Question

One of the popular beliefs in Bihar during the Non-Cooperation Movement of 1920-22 was that victory would come to them because Gandhi _____.
1. was the epitome of Dharma
2. was an accomplished politician
3. knew the ways to defeat the English
4. knew English 

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : knew the ways to defeat the English

The correct answer is option 1, i.e. knew the ways to defeat the English.

• At the annual Congress, held in Lucknow in December 1916, he was approached by a peasant from Champaran in Bihar, who told him about the harsh treatment of peasants by British indigo planters.
• Mahatma Gandhi was to spend much of 1917 in Champaran, seeking to obtain for the peasants security of tenure as well as the freedom to cultivate the crops of their choice. 
• British Colonial policy was to assimilate Indians in their administrative set up and Gandhi knew without cooperation of Indian they couldn’t survive