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 breaking of Salt Law by Indian people, the Indian National Congress was declared illegal by the colonial rulers. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Describes Gandhi's direct involvement in labour disputes (Ahmedabad textile mill workers) and peasant agitations, showing he acted on labour/peasant grievances.

A student could check whether Gandhi's labour interventions included campaigns against indenture or whether they influenced colonial labour policy or public opinion about indentured systems.

Gandhi criticised industrial machinery for displacing labour and promoted self-reliance (charkha), indicating his broader concern with labour welfare and exploitation.

Use this pattern to investigate whether Gandhi's rhetoric and programs explicitly targeted systems like indenture as forms of labour exploitation.

Notes Gandhi's empathy with the labouring poor and his lifestyle that enabled connection with them, suggesting he was positioned to mobilise for labour causes.

A student could examine whether Gandhi translated this empathy into organised campaigns or political pressure specifically against indenture practices or laws enabling them.

Provides details on the scale, destinations, and contractual nature of indentured labour from India, clarifying what abolition would have needed to address (mass emigration under contract).

Combine this factual picture with Gandhi's known campaigns/timelines to see if his activism targeted the administrative/mechanistic aspects that sustained indenture.

Frames indentured migration as a major nineteenth-century form of coercive labour tied to colonial economic structures, highlighting the kind of systemic practice an abolition campaign would confront.

Use this to assess whether Gandhi's political programmes (mass movements, negotiations) were aimed at dismantling such colonial labour structures or primarily at political independence and local reforms.

States Gandhi had at times 'been at the forefront in offering cooperation in the British war effort' and 'even offered to encourage recruitment of Indians into the British Indian forces' — an example showing Gandhi sometimes supported recruitment.

A student could check the date of this example vs. the date of Chelmsford's War Conference to see if the supportive stance matches that period or indicates changing positions.

Explains Gandhi's later caution: he limited satyagraha and argued Congress objective 'cannot be carried to the extent of their participation in the war' — a general rule that Gandhi opposed mass Indian participation under certain political conditions.

Compare this stance's timing with the Chelmsford conference date to judge whether Gandhi would likely oppose a recruitment resolution at that moment.

The Congress decided to support the war effort conditionally (post-war constituent assembly and responsible government now) — shows the Congress/Gandhi position was conditional, not an outright and permanent refusal to recruitment.

A student can test whether the Chelmsford resolution met those Congress conditions; if not, that makes opposition more plausible.

Summarises differing views within Congress and notes Gandhi 'was for unconditional support to Britain's war efforts' at one recorded moment — an example of Gandhi's positions varying by context.

Use chronology: determine when Gandhi expressed unconditional support and whether that pre/postdates the Chelmsford conference to infer likely stance then.

Gandhi argued 'no Indian participation till India itself was free' in one formulation, showing a principled rule that could lead to opposing recruitment resolutions when independence was unaddressed.

Check whether the Chelmsford conference addressed Indian self-rule; if it did not, this rule suggests Gandhi would likely oppose recruiting Indians.