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1.
1) Raja Ram Mohan Roy applied which approach to religious inquiry in 1 point
public life?
About
NPTEL ()
Rational approach
How does an
NPTEL Syncretic approach
online
course Submission to teachings of religious heads of an organized religion
work? ()
Total rejection of religion in public life
Week 0:
Yes, the answer is correct.
Prerequisite Score: 1
() Accepted Answers:
Rational approach
Week
01:Introducti
2) Which among the following sentences is correct regarding interlinkages1 point
1.
on to the
course and between political thought and political theory?
Raja
Rammohan To be considered as political theory, it should inevitably be developed in the
Roy () West
Political theory is narrower in scope than political thought
Lec 1:
Introduction to
Both political theory and political thought are concerned with the
the course understanding of politics

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(unit? Political thought is more systematic and generalized than political theory
unit=18&lesso
n=19) Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Lec 2 : Raja Accepted Answers:
Rammohan Both political theory and political thought are concerned with the understanding
Roy :Religious of politics
Reforms (unit?
unit=18&lesso 1.
3) Raja Ram Mohan Roy was not influenced by which of the following 1 point
n=20) events or ideas?
Lec 3 : Raja
Rammohan Freedom movement in Spain
Roy: Modern
Education Confucianism
(unit?
unit=18&lesso
French Revolution
n=21)

Lec 4 : Raja Freedom movement in Latin America

Rammohan
Yes, the answer is correct.
Roy: Freedom
Score: 1
of Press (unit?
Accepted Answers:
unit=18&lesso
n=22)
Confucianism

PPTs (unit?
1.
4) Which of the following does not qualify as the purpose of modern 1 point
unit=18&lesso
education for Indians?
n=23)

Quiz: Week
Modern education as an enabler of shaping the idea of an Indian nation
01:
in the psyche
Assignment
01
(assessment? To facilitate the general public in engaging with the colonial
name=131) administration

Week 1:
Modern education as a tool for career advancement under British rule
Feedback
Form (unit?
unit=18&lesso A means of social transformation
n=24) No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Week 02 : Accepted Answers:
Rabindranat Modern education as a tool for career advancement under British rule
h Tagore ()

1.
5) Which of the following is not the reason presented by Raja Ram Mohan 1 point
Week 03 :
Roy to the British Crown to relax press regulation in India?
Aurobindo
Ghosh ()
Press as a grievance redressal mechanism
Week 04 :
Vivekananda Press as a necessity for the sustainability and durability of British rule
()
Press as a rightful platform for revolutionary nationalist activities of
Week 05: Indians
Mahatma

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Gandhi ()
To keep a check on Christian missionaries who are meddling with the
Week 06: religious practices of natives
Muhammad No, the answer is incorrect.
Iqbal () Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Week 07: Press as a rightful platform for revolutionary nationalist activities of
V.D. Savarkar Indians
()
1.
6) Which concept, rooted in the Indian tradition of political thought, moves 1 point
beyond the binary of East and West, tradition and modernity?
Week 08:
Jawaharlal
Nehru () Shastrath

Week 09: Samvad

Nehru and
Prativad
Ambedkar ()
Yoga
Week 10: Yes, the answer is correct.
Ambedkar Score: 1
and Ramabai Accepted Answers:
() Samvad

Week 11: 7) Which of the following sentences best characterizes modern Indian 1 point
Ramabai and political thought?
Lohia ()

Week 12: Modern Indian political thought emerged in the context of colonialism and the
Rammanoha formation of a nation-state in modern India
r Lohia ()
Modern Indian political thought represents a decisive break from the ancient
Text and medieval Indian past
Transcripts () Modern Indian political thought emerged merely as an Indian response to
Western challenges
Live Session There were hardly any differences among the modern Indian political thinkers
() about the ‘idea of India’
Yes, the answer is correct.
Books () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Modern Indian political thought emerged in the context of colonialism and the
formation of a nation-state in modern India

8) Raja Ram Mohan Roy has a favorable outlook towards the British Raj as 1 point
-
Raja Ram Mohan Roy considered that the natives of his period lacked the
capacity for self-governance

Raja Ram Mohan Roy thought that British rule would promote civil liberties

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy had chosen civil and religious liberty over political
liberty
All of the above.
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
All of the above.
9) Who among the following is regarded as the father of modern Indian 1 point
political thought?

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

Feroz Shah Mehta

Jyotirao Phule

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Raja Ram Mohan Roy

10) According to The Press Regulation Act 1823, what were the grounds for 1 point
restricting the publication of any document?
Anything defamatory and harmful to the royal family, government officials,
and their allied powers
Publications threatening the peace, harmony, and social order
Publication creating suspicion and hatred among the natives against the
government
All of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
All of the above

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1.
1) Which of the following statements correctly describes the philosophy of 1 point
Tagore?
About
i) Rabindranath Tagore was a cosmopolitan thinker.
NPTEL ()
ii) He was a preacher of nationalism.
How does an
NPTEL Only i) is correct
online
course Only ii) is correct
work? () Both i) and ii) are correct
Neither i) nor ii) is correct
Week 0:
Yes, the answer is correct.
Prerequisite
Score: 1
()
Accepted Answers:
Only i) is correct
Week
01:Introducti
on to the 1.
2) Which aspect of nation and nationalism was most problematic for 1 point
course and Tagore?
Raja
Rammohan That nation is an abstract entity
Roy ()
Mechanical organization of State
Week 02 :
Rabindranat
Grounded in the cultural sensibilities of the land

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h Tagore ()
Rootedness in spiritual imagination
Lec 1 :
No, the answer is incorrect.
Rabindranath
Score: 0
Tagore:
Accepted Answers:
Nationalism
(unit?
Mechanical organization of State
unit=25&lesso
1.
3) Which work of Tagore signifies his disillusionment with the Swadeshi 1 point
n=26)
Movement?
Lec 2 :
Rabindranath
Birpurush
Tagore:
Cosmopolitani
sm (unit? Nationalism
unit=25&lesso
n=27) Geetanjali
Lec 3 :
Rabindranath Ghare Baire
Tagore: Idea of Yes, the answer is correct.
Man (unit? Score: 1
unit=25&lesso Accepted Answers:
n=28) Ghare Baire
PPTs (unit?
unit=25&lesso 1.
4) Which among the following does not explain the idea of 1 point
n=29) cosmopolitanism envisioned by Tagore?
Week 2:
Feedback It presupposes imitation of other nations
Form (unit?
unit=25&lesso
n=30)
It is rooted in one’s own culture

