1. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on
October 2, 1869
2. At which place was Gandhiji born?
Porbandar
3. What was Gandhiji’s age when he got married to Kasturbai?
13 years
4.
Gandhiji confessed his guilt of stealing for the purpose of smoking in a
letter, promising never to steal in future and asking for adequate
punishment. To whom was this letter addressed?
Father
5. About how old was Gandhiji when he reached London to become a barrister?
19 years
6.
To become a barrister in England, one had to join one of the Inns of
Courst. After obtaining admission, Gandhiji joined the Inner Temple on
November 6, 1888
7. Devdas was Gandhiji’s
Youngest child
8.
Gandhiji, the votary of nonviolence was shot dead on January 30, 1948
at Birla House, New Delhi, shortly after 5 p.m. while going to the
prayer meeting. Which was that fateful day of the week?
Friday
9. In which South African unit had most of the India emigrants taken up abode?
(b) Natal
10.
While holding a first-class ticket Gandhiji was ordered by a railway
official to shift to the van compartment. On his refusal to comply with
the unjust order, a constable was called to push him out with bag and
baggage. Identify the railway station where this incident took place.
Maritzburg
11. At which place was Gandhiji arrested for the first time by the British Government for sedition?
Ahmedabad
12.
On which day of March 1930 Gandhiji started with a band of chosen
volunteers on his famous Dandi March to break the law by manufacturing
illegally, but openly, salt from the sea?
Twelfth
13. When was the Gandhi – Irwin Pact signed?
March 5, 1931
14.
Subhash Chandra Bose was elected President of the Congress in 1938 with
Gandhiji’s goodwill. He wanted a second term, but Gandhiji did not
approve of it. Despite the disapproval, Bose fought the election and won
it, defeating the official candidate by over 200 votes. Gandhiji took
it as a personal defeat. Identify the candidate.
Pattabhi Sitaramayya
15. On being arrested for his “Quit India” programme, where was Gandhiji detained?
Aga Khan Palace Jail
16.
Lord Mountbatten arrived in India on 22nd March 1947 as the new Viceroy
in the place of Lord Wavell to finalise the process of the transfer of
power. His first act was to invite Gandhiji to meet him in that
connection. When did Gandhiji meet him for the first time?
March 31, 1947
17.
The book “Unto This Last” greatly captivated and transformed Gandhiji.
So much so that he translated it into Gujarati. Who was its author?
John Ruskin
18. Which of the following, according to Gandhiji, is an essential principle of satyagraha?
(a) Infinite capacity for suffering
(b) Non-violence
(c) Truth
(d) All the three
Ans:- (d) All the three
19. Gandhiji’s “The Story of My Experiments with Truth” was originally written in Gujarati.
Mahadev Desai
20. Which one of the following books is the work of Gandhiji?
(a) Light of India
(b) Hind Swaraj
(c) My Experiments with Truth
(d) Both (b) & (c)
Ans:- (d) Both (b) & (c)
21.
Identify the year in which Birla House, New Delhi, where Gandhiji very
often used to stay and where he was shot dead, was turned into a
government-run Gandhi museum.
1971
22.
Identify the leader who las met Gandhiji for about an hour and left him
just few minutes before he was shot dead on January 30, 1948 while on
his way to the prayer meeting.
Vallabhbhai Patel
23.
In February 1933 Gandhiji started the publication of a weekly paper,
Harijan, to promote the anti-untouchability campaign. Its first issue
was out on February 11, 1933 from
Poona
24.
When on August 15, 1947 the transfer of power took place, the Congress
President issued a message to the nation and saluted Mahatma Gandhi as
“the maker of freedom achieved in a unique way.” He said “never before
was so great an event consummated with such little bloodshed and
violence.” Who was the Congress President?
J B Kripalani
25. What did Gandhiji mean by ‘Swaraj’?
Freedom for the meanest of the countrymen
26. When did Gandhiji take the vow of brahmacharya or celibacy of life?
1906
27. When did Gandhiji get his head shaved, discard his clothes and settle for a loin cloth?
1921
28. Who worked as a Private Secretary to Mahatma Gandhi?
Mahadev Desai
29. Who in South Africa gave Gandhiji ‘Unto This Last’ to read which proved to be one of the most decisive books of his life?
