Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following assertion:

The suspension of the Civil Disobedience Movement under the Gandhi–Irwin Pact can be interpreted as a tactical pause rather than the abandonment of mass struggle.

Which one of the following most strongly supports the assertion?

  1. All participants unanimously welcomed the pact, and no social group expressed disappointment.
  2. Mass movements cannot be sustained indefinitely, sacrifice among ordinary participants was limited, and signs of exhaustion had appeared, especially among merchants and shopkeepers.
  3. The government accepted every Congress demand, including an inquiry into police violence and commutation of Bhagat Singh’s sentence.
  4. The Congress permanently renounced civil disobedience and accepted colonial rule after signing the pact.
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