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Week 00 1) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was a staunch nationalist and freedom fighter. His politics and 1 point thought are largely associated with the ideology of: Introduction and Raja Rammohan Secular nationalism Roy nationalism Rabindranath and Tagore Aurobindo Ghosh No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Vivekananda Accepted Answers: Hindu nationalism and Hindutva 2) For Savarkar, Hindutva is primarily a 1 point Muhammad Iqbal Cultural identity

Religious identity V.D.Savarkar Caste identity Jawaharlal Nehru None of the above

Jawaharlal No, the answer is incorrect. Nehru:Discovery Score: 0 of Accepted Answers: Jawaharlal Cultural identity Nehru:Secularism 3) Regarding the relationship between Hindutva and , Savarkar held that: 1 point Quiz : Assignment 08 They are synonymous

Jawaharlal They are two distinct categories

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Rammanohar 4) Savarkar wrote Essentials of Hindutva under the pen name of 1 point Lohia A Maratha

A revolutionary

Chitragupta

Deshbandhu

No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Accepted Answers: A Maratha

5) The nationalism that Savarkar uphold was basically: 1 point

Secular Nationalism

Ethnic Nationalism

Civic Nationalism

Political Nationalism

No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Accepted Answers: Ethnic Nationalism

6) According to Ashok Chousalkar, Savarkar’s thought is characterised by three distinct 1 point tenets of social change which was an influence of European traditions. Which among the following is not included in these three tenets:

Survival of the fittest

Might is right

Inevitability of violence in society

Absence of absolute morality

No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Accepted Answers: Might is right

7) Savarkar defined in terms of the three essentials features. Which among the 1 point following is not part of that three essential features:

As a Nation (Rashtra)

As a Race (Jati)

As a Religion (or Dharma)

As a Civilisation (or Sanskriti)

No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Accepted Answers: As a Religion (or Dharma)

8) Which among the following books is not written by Savarkar: 1 point

Life and Writings of Joseph Mazzini

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The Indian War of Independence

Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History

India Divided

No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Accepted Answers: India Divided

9) Which among the following statements regarding Savarkar Gandhi difference is not correct: 1 point

Both have flexible and accommodative interpretation of religion

Gandhi emphasized upon non-violence, Savarkar was critical of absolute non-violence

Savarkar’s was chauvinistic whereas as Gandhi’s Hinduism was more flexible and accommodate

In comparison to Gandhi, Savarkar appears to be more vocal against the evil practices and dogmas in Hinduism

No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Accepted Answers: Both have flexible and accommodative interpretation of religion

10)Which among the following sentences is correct about Savarkar's conception of nation: 1 point

His notion of nationalism was embedded in the territorial definition of nation

According to Savarkar, not the territorial unity, but the religious, racial and cultural unity counted more in the formation of a nation

In his conception of nation the statue of religion was supreme

His conception of Hindu rashtra was inclusive and accommodative of the all the communities in India including the Muslims and Christians

No, the answer is incorrect. Score: 0 Accepted Answers: According to Savarkar, not the territorial unity, but the religious, racial and cultural unity counted more in the formation of a nation

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