Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Which one of the following conclusions best describes Gandhi’s intervention in the Ahmedabad Mill Strike of 1918?

  1. His friendship with a leading mill owner caused him to reject the workers’ demands.
  2. He persuaded the workers to accept the owners’ offer without arbitration or collective action.
  3. He converted the dispute into a campaign for non-payment of land revenue after crop failure.
  4. He pursued a reasoned wage demand through a non-violent strike and used a fast when negotiations stalled, after which arbitration upheld that demand.
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  5. Although Bahadur Shah Zafar was the symbolic leader at Delhi, effective command was exercised by
  6. Although most Provincial Congress Committees opposed Jawaharlal Nehru’s nomination, Gandhi supported him for…