Question

Q. Mahatma Gandhi held a different view on Modern machinery, in this regard consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• A.
  1 only
• B.
  2 only
• C.
  1 and 3 only
• D.
  1, 2 and 3

Answer 1

The correct option is C

1 and 3 only

Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi was deeply critical of the modern age in which machines enslaved human beings and displaced workers. He saw the charka as a symbol of a human society that would not glorify machines and technology. In addition, the spinning wheel could provide the poor with additional income and make them self-reliant. He believed that modern machinery would lead to a concentration of wealth in a few hands. However, through Charkha, he did not intend to destroy all machines, but to regulate their use and control their weedy growth.