H S Polak
30.
To put the ideas of ‘Unto This Last’ into practice, Gandhiji founded
the Phoenix Settlement near Durban which came into being in the middle
of the year ____.
1904
31.
Who described Gandhi’s march to Dandi in the following words? “Like the
historic march of Ramchandra to Lanka, the march of Gandhi will be
memorable”.
Motilal Nehru
32.
The historic August session of the All-India Congress Committee, at
which the Quit India Resolution was passed, was held at Gowali Park in
______.
Bombay
33.
Gandhiji accorded very high priority to communal harmony in his
programme of actions. At which place did he undertake his last fast for
it on January 13, 1948?
Delhi
34.
After the attainment of political independence in 1947, Gandhiji felt
that the Congress, as a propaganda vehicle and a parliamentary machine,
had outlived its usefulness. So to keep the Congress away from unhealthy
competition with political parties and communal bodies, Gandhiji
towards the end of January 1948 sketched a draft constitution for the
Congress to transform itself into ____.
Lok Sevak Sangh
35. Which of the following did Gandhiji describes as his two lungs?
(b) Ahimsa and truth
36.
The differences with Gandhiji led Subhas Chandra Bose to resign the
Presidentship of the India National Congress in 1939. Leaving the
Congress he formed a new party called ______.
Forward Bloc
37.
Identify the Viceroy who wrote home these words after his first meeting
with Gandhiji:”Mr Gandhi’s religious and moral views are, I believe,
admirable, but I confess that I find it difficult to understand the
practice of them in politics.”
Lord Reading
38. What was the profession of Gandhiji’s father?
Diwan
39. How many children did Putlibai have?
One daughter and three sons
40. What was the name of Gandhi’s domestic help?
Rambhadai
41. What was the name of Gandhiji’s sister?
Raliat
42. Who inspired Gandhi with ‘ Ram Nam’ in his childhood?
Rambha Dai
43. What was Gandhiji’s nickname in childhood?
Manu or Moniya
44. Which spelling did Gandhiji spell wrong as a child when the school inspector gave dictation to the class?
Kettle
45. Where did Gandhiji receive his primary education?
Rajkot
46. Which mythological character impressed Gandhiji for life when he saw a play on his life?
Harishchandra
47. Who asked Gandhiji to eat meat in order to become strong?
Sheikh Mehtab
48. How old was Gandhiji when his father died?
16 years
49. In which year did Gandhiji pass his matriculation in England?
1890
50. What were the vows taken up by Gandhiji before he left for England?
All the above
51. Which institution did Gandhiji join as a member during his stay in England?
Vegetarian Society
52. Which book influenced Gandhiji greatly, which he read in England?
Plea for Vegetarianism
Quiz on Life of Mahatma Gandhi Set 2
Q.1 At which place was Gandhiji born?
Porbandar
Q.2 Which of the following plays left a deep impression on Gandhiji?
(a) Harishchandra
(b) Shravana Kumar
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Shakuntala
Ans: (c) Both (a) and (b)
Q.3
While holding a first-class ticket Gandhiji was ordered by a railway
official to shift to the van compartment. On his refusal to comply with
the unjust order, a constable was called to push him out bag and
baggage. Identify the railway station where this incident took place.
Martizburg
Q.4 Who of the following desired to convert Gandhiji to Christianity in South Africa?
A. W. Baker
Q.5
Who of the following satyagrahis succumbed to jail hardships during the
satyagraha movement launched by Gandhiji in South Africa?
(a) Harbat Singh
(b) Villiamma
(c) Nagappan
(d) All of them
Ans: (d) All of them
Q.6
At which place was the first permit office opened on July 1, 1907 for
the registration of Indians under the Registration Act?
Pretoria
Q.7
In the course of resistance against which of the following in South
Africa did Gandhiji first use his new political weapon which came to be
known later on as ‘Satyagraha’?
