Deck 7: Mahatma Gandhi and His Life

Question 1

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?

A)monday
B)wednesday
C)friday
D)saturday

Answer 1

friday

Question 2

At which place was Gandhiji arrested for the first time by the British Government for sedition?

A)bombay
B)pune
C)calcutta
D)ahmedabad

Answer 2

ahmedabad

Question 3

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?

A)tenth
B)thirteenth
C)eleventh
D)tweltth

Answer 3

tweltth

Question 4

When was the Gandhi - Irwin Pact signed?

A)march 1. 1932
B)march 5. 1931
C)march 10. 1935
D)march 7. 1937

Question 5

On being arrested for his "Quit India" programme, where was Gandhiji detained?

A)yeravda jail
B)byculla prison
C)agakhan palace jail
D)ahmedabad prison

Question 6

The book "Unto This Last" greatly captivated and transformed Gandhiji,So much so that he translated it into Gujarati. Who was its author?

A)leo tolstoy
B)john ruskin
C)louis fisher
D)ruskin bond

Question 7

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

Question 8

Gandhiji's "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" was originally written in Gujarati. Who translated it into English?

A)maganlal gandhi
B)sushila nayyar
C)pyarelalji
D)mahadev desai

Question 9

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)

Question 10

According to Gandhi Satyagraha is

A)weapon of the weak
B)weapon of the peace wanted people
C)weapon of the morally vigilant and the active
D)weapon of the kinds

Question 11

Which among the following is not a quality of a Styagrahi mentioned by Gandhi

A)a satyagrahi must honest and sincere
B)a satyagrahi must be open minded
C)a satyagrahi must be a disciplined soldier
D)a satyagrahi must follow the five vows.

Question 12

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 ---------------

A)bombay
B)ahmedabad
C)poona
D)nasik

Question 13

What did Gandhiji mean by "Swaraj"?

A)freedom for the country
B)freedom for the meanest of the countrymen
C)self government
D)complete independence

Question 14

When did Gandhiji take the vow of brahmacharya or celibacy of life?

A)1900
B)1906
C)1905
D)1911

Question 15

When did Gandhiji get his head shaved,discard his clothes and settle for a loin cloth?

A)1930
B)1925
C)1921
D)1930.

Question 16

Who worked a Private Secretary to Mahatma Gandhi?

A)sushila nayyar
B)mahadev desai
C)kishorilal mashruwalla
D)pyarelalji

Question 17

Who in South Africa gave Gandhiji 'Unto This Last' to read which proved to be one of the most decisive books of his life?

A)john holmes haynes
B)h s polak
C)hermann kallenbach
D)louis fischer

Question 18

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

A)1903
B)1906
C)1904
D)1905

Question 19

Ahimsa in its positive form means -----,greatest charity

A)selflessness
B)fearlessness
C)largest love
D)none of these

Question 20

The historic August session of the All-India Congress Committee, at which the Quit India Resolution was passed. was held at Gowali Park in __________________.

A)bombay
B)calcutta
C)ahmedabad
D)amritsar

Question 21

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?

A)nasik
B)delhi
C)calcutta
D)bombay

Question 22

Which of the following did Gandhiji describes as his two lungs?

A)ahimsa and peace
B)truth and peace
C)brahamcharya and aparigriha
D)ahimsa and truth

Question 23

--- is the Supreme Good according to Gandhi

A)morality
B)ahimsa
C)god
D)none of these

Question 24

What was the profession of Gandhiji's father?

A)farmer
B)diwan
C)shop-keeper
D)tehsildar

Question 25

How many children did Putlibai have?

A)two sons and daughters
B)one daughter and three sons
C)four sons
D)three sons