonial rulers would flee the district. There were also stories reporting dire consequences for those who opposed him; rumours spread of how villagers who criticised Gandhiji found their houses mysteriously falling apart or their crops failing.