Question

From his childhood, Mahatam Gandhi treated truth and love as supreme values. Later in his

life, he, along with the other freedom fighter, accomplished the enormous task of compelling

the British rulers to leave our country without war or violence but through peaceful ways

called Satyagraha. Satyagraha is a Sanskrit word which when literally translated means

‘obstinate truth’. As an eminent and much respected political leader in India, he had many

loyal followers whom he taught to resort not to war and violence, but peaceful protests. The

quit India movement and the salt March against the rule of the British Empire are examples

of such protests.

Gandhi had a positive attitude and was always on the lookout for peaceful means to resolve

conflicts. To achieve resolution and establish peace simultaneously, Gandhi propounded his

philosophy of peace. The most fundamental principle of his philosophy was ‘ahimsa’ or non-

violence which is law of love, life and creation as opposed to violence or ‘Ahimsa’-the cause

of hatred, death and destruction. According of Gandhi, the universal human value of non-

violence ought to be cultivated not merely at the personal level, but at the social, national

and international levels, too, if we wish to avoid conflict, since it springs from the realisation

of the equality of all human beings. It is an ideology of good will towards all human beings.

Answer these question:

1.) What did Gandhi treat as supreme values?

2.) How did he fight the British rule in India?

3.) On that principal was Gandhi’s philosophy based?

4.) What realisation does this philosophy spring from?

5.) Find word in the passage that mean the same as “most important”…………………………

6.) Give meaning of word violence and protest

7.) Write opposite of opposed:​

Answer 1

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