Question

Read this expert from mohandas Gandhi’s “banaras hindu university speech” what is the speakers purpose?

Answer 1

The speaker's purpose in this excerpt is B) to urge wealthy Indians to act instead of merely talking about poverty

Explanation:

The complete excerpt presents Mohandas Gandhi's belief of sacrifice, he mentions how all people in power pretend to care by talking about poverty and social problems instead of looking for a solution or make a real statement, they show themselves cover head to toes by all their wealth while they go to charity events show how socially incorrect they are and how little sensitive they are toward the real situation of people in many countries.

Answer 2

The letter A is correct

Step-by-step explanation:

The purpose of the speaker to encourage the people to fight peacefully for the right to be able to exercise all necessary functions of power without intervention of any authority that they themselves can not change. In other words, this means that the purpose of the speaker was to persuade his audience to fight for self-government through peaceful means.