VAE-0065
QUESTION
The idea of having a village guide in each village for introducing new skill among the rural people was introduced by?
OPTIONS
(A) R. N. Tagore
(B) B. P. Pant
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) F. L. Brayne
ANSWER
(D) F. L. Brayne
EXPLANATION
F. L. Brayne is the correct answer because, under the Gurgaon Experiment, he introduced the concept of appointing a village guide in each village to disseminate new knowledge, improved practices, and useful skills among rural people and to act as a link between development officials and villagers. R. N. Tagore was associated with the Sriniketan rural reconstruction programme, not the Gurgaon village-guide system. B. P. Pant is not credited with originating this concept. Mahatma Gandhi strongly promoted village self-reliance, sanitation, khadi, and rural reconstruction, but he did not introduce the specific system of placing a village guide in each village. Therefore, option (D), F. L. Brayne, is correct.