Quiz: Week It is a critique of the statist conception of history

02:
Assignment
02
Its ultimate end is to imbibe the unity of humankind
(assessment? No, the answer is incorrect.
name=133) Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Week 03 : It presupposes imitation of other nations
Aurobindo
Ghosh ()
1.
5) According to Tagore, Gandhi's basic education scheme was problematic 1 point
on what grounds?
Week 04 :
Vivekananda It overemphasized material utility at the cost of the overall development of
() the students
It limited the poor students to a definite vocation
Week 05: On both – a) and b) grounds
Mahatma
Gandhi ()
Neither on ground a) nor b)
No, the answer is incorrect.
Week 06: Score: 0
Muhammad Accepted Answers:
Iqbal () On both – a) and b) grounds

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6)In response to which of the following events, did Rabindranath Tagore 1 point
Week 07:
V.D. Savarkar
renounce his Knighthood?
()
Partition of India
Week 08:
Jawaharlal Non-Cooperation Movement
Nehru ()

The Holocaust
Week 09:
Nehru and
Ambedkar () Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
Yes, the answer is correct.
Week 10: Score: 1
Ambedkar Accepted Answers:
and Ramabai Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
()
7) Which of the following is correct about Tagore's views on the Zamindari system? 1 point
Week 11:
Ramabai and Tagore believed that the zamindari system which claimed to represent the people's
Lohia () interests was flawed.
Tagore was genuinely apologetic and embarrassed about the whole system of zamindari
Week 12:
As a practitioner of zamindari, Tagore could sense the cruelty associated with the
Rammanoha
zamindari system
r Lohia ()
All of the above
Text Yes, the answer is correct.
Transcripts () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Live Session All of the above
()
8) Tagore can also be regarded as a rooted cosmopolitan thinker because................ 1 point
Books ()
He respected various individual traditions and nationalities but also believed in universal
values
He believed in the universal values of the East only
He respected the Indian tradition
He believed in the universal values of the West
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
He respected various individual traditions and nationalities but also believed in universal
values

9) Which of the following sentences is not correct about Tagore's views on the idea of 1 point
man?

Tagore emphasized both the moral and the spiritual aspects of human nature
Tagore was radical in his understanding of man and individual freedom
Tagore also spoke about the duality in human nature
Tagore did not believe in the moral or ethical side of man

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Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Tagore did not believe in the moral or ethical side of man

10) Which of the following sentences best describes Tagore's disapproval of Gandhi's 1 point
Satyagraha?

Satyagraha did not seem to be a practical idea for Tagore

Tagore thought that Satyagraha alone could not bring about independence
Tagore thought that Satyagraha was being misused by some of the followers of Gandhi to
promote bigotry
None of the above

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Tagore thought that Satyagraha was being misused by some of the followers of Gandhi to
promote bigotry

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1) Why do we need to revisit Aurobindo's thoughts today? 1 point

About While Aurobindo is selectively appropriated by the right-wing, secularists tend to distance
NPTEL () themselves from engaging with his thoughts
Although being a prominent philosopher of twentieth-century India, Aurobindo's work is
How does an not often read in totality not
NPTEL
Aurobindo is often relegated to a religious/spiritual figure
online
course All the above options are true
work? () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 0: Accepted Answers:
Prerequisite All the above options are true
()
2) What did Aurobindo mean by the term 'passive resistance'? 1 point
Week
01:Introducti The nature of response must depend upon the nature of repression by the oppressor
on to the Violent revolution against the Raj
course and Total submission to British rule
Raja
Only constitutional engagement with the Raj
Rammohan
Roy () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 02 : Accepted Answers:
Rabindranat The nature of response must depend upon the nature of repression by the oppressor

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h Tagore () 3) Which one among the following sentences is correct about Aurobindo's political 1 point
thought?
Week 03 :
Aurobindo For Aurobindo, the nation was symbolically a mother that he worshipped as a divine
Ghosh () For Aurobindo, the struggle for nation and nationhood was not just about the attainment
of political freedom
Lec 1 :
Aurobindo's engagement with Swadeshi or other revolutionary political activities was
Aurobindo
Ghosh : Self guided by his understanding of the nation as a mother
(unit? All the above options are true
unit=31&lesso
Yes, the answer is correct.
n=32)
Score: 1
Lec 2 : Accepted Answers:
Aurobindo All the above options are true
Ghosh :
Community 4) What is the meaning of 'True Self' as articulated by Aurobindo? 1 point
and Religion
(unit? Rational mind
unit=31&lesso
Truthful self
n=33)
Spiritual individual or Virat Purusha
PPTs (unit?
Physical self
unit=31&lesso
n=34) Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Quiz: Week Accepted Answers:
03: Spiritual individual or Virat Purusha
Assignment
03
5) Which one of the following sentences is not correct about Aurobindo's views on the 1 point
(assessment?
name=134)
Gita?

Week 3: Rather than focusing on the relevance of the Gita in understanding the past, Aurobindo's
Feedback approach towards it was more future-oriented
Form (unit?
Aurobindo argued that the text should not be understood merely in its metaphysical
unit=31&lesso
connotations of ancient times
n=35)
Aurobindo believed that the Gita could not offer anything in discovering the horizons of
Week 04 : the future
Vivekananda Aurobindo argued that the Gita should be understood in its renewed relevance of living
() truths that it contains

Week 05: Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Mahatma
Accepted Answers:
Gandhi ()
Aurobindo believed that the Gita could not offer anything in discovering the horizons of the
future
Week 06:
Muhammad
6) Which among the following sentences does not explain Aurobindo's idea of the 1 point
Iqbal ()
'economics of spiritualized society'?

Week 07: It is to provide all men leisure for their inner development
V.D. Savarkar
It is a way to offer all a prosperous and beautiful life
()
It is to provide all men with the joy of work according to their nature
It aims to create a machinery of production

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Yes, the answer is correct.

Week 08: Score: 1
Jawaharlal Accepted Answers:
Nehru () It aims to create a machinery of production

7) Which one among the following sentences is not correct about Aurobindo's views 1 point
Week 09:
on Nationalism?
Nehru and
Ambedkar ()
Aurobindo had a religious conception of nationalism
Aurobindo believed that nationalism was a religion gifted by God and argued that God
Week 10:
was immortal and so was nationalism
Ambedkar
and Ramabai Aurobindo envisioned nationalism merely as a political programme
() Aurobindo believed that nationalism could contribute toward greater human unity

Yes, the answer is correct.

