What was the purpose of breaking laws in the Civil Disobedience Movement?
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Correct answer: Peaceful protest against unjust laws
Civil Disobedience meant openly and non-violently refusing to obey selected unjust colonial laws. Participants accepted the legal consequences to demonstrate that such laws lacked moral legitimacy and to pressure the government for political change. The aim was public resistance and self-rule, not private profit, military formation or strengthening Company rule. Thus option A is correct.
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Peaceful protest against unjust laws
Why is this the correct answer?
Civil Disobedience meant openly and non-violently refusing to obey selected unjust colonial laws. Participants accepted the legal consequences to demonstrate that such laws lacked moral legitimacy and to pressure the government for political change. The aim was public resistance and self-rule, not private profit, military formation or strengthening Company rule. Thus option A is correct.
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This is a Class 12 History question. Chapter: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement. Topic: Civil Disobedience Movement.
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