Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:

Which two politicians in the shown print are presented as the representatives of two different strands within the Congress?

Options:

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Sardar Patel

Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel

Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer:

Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3 - Jawaharlal Nehru (in black) and Sardar Patel (in white).

The death of the Mahatma, a popular print.

In popular representations, Mahatma Gandhi was deified, and shown as the unifying force within the national movement. Here one can see Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel, representing two strands within the Congress, standing on two sides of Gandhiji’s pyre. Blessing them both from a heavenly realm, is Mahatma Gandhi, at the centre.