Week 11: Score: 1
Ramabai and Accepted Answers:
Lohia () Aurobindo envisioned nationalism merely as a political programme

Week 12: 8) Rajas element denotes: 1 point

Rammanoha
r Lohia () A state of illumination
A state of ignorance
Text
The will to action
Transcripts ()
None of the above is correct
Live Session Yes, the answer is correct.
() Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Books () The will to action

9) During the freedom movement in India, Aurobindo was associated with which one of 1 point
the following?

Extremist section of the Congress

Moderate section of the Congress
Azad Hind Fauj
Muslim League

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Extremist section of the Congress

10) Which of the following texts was written by Aurobindo? 1 point

New Lamps for Old

Annihilation of Caste
Hind Swaraj
The Ideals of Hindutva

Yes, the answer is correct.

S 1

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 18/04/2024, 01:32 Introduction To Modern Indian Political Thought - - Unit 7 - Week 04 : Vivekananda

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1) Which of the following statements represents Vivekananda's thoughts on 1 point
democracy?
About
NPTEL () Vivekananda understood democracy as a process that inculcates faith, self-reliance, and
self-government.
How does an For Vivekananda, democracy was equal to any form of direct rule.
NPTEL
For Vivekananda, democracy was a mode of anarchy.
online
course By democracy, Vivekananda only referred to the indirect forms of representation.
work? () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 0: Accepted Answers:
Prerequisite Vivekananda understood democracy as a process that inculcates faith, self-reliance, and self-
() government.

Week 2) The compilation of the lectures given by Vivekananda in London was published as 1 point
01:Introducti
on to the Karma Yoga
course and Philosophical Vedanta
Raja
A Memoir of London
Rammohan
Roy () Practical Vedanta

No, the answer is incorrect.

Week 02 : Score: 0
Rabindranat Accepted Answers:
Practical Vedanta

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h Tagore ()
3) Which of the following sentences is not correct about Vivekananda's views on the 1 point
idea of freedom?
Week 03 :
Aurobindo
Vivekananda believed that freedom was the key to a spiritual, social, and political life.
Ghosh ()
For Vivekananda, freedom was essential for the growth of an individual's social, political.
or economic life.
Week 04 :
Vivekananda Vivekananda opined that social and political liberty could be realized without paying
() attention to moral, ethical, and religious concerns.
Vivekananda considered that freedom is needed for keeping religious harmony and in the
Lec 1 :
realization of individual personality.
Vivekananda :
Introduction Yes, the answer is correct.
(unit? Score: 1
unit=36&lesso Accepted Answers:
n=37) Vivekananda opined that social and political liberty could be realized without paying attention
to moral, ethical, and religious concerns.
Lec 2 :
Vivekananda :
4) Which of the following statements captures Vivekananda's views on politics and 1 point
Revitalisation
of Indian life religion most accurately?
(unit?
unit=36&lesso
Politics and religion are two different domains.
n=38) Politics and religion are inseparable.

PPTs (unit? Religion is dependent on politics.

unit=36&lesso All the above options are true.
n=39)
Yes, the answer is correct.
Quiz: Week Score: 1
04: Accepted Answers:
Assignment Politics and religion are two different domains.
02
(assessment? 5) Which of the following statements does not correctly reflect Vivekananda's views on 1 point
name=136) education?
Week 4:
Education was to develop a holistic or complete personality, for which Vivekananda
Feedback
Form (unit?
wanted a new and positive education.
unit=36&lesso Vivekananda wanted the spiritual or religious teachings of the East to be combined with
n=40) the scientific or technological teachings of the West.
For Vivekananda, education was just about memory or the accumulation of facts and
Week 05:
information.
Mahatma
Gandhi () For Vivekananda, education could revitalize the masses or give them hope and self-belief
in achieving something.
Week 06: Yes, the answer is correct.
Muhammad Score: 1
Iqbal () Accepted Answers:
For Vivekananda, education was just about memory or the accumulation of facts and
Week 07: information.
V.D. Savarkar
() 6) Which of the following is correct about the religion that Vivekananda wanted to 1 point
promote?
Week 08:
Jawaharlal Masculine

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Nehru () Rational
Linear
Week 09:
Nehru and All of the above options are correct
Ambedkar () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 10: Accepted Answers:
Ambedkar All of the above options are correct
and Ramabai
7) In the views of Vivekananda, which of the following was not among the three ways 1 point
()
of tackling the existing social concerns in India?

Week 11: Emancipation of Women libration

Ramabai and
Cultural Assimilation
Lohia ()
Positive Education
Week 12: Upliftment of the Masses
Rammanoha Yes, the answer is correct.
r Lohia () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Text Cultural Assimilation
Transcripts ()
8) Who among the following was the spiritual guru of Vivekananda? 1 point
Live Session
() Mahatma Gandhi
Shri RamaKrishna
Books () Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Sankarcharyya

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Shri RamaKrishna

9) Where did Vivekananda deliver his famous speech on universal tolerance? 1 point

UN General Assembly
Brahmo Samaj
World Parliament of Religion, Chicago
Kasturba Ashram

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
World Parliament of Religion, Chicago

10) Where did Vivekananda establish the headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission which 1 point
is known as Belur Math?

Mumbai
Kolkata
Delhi
Hrishikesh

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Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Kolkata

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1) According to Gandhi, what is the central quest of his work, Hind Swaraj? 1 point

About To envision a polity based on moral and ethical principles.

NPTEL () To envision an ideal social structure.
To chart out statecraft for an ideal polity.
How does an
NPTEL All the above options are true.
online Yes, the answer is correct.
course Score: 1
work? () Accepted Answers:
All the above options are true.
Week 0:
Prerequisite 2) According to Gandhi, which one among the following is not an ideal virtue of a 1 point
() satyagrahi?

Week Brahmacharya
01:Introducti Selfishness
on to the Truthfulness or satya
course and
Fearlessness
Raja
Rammohan Yes, the answer is correct.
Roy () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 02 : Selfishness
Rabindranat
3) Who classified the political philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi as 'Pax Gandhiana'? 1 point

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h Tagore () Anthony J Parel

Ramchandra Guha
Week 03 :
Aurobindo Granville Austin
Ghosh () V R Mehta

Yes, the answer is correct.

