Political Science · Indian Political Thought
Gandhiji was influenced by which of the following?
- 1. John Ruskin
- 2. Henry Thoreau
- 3. Tolstoy
- 4. Plato and Aristotle
- 5. Giuseppe Mazzini
A1 and 3
B1, 2 and 3
C1, 2, 3 and 4
D1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 — Gandhi was influenced by all five, so the answer is 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Explanation
★Gandhi was influenced by all five, so the answer is 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
★John Ruskin's Unto This Last shaped his ideal of dignified manual labour and Sarvodaya.
★Henry Thoreau's essay on Civil Disobedience inspired his method of non-violent resistance.
★Leo Tolstoy's Christian anarchism and non-violence deeply influenced him.
★He drew on Plato's Apology, which he rendered into Gujarati as the story of a man of truth.
★Giuseppe Mazzini's nationalism influenced both Gandhi and Savarkar.
★So a wide range of Western and classical thinkers fed into Gandhi's thought.
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