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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
MBA ? SEMESTER (3) ? EXAMINATION ? WINTER 2017
Subject Code: 2830011 Date: 04/JAN/2018
Subject Name: Gandhian Philosophy for Managing Business (GPMB)
Time: 10.30 AM TO 01.30 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q. 1 (A) Multiple Choice Questions 06
1. Gandhiji confessed his guilt of stealing for the purpose of smoking in a letter,
promising never to steal in future and asking for adequate punishment. To whom was
this letter addressed?
A. Father
B. Mother
C. Elder Brother
D. Friend
2. While holding a first-class ticket Gandhiji was ordered by a railway official to shift to the van
compartment. On his refusal to comply with the unjust order, a constable was called to push
him out with bag and baggage. Identify the railway station where this incident took place.
A. Natal
B. Johannesburg
C. Maritzburg
D. Durban
3. Which of the following did Gandhiji describes as his two lungs?
A. Ahimsa and peace
B. Ahimsa and truth
C. Truth and Peace
D. Brahamcharya and Aparigriha
4. Who described Gandhi's march to Dandi in the following words "Like the historic march of
Ramchandra to Lanka, the march of Gandhi will be memorable"?
A. Motilal Nehru
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Vallabhai Patel
5. When on August 15, 1947 the transfer of power took place, the Congress President issued a
message to the nation and saluted Mahatma Gandhi as "the maker of freedom achieved in a
unique way." He said "never before was so great an event consummated with such little
bloodshed and violence." Who was the Congress President?
A. J B Kripalani
B. Vallabhai Patel
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Motilal Nehru
6. When on August 15, 1947 the transfer of power took place, the Congress President issued a
message to the nation and saluted Mahatma Gandhi as "the maker of freedom achieved in a
unique way." He said "never before was so great an event consummated with such little
bloodshed and violence." Who was the Congress President?
A. Indian National Party
B. Forward Bloc
C. Freedom Party
D. Freedom Bloc
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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.___________
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
MBA ? SEMESTER (3) ? EXAMINATION ? WINTER 2017
Subject Code: 2830011 Date: 04/JAN/2018
Subject Name: Gandhian Philosophy for Managing Business (GPMB)
Time: 10.30 AM TO 01.30 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q. 1 (A) Multiple Choice Questions 06
1. Gandhiji confessed his guilt of stealing for the purpose of smoking in a letter,
promising never to steal in future and asking for adequate punishment. To whom was
this letter addressed?
A. Father
B. Mother
C. Elder Brother
D. Friend
2. While holding a first-class ticket Gandhiji was ordered by a railway official to shift to the van
compartment. On his refusal to comply with the unjust order, a constable was called to push
him out with bag and baggage. Identify the railway station where this incident took place.
A. Natal
B. Johannesburg
C. Maritzburg
D. Durban
3. Which of the following did Gandhiji describes as his two lungs?
A. Ahimsa and peace
B. Ahimsa and truth
C. Truth and Peace
D. Brahamcharya and Aparigriha
4. Who described Gandhi's march to Dandi in the following words "Like the historic march of
Ramchandra to Lanka, the march of Gandhi will be memorable"?
A. Motilal Nehru
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Vallabhai Patel
5. When on August 15, 1947 the transfer of power took place, the Congress President issued a
message to the nation and saluted Mahatma Gandhi as "the maker of freedom achieved in a
unique way." He said "never before was so great an event consummated with such little
bloodshed and violence." Who was the Congress President?
A. J B Kripalani
B. Vallabhai Patel
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Motilal Nehru
6. When on August 15, 1947 the transfer of power took place, the Congress President issued a
message to the nation and saluted Mahatma Gandhi as "the maker of freedom achieved in a
unique way." He said "never before was so great an event consummated with such little
bloodshed and violence." Who was the Congress President?
A. Indian National Party
B. Forward Bloc
C. Freedom Party
D. Freedom Bloc
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Q.1 (b) 1. Explain Gandhiji?s idea on ?Truth?
2. Explain Gandhiji?s idea on ? Var n a?
2. Explain ?Satyagraha ?.
3. Explain ? Ahi m sa?
04
Q.1 (c)
Sarvodaya is the ideal social order of Mahatma Gandhi . Explain the
concept with its relevance with CSR.
04
Q.2 (a) Write a detailed essay on Moral Teachings of Gandhiji. 07
(b) Bring out the importance of Gandhiji's concept of Truth & Non-
Violence with reference to modern business.
07
OR
(b) Explain Gandhiji?s view on status of Women and its relevance to
today?s corporate world.
