Political Science · Indian Political Thought
UGC NET December 2023 Political Science
Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
List I
- A Plea for the Reconstruction of Indian Polity
- India of My Dreams
- The Indian War of Independence of 1857
- Marx, Gandhi and Socialism
List II
- V.D. Savarkar
- Ram Manohar Lohia
- M.K. Gandhi
- Jayaprakash Narayan
AI-a, II-c, III-b, IV-d
BI-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b ✓ Correct
CI-a, II-b, III-d, IV-c
DI-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a
Correct answer: (B) I-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b — The correct match is I-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b.
Explanation
★The correct match is I-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b.
★A Plea for the Reconstruction of Indian Polity (1959) was written by Jayaprakash Narayan, urging a decentralised restructuring of Indian politics.
★India of My Dreams (1947) was written by M.K. Gandhi, setting out his vision of an India of self-reliance, non-violence and social harmony.
★The Indian War of Independence of 1857 is V.D. Savarkar's nationalist history of the 1857 uprising.
★Marx, Gandhi and Socialism (1963) was written by Ram Manohar Lohia, exploring socialism in dialogue with Marxist and Gandhian thought.
★JP Narayan and Lohia were socialists, while Savarkar wrote of Hindu nationhood, which helps fix the pairs.
★India of My Dreams (1947) is a compilation of Gandhi's own writings on his ideal India.
★Gandhi first set out his vision of self-rule in Hind Swaraj, written in 1909.
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