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What did Tagore initially make of the non-co-operation movement ?

  • A.The movement was based on refreshing ideas that ought to be embraced.
  • B.The movement didn't deserve a thought or contemplation.
  • C.The movement was guilty of accepting an outdated ideology of narrow nationalism.
  • D.The movement convinced him about failure of Gandhi as a mass leader.

Answer: C

Tagore first saw the movement as guilty of accepting an outdated ideology of narrow nationalism.

The passage says that on his return he was alarmed to find the Santiniketan staff giving themselves up to 'narrow nationalist ideas that were already out of date'. That is his first reaction, before the argument with Gandhi.

The other options misread the passage. He did not find 'refreshing ideas', since he spoke of negativity and quarrelsomeness; he did not dismiss it as unworthy of thought, since he argued with Gandhi at length and then wrote a public critique; and nothing in the passage says he thought Gandhi had failed as a mass leader.

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