Asiatic Law Amendment Act
Q.8 Searle’s Supreme Court judgement which caused great resentment among Indians, leading to mass protests, related to _______.
Invalidation of Indian marriages
Q.9 Gandhiji, the hero of the satyagraha struggle of the Indians in South Africa, landed in Bombay on _______.
January 9, 1915
Q.10 Who advised Gandhiji to remain as an observer and student in the country for a year before taking part in Indian Politics?
Anne Besant
Q.11
Gandhiji’s first major struggle in the country was stagged on the soil
of Champaran district in Bihar in 1917 in connection with indigo
plantation. Who was largely instrumental in persuading Gandhiji to visit
Champaran and lead the struggle over there?
Raj Kumar Shukla
Q.12
Despite the solution of the problem of indigo cultivators, Gandhiji
regarded his task at Champaran unfinished. In his opinion the main cause
of the suffering of the poor tenants was their ignorance. For its
removal, he started a number of schools over there. The first school was
started at_____.
Barharwa
Q.13 Identify the place from where Gandhiji started his recruiting campaign for the War on behalf of the British Government.
Kheda
Q.14
To initiate and organize against the passing of the notorious Rowlatt
Bills, a small conference was held at Gandhiji’s Sabarmati Ashram.
Gandhiji drafted a satyagraha pledge. On which day of February 1919 was
the satyagraha pledge was signed?
24th
Q.15 In connection with the inauguration of the so-called Rowlatt satyagraha, Gandhiji started a Satyagraha Sabha in _______.
Bombay
Q.16
Which of the following prohibited works of Gandhiji was selected by the
Satyagraha Sabha for dissemination by the satyagrahis as a mark of
civil disobedience n the context of Rowlatt agitation.
(a) Hind Swaraj
(b) Sarvodaya
(c) The Story of Satyagrahi
(d) All of the three
Ans: (d) All of the three
Q.17
According to Gandhiji, the Khilafat issue offered a golden opportunity
for the promotion of the Hindu-Muslim unity in the country. He urged
Hindus to lend full support to the Indian Muslims on this issue. The
Khilafat issue related to the policy of the British Government towards
Turkey
Q.18
Before the civil disobedience or non-co-operation movement could be
effectively launched, Gandhiji suspended it because of an outbreak of
mob violence at Chauri Chaura in the sate of…..
Uttar Pradesh
Q.19
For writing which of the following articles, published in Young India,
was Gandhiji convicted for the first time in the country by the
Government?
(a) Tampering with Loyalty
(b) The Puzzle and its Solutions
(c) Shaking the Manes
(d) All the three
Ans: (d) All the three
Q.20
A wave of violent communal riots swept over country in 1924 on account
of which Gandhiji felt very much upset and was in great distress,
knowing not what to do. The terrible riots that broke out at a
particular place led Gandhi to do penance by observing a fast for 21
days. Which was that place?
Kohat
Q.21
On which day of March 1930 Gandhiji started with a band of chosen
volunteers on his famous Dandi March to break the law by manufacturing
illegally but openly, salt from the sea?
Twelfth
Q.22 In how many days was the 241 mile-journey from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi covered on foot by Gandhi and his volunteers?
24
Q.23 Who was nominated by Gandhiji to lead the satyagrahais on the Dandi March in the event of his arrest?
Abbas Tyabji
Q.24 Who described Gandhi’s march to Dandi in the following words?
“Like the historic march of Ramachandra to Lanka, the march of Gandhi will be memorable.”
Motilal Nehru
Q.25 Identify the concession granted by the Government under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
(a) Permission of peaceful picketing without any violation of ordinary laws
(b) Permission to collect or make salt for one’s use
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Payment of reparations to those whose lands had been confiscated
Ans: (c) Both (a) and (b)
Q.26 Who made the following observation on the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?
“Was
it for this that our people had so gallantly fought for a year? Were
all our brave words and deeds to end in this? The independence
resolution of the Congress, the pledge of January 26, so often repeated?
