2017 · Q62
Which of the following statements with regard to the speech of Mahatma Gandhi at the opening of the Banaras Hindu University are correct ?
- 1He charged the Indian elite With a lack of concern for the labouring poor.
- 2He asserted that our salvation can come only through the farmers.
- 3He highlighted the plight of the untouchables.
- 4He promised to take up the cause of the mill owners of Ahmedabad.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- A1, 2, 3 and 4
- B1 and 2 only
- C1, 2 and 3 only
- D3 and 4 only
Explanation
At the BHU opening (February 1916), Gandhi indicted the Indian elite for ignoring the labouring poor (1) and declared that India's salvation lay with the farmer (2). He did not there promise to take up the Ahmedabad mill owners' cause — that agitation came in 1918 (4). Hence ‘1 and 2 only’ = B.