Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:

Name the symbol of freedom movement that could make the poor to earn supplementary income and make them self-reliant.

Options:

Charkha

Flag

Dhoti

Factory

Correct Answer:

Charkha

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → Charkha

Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly critical of the modern age in which machines enslaved humans and displaced labour. He saw the charkha as a symbol of a human society that would not glorify machines and technology. The spinning wheel, moreover, could provide the poor with supplementary income and make them self-reliant.