Read the passage and answer the question:

"The rapid political developments in Gujarat are being closely watched here. To what extent and in what directions they will affect political condition in this province, it is difficult to survive at present. The peasantry is for the moment engaged in harvesting a good rabi, students are pre-occupied with their impending examination".

The passage shows that the government considered the 'political development' as:

Drama to mobilise masses.

The correct answer is Option (1) → Drama to mobilise masses.

Fortnightly Reports of the Home Department (Confidential):

FOR THE FIRST HALF OF MARCH 1930 The rapid political developments in Gujarat are being closely watched here. To what extent and in what directions they will affect political condition in this province, it is difficult to surmise at present. The peasantry is for the moment engaged in harvesting a good rabi; students are pre-occupied with their impending examinations.

The passage shows that the government considered the 'political development' as a Drama to mobilise masses.

If you see the Fortnightly Reports for the period of the Salt March you will notice that the Home Department was unwilling to accept that Mahatma Gandhi’s actions had evoked any enthusiastic response from the masses. The march was seen as a drama, an antic, a desperate effort to mobilise people who were unwilling to rise against the British and were busy with their daily schedules, happy under the Raj.