07
Q.3 (a) What are causes of unemployment as per Gandhiji? 07
(b) With the help of major incidents write an essay on Gandhiji's philosophy
and work.
07
OR
Q.3 (a) Alcoholism is a severe problem in our
Country. Provide your suggestions to
tackle the problem in tune with
Gandhian ideas.
07
(b) Vinoba Bhave developed and practiced
Gandhian concept of trusteeship.
Evaluate.
07
Q.4 (a) In Indian Freedom Movement, some
leaders suggested the use of violent
methods. But Mahatma Gandhi
opposed this. Analyze the reason on the
basis of Gandhi's views on 'Ends and
Means'.
07
(b)
'Village Swaraj' is the Gandhian model of rural reconstruction. Analyze this,
based on the principles of Village Swaraj.
07
OR
Q.4 (a)
Gandhian economics is entirely different from the other economic systems.
Analyze this with special reference to basic principles of Gandhian economics
07
(b)
Gandhi realized that no one can become civilized just through imitation. Explain
the context.
07
Q.5 The Uttaranchal division of Uttar Pradesh, a mountainous region in India
was thickly forested. With the laying of roads in the 1960s, the region was
widely accessed. It also witnessed massive deforestation with timber-
felling inspite of people?s protest. The region had had a history of protest
against government forest policy since the early 20th century, which in the
1920s started being linked up with the Gandhian Congress. The timber-
felling contracts were awarded to industrialists and contractors at
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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.___________
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
MBA ? SEMESTER (3) ? EXAMINATION ? WINTER 2017
Subject Code: 2830011 Date: 04/JAN/2018
Subject Name: Gandhian Philosophy for Managing Business (GPMB)
Time: 10.30 AM TO 01.30 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q. 1 (A) Multiple Choice Questions 06
1. Gandhiji confessed his guilt of stealing for the purpose of smoking in a letter,
promising never to steal in future and asking for adequate punishment. To whom was
this letter addressed?
A. Father
B. Mother
C. Elder Brother
D. Friend
2. While holding a first-class ticket Gandhiji was ordered by a railway official to shift to the van
compartment. On his refusal to comply with the unjust order, a constable was called to push
him out with bag and baggage. Identify the railway station where this incident took place.
A. Natal
B. Johannesburg
C. Maritzburg
D. Durban
3. Which of the following did Gandhiji describes as his two lungs?
A. Ahimsa and peace
B. Ahimsa and truth
C. Truth and Peace
D. Brahamcharya and Aparigriha
4. Who described Gandhi's march to Dandi in the following words "Like the historic march of
Ramchandra to Lanka, the march of Gandhi will be memorable"?
A. Motilal Nehru
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Vallabhai Patel
5. When on August 15, 1947 the transfer of power took place, the Congress President issued a
message to the nation and saluted Mahatma Gandhi as "the maker of freedom achieved in a
unique way." He said "never before was so great an event consummated with such little
bloodshed and violence." Who was the Congress President?
A. J B Kripalani
B. Vallabhai Patel
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Motilal Nehru
6. When on August 15, 1947 the transfer of power took place, the Congress President issued a
message to the nation and saluted Mahatma Gandhi as "the maker of freedom achieved in a
unique way." He said "never before was so great an event consummated with such little
bloodshed and violence." Who was the Congress President?
A. Indian National Party
B. Forward Bloc
C. Freedom Party
D. Freedom Bloc
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Q.1 (b) 1. Explain Gandhiji?s idea on ?Truth?
2. Explain Gandhiji?s idea on ? Var n a?
2. Explain ?Satyagraha ?.
3. Explain ? Ahi m sa?
04
Q.1 (c)
Sarvodaya is the ideal social order of Mahatma Gandhi . Explain the
concept with its relevance with CSR.
04
Q.2 (a) Write a detailed essay on Moral Teachings of Gandhiji. 07
(b) Bring out the importance of Gandhiji's concept of Truth & Non-
Violence with reference to modern business.
07
OR
(b) Explain Gandhiji?s view on status of Women and its relevance to
today?s corporate world.
07
Q.3 (a) What are causes of unemployment as per Gandhiji? 07
(b) With the help of major incidents write an essay on Gandhiji's philosophy
and work.
07
OR
Q.3 (a) Alcoholism is a severe problem in our
Country. Provide your suggestions to
tackle the problem in tune with
Gandhian ideas.
07
(b) Vinoba Bhave developed and practiced
Gandhian concept of trusteeship.
Evaluate.
