A historian reads the police report of March 1930 to see how Kesari viewed the government's choice over Gandhi. Which of the following fit the argument of Kesari?
(A) If the government arrested Gandhi, it would incur the discontent of the nation.
(B) If the government did not arrest Gandhi, the movement of civil disobedience would go on spreading.
(C) If the government let Gandhi alone, the government would have won a still greater victory.
(D) The movement was futile and could not achieve the end in view.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A and B only
(A) If the government arrested Gandhi, it would incur the discontent of the nation. — Correct. Kesari argued that arresting Gandhi would bring the discontent of the nation on the government.
(B) If the government did not arrest Gandhi, the movement of civil disobedience would go on spreading. — Correct. The other side of the same argument: if Gandhi was not arrested, the movement would keep spreading. So both action and inaction would hurt the government.
(C) If the government let Gandhi alone, the government would have won a still greater victory. — Incorrect. Kesari said that if the government let Gandhi alone, it is the nation that would have won a still greater victory. One word is changed here.
(D) The movement was futile and could not achieve the end in view. — Incorrect. Calling the movement futile was the view of the moderate paper Vividh Vritt.
NCERT (2026-27): “6.3 Through police eyes … “test the power of Satyagraha, both its action and inaction will cause injury to it. If it arrests Gandhi it will incur the discontent” |