Fundamentals and Concepts of Gandhian Thought - 1

Fundamentals and Concept of Gandhian Thoughts - 1

20 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Life in the Sarvodaya order of society is in the form of

  1. a pyramid
  2. an oceanic circle
  3. a triangle
  4. a rectangle
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sarvodaya order of society is free from __________.

  1. science
  2. exploitation
  3. politics
  4. commerce
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is considered as the positive aspect of satyagraha?

  1. Fasting
  2. Constructive Programme
  3. Prayer
  4. Civil disobedience
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The aim of Sarvodaya is

  1. upliftment of women
  2. total development of all
  3. oneness of all
  4. welfare of all
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following views does Gandhiji hold?

  1. Truth is the means and God is the end.
  2. Ahimsa is the means and freedom is the end.
  3. Virtue is the means and ahimsa is the end.
  4. Ahimsa is the means and truth is the end.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Humanism means

  1. selfishness
  2. living at the cost of others
  3. loving thy neighbor
  4. violence
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Inter-religious prayer means

  1. to create communal harmony
  2. to create unity among all religions
  3. to respect other religion
  4. God is living in all creatures
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Gandhi was in favour of

  1. rights first, duties after
  2. rights and duties never go hand in hand
  3. true source of rights lie in the performance of duties
  4. rights only
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The goal of Constructive Programme is

  1. to provide economic relief
  2. to distribute some wages to the poor
  3. to build up a non-violent social order
  4. to provide education to all
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In Gandhiji’s opinion, _________ is a soulless machinery.

  1. state
  2. individual
  3. village
  4. politicians
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The common factor of all religion is

  1. non-violence
  2. bravery
  3. fasting
  4. fear
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The form of political organisation advocated by the Sarvodaya movement is

  1. Parliamentary Democracy
  2. Partyless Democracy
  3. Dictatorship of the Proletariat
  4. Monarchy
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many items were listed down by Gandhiji in 1945 for the ‘Constructive Programme’?

  1. 13
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 23
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The main objective of Trusteeship is

  1. to give the ownership into the hands of wealthy people
  2. to solve the problem of economic inequality
  3. to distinguish between physical wealth and intellectual wealth
  4. to punish the capitalists
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A person who tries to overcome evil by good, anger by love, untruth by truth, himsa by ahimsa is called

  1. Gandhian
  2. satyagrahi
  3. philosopher
  4. scientist
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

True democracy according to Gandhi can be achieved through

  1. Grass-root Democracy
  2. Theory of Trusteeship
  3. Poorna Swaraj
  4. Village and Cottage Industries
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Gandhiji compared ‘Constructive Programme’ to the Solar System and said that one item takes the place of the sun. What is it?

  1. Adhivasis
  2. Khadi
  3. Kisans
  4. Students
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Gandhiji’s concept of Ramrajya means

  1. rule of kingdom
  2. a state of Lord Rama
  3. a centralised state
  4. sovereignty of the people based on pure moral authority
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Man’s ultimate aim is the ________ and all his activities, social, political and religious have to be guided by the ultimate aim of the vision of God.

  1. truth
  2. love
  3. perfect knowledge
  4. realisation of God
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Gandhi’s Constructive Programme does not include

  1. Khadi
  2. Economic equality
  3. Communal unity
  4. Population explosion