Week 04 : Score: 1
Vivekananda Accepted Answers:
() Anthony J Parel

4) Mahatma Gandhi was skeptical of which of the follwoing? 1 point

Week 05:
Mahatma
Ramrajya
Gandhi ()
Varnashrama dharma
Lec 1 : Ahimsa
Mahatma
None of the above
Gandhi:
Introduction Yes, the answer is correct.
(unit? Score: 1
unit=42&lesso Accepted Answers:
n=43) None of the above

Lec 2 :
5) The Poona Pact was signed between: 1 point
Mahatma
Gandhi: Hind
Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Swaraj and
Critique of Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Mountbatten
Modern Mahatma Gandhi and B R Ambedkar
Civilisation
Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru
(unit?
unit=42&lesso Yes, the answer is correct.
n=44) Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Lec 3 : Mahatma Gandhi and B R Ambedkar
Mahatma
Gandhi:India
6) Which of the following writers stated that Mahatma Gandhi was 'the single most 1 point
of His Dreams
(unit? important organizer of the numerous movements that cohered loosely as a nationalist movement
unit=42&lesso against imperial rule in India'?
n=45)
Judith M Brown
PPTs (unit?
Ranajit Guha
unit=42&lesso
n=46) Ramchandra Guha
Partha Chatterjee
Week 5:
Feedback Yes, the answer is correct.
Form (unit? Score: 1
unit=42&lesso Accepted Answers:
n=47) Judith M Brown

Quiz: Week
7) According to Mahatma Gandhi, the European society was: 1 point
05:
Assignment
A politically corrupt society.
05
(assessment? An embodiment of social justice
name=140) A spiritual society

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Week 06: A non-violent society

Muhammad Yes, the answer is correct.
Iqbal () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 07: A politically corrupt society.
V.D. Savarkar 8) Mahatma Gandhi started his political activism in India with which of the following 1 point
()
agitations?

Week 08: Quit India Movement

Jawaharlal
Non-cooperation Movement
Nehru ()
Civil Disobedience Movement

Week 09: Champaran Satyagraha

Nehru and Yes, the answer is correct.
Ambedkar () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 10: Champaran Satyagraha
Ambedkar
and Ramabai 9) On which of the following issues, does Ambedkar have a significant disagreement 1 point
() with Mahatma Gandhi?

Week 11: Swaraj

Ramabai and Ahimsa
Lohia ()
Varnashrama Dharma
Sarvodaya
Week 12:
Rammanoha Yes, the answer is correct.
r Lohia () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Varnashrama Dharma
Text
Transcripts ()
10) Which one among the following sentences is not correct about the concept of 1 point
Live Session Swaraj?
()
Swaraj is about self-government or the quest for home rule.

Books () Swaraj as self-rule is also about one's self and the quest for self-improvement.
Swaraj can only be attained through means of violence.
Gandhi wrote about Swaraj in his text Hind Swaraj.

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Swaraj can only be attained through means of violence.

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community?
About
NPTEL () Only homogeneity
Only unity
How does an
Neither unity nor homogeneity
NPTEL
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course Yes, the answer is correct.
work? () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 0: Both the unity and homogeneity
Prerequisite
() 2) From the following, choose the one that is not correct regarding the political thought 1 point
of Iqbal-
Week
01:Introducti Qawm is understoof as a national community
on to the Millat is understood as a religious community
course and Qawm and Millat are not clearly separated by Iqbal
Raja
Qawm and Millat are entirely exclusive of each other
Rammohan
Roy () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
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h Tagore () 3) In the political thought of Iqbal, the term 'Islam' denotes- 1 point

Week 03 : A philosophy of life

Aurobindo A way of living
Ghosh () An embodiment of historical and cultural traditions
All the above options are true
Week 04 :
Vivekananda Yes, the answer is correct.
() Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
All the above options are true
Week 05:
Mahatma
Gandhi () 4) Which one among the following does not correctly reflect Iqbal's views on Sufism? 1 point
reject
Iqbal did not repudiate the negative role of Sufis towards rationalistic philosophy
Week 06:
Muhammad Iqbal accepted the teachings of Sufism because it focused on the role of intuitions in the
Iqbal () cognitive processes.
Iqbal was critical of Sufi's preaching of men's withdrawal from the real world
Lec 1 :
Iqbal believed that the mysticism of Sufis could not bring the overall development of
Muhammad
human beings
Iqbal
:Community Yes, the answer is correct.
(unit? Score: 1
unit=48&lesso Accepted Answers:
n=49) Iqbal did not repudiate the negative role of Sufis towards rationalistic philosophy

Lec 2 :
Muhammad 5) Which one among the following best describes the meaning of the term 'Khudi' as 1 point
Iqbal : Religion described by Iqbal?
and Nation
(unit? Respect
unit=48&lesso Self-Affirmation or ego
n=50)
Ethics
PPTs (unit? Morality
unit=48&lesso
n=51)
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 6: Accepted Answers:
Feedback Self-Affirmation or ego
Form (unit?
unit=48&lesso 6) From which of the following philosophers, did Iqbal draw his ideas of 'ego' and 1 point
n=52) 'superman'?
Quiz: Week
Nietzsche
06:
Assignment Hegel
06 Kant
(assessment?
name=141)
Socrates

Yes, the answer is correct.

Week 07: Score: 1
V.D. Savarkar Accepted Answers:
() Nietzsche

7) Iqbal was associated with which of the following political organizations? 1 point

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Week 08: Justice Party

Jawaharlal Azad Hind Fauj
Nehru () All-India Muslim League
Hindu Mahasabha
Week 09:
Nehru and Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Ambedkar ()
Accepted Answers:
All-India Muslim League
Week 10:
Ambedkar 8) Which one among the following sentences is not correct about the religious and 1 point
and Ramabai political thought of Muhammad Iqbal?
()
Muhammad Iqbal emphasized the self and human spirit
Week 11: Muhammad Iqbal emphasized the capacity for self-determination
Ramabai and
Muhammad Iqbal emphasized the self at the service of the divine
Lohia ()
Muhammad Iqbal did not emphasize the self within a community

Week 12: Yes, the answer is correct.

Rammanoha Score: 1
r Lohia () Accepted Answers:
Muhammad Iqbal did not emphasize the self within a community
Text
Transcripts () 9) What was the title of Iqbal's doctoral dissertation? 1 point

The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam

Live Session
() The Development of Metaphysics in Persia
Gabriel's Wing
Books () The Secrets of the Self

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
The Development of Metaphysics in Persia

10) Which one among the following sentences is not correct about Iqbal's views on 1 point
Nationalism?

