Question

What evidence do the authors include to support the central idea of this passage?

The burning of certificates and the repeal of the Black Act show that the Indians reclaimed their power.
The Black Act shows that the South African government saw the Indians as property.
The burning of certificates and the act of Satyagraha show how the Indians had to comply with the Black Act.
The presence of 2,300 Indians shows that the community in South Africa was large enough to revolt.

Answer 1

The first choice. The authors cite the burning of certificates and the repeal of the Black Act as evidence that the Indians in South Africa successfully resisted and reclaimed political power. The other options either misread those actions (they were acts of resistance, not compliance) or point to a population statistic that doesn’t by itself show successful reclaiming of power.