Which of the following pairs about the tributes paid on Gandhiji's de…

Which of the following pairs about the tributes paid on Gandhiji's death is correctly matched?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → Time magazine - compared Gandhiji's martyrdom to that of Abraham Lincoln

Option (1) George Orwell - had once mocked Gandhiji's physical size and seemingly non-rational ideas — Incorrect. It was Time magazine that had once mocked Gandhiji. George Orwell was among the international figures who paid him moving appreciations.

Option (2) Time magazine - compared Gandhiji's martyrdom to that of Abraham Lincoln — Correct. Time magazine, which had once mocked him, now compared his martyrdom to that of Abraham Lincoln. Both men were killed by bigots for believing in human equality or friendship.

Option (3) Albert Einstein - wrote that the world had connived at Gandhiji's death — Incorrect. The line that the world had connived at his death was written by Time. Einstein's appreciation is not described this way.

Option (4) Albert Einstein - compared Gandhiji's martyrdom to that of Abraham Lincoln — Incorrect. Einstein paid a moving appreciation, but the Lincoln comparison was made by Time magazine.

NCERT (2026-27): “5. The Last Heroic Days …
Gandhiji’s death led to an extraordinary outpouring of grief, with rich tributes being paid to him from across the political spectrum in India, and moving appreciations coming from such international figures as George Orwell and Albert Einstein. Time magazine, which had once mocked Gandhiji’s physical size and seemingly non-rational ideas, now compared his martyrdom to that of Abraham Lincoln: it was a bigoted American who had killed Lincoln for believing that human beings were equal regardless of their race or skin colour; and it was a bigoted Hindu who had killed Gandhiji for believing that friendship was possible, indeed necessary, between Indians of different faiths. In this respect, as Time wrote, “The world knew that it had, in a sense too deep, too simple for the world to understand, connived at his (Gandhiji’s) death as it had connived at Lincoln’s.””

Which of the following pairs about the tributes paid on Gandhiji's death is correctly matched?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → Time magazine - compared Gandhiji's martyrdom to that of Abraham Lincoln