07
Q.4 (a) In Indian Freedom Movement, some
leaders suggested the use of violent
methods. But Mahatma Gandhi
opposed this. Analyze the reason on the
basis of Gandhi's views on 'Ends and
Means'.
07
(b)
'Village Swaraj' is the Gandhian model of rural reconstruction. Analyze this,
based on the principles of Village Swaraj.
07
OR
Q.4 (a)
Gandhian economics is entirely different from the other economic systems.
Analyze this with special reference to basic principles of Gandhian economics
07
(b)
Gandhi realized that no one can become civilized just through imitation. Explain
the context.
07
Q.5 The Uttaranchal division of Uttar Pradesh, a mountainous region in India
was thickly forested. With the laying of roads in the 1960s, the region was
widely accessed. It also witnessed massive deforestation with timber-
felling inspite of people?s protest. The region had had a history of protest
against government forest policy since the early 20th century, which in the
1920s started being linked up with the Gandhian Congress. The timber-
felling contracts were awarded to industrialists and contractors at
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concessional rates. Locals tried to resist this by forming their own forest
cooperatives with the help of local Sarvodaya workers but they had neither
money nor political clout, which was necessary to get the contracts for
timber-felling. In late 1972, voices were raised to end the contract system
of timber-felling and to ensure that the locals got forest produce at cheap
rates. Several demonstrations were held towards this end. In the
meanwhile, the region started facing the consequences of unabated timber-
felling ? fuel-wood for cooking was becoming hard to obtain, springs were
drying up as rainwater was running off the hills unchecked resulting in
underground springs not being replenished, the running off of the rainwater
was also causing floods and landslides ? causing severe hardship to the
population in general but women in particular as they were the ones
responsible for cooking, cleaning and gathering water. Local Sarvodaya
workers learnt of all this from the local women with whom they had been
actively working on the anti-liquor campaign since the late 1960s.
In late 1972, the government awarded a contract to fell a large number of
trees from a forest in Gopeshwar in Chamoli district, to a sports goods
factory based in Allahabad. Earlier the same government had refused
permission to a small local concern that specialised in processing of forest
produce to take a few trees from the same forest. The small local concern,
Dasauli Gram Swarajya Mandal, was run along Gandhian lines by a
Sarvodaya worker named Chandi Prasad Bhatt. Initially the villagers
requested the contractors not to fell trees but when the contractors
persisted, the villagers decided to hug the trees and prevent it from being
felled physically. This act of ?clinging? to the trees, gave the movement its
name, chipko. Clinging to the trees saved them from being felled and
forced the contractors to go back. The same contractors then shifted to the
neighbouring forest of Rampur Phata to carry on with the operation of
felling trees but the villagers under the leadership of Chandi Prasad Bhatt
organised chipko protests there as well.
One year later, the women entered the movement in the village of Reni. It
so happened that the forest neighbouring Reni was being auctioned.
Chandi Prasad Bhatt talked to the villagers about the success of the Chipko
Movement in Gopeshwar. The men decided to protest the auction to the
authorities in town. In the meanwhile, the contractors started felling trees.
The women of Reni decided to act and were led by Gaura Devi, a fifty one
year old widow. The women barred the path to the forest singing This
forest is our mother?s home We will protect it with all our might This
forced the contractors to go back. Gaura Devi was however socially
boycotted by the village, and even received death threats; the reason being
the vested interests of some of some of the men folk of the village, who
were in favour of tree-felling as it provided them the opportunity to make
some money by renting their house to the contractors and the workers and
also provided them with the job of cutting trees.
However, Chandi Prasad Bhatt rallied behind Gaura Devi and other women of
Dongri Paitoli village, who too were subjected to threats by their men folk but
managed to stand up against it. The Chipko Movement spread to the whole of
Chamoli district and parts of Tehri Garhwal and essentially became a women-
centered movement (although it was initiated by men) because the women of the
region were at the forefront fighting actively to preserve the forest around their
villages. They evolved innovative methods of showcasing their protest. In
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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
MBA ? SEMESTER (3) ? EXAMINATION ? WINTER 2017
Subject Code: 2830011 Date: 04/JAN/2018
Subject Name: Gandhian Philosophy for Managing Business (GPMB)
Time: 10.30 AM TO 01.30 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q. 1 (A) Multiple Choice Questions 06
1. Gandhiji confessed his guilt of stealing for the purpose of smoking in a letter,
promising never to steal in future and asking for adequate punishment. To whom was
this letter addressed?
