Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (20.09.2022) Shift-II
Who among the following is credited with the view that 'knowledge without character' is a sin?
APlato
BJawaharlal Nehru
CSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
DMahatma Gandhi ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Mahatma Gandhi — The answer is Mahatma Gandhi.
Explanation
★The answer is Mahatma Gandhi.
★Gandhi listed knowledge without character among his seven social sins.
★He held that learning without moral character is harmful.
★So the view that knowledge without character is a sin is credited to Mahatma Gandhi.
★For him strong character must guide knowledge.
★The other figures are not the source of this view.
★So the answer is Mahatma Gandhi.
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