Question

Identify the main reason from the following options, for the non-participation of industrial workers in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
A. Industrialist close to Congress
B. British offer a good salary
C. They were reluctant towards the boycotts of foreign goods
D. Growth of socialism

Answer 1

Hint: During the British rule the main problems for industrial workers were their less wages and more working hours. They were close to congress but mainly supported congress when there were their benefits.

Complete answer:
Salt is the basic requirement for every person. The British government had a monopoly on salt production and passed a law, banning the manufacturing of salt at high rates and the salt made in Liverpool in England would not face any competition.
So on March $12, 1930$, Gandhi started his epic Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi. This is how the march is known as Dandi March. He was accompanied by $78$ supporters. All the people who participated in the Dandi March together broke the law by making salt from the sea.
Industrial workers were more concerned about their wages and the harassment they were facing under working industrialists. Industrialists were very close to congress. They gave financial support to the Congress party, so congress showed more concern about industrialists than workers and workers also knew the congress and industrialists bond, so they did not see any benefit from the civil disobedience movement hence they did not participate in civil disobedience movement. So for industrial workers disobedience movements were not the main movement.
So the reason for the nonparticipation of workers who were industrialists was close to congress.
So, the correct answer is Option A.

Note: Experts, the industrial worker of the Nagpur region, and no other industrial working classes participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement in large numbers. As the industrialists came closer to the congress, workers did not participate in the Dandi March.