A police report of 1930 calls one Bombay paper moderate and notes that it pointed out the futility of the movement. Identify the paper and what it reminded the government.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Vividh Vritt; that repression would defeat the government's purpose
Option (1) Kesari; that repression would defeat the government's purpose — Incorrect. Kesari was the paper the police accused of offensive language. The moderate paper was Vividh Vritt.
Option (2) Kesari; that letting Gandhi alone meant a greater victory — Incorrect. Kesari made this argument, and Kesari was the hostile paper in the report.
Option (3) Vividh Vritt; that the movement would go on spreading — Incorrect. The warning that the movement would keep spreading came from Kesari, in its argument about arresting Gandhi.
Option (4) Vividh Vritt; that repression would defeat the government's purpose — Correct. The moderate paper was Vividh Vritt. It doubted the movement, yet it warned that repression would defeat its purpose.