Q1. [1] medium thorough-understanding
Industrial workers largely stayed away from the Civil Disobedience Movement in most parts of India, yet some workers in places like Chotanagpur tin mines and Nagpur did participate. What best explains why the Congress was reluctant to fully incorporate workers' demands into its programme?
(A) The Congress believed workers lacked the discipline needed for non-violent protest.
(B) Including workers' demands would have alienated industrialists whose financial support the Congress needed.
(C) Workers' demands were considered too radical for any form of peaceful agitation.
(D) The British government had specifically warned the Congress against organising industrial labour.
- A The Congress believed workers lacked the discipline needed for non-violent protest.
- B Including workers' demands would have alienated industrialists whose financial support the Congress needed.
- C Workers' demands were considered too radical for any form of peaceful agitation.
- D The British government had specifically warned the Congress against organising industrial labour.
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Model Answer
(B) Including workers' demands would have alienated industrialists whose financial support the Congress needed.
Explanation
The passage in Section 3.2 directly states: "The Congress was reluctant to include workers' demands as part of its programme of struggle. It felt that this would alienate industrialists and divide the anti-imperial forces." Since industrialists like G.D. Birla provided crucial financial assistance to the movement, Congress avoided actions that would upset them. Option B is the only answer directly supported by the source text.