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Direction: In the following questions, you have several brief passages with some question following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Passage - 4

If India takes up the doctrine of the sword, she may gain temporary victory. Then India will cease to be the pride of my heart. I am wedded to India because 1 owe my all to India. I believe absolutely that she has a mission for all the world. She is not to copy Europe blindly. India's acceptance of the sword will be the hour of my trial. I hope I shall not be found wanting. My religion has no geographical limits. If I have a living faith in it, ill will transcend my love for India herself. My life is dedicated to the service of India through the religion of non-violence.

The expression 'hour of trial' in the passage given above means the time

A) of trial in a court of law

B) when a person gets some punishment

C) when one's principles are put to test

D) when a man faces some difficult problems in life