A. Father
B. Mother
C. Elder Brother
D. Friend
2. While holding a first-class ticket Gandhiji was ordered by a railway official to shift to the van
compartment. On his refusal to comply with the unjust order, a constable was called to push
him out with bag and baggage. Identify the railway station where this incident took place.
A. Natal
B. Johannesburg
C. Maritzburg
D. Durban
3. Which of the following did Gandhiji describes as his two lungs?
A. Ahimsa and peace
B. Ahimsa and truth
C. Truth and Peace
D. Brahamcharya and Aparigriha
4. Who described Gandhi's march to Dandi in the following words "Like the historic march of
Ramchandra to Lanka, the march of Gandhi will be memorable"?
A. Motilal Nehru
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Vallabhai Patel
5. When on August 15, 1947 the transfer of power took place, the Congress President issued a
message to the nation and saluted Mahatma Gandhi as "the maker of freedom achieved in a
unique way." He said "never before was so great an event consummated with such little
bloodshed and violence." Who was the Congress President?
A. J B Kripalani
B. Vallabhai Patel
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Motilal Nehru
6. When on August 15, 1947 the transfer of power took place, the Congress President issued a
message to the nation and saluted Mahatma Gandhi as "the maker of freedom achieved in a
unique way." He said "never before was so great an event consummated with such little
bloodshed and violence." Who was the Congress President?
A. Indian National Party
B. Forward Bloc
C. Freedom Party
D. Freedom Bloc
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Q.1 (b) 1. Explain Gandhiji?s idea on ?Truth?
2. Explain Gandhiji?s idea on ? Var n a?
2. Explain ?Satyagraha ?.
3. Explain ? Ahi m sa?
04
Q.1 (c)
Sarvodaya is the ideal social order of Mahatma Gandhi . Explain the
concept with its relevance with CSR.
04
Q.2 (a) Write a detailed essay on Moral Teachings of Gandhiji. 07
(b) Bring out the importance of Gandhiji's concept of Truth & Non-
Violence with reference to modern business.
07
OR
(b) Explain Gandhiji?s view on status of Women and its relevance to
today?s corporate world.
07
Q.3 (a) What are causes of unemployment as per Gandhiji? 07
(b) With the help of major incidents write an essay on Gandhiji's philosophy
and work.
07
OR
Q.3 (a) Alcoholism is a severe problem in our
Country. Provide your suggestions to
tackle the problem in tune with
Gandhian ideas.
07
(b) Vinoba Bhave developed and practiced
Gandhian concept of trusteeship.
Evaluate.
07
Q.4 (a) In Indian Freedom Movement, some
leaders suggested the use of violent
methods. But Mahatma Gandhi
opposed this. Analyze the reason on the
basis of Gandhi's views on 'Ends and
Means'.
07
(b)
'Village Swaraj' is the Gandhian model of rural reconstruction. Analyze this,
based on the principles of Village Swaraj.
07
OR
Q.4 (a)
Gandhian economics is entirely different from the other economic systems.
Analyze this with special reference to basic principles of Gandhian economics
07
(b)
Gandhi realized that no one can become civilized just through imitation. Explain
the context.
07
Q.5 The Uttaranchal division of Uttar Pradesh, a mountainous region in India
was thickly forested. With the laying of roads in the 1960s, the region was
widely accessed. It also witnessed massive deforestation with timber-
felling inspite of people?s protest. The region had had a history of protest
against government forest policy since the early 20th century, which in the
1920s started being linked up with the Gandhian Congress. The timber-
felling contracts were awarded to industrialists and contractors at
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concessional rates. Locals tried to resist this by forming their own forest
cooperatives with the help of local Sarvodaya workers but they had neither
money nor political clout, which was necessary to get the contracts for
timber-felling. In late 1972, voices were raised to end the contract system
of timber-felling and to ensure that the locals got forest produce at cheap
rates. Several demonstrations were held towards this end. In the
meanwhile, the region started facing the consequences of unabated timber-
felling ? fuel-wood for cooking was becoming hard to obtain, springs were
drying up as rainwater was running off the hills unchecked resulting in
underground springs not being replenished, the running off of the rainwater
was also causing floods and landslides ? causing severe hardship to the
population in general but women in particular as they were the ones
responsible for cooking, cleaning and gathering water. Local Sarvodaya
workers learnt of all this from the local women with whom they had been
actively working on the anti-liquor campaign since the late 1960s.
