महात्मा गांधीजींनी मुस्लिमांच्या खिलाफत चळवळीस पाठींबा दिला, कारण
(a) त्यांना या चळवळीतून हिंदू-मुस्लिम ऐक्य साधायचे होते म्हणून
(b) त्यांना या चळवळीचा उपयोग देशाच्या राष्ट्रीय चळवळीची प्रगती करून घेता येईल असे वाटले म्हणून
(c) त्यांना इस्लाम धर्माचा प्रचार करायचा होता म्हणून

The correct answer is Option A ((a), (b) only).

Key Points:
• Khilafat Movement (1919–1924): Launched by Indian Muslims under the Ali Brothers (Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali) to protest the dismemberment of the Ottoman Caliphate by Britain after World War I.
• Gandhiji's Strategic Support:
• Gandhi viewed the Khilafat cause as "an opportunity of uniting Hindus and Muslims as would not arise in a hundred years" (Statement a is correct).
• He sought to merge this religious grievance into the larger anti-imperialist Non-Cooperation Movement to forge a unified national mass struggle against British rule (Statement b is correct).
• Statement (c) is false: Gandhi never intended nor participated to propagate Islamic theology; his objective was purely political solidarity and communal brotherhood.
• Correct Choice: Statements (a) and (b) only.
• Key Takeaway: Gandhiji backed the Khilafat Movement to foster Hindu-Muslim unity and accelerate the national freedom movement.