Political Science · Indian Political Thought
UGC NET July 2016 Political Science
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Assertion (A): There was a great deal of similarity between the ideas of Mazzini and those of Aurobindo.
Reason (R): Both believed that faith in God was the basis of morality, and that politics could not be separated from morality.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — Both the assertion and the reason are true, and the reason correctly explains the assertion.
Explanation
★Both the assertion and the reason are true, and the reason correctly explains the assertion.
★Aurobindo's ideas closely paralleled those of the Italian nationalist Giuseppe Mazzini.
★He was deeply inspired by Mazzini's fervent nationalism and his fusion of religion with politics.
★Both made political liberty the foremost goal for their nations.
★Both held that faith in God is the basis of morality and that politics must be integrated with moral principles.
★Since this shared moral-religious foundation is precisely the basis of their similarity, the reason explains the assertion.
★Mazzini's idea of the nation as a divine mission strongly shaped Aurobindo's spiritual nationalism.
★Aurobindo called nationalism a religion that has come from God and therefore cannot be crushed.
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