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Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

The new revolutionary phase in Bengal witnessed group action against organs of the colonial state, substantial participation by young women, and abandonment of some earlier Hindu religious rituals, facilitating Muslim participation. At the same time, the movement retained conservative elements and did not develop broad socio-economic goals.

Which one of the following conclusions is most appropriate?

  1. Bengal revolutionaries abandoned armed resistance and adopted legislative obstruction as their principal method.
  2. The movement became a comprehensive agrarian mass organisation and fully resolved the question of Muslim peasant participation.
  3. The movement widened its operational and social character in important respects, but this did not amount to a complete ideological or socio-economic transformation.
  4. Participation became increasingly confined to male Hindu conspirators undertaking individual assassinations.
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