Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following assertion:

The Champaran struggle marked an experiment in civil disobedience rather than merely an official inquiry into agrarian grievances.

Which one of the following most strongly supports the assertion?

  1. Gandhi obeyed the order to leave Champaran and submitted a petition from outside the district.
  2. Gandhi defied the order to leave, accepted the prospect of punishment and compelled the authorities to permit an inquiry.
  3. Gandhi undertook a hunger strike to secure a 35 per cent increase in the peasants’ income.
  4. Gandhi called for non-payment of land revenue under the provision relating to crop failure.
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