In late 1972, the government awarded a contract to fell a large number of
trees from a forest in Gopeshwar in Chamoli district, to a sports goods
factory based in Allahabad. Earlier the same government had refused
permission to a small local concern that specialised in processing of forest
produce to take a few trees from the same forest. The small local concern,
Dasauli Gram Swarajya Mandal, was run along Gandhian lines by a
Sarvodaya worker named Chandi Prasad Bhatt. Initially the villagers
requested the contractors not to fell trees but when the contractors
persisted, the villagers decided to hug the trees and prevent it from being
felled physically. This act of ?clinging? to the trees, gave the movement its
name, chipko. Clinging to the trees saved them from being felled and
forced the contractors to go back. The same contractors then shifted to the
neighbouring forest of Rampur Phata to carry on with the operation of
felling trees but the villagers under the leadership of Chandi Prasad Bhatt
organised chipko protests there as well.
One year later, the women entered the movement in the village of Reni. It
so happened that the forest neighbouring Reni was being auctioned.
Chandi Prasad Bhatt talked to the villagers about the success of the Chipko
Movement in Gopeshwar. The men decided to protest the auction to the
authorities in town. In the meanwhile, the contractors started felling trees.
The women of Reni decided to act and were led by Gaura Devi, a fifty one
year old widow. The women barred the path to the forest singing This
forest is our mother?s home We will protect it with all our might This
forced the contractors to go back. Gaura Devi was however socially
boycotted by the village, and even received death threats; the reason being
the vested interests of some of some of the men folk of the village, who
were in favour of tree-felling as it provided them the opportunity to make
some money by renting their house to the contractors and the workers and
also provided them with the job of cutting trees.
However, Chandi Prasad Bhatt rallied behind Gaura Devi and other women of
Dongri Paitoli village, who too were subjected to threats by their men folk but
managed to stand up against it. The Chipko Movement spread to the whole of
Chamoli district and parts of Tehri Garhwal and essentially became a women-
centered movement (although it was initiated by men) because the women of the
region were at the forefront fighting actively to preserve the forest around their
villages. They evolved innovative methods of showcasing their protest. In
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Henwal Ghati, the women dressed the ?wounds? of the trees with mud and
sacking to protest the indiscriminate tapping of pine trees. Radha Kumar says,
?Each protest, whether it was to embrace trees, or to bandage them, reinforced
the women?s closeness to nature and their belief that natural resources were
theirs to protect and conserve, not to exploit and destroy.? The women now felt
the need to organise themselves and formed Mahila Mangal Dals with the help of
Chandi Prasad Bhatt and his organisation. The movement continued throughout
the 1970s under the able leadership of Sarvodaya workers like Chandi Prasad
Bhatt and Sunderlal Bahuguna. Bahuguna was in fact convinced of the far-
reaching impact of the Chipko Movement. He stated: ?I am waiting for the day
when the non-violent movement of the hill woman will help turn upside down
the centres of power in this country.? In order to force the government to stop
giving contracts for felling trees, Sunderlal Bahuguna launched a fast in 1979. He
was arrested on the thirteenth day of his fast and was jailed, where he continued
with his fast but he withdrew when the authorities agreed to discuss the issue. In
1980, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi invited the leaders of the Chipko Movement
for talks in Delhi. Earlier in 1972, Mrs. Indira Gandhi had spoken in favour of
environmental protection at the First International Environmental Conference
held in Stockholm. The Chipko leaders appealed to her to consider their requests
on the basis of the stance taken by her in the 1972 Stockholm Conference.
Mrs. Gandhi conceded. As a result, the following decisions were reached:
commercial forestry at a height above a thousand metres in the Himalayas was
banned for the next fifteen years; food, fodder and fuel-bearing trees were to be
planted close to the villages; and village people were given the right to take dry
twigs and leaves from the government forests. The salient features of the Chipko
Movement need to be highlighted: it was led by respected Sarvodaya leaders;
these leaders enjoyed good relations with many Gandhian politicians and top
government officials; the leaders ensured that it progressed along Gandhian lines
and ideals; the movement rigidly adhered to the principle of non-violence; the
movement ?was driven by a sense of moral outrage against a corrupt and
rapacious regime that was impoverishing the people and their environment?; and
lastly the movement managed to convince the Prime Minister to heed to their just
demands. Besides these, the active involvement of women in the movement has
also added several noteworthy features. First, the protest by women against
commercial timber-felling was done generally jointly with men but in several
instances in opposition to the men.
Secondly, women continue to be actively involved in protecting trees, stopping
auctions and keeping a vigil against illegal tree-felling. Third, replanting trees is
another notable feature of the movement; however, here the men and women
have different choices ? men choose to plant commercially profitable trees while
the women prefer trees that provide fuel and fodder and fulfill other daily needs.
