Question

Who said, “ In politics, we will have equality and in social and economic life we will have inequality”?
A.Mahatma Gandhi
B.Dr. B.R Ambedkar
C.JawaharLal Nehru
D.None of these

Answer 1

Hint: He felt that political democracy had to be with economic and social democracy. While saying the above statement he meant that giving every individual the right to vote does not necessarily make them independent in social and economic life as well.

Complete answer: Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 was an economist, Indian scholar, social and political reformer, and jurist. He was born in the town of Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, and was the youngest of all 14 siblings he had a Marathi background family and was from the Dalit category. His father and his ancestral family served the British long back and used to work for an East India company. As he was a Dalit, school life was really tough for him as he was considered untouchable and was not allowed to drink the same water as other children or sit with them. There were days when he had to go without drinking water as the peon was not present and he used to be the one giving him water. Ambedkar has done his secondary schooling at Elphinstone high school and higher secondary at Elphinstone college, for his post graduation he was awarded a Baroda state scholarship and completed his masters from Columbia university.

Therefore, the correct answer to the above question is b. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

Note: Dr. Ambedkar has been an active voice for the unfair things happening to the Dalit caste. He has also served as principal of the government law college, Bombay, and chairman of ramjas college. He was also the chief and main founder of our Indian constitution.