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Mahatma Gandhi believed that industrialisation was no answer to the problems that plague the mass of India's poor and that villagers should be taught to be self-sufficient in food, weave their own cloth from cotton and eschew the glittering prizes that the 20 th century so temptingly offers. Such an idyllic and rural paradise did not appear to those who inherited the reins of political power.

The meaning of 'glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers' is

pursuit of a commercialised material culture

replacement of rural by urban interests

complete removal of poverty

absence of violence and corruption

✅ Correct Option: 1

"eschew" means to refuse or avoid. Gandhi here, suggests against industrialization which was booming in the 20th century, and brought along the "glittering prizes," which is the heavy commercialised material culture, capitalization, etc. Hence, Option 1 is correct.

The other options are not relevant. There is no talk of replacement of rural by urban. Neither is there any talk of removal of poverty or absence of violence and corruption, but if there was, they wouldn't be eschewed. Hence, all other options are incorrect.

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The basis of 'an idyllic and rural paradise' is

The meaning of 'glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers' is

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