Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following statements:

No. Statement
1. Gandhi favoured a decentralised economy in which production was closely connected with local consumption and distribution.
2. Gandhi rejected every form of machinery, including machinery used when too few workers were available for a necessary task.
3. Bose advocated industrial development under state ownership and control, while still recognising a role for cottage industries.
4. Bose believed that industrialisation should be postponed until socialist reconstruction of rural society had been completed.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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