Which of the following statements concerning the leadership of the decolonization movement in India just prior to World War I is most correct?
a. The assassination of Gandhi led to a split between Muslim moderates and more extreme Congress Party leaders.
b. Tilak's removal and the repression campaigns against terrorists, along with British reforms, strengthened the hands of the Western-educated moderates in the Congress Party.
c. Leadership was assumed by more radical members of the Congress Party such as Tilak just before 1914.
d. It is difficult, if not impossible, to identify leadership in the fragmented Congress Party of 1914.
e. The Congress party lost its leadership role to the Socialist Party, which was more willing to court the masses of the Indian peasantry.
Answer: B