A Fortnightly Report of the Home Department in 1930 pointed to the districts of 24-Parganas and Midnapore in Bengal as the main operation areas of which activity?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Manufacture of illicit salt
Option (1) Manufacture of illicit salt — Correct. In the Bengal report, people in the mufassal (the countryside outside Calcutta) tried to make illicit salt, mainly in 24-Parganas and Midnapore.
Option (2) Boycott of liquor shops — Incorrect. The boycott of liquor shops was expected as a likely line of attack in another province. The Bengal report gives these two districts for salt making.
Option (3) Infringement of forest laws — Incorrect. Breaking forest laws was expected in another province, along with the liquor boycott. It is a different protest from the one tied to these districts.
Option (4) Non-payment of the water-tax — Incorrect. The water-tax agitation was expected in Multan, in the Punjab report.