VIII. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow 1X4=4 (2X2)
17. After his return from Africa, Gandhiji founded an ashram in Gujarat. The ashram
was open to all people, provided they were prepared to lead simple life and work
with their hands. Gandhiji encouraged people to spin their own cloth. In those
days some people were considered to be untouchables as they belonged to
lower castes. Gandhiji admit-ted these people into his ashram, lived with them
and ate with them. He called them ‘Harijans’ which means ‘people of God’. He
said that all men are made equal by God and there should be no differences.
a) How do we know that Gandhiji did not treat some people as untouchable?
b) According to Gandhiji, why should there be no differences among men?
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(a) some people were considered to be untouchables as they belong to lower castes.
(b) According to Gandhi ji there is no difference between them because they said that all men are made by equal God and there should be no differences
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