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 surmise at present. The peasantry is for the moment engaged in harvesting a good rabi, students are pre-occupied with their impending examination".
The 'political developments' being referred to in the passage is:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Civil Disobedience Movement
The report is for the first half of March 1930. In March 1930 Gandhiji set out on the Dandi March to break the salt law, and with it the Civil Disobedience Movement began. The same report speaks of “the start of Gandhi’s campaign of civil disobedience”.
Option (1) Non-Cooperation Movement — Incorrect. The Non-cooperation and Khilafat Movements belong to 1921, nine years before this report.
Option (2) Civil Disobedience Movement — Correct. The movement began in 1930 with the Dandi March (March-April), the very fortnight the report covers.
Option (3) Bardoli Satyagraha — Incorrect. The peasant movement in Bardoli took place in 1928.
Option (4) Champaran Satyagraha — Incorrect. Champaran is in Bihar, and Gandhiji worked there for the indigo peasants in 1917.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part III — Chapter 11: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement (2026-27)
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