Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:

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".

Identify the nature of source that has been used to know about the Gandhian Movement.

Options:

Autobiography

Diary

Report of the Home Department

Letter

Correct Answer:

Report of the Home Department

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Report of the Home Department

(Source) : 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.