Iqbal's critique of the nation-state and call for the political re-organization of India were to
reconstruct the nation along the lines of religion
Iqbal did not view the nationalism as a threat to the principles of Islam
Iqbal described 'Western civilization' and 'nationhood' as 'narcotics of imperialism'
Iqbal's reformulation of the concept of nation and nationalism should not be understood
as a re-assertion of Pan-Islamism

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Iqbal did not view the nationalism as a threat to the principles of Islam

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1) V.D. Savarkar was a proponent of which of the following ideologies? 1 point

About Socialism
NPTEL () Marxism
Hindutva
How does an
NPTEL Feminism
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course Score: 1
work? () Accepted Answers:
Hindutva
Week 0:
Prerequisite 2) Savarkar’s idea of ‘Hindu’ had three essential criteria. Which one among 1 point
() the following does not constitute those?

Week Hindu as a religion

01:Introducti Hindu as a race
on to the Hindu as a civilization
course and
Hindu as a nation
Raja
Rammohan Yes, the answer is correct.
Roy () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 02 : Hindu as a religion
Rabindranat

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h Tagore () 3)Which of the following is not correct regarding the social and political 1 point
thought of Savarkar?
Week 03 :
Aurobindo Savarkar thought that only the fittest can survive the struggle of life while the
Ghosh () others get eliminated eventually.
Savarkar believed in absolute morality and stated that the morality of an
Week 04 : action can only be examined with its context.
Vivekananda
Savarkar believed that violence is natural to human society.
()
Savarkar supported the principle of absolute non-violence.
Week 05: Yes, the answer is correct.
Mahatma Score: 1
Gandhi () Accepted Answers:
Savarkar supported the principle of absolute non-violence.
Week 06:
Muhammad 4) From the following statements, choose the one that is not correct 1 point
Iqbal () regarding Savarkar’s ideas on nationalism.

Week 07: Savarkar viewed culture, religion, race, and historical affinity as contributors
V.D. Savarkar to the formation of nations.
() Savarkar’s ideas on nationalism were a synthesis of territorial nationalism
Lec 1 :
offered by Congress and cultural-religious nationalism put forward by the
Savarkar: Muslim League.
Introduction Savarkar rejected the idea of territorial nationalism.
(unit?
Savarkar regarded one language and one culture (ek bhasha ek sanskriti) as
unit=53&lesso
n=54) the basis of the formation of modern nations.
No, the answer is incorrect.
Lec 2 :
Score: 0
Savarkar:
Accepted Answers:
Hinduism and
Hindutva (unit?
Savarkar rejected the idea of territorial nationalism.
unit=53&lesso
n=55) 5) Which of the following works is authored by Savarkar? 1 point

PPTs (unit? Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History

unit=53&lesso
n=56)
Annihilation of Caste
Nationalism without a Nation in India
Week 7:
Feedback
An Indian Pilgrim
Form (unit? Yes, the answer is correct.
unit=53&lesso Score: 1
n=57) Accepted Answers:

Quiz: Week
Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History
07:
Assignment 6) Read the following statements regarding Savarkar’s idea of ‘Hindutva’ 1 point
07 and ‘Hinduism’ and choose the incorrect one.
(assessment?
name=142) For Savarkar, ‘Hindutva’ is a political doctrine.
‘Hindutva’ is a derivative of the larger category of ‘Hinduism’.
Week 08:
Jawaharlal ‘Hinduism’ is different from ‘Hindutva’, and it is only a fraction of the latter.
Nehru () ‘Hindutva’ is also about the history of Indian civilization.
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Yes, the answer is correct.

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Nehru and Accepted Answers:
Ambedkar () ‘Hindutva’ is a derivative of the larger category of ‘Hinduism’.

Week 10:
7)Savarkar wrote Life of Barrister Savarkar under the pen name of 1 point
Ambedkar _________?
and Ramabai
()
Desabandhu
Chitragupta
Week 11: Deenabandhu
Ramabai and Chanakya
Lohia ()
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 12:
Accepted Answers:
Rammanoha
Chitragupta
r Lohia ()

Text
8)According to Savarkar, which of the following Indian languages has the 1 point

Transcripts ()
potential to preserve Hindu culture?
Sanskrit
Live Session
Braj Bhasha
()
Marathi
Books () Prakrit
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Sanskrit

9) Who among the following inspired V D Savarkar’s ideas on nation and 1 point
nationalism?
Vivekananda
Mazzini
Mahatma Gandhi
Ernest Renan
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Mazzini

10) Read the following two statements and choose the correct option from 1 point
below:

I. Savarkar did not negate the right of minorities to co-exist, but he made it
conditional on the ground of their acceptance of Hindu dominance.

II. Savarkar supported preferential treatment to those minorities who accepted his
condition of accepting the domination of Hindus.

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Only the statement I is correct.

Only the statement II is correct.
Both (I & II) statements are correct.
Both (I & II) statements are incorrect.
Yes, the answer is correct.
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1) In which of the following sessions Congress passed a Resolution on 'Fundamental 1 point
Rights and Economic and Social Change'?
About
NPTEL () Kanpur Session of 1925
Madras Session of 1927
How does an
Karachi Session of 1931
NPTEL
online Nagpur Session of 1920
course Yes, the answer is correct.
work? () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 0: Karachi Session of 1931
Prerequisite
() 2) Which of the following statement/s is/are correct about the Nehruvian notion of 1 point
democracy?
Week
01:Introducti Nehru's conception of democracy was also related to the notion of equality.
on to the Nehru envisioned India as a liberal democratic country both in principle and in practice.
course and Nehru's understanding of democracy entailed economic and social dimensions.
Raja
All the above options are true.
Rammohan
Roy () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 02 : Accepted Answers:
Rabindranat All the above options are true.

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h Tagore () 3) Which of the following sentences is incorrect regarding Nehru's views on religion? 1 point

Week 03 : Nehru’s rational and scientific approach made him unwilling to participate in religious
Aurobindo dogmas and superstitions.
Ghosh () Nehru was skeptical of any form of organized religion.
Religious beliefs and practices guided Nehru's general outlook towards life.
Week 04 :
Nehru was an ardent proponent of secularism.
Vivekananda
() Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 05: Accepted Answers:
Religious beliefs and practices guided Nehru's general outlook towards life.
Mahatma
Gandhi ()
4) Read the following two statements on Gandhi and Nehru's vision of state and 1 point
Week 06: economic development, and choose the correct option from below-
Muhammad
Iqbal () Statement-I: Gandhi and Nehru were unanimous on their idea of the state as a soulless machine
and stated that it could hardly achieve any substantive development for the people.
Week 07:
V.D. Savarkar Statement-II: While Gandhi supported decentralization and small-scale industries, Nehru, on the
() other hand, was an advocate of centralized and planned economic development.

