Previous year MCQs

Modern Indian History UPPSC 1994 GS-I
Question

According to Gandhiji nonviolence is:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: a way to attain truth

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “a way to attain truth”.
Mahatma Gandhi believed that nonviolence was a way to attain truth, and that truth was the end and nonviolence was the means.

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