GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mahatma Gandhi said that some of his deepest convictions were reflected in a book titled, “Unto this Last” and the book transformed his life. What was the message from the book that transformed Mahatm
A
The good of individual is contained in the good of all
B
Uplifting the oppressed and poor is the moral responsibility of an educated man
C
The life of celibacy and spiritual pursuit are essential for a noble life
D
All the statements (a), (b) and (c) are correct in this context
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is The good of individual is contained in the good of all. John Ruskin : Unto This Last is a book written by John Ruskin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gandhi summarised Unto This Last’s teachings in these three points: That the good of the individual is contained in the good of all. That a lawyer’s work has the same value as the barber’s, inasmuch as all have the same right of earning their livelihood from their work.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gandhi translated Unto This Last into Gujarati in 1908 under the title of Sarvodaya (Well Being of All).

Detailed explanation-4: -Meaning of Sarvodaya: The term was first coined by Mohandas Gandhi as the title of his 1908 translation of John Ruskin’s tract on political economy, “Unto This Last", and Gandhi came to use the term for the ideal of his own political philosophy.

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