Political Science · Indian Political Thought
UGC NET 2023 Political Science
Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
List I
- Aurobindo
- Zia Barani
- Kabir
- Savarkar
List II
- Hindutva
- Tarikh-i-Firuzshahi
- Bani
- Cultural Nationalism
AI-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d
BI-d, II-b, III-c, IV-a ✓ Correct
CI-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d
DI-b, II-c, III-a, IV-d
Correct answer: (B) I-d, II-b, III-c, IV-a — The correct match is I-d, II-b, III-c, IV-a.
Explanation
★The correct match is I-d, II-b, III-c, IV-a.
★Aurobindo is paired with Cultural Nationalism, since he grounded the freedom struggle in India's spiritual heritage and saw the nation as a living cultural-spiritual force.
★Zia Barani is paired with Tarikh-i-Firuzshahi, his historical chronicle of the reigns of the Delhi Sultanate.
★Kabir is paired with Bani, the term for his compiled verses, which were absorbed into the Sikh Guru Granth Sahib.
★Savarkar is paired with Hindutva, the term he popularised in 'Essentials of Hindutva' (1923) to define the nation by a shared Hindu cultural identity.
★Aurobindo's cultural nationalism is distinct from Savarkar's Hindutva: the former is spiritual and inclusive of India's civilisation, the latter a sharply political doctrine of Hindu nationhood.
★Barani's other major work, 'Fatwa-i-Jahandari', is a manual of advice to Sultans, but the work listed here is his historical chronicle.
★Aurobindo's cultural nationalism drew on the German idea, from Herder, that a nation has a living spirit formed by culture, race, language and religion.
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