Correct option is C
Explanation:
● Moderate Congress leaders believed that political freedom should be achieved slowly and through constitutional methods.
● They trusted British justice and hoped for reforms from within the system.
● They used petitions, prayers and speeches to demand political rights.
● Moderates phase (1885–1905) of Congress history.
● Key leaders – Dadabhai Naoroji, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Pherozeshah Mehta.
● Believed in British goodwill and dialogue.
● Demanded Indianisation of civil services.
● Used constitutional and peaceful methods only.
● Extremists believed in assertive politics.
● Moderates focused on reforms and requests.
● Immediate independence was not their demand.
● They avoided violent movements.