Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:

Read the passage and answer the question:

When his turn came to speak, Gandhiji charged the Indian elite with a lack of concern for the labouring poor. The opening of the BHU, he said, was “certainly a most gorgeous show”. But he worried about the contrast between the “richly bedecked noblemen” present and “millions of the poor” Indians who were absent. Gandhiji told the privileged invitees that “there is no salvation for India unless you strip yourself of this jewellery and hold it in trust for your countrymen in India”. “There can be no spirit of self-government about us,” he went on, “if we take away or allow others to take away from the peasants almost the whole of the results of their labour. Our salvation can only come through the farmer. Neither the lawyers, not the doctors, not the rich landlords are going to secure it.

Name the event which is related to the above-mentioned passage, where Gandhiji delivered a speech.

Options:

Closing of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU).

Opening of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU).

Laying the foundation of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU).

None of the above.

Correct Answer:

Opening of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU).

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2 - Opening of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU).

Gandhiji spoke about this topic in an event organized on the Opening of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU).