Political Science · Indian Political Thought
Given below are two statements, choose the correct option.
- Statement I: Gandhiji called Tagore 'Gurudev', and Tagore was the first to call him 'Mahatma'
- Statement II: They differed on the issue of rural reconstruction
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect ✓ Correct
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Correct answer: (C) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect — Statement I is correct while Statement II is incorrect, so the answer is the third option.
Explanation
★Statement I is correct while Statement II is incorrect, so the answer is the third option.
★Gandhi addressed Tagore as Gurudev, the revered teacher.
★Tagore is widely credited with being the first to call Gandhi a Mahatma, a great soul.
★Statement II is wrong, because on rural reconstruction the two largely agreed.
★Both valued the revival of village life and rural self-reliance.
★Their real differences lay elsewhere, on nationalism, machinery and the Charkha.
★So only the first statement about the titles they gave each other is correct.
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