Which conclusion is supported by evidence from the text? * A India should not be partitioned. B The English should allow India to rule itself. C The English should maintain control over India. D Indians should seek to prevent fighting among themselves.

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Which conclusion is supported by evidence from the text? *
 
 
 
 
A India should not be partitioned.
 
 
 
B The English should allow India to rule itself.
 
 
 
C The English should maintain control over India.
 
 
 
D Indians should seek to prevent fighting among themselves.
If the English vacated India, bag and baggage, it must not be supposed that she would be widowed, it is possible that
those who are forced to observe peace under their pressure would fight after their withdrawal. There can be no
advantage in suppressing an eruption; it must have its vent. If, therefore, before we can remain at peace, we must
fight amongst ourselves, it is better that we do so. There is no occasion for a third party to protect the weak. It is this
so called protection which has unnerved us. Such protection can only make the weak weaker. Unless we realize this,
we cannot have Home Rule.
I would paraphrase the thought of an English divine and say that anarchy under Home Rule were better than orderly
foreign rule. Only, the meaning that the learned divine attached to Home Rule is different from Indian Home Rule
according to my conception. We have to learn, and to teach others, that we do not want the tyranny of either English
rule or Indian rule.
If this idea were carried out, both the extremists and the moderates could join hands. There is no occasion to fear or
distrust one another.
Mohandas K. Gandhi: Indian Home Rule
Transcribed Image Text:If the English vacated India, bag and baggage, it must not be supposed that she would be widowed, it is possible that those who are forced to observe peace under their pressure would fight after their withdrawal. There can be no advantage in suppressing an eruption; it must have its vent. If, therefore, before we can remain at peace, we must fight amongst ourselves, it is better that we do so. There is no occasion for a third party to protect the weak. It is this so called protection which has unnerved us. Such protection can only make the weak weaker. Unless we realize this, we cannot have Home Rule. I would paraphrase the thought of an English divine and say that anarchy under Home Rule were better than orderly foreign rule. Only, the meaning that the learned divine attached to Home Rule is different from Indian Home Rule according to my conception. We have to learn, and to teach others, that we do not want the tyranny of either English rule or Indian rule. If this idea were carried out, both the extremists and the moderates could join hands. There is no occasion to fear or distrust one another. Mohandas K. Gandhi: Indian Home Rule
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