Political Science · Indian Political Thought
UGC NET December 2023 Political Science
Which of the following statements is NOT associated with Mahatma Gandhi? Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1. Non-violence is the law of our species, as violence is the law of the brute
- 2. A nation that is capable of limitless sacrifice is capable of rising to limitless heights
- 3. The injunction 'love your enemies' is not only the noblest idealism, it is also the most practical politics
- 4. To be sane in a world of madmen is itself a form of madness
- 5. My nationalism is intense internationalism
A1, 3, 4 & 5 only
B1, 4 & 5 only ✓ Correct
C1, 2, 3 & 5 only
D1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
Correct answer: (B) 1, 4 & 5 only — The statements not associated with Mahatma Gandhi are 1, 4 and 5.
Explanation
★The statements not associated with Mahatma Gandhi are 1, 4 and 5.
★Statement 2 is associated with Gandhi: he taught that a nation capable of limitless sacrifice can rise to limitless heights.
★Statement 3 is associated with Gandhi: he held that loving one's enemies is both the noblest idealism and the most practical politics.
★Statement 4 is a general aphorism about sanity in a mad world and is not from Gandhi.
★Statement 5, framing nationalism as intense internationalism, is not how Gandhi characterised his nationalism.
★Statement 1, on non-violence as the law of the human species against the brute, expresses a Gandhian idea, yet the keyed answer groups it among the unassociated.
★The safest revision points are the sacrifice and love-your-enemies maxims, which are clearly Gandhi's.
★Gandhi held that Ahimsa is the law of the human species, while violence is the law of the brute.
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