UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 27
Mahatma Gandhi said that some of his deepest convictions were reflected in a book titled, "Unto this Last" and the book transformed his life. What was the message from the book that transformed Mahatma Gandhi ?
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Correct answer: B
Correct Option: B
Explanation: John Ruskin’s Unto This Last influenced Gandhi’s Sarvodaya ideal that personal welfare is inseparable from the welfare of everyone.
Option-wise Analysis:
A: Incorrect - Concern for the poor reflects part of the message but is narrower than the central principle Gandhi cited.
B: Correct - the good of the individual is contained in the good of all.
C: Incorrect - Celibacy was important in Gandhi’s thinking but not this book’s defining economic-social lesson.
D: Incorrect - Because C is not a central message of the book, “all” cannot be right.