Question

What does Khadi mean to Mahatma Gandhi?
A. A rejection of western mill made cloth
B. A fashion style
C. A sign of richness
D. For encouraging foreign goods.

Answer 1

Hint: Gandhi's basic ideas and direction given by him for national movement included Satyagrah, nonviolence Swadeshi and Social Justice. Among different techniques Satyagraha was one of them. Fasting could be the one form of Satyagraha, non cooperation with the evil doer is the other form and the extreme form could be civil disobedience of state laws.

Complete answer:
Khadi was a white and coarse cloth. It was a sign of purity, simplicity and poverty. It is used as a symbol of nationalism, self Reliance and equality. Use of Khadi promoted nationalism. It was a rejection of Western mill made cloth. Spinning of Khadi in charkha became an integral part of the swadeshi movement. Both the terms were modified to a movement and used against British to gain freedom.It was considered a protest. The protest was against British rule and hence they boycotted British goods. It was considered both a political and economic movement. It was initiated to eradicate poverty and unemployment. This created self employment for Indians during that time. It was also an instrument of peace. Mahatma Gandhi started spinning himself and encouraged others to do so.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note: Gandhiji laid down a strict moral code which states how a satyagrahi should behave whatever circumstances may be he should not adopt the method of violence.Although he served for Britishers in his early days but he was not indifferent to his countrymen sufferings.