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| Concept | Core Meaning | Key Source/Year | PYQ Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satya | Truth as divine; epistemic humility | Lifelong philosophy | Foundation of all concepts |
| Ahimsa | Active love; more courage than violence | Jain + Gita; Gandhi's expansion | 2023 PYQ; every exam |
| Satyagraha | Truth-force; convert not defeat | Coined 1906, S. Africa | 2016 PYQ |
| Means-Ends Unity | Corrupt means corrupt the end | Hind Swaraj 1909; throughout | 2021 PYQ (10m) |
| Swaraj | Political + inner moral self-governance | Hind Swaraj 1909 | 2023 PYQ (5m) |
| Ramrajya | Just polity; weakest gets same justice | Throughout; not Hindu Raj | Definitional |
| Trusteeship | Wealth held in trust for society | 1930s onwards | 5-mark application |
| Sarvodaya | Welfare of all; measure by weakest | Ruskin 1904; Gandhi's lifelong | 2018 PYQ (5m) |
| Seven Social Sins | Published Young India, 1925 | 1925 | 2013 PYQ; Paper III 2021 |
| Gram Swaraj | Village self-governance | 1930s–40s | Article 40, 73rd Amendment |
| Swadeshi | Local self-reliance; boycott of British goods | Pre-1920 | Aatmanirbhar Bharat link |
| Constructive Programme | 18-point social reconstruction | 1941 | Harijan, khadi, communal harmony |
| Anasaktiyoga | Gandhi's Gita commentary | 1929 | Gita-Gandhi link |
| Bhoodan | Vinoba Bhave's Sarvodaya land movement | 1951 onwards | Extended Gandhian economics |