Mahatma Gandhi believed that industrialisation was no answer to the problems that plague the mass of India's poor and that villagers should be taught to be self-sufficient in food, weave their own cloth from cotton and eschew the glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers. Such an idyllic and rural paradise did not appear to those who inherited the reins of political power... Mahatma Gandhi's dream of 'an idyllic and rural paradise' was not shared by

  1. those who did not believe in the industrialisation of the country

  2. those who called him the Father of Nation

  3. those who inherited political powers after independence

  4. those who believed that villages should be self-sufficient in food and cloth


Correct Option: A

AI Explanation

To answer this question, we need to understand Mahatma Gandhi's beliefs and the perspective of different groups of people.

Option A) Those who did not believe in the industrialization of the country - This option is incorrect. Mahatma Gandhi did not believe in industrialization and instead advocated for self-sufficiency in villages.

Option B) Those who called him the Father of the Nation - This option is not directly related to the question and does not provide any information about whether they shared Gandhi's dream of an idyllic and rural paradise.

Option C) Those who inherited political powers after independence - This option is correct. The passage states that the dream of an idyllic and rural paradise was not shared by those who inherited political powers after independence. These individuals were responsible for guiding the country's development and were more focused on industrialization and modernization.

Option D) Those who believed that villages should be self-sufficient in food and cloth - This option is incorrect. Mahatma Gandhi himself believed in the self-sufficiency of villages in terms of food and cloth.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option A) those who did not believe in the industrialization of the country. They did not share Mahatma Gandhi's dream of an idyllic and rural paradise.

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