Further, Chipko is no longer just an ecology movement in Uttarakhand; it has
given rise to other movements ? movement for safe environment such as anti-
mining as well as movement against gender inequalities such as anti-alcohol.
And finally, to quote Bina Agarwal, ?implicit in the movement is a holistic
understanding of the environment in general and forests in particular?women
recognize that forests cannot be reduced merely to trees and the trees to wood for
commercial use, that vegetation, soil, water form part of a complex and
interrelated ecosystem. This recognition of the interrelatedness and
interdependence between the various material components of nature, and
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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
MBA ? SEMESTER (3) ? EXAMINATION ? WINTER 2017
Subject Code: 2830011 Date: 04/JAN/2018
Subject Name: Gandhian Philosophy for Managing Business (GPMB)
Time: 10.30 AM TO 01.30 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q. 1 (A) Multiple Choice Questions 06
1. Gandhiji confessed his guilt of stealing for the purpose of smoking in a letter,
promising never to steal in future and asking for adequate punishment. To whom was
this letter addressed?
A. Father
B. Mother
C. Elder Brother
D. Friend
2. While holding a first-class ticket Gandhiji was ordered by a railway official to shift to the van
compartment. On his refusal to comply with the unjust order, a constable was called to push
him out with bag and baggage. Identify the railway station where this incident took place.
A. Natal
B. Johannesburg
C. Maritzburg
D. Durban
3. Which of the following did Gandhiji describes as his two lungs?
A. Ahimsa and peace
B. Ahimsa and truth
C. Truth and Peace
D. Brahamcharya and Aparigriha
4. Who described Gandhi's march to Dandi in the following words "Like the historic march of
Ramchandra to Lanka, the march of Gandhi will be memorable"?
A. Motilal Nehru
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Vallabhai Patel
5. When on August 15, 1947 the transfer of power took place, the Congress President issued a
message to the nation and saluted Mahatma Gandhi as "the maker of freedom achieved in a
unique way." He said "never before was so great an event consummated with such little
bloodshed and violence." Who was the Congress President?
A. J B Kripalani
B. Vallabhai Patel
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Motilal Nehru
6. When on August 15, 1947 the transfer of power took place, the Congress President issued a
message to the nation and saluted Mahatma Gandhi as "the maker of freedom achieved in a
unique way." He said "never before was so great an event consummated with such little
bloodshed and violence." Who was the Congress President?
A. Indian National Party
B. Forward Bloc
C. Freedom Party
D. Freedom Bloc
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Q.1 (b) 1. Explain Gandhiji?s idea on ?Truth?
2. Explain Gandhiji?s idea on ? Var n a?
2. Explain ?Satyagraha ?.
3. Explain ? Ahi m sa?
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Q.1 (c)
Sarvodaya is the ideal social order of Mahatma Gandhi . Explain the
concept with its relevance with CSR.
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Q.2 (a) Write a detailed essay on Moral Teachings of Gandhiji. 07
(b) Bring out the importance of Gandhiji's concept of Truth & Non-
Violence with reference to modern business.
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OR
(b) Explain Gandhiji?s view on status of Women and its relevance to
today?s corporate world.
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Q.3 (a) What are causes of unemployment as per Gandhiji? 07
(b) With the help of major incidents write an essay on Gandhiji's philosophy
and work.
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OR
Q.3 (a) Alcoholism is a severe problem in our
Country. Provide your suggestions to
tackle the problem in tune with
Gandhian ideas.
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(b) Vinoba Bhave developed and practiced
Gandhian concept of trusteeship.
Evaluate.
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Q.4 (a) In Indian Freedom Movement, some
leaders suggested the use of violent
methods. But Mahatma Gandhi
opposed this. Analyze the reason on the
basis of Gandhi's views on 'Ends and
Means'.
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(b)
'Village Swaraj' is the Gandhian model of rural reconstruction. Analyze this,
based on the principles of Village Swaraj.
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OR
Q.4 (a)
Gandhian economics is entirely different from the other economic systems.
Analyze this with special reference to basic principles of Gandhian economics
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(b)
Gandhi realized that no one can become civilized just through imitation. Explain
the context.