So I lay and pondered on that March night, and in my heart there was a
great emptiness as of something precious gone, almost beyond recall.”
Jawaharlal Nehru
Q.27
Identify the Muslim nationalist leader who, according to the original
plan, was to accompany Gandhiji as a delegate to the Second Round Table
Conference, but the Viceroy did not nominated him.
M. A. Ansari
Q.28 Who acted as Gandhiji’s adviser at Second Round Table Conference?
Madan Mohan Malvia
Q.29
While in London for taking part in the Second Round Table Conference,
Gandhiji stayed at the Kingsley Hall Settlement in the East End as the
guest of _____.
Muriel Lester
Q.30
Though at the Round Table Conference in London Gandhiji could gain
nothing, he was the richer for having secured many friends and the
goodwill of the people. Who of the following eminent persons refused to
meet him?
Winston Churchill
Q.31
Who among the following national leaders was arrested by the Government
even before Gandhiji’s arrival in the country from London?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Purushottam Das Tandon
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel
Ans: (c) Both (a) and (b)
Q.32
As a protest of Ramsay MacDonald’s Communal Award, which threatened to
separate the so-called untouchables from the Hindu society, Gandhiji’s
historic fast unto death at the Yeravda jail commenced on_____.
September 10, 1932
Q.33
The Poona or Yeravda Pact was the immediate outcome of the fast that
Gandhiji had undertaken on the issue of the Communal Award and it was
only after it had been signed by all the parties concerned that paved
the way for him to break his fast. The draft of the Pact was prepared by
____.
A. V. Thakker
Q.34
Having divested himself of the responsibility of leadership of the
Congress, Gandhiji gave full attention to the revitalization of rural
India and the organization of the All-India Village Industries
Association. Which of the following became the headquarters of training
and research in village industries?
Maganwadi
Q.35
The historic August session of the All-India Congress Committee, at
which the Quit India Resolution was passed, was held at Gowali Park in
__.
Bombay
Q.36
Whom was Gandhiji referring to when he talked about his political heir
at the meeting of the A.I.C.C. held in Wardha on January 15, 1942?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Q.37 Which of the following slogans is associated with the name of Gandhiji?
Do or Die
Q.38
Gandhiji began a twenty-one day fast on February 10, 1943 in jail which
provided a burst of political activity. This fast was undertaken by him
to ___.
(a) Condemn violence of people in the Quit India Movement
(b) Proof his innocence before God for violence during the Quit India Movement
(c) Register his protest against the violence of state, including the unwarranted detention of thousands of Congressmen.
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Ans: (d) Both (b) and (c)
Q.39
The book “Unto This Last” greatly captivated and transformed Gandhiji.
So much so that his translated into Gujrati. Who was it’s author?
John Ruskin
Q.40 What title did Gandhiji give to his Gujrati translation of “Unto This Last”?
Sarvodaya
Q.41 Gandhiji made a distinction between “Passive Resistance” and “Nonviolence”. What was the distinction?
(a)
Passive resistance is the resistance offered by the weak because they
are unable to offer armed resistance, whereas nonviolence is the
resistance offered by the strong because the are unwilling to offer
armed resistance.
(b)
Passive resistance is the resistance offered by satyagrahis in the form
of fasts and vows of silence, whereas nonviolence stands for not
raising armed resistance in the fact of state violence.
(c)
Passive resistance means strikes and closing down of work
establishment, whereas nonviolence means demonstrations and other allied
activities where work is not stopped.
(d) All of the above
Ans:
(a) Passive resistance is the resistance offered by the weak because
they are unable to offer armed resistance, whereas nonviolence is the
resistance offered by the strong because the are unwilling to offer
armed resistance
Q.42 A
special attraction of one of the Gandhi museums is the exhibition
depicting Gandhi’s life through figurines prepare by Sushila Patel.
Identify the place of this museum.
Mumbai
Q.43 What is the name of the building which served as Gandhi’s residence in Mumbai from 1917-1934?
Mani Bhavan
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