Why salt was chosen as a central issue in CDM?

1. Salt was linked with the grievances of the poor masses2. It gave urban people psychological oppurtunity to identify themselves with the rural mass suffering3. It offered an income like Khadi to poor through self help.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a) 1 and 2 onlyb) 1 and 3 onlyc) 1, 2 and 3d) 1 only

Ans-[C] 

Explanation-All statements are correct. These were the major reasons that forced Gandhiji to broke salt law through historic Dandi march.Gandhi addressed an ultimatum to Viceroy Lord Irwin on 31 January, asking him to remove the evils of the British rule and also informed of his decision to undertake this Dandi march wherein the laws of the government would be violated.

The list of demands consisted the following:(1) Prohibit intoxicants(2) Change the ratio between the rupee and the sterling,(3) Reduce the rate of land revenue,(4) Abolition of salt tax,(5) Reduce the military expenditure,(6) Reduce expenditure on civil administration,(7) Impose custom duty on foreign cloth,(8) Accept the Postal Reservation Bill,(9) Abolish the CID department,(10) Release all political prisoners, and(11) Issue licenses of arms to citizens for self-protection.Gandhi made it clear that if the 11 points are ignored, the only way out was civil disobedience.