Who among the following first propounded the idea of Basic
Education? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Dayanand Saraswati

1 Answer

Answer :

(c) Mahatma Gandhi

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