Only statement I is true.

Week 08:
Jawaharlal Only statement II is true.
Nehru () Both statements I and II are true
None of the above statements is true.
Lec 1 :
Jawaharlal Yes, the answer is correct.
Nehru: Score: 1
Discovery of Accepted Answers:
India (unit? Only statement II is true.
unit=58&lesso
n=59) 5) Which of the following is not one among the five tenets of Panchsheel as 1 point
Lec 2 : propounded by Nehru?
Jawaharlal
Nehru: Peaceful co-existence and respect toward the sovereignty and territorial integrity of
Secularism others.
(unit? Non-interference in the domestic matters of others.
unit=58&lesso
Mediation by a third party during conflict.
n=60)
Recognition of equality and mutual benefits.
PPTs (unit?
unit=58&lesso Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
n=61)
Accepted Answers:
Quiz: Week Mediation by a third party during conflict.
08:
Assignment 6) The famous speech that Nehru delivered on the eve of India’s independence is 1 point
08
known as
(assessment?
name=144) Tryst with Destiny
Week 8: My Vision for India
Feedback
The Future of India
Form (unit?

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unit=58&lesso Swaraj is my Birth Right

n=62)
Yes, the answer is correct.
Week 09: Score: 1
Nehru and Accepted Answers:
Ambedkar () Tryst with Destiny

7) Which of the following sentences is incorrect regarding Nehru's views on socialism? 1 point
Week 10:
Ambedkar Democracy and socialism are complementary to each other.
and Ramabai Socialism has nothing to do with the practice of individual freedom.
()
Nehru added a moral concern to the idea of socialism.

Week 11: Nehru argued that socialism in India should not be a blind imitation of the Western model.
Ramabai and Yes, the answer is correct.
Lohia () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 12: Socialism has nothing to do with the practice of individual freedom.
Rammanoha
r Lohia () 8) Nehru was the founding editor of which of the following newspapers? 1 point

Text National Herald

Transcripts () Hindustan Times
The Hindu
Live Session
Indian Express
()
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Books ()
Accepted Answers:
National Herald

9) According to Nehru, which of the following does not form the basic elements of the 1 point
principle of secularism?

The state should follow a policy of neutrality in religious matters.

Secularization of all areas of life.
The state should accord equal status to all religions.
Total restriction on following any religious practices.
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Total restriction on following any religious practices.

10) Read the following two statements and choose the correct option from the options 1 point
given below-

Statement-I: Nehru had a broader understanding of democracy, and it also emphasized the
social and economic dimensions.

Statement-II: However, in his early life, Nehru’s idea of democracy was limited to political
democracy alone.

Only statement I is true.

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Only statement II is true.

Both the statements are true.
None of the above statements is true.

Yes, the answer is correct.

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1) Why did Jawaharlal Nehru oppose the idea of the Union of 1 point
Democracies proposed by American scholar Clarence K Streit?
About
NPTEL ()
It excluded nations like China and India
How does an
NPTEL It included some nations that were imperialist and fascist
online
course Nehru believed that no democratic union is possible without ruling
work? () out colonialism and imperialism

Week 0: All of the above

Prerequisite
Yes, the answer is correct.
() Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week All of the above
01:Introducti
on to the
2) Which of the following is not a tenet of the Panchsheel Agreement 1 point
course and
1954?
Raja
Rammohan
Roy () Mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty

Week 02 : Mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs

Rabindranat
Mutual non-aggression

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h Tagore ()
China becoming a member of the Non-Alignment Movement
Week 03 : Yes, the answer is correct.
Aurobindo Score: 1
Ghosh () Accepted Answers:
China becoming a member of the Non-Alignment Movement
Week 04 :
Vivekananda 3)Who among the following is the author of Foreign Elements in the 1 point
() Hindu Population?

Week 05: B R Ambedkar

Mahatma
Gandhi ()
D R Bhandarkar
Week 06:
Muhammad Jawaharlal Nehru
Iqbal ()
V D Savarkar
Week 07: Yes, the answer is correct.
V.D. Savarkar Score: 1
() Accepted Answers:
D R Bhandarkar
Week 08:
Jawaharlal 4) Which of the following was not a purpose of Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha formed by B 1 point
Nehru () R Ambedkar?

Week 09:
Nehru and a) To spread education among depressed classes
Ambedkar ()
a) To join electoral politics
Lec 1 :
Jawaharlal
a) To promote socio-political awareness among Dalits
Nehru:
Internationalis
m (unit? a) To raise awareness about their grievances
unit=63&lesso Yes, the answer is correct.
n=64) Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Lec 2 : B.R.
a) To join electoral politics
Ambedkar:
Introduction
(unit? 5) According to Ambedkar, in a democratic system, which of the following methods 1 point
unit=63&lesso could be regarded as the ‘grammar of anarchy’?
n=65)

Lec 3 : Civil disobedience

B.R.Ambedkar
:Caste (unit?
Non-Cooperation
unit=63&lesso
n=66)
Satyagraha
PPTs (unit?
unit=63&lesso
n=67)
All of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.

S 1

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Score: 1
Quiz: Week
09: Accepted Answers:
Assignment All of the above
09
(assessment?
6) B R Ambedkar considered which among the following as the biggest stumbling block1 point
name=145) in making India a united political community.

Week 9:
Feedback Caste
Form (unit?
unit=63&lesso Capitalism
n=68)
Religion
Week 10:
Ambedkar Class
and Ramabai Yes, the answer is correct.
() Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 11: Caste
Ramabai and
Lohia () 7) Which of the following statements does not explain Nehru’s views on nationalism 1 point
and internationalism?
Week 12:
Rammanoha
Nehru considered cooperation among the nations necessary for their
r Lohia ()
survival and progress
Text Nehru believed that nationalism and internationalism could co-exist
Transcripts ()
Nehru advocated eliminating war as it creates an environment of
Live Session mutual hatred and fear
()
Nehru was a vocal critic of the idea of nation and nationalism
Books () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Nehru was a vocal critic of the idea of nation and nationalism

8) On which fundamental issue did Ambedkar disagree with the leadership of the 1 point
Indian National Congress?

