Read the passage and answer the questions:
Charkha
What I object to, is the craze for machinery as such. The craze is for what they call labour-saving machinery. Men go on “saving labour”, till thousands are without work and thrown on the open streets to die of starvation. I want to save time and labour, not for a fraction of mankind, but for all; I want the concentration of wealth, not in the hands of few, but in the hands of all.
YOUNG INDIA, 13 NOVEMBER 1924
Khaddar does not seek to destroy all machinery but it does regulate its use and check its weedy growth. It uses machinery for the service of the poorest in their own cottages. The wheel is itself an exquisite piece of machinery.
YOUNG INDIA, 17 MARCH 1927
Who is the author of the passage?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Mahatma Gandhi
Both extracts are from Young India (1924 and 1927) and were written by Mahatma Gandhi, who was profoundly critical of the modern age in which machines enslaved humans and displaced labour, and who saw the charkha as a symbol of a society that would not glorify machines.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part III — Chapter 11: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement (2026-27)
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