Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

The HRA advocated the abolition of exploitative systems, proposed nationalisation of major industries and considered organising workers and peasants. Bhagat Singh increasingly favoured a broad popular movement over individual heroic violence. Nevertheless, revolutionaries continued to employ dramatic individual actions and court trials as instruments of political propaganda.

Which one of the following conclusions best follows?

  1. Revolutionary leaders rejected individual action completely before adopting socialist objectives.
  2. Socialist objectives remained purely rhetorical because no attempt was made to organise workers, peasants or youth.
  3. Revolutionary politics was moving towards socialism and mass mobilisation, while individual action temporarily survived as a tactical means of propaganda and recruitment.
  4. The acceptance of mass politics led revolutionaries to adopt legislative council work as their principal strategy.
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