Question

Who of the following said, ‘good Government is no substitute for Self-Government’?

• A. Lokmanya Tilak
• B. Swami Vivekananda
• C. Swami Dayanand
• D. Ravindranath Tagore

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Swami Dayanand

• Dayanand Saraswati was a reformer who believed in pragmatism. He preached against many rituals of the Hindu religion such as idol-worship, caste by birth, animal sacrifi ces and restrictions of women from reading Vedas.

• Dayanand Saraswati was clearly of the view that ‘good Government is no substitute for self-Government.’

• Though Arya Samaj was never a political body, it worked for spreading the sentiment of nationalism in the country.