The issue of partition

The issue of development

The issue of women

The issue of untouchability

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
The issue of untouchability

9) Which of the following political parties was founded by B R Ambedkar? 1 point

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Swatantra Party

Praja Socialist Party

Republican Party of India

Independent Labour Party

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Independent Labour Party
10) The Mahad Satyagraha in 1927, led by B R Ambedkar, aimed at: 1 point

Asserting untouchables’ rights to access public tanks and wells

Securing voting rights for the Mahad caste

Attaining a separate electorate for the Dalits

None of the above

Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Asserting untouchables’ rights to access public tanks and wells

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1.
1) Eleanor Zelliot viewed Ambedkar as the performer of three roles; which 1 point
of the following is not one among them?
About
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an eminent lawyer
How does an a national stateman
NPTEL
online
an untouchable spokesman
course Yes, the answer is correct.
work? () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 0: an eminent lawyer
Prerequisite
() Which
2) of the following is an element of constitutional morality? 1 point

Freedom and self-restraint.

Week
01:Introducti Recognition of plurality.
on to the Being sceptical of any personification of authority.
course and All of the above
Raja
Rammohan Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Roy ()
Accepted Answers:
All of the above
Week 02 :
Rabindranat

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h Tagore () Which
3) among the following is not a cardinal principle of social democracy, 1 point
according to Ambedkar?
Week 03 :
Aurobindo
Fraternity
Ghosh () Liberty
Equality
Week 04 :
Secularism
Vivekananda
() Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 05: Accepted Answers:
Mahatma Secularism
Gandhi ()
1.
4) Which of the following is not a work of Pandita Ramabai? 1 point
Week 06:
The High-Caste Hindu Woman
Muhammad
Iqbal () Stri Purush Tulana
Stri Dharma Neeti
Week 07: A Testimony of Our Inexhaustible Treasure
V.D. Savarkar
() Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 08:
Stri Purush Tulana
Jawaharlal
Nehru ()
1.
5) Which of the following institutions is not founded by Ramabai? 1 point

Week 09: Arya Mahila Samaj

Nehru and
Ambedkar ()
Mukti Sadan
Sharda Sadan
Week 10: Seva Sadan
Ambedkar
and Ramabai Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
()
Accepted Answers:
Lec 1 :
Seva Sadan
B.R.Ambedkar
: Liberal Who stated Ramabai ‘lived a life that was a prototype of feminist
6) 1 point
Democracy aspirations to succeeding generations of Indian women, but to her own
and generation her career appeared confusing, inconsistent, and even contradictory’?
Constitutional
Morality (unit? Meera Kosambi
unit=69&lesso Gauri Viswanathan
n=70)
V Geetha
Lec 2 : Pandita Nivedita Menon
Ramabai:
Introduction Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
(unit?
unit=69&lesso
Accepted Answers:
n=71) Gauri Viswanathan

PPTs (unit? 7) Which statements do not explain Ambedkar's understanding of 1 point

unit=69&lesso democracy?

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n=72) For Ambedkar, democracy is the means and ends of forming an ideal society.
Quiz: Week In his view, democracy is not merely a form of government but also a mode
10: of associated living where everybody is treated with respect.
Assignment
He stated that political democracy is incomplete without social and economic
10
(assessment?
democracy and that all three are closely associated.
name=146) He regarded that scientific outlook and rationality are not necessarily linked
to the practice of democracy.
Week 10:
Feedback Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Form (unit?
Accepted Answers:
unit=69&lesso
n=73)
He regarded that scientific outlook and rationality are not necessarily linked to
the practice of democracy.
Week 11:
8) Who among the following regarded Ramabai's conversion to Christianity 1 point
Ramabai and
a radical act challenging the upper caste Hindu patriarchal system?
Lohia ()
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Week 12: Kanshi Ram
Rammanoha
r Lohia ()
B.R. Ambedkar
Jyotirao Phule
Text Yes, the answer is correct.
Transcripts () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Live Session Jyotirao Phule
()
9) What is Ramabai’s idea of true religion? 1 point
Books ()
Religion is about acting according to one’s conscience.
Religion is about following sacred scriptures and priestly class
Ancient Hinduism is the true religion.
Christianity is the true religion.
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Religion is about acting according to one’s conscience.

10) Which of the following does Ambedkar emphasize as crucial for 1 point
preserving and strengthening democracy in India?
embracing extra-constitutional methods in politics
fostering hero-worship towards leaders
upholding political democracy alongside social and economic democracy
All of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
upholding political democracy alongside social and economic democracy

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1) Which of the following were the two worldviews that Lohia 1 point
distinguished between while conceptualizing his idea of real modernity?
About
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Eurocentric worldview and Indian worldview
How does an
NPTEL
Side-looking worldview and Forward-looking worldview
online Backward-looking worldview and Forward-looking worldview
course Yes, the answer is correct.
work? () Score: 1
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Week 0: Side-looking worldview and Forward-looking worldview
Prerequisite
() Which among the following is not one of the three ways that Pandita
2) 1 point
Ramabai argued for uplifting the conditions of marginalized upper-caste Hindu
Week women?
01:Introducti
on to the Performance of religious rituals
course and Self-reliance
Raja
Education
Rammohan
Roy () Native women teachers
Yes, the answer is correct.
Week 02 : Score: 1
Rabindranat Accepted Answers:
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h Tagore ()
3) Who among the following is not a founding member of the Congress 1 point

Week 03 :
Socialist Party?
Aurobindo
Jayaprakash Narayan
Ghosh ()
Acharya Narendra Deva
Week 04 : Ram Manohar Lohia
Vivekananda Jawaharlal Nehru
()
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 05: Accepted Answers:
Mahatma Jawaharlal Nehru
Gandhi ()
4) Ram Manohar Lohia is regarded as an intellectual within which of the 1 point
Week 06: following traditions of thought?
Muhammad
Iqbal () Socialism
Spirituality
Week 07:
Capitalism
V.D. Savarkar
() Environmentalism
Yes, the answer is correct.
Week 08: Score: 1
Jawaharlal Accepted Answers:
Nehru () Socialism

Week 09: 5) Lohia stated that Gandhians can be categorized into three types. Which 1 point
Nehru and of the following terms was not articulated by him?
Ambedkar ()
Priestly Gandhian
Week 10: Governmental Gandhian
Ambedkar Heretic Gandhian non conformist
and Ramabai
()
Spiritual Gandhian
Yes, the answer is correct.
Week 11: Score: 1
Ramabai and Accepted Answers:
Lohia () Spiritual Gandhian

Lec 1 : Pandita 6)Which of the following statements does not represent the political ideas 1 point
Ramabai:Gend of Ram Manohar Lohia?
er and Caste
(unit? He argued for indigenous solution to Indian problems.
unit=74&lesso
He was critical of both capitalism and communism.
n=75)
He formulated a very distinct Indian version of socialism.
Lec 2 :
He did not consider caste as the root cause of social and economic inequality
Rammanohar
Lohia:Introduct
in India.
ion (unit? Yes, the answer is correct.
unit=74&lesso Score: 1
n=76) Accepted Answers:
He did not consider caste as the root cause of social and economic inequality in
India.

