With reference to the British colonial rule in India, consider the following statements:1.Mahatma Gandhi was instrumental in the abolition of the system of 'indentured labour'.2.In Lord Chelmsford's War Conference', Mahatma Gandhi did not support the resolution on recruiting Indians for World War.3.Consequent upon the

1. A

   1 and 2 only

   (a) 1 and 2 only. Statement 1 is true: Gandhi’s agitation helped end indentured emigration (recruitment stopped 1917; system wound up). Statement 2 is false: at Chelmsford’s Delhi War Conference (1918) Gandhi supported recruiting Indians for the war, he did not oppose that resolution. So 1-and-2 is not the key.

2. B

   1 and 3 only

   (b) 1 and 3 only. Statement 1 holds. Statement 3 holds: during the 1918 Ahmedabad mill strike Gandhi undertook a hunger strike (fast) when the dispute turned bitter. Statement 2 does not. That 1-and-3 code is the official key.

3. C

   2 and 3 only

   (c) 2 and 3 only. Statement 2 is the false one, so this pair is not the key.

4. D

   1, 2 and 3

   (d) 1, 2 and 3. All-three requires the War Conference claim, which reverses Gandhi’s stand, so it is not the key.

Summary. Official key is (b) 1 and 3 only. Gandhi campaigned against indenture and the Government ended fresh indentured labour around 1917. At the 1918 War Conference he backed recruitment, hoping cooperation would win post-war rights — so statement 2 is inverted. The Ahmedabad mill satyagraha of 1918 included his fast. Honour the stored letter (b).