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?

1. The question asks about Mahatma Gandhi's instructions on the eve of the launch of the Quit India Movement (August 1942). 2. Statement 1 is incorrect. Gandhi did not ask all government servants to resign en masse, but rather to declare allegiance to the Congress and not obey anti-national orders. 3. Statement 2 is incorrect. Gandhi did not ask soldiers to leave their posts, but to refuse to fire on their own people. 4. Statement 3 is correct. Gandhi appealed to the Princes of the Princely States to accept the sovereignty of their own people and align with the nationalist cause. 5. Based on the official answer key (C), only statement 3 is correct.