Gandhi's Influences: Matching Sources and Ideas

This section details the correspondence between various sources that profoundly influenced Mahatma Gandhi and the core ideas derived from them, as presented in List-I and List-II.

Matching Sources with Major Ideas

The connections between the sources and their corresponding major ideas are as follows:

• Jainism (List-I a): This ancient Indian religion strongly emphasizes Ahimsa, or Non-violence (List-II iv), which became a cornerstone of Gandhi's philosophy.
• Vaishnavism (List-I b): This devotional tradition within Hinduism influenced Gandhi with its emphasis on devotion and an inclusive spiritual outlook, reflecting Catholicity of outlook (List-II i).
• Ruskin and Tolstoy (List-I c): The works of John Ruskin (like 'Unto This Last') and Leo Tolstoy deeply impacted Gandhi, fostering ideas such as a Contempt for industrial civilization and developing concepts of passive resistance (List-II ii).
• Plato (List-I d): The philosophical ideas of Plato, particularly from 'The Republic', influenced Gandhi's thinking on Idealism and the importance of concern for moral values (List-II iii) in governance and society.

Final Correct Matching

Synthesizing the analysis, the accurate alignment of List-I (Sources) with List-II (Major ideas) is:

(a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)