In a popular print showing the tree of nationalism, how does Mahatma…

The correct answer is Option (1) → As the looming central figure surrounded by small images of other leaders and sages

Option (1) As the looming central figure surrounded by small images of other leaders and sages — Correct. In this print Gandhiji is the looming central figure, with small images of other leaders and sages around him. Such pictures show how people saw him.

Option (2) As one small figure on a branch among many larger images of leaders — Incorrect. The print reverses this: Gandhiji is the large figure, and the other leaders are the small images.

Option (3) As a figure at the roots of the tree, below the other leaders — Incorrect. He is placed at the centre of the tree, above the roots.

Option (4) As a figure standing beside the tree, apart from the leaders on it — Incorrect. He is inside the tree, at its centre.