Use of khadi in the Non-Cooperation Movement was linked with which wider goal?

Correct answer: Self-reliance and boycott of foreign cloth

Direct answer: Option B is correct. Khadi in the Non-Cooperation Movement represented economic self-reliance, rejection of imported cloth, and participation in the national struggle. The reasoning is: British manufactured cloth entered Indian markets and weakened local spinning and weaving; wearing and producing khadi encouraged Indian labour and village industries; refusing foreign cloth made boycott a daily, visible action. Option B works because it combines swadeshi-style self-reliance with the boycott of foreign cloth. Option A is wrong because naval expansion was not the purpose of khadi. Option C is wrong because forced indigo cultivation was an agrarian issue and has no direct meaning in the khadi programme. Option D is wrong because temple management was not the wider national objective symbolised by spinning and wearing khadi. The charkha made ordinary people participants rather than spectators. Memory cue: khadi means self-reliance, charkha, and foreign-cloth boycott.