Consider the following statements about what one provincial section of the Fortnightly Report for the first half of March 1930 said about Gandhi's campaign:
(A) The opening of the campaign had overshadowed all other issues.
(B) General opinion regarded his programme as practical but his march as theatrical.
(C) He was held in personal reverence by the Hindu public generally.
(D) The possibility of his arrest was viewed with considerable misgiving.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A, C and D only
(A) The opening of the campaign had overshadowed all other issues. — Correct. The report notes that the opening of the civil disobedience campaign had completely overshadowed all other issues.
(B) General opinion regarded his programme as practical but his march as theatrical. — Incorrect. One word is reversed. General opinion saw the march as theatrical and the programme as impracticable.
(C) He was held in personal reverence by the Hindu public generally. — Correct. Gandhi was held in such personal reverence by the Hindu public generally.
(D) The possibility of his arrest was viewed with considerable misgiving. — Correct. Because of that reverence, his possible arrest and its effect were viewed with considerable misgiving.