Political Science · Indian Political Thought
UGC NET December 2023 Political Science
What is true about the following statements related to Ram Manohar Lohia? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1. He discusses seven types of revolution
- 2. He talks about party-less democracy
- 3. He is the author of 'Aspects of Socialist Policy'
- 4. He did not give the concept of the 'Four-Pillar State'
- 5. He said that the history of the growth of freedom is the history of the perfection of human relationships
A1, 2 & 5 only
B1, 3 & 5 only ✓ Correct
C2, 4 & 5 only
D2, 3 & 4 only
Correct answer: (B) 1, 3 & 5 only — The true statements are 1, 3 and 5, so the answer is 1, 3 and 5 only.
Explanation
★The true statements are 1, 3 and 5, so the answer is 1, 3 and 5 only.
★Statement 1 is true: Lohia discussed seven types of revolution, his Sapta Kranti programme of total change.
★Statement 3 is true: he wrote 'Aspects of Socialist Policy', one of his notable works on socialist thought.
★Statement 5 is true: he tied the growth of freedom to the steady perfection of human relationships.
★Statement 2 is false for Lohia: party-less democracy is associated with Jayaprakash Narayan, not with him.
★Statement 4 is false: Lohia did give the concept of the Four-Pillar State, the Chaukhamba Raj of village, district, province and centre.
★His decentralised model and seven revolutions together define his distinctive socialism.
★Lohia identified seven kinds of inequality and proposed the Sapta Kranti, seven revolutions, to remove them.
★Lohia's Sapta Kranti, or seven revolutions, sought equality between man and woman, an end to caste and to colour-based inequality, freedom from foreign rule, economic justice, the defence of civil liberties, and Satyagraha against injustice.
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