Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following assertion:

The disagreement between Gandhi and Bose extended beyond immediate tactics to the political culture they wished the national movement and future India to embody.

Which one of the following most strongly supports the assertion?

  1. Both regarded elaborate military displays as essential for mobilising an unarmed population.
  2. Bose admired military discipline and organised ceremonial displays, while Gandhi distrusted militarism and envisaged only minimal armed forces for necessary defence.
  3. Gandhi obtained military training in the India Defence Force, whereas Bose refused to participate in organised drill.
  4. Bose identified racialism, imperialism and economic inequality as the principal causes of war, whereas Gandhi regarded war as economically beneficial.
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