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GS History Modern India
Q.

Which of the following signify the difference(s) between the moderates and the extremists?

1. Moderates believed in the capacity of the masses whereas the Extremists believed in the individual heroic actions.

2. Extremists believed in the use of boycott and passive resistance whereas Moderates used constitutional methods.

3. Extremists believed in direct action unlike the Moderates.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Explanation:

Statement 1 is incorrect: Moderates lacked faith in the common people, did not work among them and consequently failed to acquire any roots among them. The Extremists had made a sharp and effective critique of the moderates. They believed in the capacity of masses and tried to mobilise the masses. It was the revolutionary nationalists who believed in the individual heroic actions.

Statement 2 is correct: Extremists had rightly emphasized the role of the masses and the need to go beyond propaganda and agitation. They had advocated persistent opposition to the Government and put forward a militant programme of passive resistance and boycott of foreign cloth, foreigners' courts, education and so on.

Statement 3 is correct: They had demanded self-sacrifice from the youth. They had talked and written about direct action.

Thus, Option B is Correct.

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