Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Which one of the following best explains why Gandhi selected salt as the central issue of the Civil Disobedience Movement?

  1. Salt production was confined to major industrial centres where organised labour could lead the movement.
  2. The salt tax connected swaraj with a universal grievance, permitted participation through self-help and avoided the social divisions associated with a no-rent campaign.
  3. Violation of the salt law required specialised equipment and could therefore be carefully restricted to trained Congress workers.
  4. Revenue from salt was the only source of income sustaining the colonial government in India.
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