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Q.5 The Uttaranchal division of Uttar Pradesh, a mountainous region in India
was thickly forested. With the laying of roads in the 1960s, the region was
widely accessed. It also witnessed massive deforestation with timber-
felling inspite of people?s protest. The region had had a history of protest
against government forest policy since the early 20th century, which in the
1920s started being linked up with the Gandhian Congress. The timber-
felling contracts were awarded to industrialists and contractors at
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concessional rates. Locals tried to resist this by forming their own forest
cooperatives with the help of local Sarvodaya workers but they had neither
money nor political clout, which was necessary to get the contracts for
timber-felling. In late 1972, voices were raised to end the contract system
of timber-felling and to ensure that the locals got forest produce at cheap
rates. Several demonstrations were held towards this end. In the
meanwhile, the region started facing the consequences of unabated timber-
felling ? fuel-wood for cooking was becoming hard to obtain, springs were
drying up as rainwater was running off the hills unchecked resulting in
underground springs not being replenished, the running off of the rainwater
was also causing floods and landslides ? causing severe hardship to the
population in general but women in particular as they were the ones
responsible for cooking, cleaning and gathering water. Local Sarvodaya
workers learnt of all this from the local women with whom they had been
actively working on the anti-liquor campaign since the late 1960s.
In late 1972, the government awarded a contract to fell a large number of
trees from a forest in Gopeshwar in Chamoli district, to a sports goods
factory based in Allahabad. Earlier the same government had refused
permission to a small local concern that specialised in processing of forest
produce to take a few trees from the same forest. The small local concern,
Dasauli Gram Swarajya Mandal, was run along Gandhian lines by a
Sarvodaya worker named Chandi Prasad Bhatt. Initially the villagers
requested the contractors not to fell trees but when the contractors
persisted, the villagers decided to hug the trees and prevent it from being
felled physically. This act of ?clinging? to the trees, gave the movement its
name, chipko. Clinging to the trees saved them from being felled and
forced the contractors to go back. The same contractors then shifted to the
neighbouring forest of Rampur Phata to carry on with the operation of
felling trees but the villagers under the leadership of Chandi Prasad Bhatt
organised chipko protests there as well.
One year later, the women entered the movement in the village of Reni. It
so happened that the forest neighbouring Reni was being auctioned.
Chandi Prasad Bhatt talked to the villagers about the success of the Chipko
Movement in Gopeshwar. The men decided to protest the auction to the
authorities in town. In the meanwhile, the contractors started felling trees.
The women of Reni decided to act and were led by Gaura Devi, a fifty one
year old widow. The women barred the path to the forest singing This
forest is our mother?s home We will protect it with all our might This
forced the contractors to go back. Gaura Devi was however socially
boycotted by the village, and even received death threats; the reason being
the vested interests of some of some of the men folk of the village, who
were in favour of tree-felling as it provided them the opportunity to make
some money by renting their house to the contractors and the workers and
also provided them with the job of cutting trees.
However, Chandi Prasad Bhatt rallied behind Gaura Devi and other women of
Dongri Paitoli village, who too were subjected to threats by their men folk but
managed to stand up against it. The Chipko Movement spread to the whole of
Chamoli district and parts of Tehri Garhwal and essentially became a women-
centered movement (although it was initiated by men) because the women of the
region were at the forefront fighting actively to preserve the forest around their
villages. They evolved innovative methods of showcasing their protest. In
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Henwal Ghati, the women dressed the ?wounds? of the trees with mud and
sacking to protest the indiscriminate tapping of pine trees. Radha Kumar says,
?Each protest, whether it was to embrace trees, or to bandage them, reinforced
the women?s closeness to nature and their belief that natural resources were
theirs to protect and conserve, not to exploit and destroy.? The women now felt
the need to organise themselves and formed Mahila Mangal Dals with the help of
Chandi Prasad Bhatt and his organisation. The movement continued throughout
the 1970s under the able leadership of Sarvodaya workers like Chandi Prasad
Bhatt and Sunderlal Bahuguna. Bahuguna was in fact convinced of the far-
reaching impact of the Chipko Movement. He stated: ?I am waiting for the day
when the non-violent movement of the hill woman will help turn upside down
the centres of power in this country.? In order to force the government to stop
giving contracts for felling trees, Sunderlal Bahuguna launched a fast in 1979. He
was arrested on the thirteenth day of his fast and was jailed, where he continued
with his fast but he withdrew when the authorities agreed to discuss the issue. In
1980, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi invited the leaders of the Chipko Movement
for talks in Delhi. Earlier in 1972, Mrs. Indira Gandhi had spoken in favour of
environmental protection at the First International Environmental Conference
held in Stockholm. The Chipko leaders appealed to her to consider their requests
on the basis of the stance taken by her in the 1972 Stockholm Conference.