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PPTs (unit?
7) Which of the following is not one of the ‘three sins’ that, according to 1 point
unit=74&lesso
n=77)
Yogendra Yadav, Lohia committed, leading to his marginalization in Indian political
discourse?
Quiz: Week
11: Lohia’s criticism of Nehru
Assignment His vigorous and voluble campaign against English
11
(assessment?
His public questioning of upper-caste dominance and support to advance the
name=148) caste-based affirmative actions
Lohia's criticism of Capitalism and Communism
Week 11:
Feedback Yes, the answer is correct.
Form (unit? Score: 1
unit=74&lesso Accepted Answers:
n=78) Lohia's criticism of Capitalism and Communism

Week 12: 8) Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding Lohia’s idea of 1 point
Rammanoha
the ‘Principle of immediacy’?
r Lohia ()
The ethical justification of each action is based on the present rather than the
Text distant future.
Transcripts ()
Each action would have ethical justification intrinsic to itself.
Live Session
This principle would save people from the politics of greed or fear.
() None of the statements is incorrect.
Yes, the answer is correct.
Books () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
None of the statements is incorrect.

9) Who is considered as a bridge between Gandhi’s and Ambedkar’s 1 point

political thought concerning the questions of caste and modernity?

Ram Manohar Lohia

Pandita Ramabai
Vinoba Bhave
Acharya Narendra Deva
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Ram Manohar Lohia

10) Amongthe following, which one is an autobiographical account by 1 point

Pandita Ramabai?

A Testimony of Our Inexhaustible Treasure

Stri Dharma Niti
The High-Caste Hindu Woman
None of the above

Yes, the answer is correct.

S 1

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A Testimony of Our Inexhaustible Treasure

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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

Week 0: Yes, the answer is correct.

Prerequisite Score: 1
() Accepted Answers:
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
Week
01:Introducti 2) Which of the following is not part of Lohia’s intellectual responses to the1 point
on to the language question?
course and
Raja He advocated Hindustani to be the language of the Union.
Rammohan
He moved towards a two-department thesis to include the Hindi and non-
Roy ()
Hindi sections in the government.
Week 02 :
He proposed a multi-lingual centre involving 14 official languages.
Rabindranat He proposed using only Hindi and English, advocating a ban on other Indian
languages at the national level.
Y h i

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h Tagore () Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 03 :
Aurobindo He proposed using only Hindi and English, advocating a ban on other Indian
Ghosh () languages at the national level.
3) Which of the following is not correct regarding Lohia's views on caste? 1 point
Week 04 :
Vivekananda
He recognized caste as one of the primary forms of inequality in the Indian society.
()

Week 05: He advocated for eliminating caste as mere reforms were considered inadequate by
Mahatma him.
Gandhi ()
He believed that there was an oscillation between caste and class.

Week 06: He believed in violent anti-Brahmanism

Muhammad
Iqbal () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 07:
He believed in violent anti-Brahmanism
V.D. Savarkar
()
4) Sapt Kranti or Seven Revolution concept was propounded by: 1 point
Week 08:
Jawaharlal
Jay Prakash Narayan
Nehru () B R Ambedkar
Ram Manohar Lohia
Week 09: Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
Nehru and
Ambedkar () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 10:
Ram Manohar Lohia
Ambedkar
and Ramabai
5) Which of the following is not associated with Lohia’s idea of a four-pillar 1 point
()
state (Chaukhamba Raj)?
Week 11:
Ramabai and Village
Lohia ()

Nation
Week 12:
Rammanoha
r Lohia () Centre

Lec 1 : Province
Rammanohar
Lohia:Caste Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
and Class
(unit? Accepted Answers:
unit=79&lesso Nation
n=80)

Lec 2 : 6) According to Lohia, which of the following is not one of the defining 1 point
Rammanohar characteristics of the ruling class in India?
Lohia:Views

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on Indian High Caste

Languages
(unit?
English Education
unit=79&lesso Wealth
n=81)
Membership in the Congress party
Lec 3 : Yes, the answer is correct.
Conclusion Score: 1
(unit? Accepted Answers:
unit=79&lesso Membership in the Congress party
n=82)
7)Which among the following statements does not explain Lohia’s critique 1 point
PPTs (unit?
of English?
unit=79&lesso
n=83) He critiqued the domination of the English language
Week 12: He abhorred English as a language
Feedback
According to him, the exclusion of Indian languages has led to the exclusion
Form (unit?
unit=79&lesso
of Indian masses from power echelons of Indian politics and administration.
n=84) He was concerned about the domination of the English language as it
damages Indian political thinking and reduces it to derivative thinking
Quiz: Week
12: Yes, the answer is correct.
Assignment
Score: 1
12 Accepted Answers:
(assessment? He abhorred English as a language
name=149)
8) Which among the following is the presidential speech delivered by Lohia 1 point
Text
at the Socialist Party Convention in 1952:
Transcripts ()
Doctrinal Foundations of Socialism
Live Session Doctrinal Foundations of Communism
()
Caste and Social Democracy
Books () Political Participation of Dalits
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Doctrinal Foundations of Socialism

9) Lohia recognized the double oppression of women from depressed 1 point

classes and suggested four critical areas of work to improve their conditions. Which
among the following options encompasses those solutions?
Preferential treatment in politics and employment
Equality in educational and property rights
Re-examination of the institutions of marriage
All of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
All of the above

10) Which of the following is not an element of Lohia’s political thought? 1 point

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Critique of the model of development followed by both the Soviet-style

Socialism and Capitalism
Twin origins of Capitalism and Colonialism
Inclusion of women of every caste in the category of the Shudras to uncover
the extent of their marginalization in Indian society
Linguistic cultural chauvinism
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
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Linguistic cultural chauvinism

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