Consider the following statements: On the eve of launch of Quit India Movement, Mahatma Gandhi 1. asked the government servants to resign. 2. asked the soldiers to leave their posts 3. asked the Princes of the Princely States to accept the sovereignty of their own people. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

The correct answer is C because of the specific instructions Mahatma Gandhi gave during his Do or Die speech at Gowalia Tank, Bombay, in August 1942. Regarding statement 1: Gandhi did not ask government servants to resign. Instead, he asked them to declare their allegiance to the Indian National Congress while remaining in their jobs. Regarding statement 2: Gandhi did not ask the soldiers to leave their posts or desert the army. He instructed them to refuse to fire on their own people and fellow Indians. Regarding statement 3: This is correct. Gandhi specifically addressed the Princes of the Princely States, asking them to accept the sovereignty of their people and to act as trustees for them rather than as agents of the British Crown. Since only the third statement accurately reflects Gandhi's instructions, option C is the right choice.