Q. Mahatma Gandhi self described himself as a ‘Philosophical Anarchist’. What belief led him to describe himself so?
  1. citizens had no obligation to obey the State
  2. State represents violence in a concentrated and organized form
  3. individual has a soul, but as the State is a soulless machine
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

Answer: 1, 2 & 3
Notes: Mahatma Gandhi described himself as a ‘Philosophical Anarchist’ and said, “In such a state (of affairs), everyone is his own rulers. He rules himself in such a manner that he is never a hindrance to his neighbor".
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