Mrs. Gandhi conceded. As a result, the following decisions were reached:
commercial forestry at a height above a thousand metres in the Himalayas was
banned for the next fifteen years; food, fodder and fuel-bearing trees were to be
planted close to the villages; and village people were given the right to take dry
twigs and leaves from the government forests. The salient features of the Chipko
Movement need to be highlighted: it was led by respected Sarvodaya leaders;
these leaders enjoyed good relations with many Gandhian politicians and top
government officials; the leaders ensured that it progressed along Gandhian lines
and ideals; the movement rigidly adhered to the principle of non-violence; the
movement ?was driven by a sense of moral outrage against a corrupt and
rapacious regime that was impoverishing the people and their environment?; and
lastly the movement managed to convince the Prime Minister to heed to their just
demands. Besides these, the active involvement of women in the movement has
also added several noteworthy features. First, the protest by women against
commercial timber-felling was done generally jointly with men but in several
instances in opposition to the men.
Secondly, women continue to be actively involved in protecting trees, stopping
auctions and keeping a vigil against illegal tree-felling. Third, replanting trees is
another notable feature of the movement; however, here the men and women
have different choices ? men choose to plant commercially profitable trees while
the women prefer trees that provide fuel and fodder and fulfill other daily needs.
Further, Chipko is no longer just an ecology movement in Uttarakhand; it has
given rise to other movements ? movement for safe environment such as anti-
mining as well as movement against gender inequalities such as anti-alcohol.
And finally, to quote Bina Agarwal, ?implicit in the movement is a holistic
understanding of the environment in general and forests in particular?women
recognize that forests cannot be reduced merely to trees and the trees to wood for
commercial use, that vegetation, soil, water form part of a complex and
interrelated ecosystem. This recognition of the interrelatedness and
interdependence between the various material components of nature, and
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between nature and human sustenance, is critical for evolving a strategy of
sustainable environmental protection and regeneration.? David Hardiman opines
that the Chipko Movement had a far-reaching impact elsewhere too. He says,
?Chipko became well known throug hout the world as an example of Gandhian
environmental action, with the image of women embracing trees becoming an
icon of the environmental movement as a whole. Chipko gave rise to a series of
protests since that time in which activists have embraced trees or established tree
houses, so as to prevent commercial felling operations.?
Questions
1. Enumerate the circumstances and conditions that led to the beginning of the
Chipko Movement.
2. What are some of the interesting and notable features of the Chipko
Movement?
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Self-Employed Women?s Association (SEWA) was a first of its kind women?s
trade union formed by Gandhian socialists attached to the Textile Labour
Association (TLA) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in 1972. The TLA was originally
founded by Gandhi. The SEWA initiative was led by Ela Bhatt, who was
attached to the women?s wing of the TLA.
Radha Kumar says, ?In keeping with their Gandhian views, SEWA preferred the
term ?association? to ?union? though it is possible that the acronym?s oral
similarity to seva, the devoted care of other people, played a part in this choice as
well.? SEWA ?was an organization of women who worked in different trades in
the informal section but shared a common experience of extremely low earnings,
very poor working conditions, harassment from those in authority, and lack of
recognition of their work as socially useful labour.? The women members of
SEWA were generally employed in activities such as manufacturing goods at
home, selling products on the street, pulling carts, and working in the building
industry. Initially, SEWA had a difficult time getting registered as a trade union
because as per the Indian Trade Union Act it was neither a union of workers in a
particular factory nor was it a group of employees of a particular employer.
However, SEWA argued that a trade union could be based on the ?development?
of its worker members, defining development as the ?freedom from exploitation,
assurance of regular work, and access to opportunities for advancement.?
SEWA aimed to improve the working conditions of its members through
training, technical aid, and collective bargaining. To this end, Ela Bhatt
established a co-operative bank, funded by self-employed women. The bank
provided loans at low rates of interest. This was a good strategy as middlemen
exploited women by advancing loans at high rates of interest. The initiative
proved to be very successful in empowering the poor and ?by 1993 there were
54,000 members of SEWA, with sixty co-operatives in nine districts of Gujarat.?
SEWA members usually belong to the marginalised and minority sections of the
population.
SEWA introduced ?the members to the values of honesty, dignity and simplicity
of life goals reflecting the Gandhian ideals to which TLS and SEWA leaders
subscribe.? It emphasises solidarity through self-reliance and strictly non-violent
campaigns. Besides, it also works to build communal harmony in Gujarat. Thus,
it best exemplifies ?the best of Gandhian constructive values.?
Question
How did SEWA manage to stop the exploitation of women?
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