What was common to Katherine Mayo, Aldous Huxley, Charles Andrews and William Digby ?

Answer & Explanation

Correct answer: (A) They wrote commentaries on the condition of India during British rule.

The common thread among all four is that they authored significant works commenting on India’s condition under British rule — though their perspectives and sympathies varied greatly:

• Katherine Mayo — Wrote Mother India (1927), a highly controversial book critical of Hindu society and its social practices. It was widely seen as an attempt to justify British rule. Gandhi famously called it a "drain inspector’s report."
• Aldous Huxley — The renowned English author travelled in India and wrote about Indian conditions in Jesting Pilate (1926), offering his observations on colonial India’s social and cultural landscape.
• C.F. Andrews — A close associate of Gandhi and Tagore, he wrote extensively on the plight of Indians under colonial rule, including the condition of indentured Indian labourers abroad. His writings were sympathetic to the Indian cause.
• William Digby — Wrote "Prosperous" British India (1901), a scathing critique of British economic exploitation of India, documenting famines and the drain of wealth.