Personalities: Gandhi ( UPSC Mains)

  1. UPSC. ‘The mainstay of Mahatma Gandhi's movements was the rural India.’ Elucidate. (UPSC 2003, 15 Marks )
  2. UPSC. “The foreign power will be withdrawn but for me real freedom will come only when we free ourselves of the dominance of western education, western culture and the western way of living which have been ingrained in us." Critically analyse in about 150 words. (UPSC 1999, 15 Marks )
  3. UPSC. Both Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru were interested in India's economic development, but there were some basic differences in their approach to this problem. Point out clearly those basic differences. (UPSC 1985, 35 Marks )
  4. UPSC. Explain briefly how the ideas and experiments of the Soviet Government in USSR influenced Poet Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi and Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru. (UPSC 1983, 35 Marks )
  5. UPSC. Explain briefly Mahatma Gandhi's views on religion and its relation to politics. Were these views shared by Shri Jawaharlal Nehru? (UPSC 1982, 35 Marks )
  6. UPSC. Explain briefly the main contribution of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore & Jawaharlal Nehru to the making of modern India. (UPSC 1979, 30 Marks )
  7. UPSC. How different would have been the achievement of Indian independence without Mahatma Gandhi? Discuss. (UPSC 2015, 13 Marks )
  8. UPSC. Mahatma Gandhi wrote in 1928 to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru: “the differences between you and me appear to be so vast and radical that there seems to be no meeting ground between us.” State briefly the difference in approach of Gandhiji and Pandit Nehru to the following two issues and indicate the impact of their views on our Constitution and Government Policy: (a) Socialism as a goal of National Policy; (b) Place of Industries in Indian Economy. (UPSC 1980, 25 Marks )
  9. UPSC. Many voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate. (UPSC 2019, 15 Marks )
  10. UPSC. Point out clearly the contributions of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore to the social and cultural life of India. (UPSC 1984, 25 Marks )
  11. UPSC. Relation between Religion and Politics has been a subject of controversy since long. What are the views of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru on this issue? (UPSC 1987, 25 Marks )
  12. UPSC. Throw light on the significance of the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi in the present times. (UPSC 2018, 10 Marks )
  13. UPSC. What was Mahatma Gandhi's concept of Socialism? How did it differ from Marxian socialism? (UPSC 1990, 15 Marks )