Questions Related to Mahatma Gandhi - (Chapter-1)

Questions Related to Mahatma Gandhi

For All Competitive Exams....
1. The first Satyagraha conducted by Gandhiji in India:

(a) Kheda

(b) Ahmedabad

(d) Nagpur

Answer: (c)

2. In which year Gandhiji observed his first Satyagraha?

(a) 1906

(b) 1907

(d) 1909

Answer: (b)

3. Who led the Salt Satyagraha when Gandhiji was arrested?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru

(b) Sardar Patel

(d) Vinoba Bhave

Answer: (c)

4. The last words of Gandhiji:

(a) Harey Ram

(b) Hey Ram

(d) None of these

Answer: (b)

5. Gandhiji addressed Tagore as:

(a) Guruji

(b) Gurudev

(d) Lok Manya

Answer: (b)

6. Who directed the film ‘Gandhi’?

(a) Ben Kingsley

(b) Richard Attenborough

(d) Anil Kapoor

Answer: (b)

7. How many Oscar Awards were received by the film ‘Gandhi’?

(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 1 1

Answer: (a)

8. The journal published by Gandhiji in South Africa:

(a) Harijan

(b) Young India

(d) Navjeevan

Answer: (c)

9. In which year Gandhiji announced his decision to resign from Congress?

(a) 1933

(b) 1934

(d) 1936

Answer: (b)

10. What was the age of Gandhiji when he reached South Africa for the first time?

(a) 24 (b) 27 (c) 29 (d) 33

Answer: (a)

11. The mother of Mahathma Gandhi:

(a) Putli Bhai

(b) Swaroopa Rani

(d) Kasturba

Answer: (a)

12. Where Gandhiji was imprisoned when he was arrested during the Quit India Movement?

(a) Ambala jail

(b) Yervada jail

(d) Thihar Jail

Answer: (c)

13. Gandhiji led Khilafat movement along with:

(a) Bose brothers

(b) Ali brothers

(d) Ghosh brothers

Answer: (b)

14. ‘Generations to come, it may scarce to believe that such a one as him ever walked on this earth in flesh and blood”, who made this statement?

(a) Nehru

(b) Albert Einstein

(d) Pearl S.Buck

Answer: (b)

15. Who was called ‘American Gandhi’?

(a) Lincoln

(b) Martin Luther King

(d) Theodore Roosevelt

Answer: (b)

16. Who directed the documentary ‘Mahathma’?
(a) Anil Kapoor (b) Vithal Bhia Jhaveri
(c) Attenborough (d) Syam Benegal
Answer: (b)

17. Gandhiji and General Smuts engaged in an agrrement in Pretoria in....
(a) 1907 (b) 1908
(c) 1909 (d) 1910
Answer: (b)

18. The venue of Satyagraha by Gandhiji to protest against Jallianwallabagh massacre:
(a) Pune (b) Mumbai
(c) Ahmedabad (d) New Delhi
Answer: (b)

19. In which medicinal system Gandhiji believed?
(a) Naturopathy (b) Unani
(c) Homoeopathy (d) Allopathy
Answer: (a)

20. When India celebrated independence on August 15, 1947, Gandhiji was in:
(a) New Delhi (b) Lahore
(c) Pune (d) Kolkata
Answer: (d)

21. In which year Gandhiji landed India after ending his stay in South Africa?
(a) 1915 (b) 1916
(c) 1917 (d) 1918
Answer: (a)

22. The first organisation to get Gandhi Peace Prize of the Govt. of India:
(a) Red Cross (b) Ramakrishna Mission
(c) UNO (d) None of these
Answer: (b)

23. Gandhiji conducted his first Satyagraha in South Africa to protest against:
(a) VISA Act (b) Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance Bill
(c) Emigration Act (d) None of these
Answer: (b)

24. In which state Porbander, the birthplace of Gandhiji is situated?
(a) Rajasthan (b) Gujarat
(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
Answer: (b)

25. While in South Africa, who gave the book ‘Unto this last’ to Gandhiji to read?
(a) Henry Polak (b) Mansukhlal Naser
(c) Sait Abdulla (d) None of these
Answer: (a)

26. In which year Gandhiji founded AllIndia Harijan Samaj aiming at the abolition of untouchability?
(a) 1931 (b) 1932
(c) 1933 (d) 1934
Answer: (b)

27. The leader who ended Satyagraha at Guruvayur as directed by Gandhiji:
(a) K.Kelappan (b) A K Gopalan
(c) EMS (d) TK Madhavan
Answer: (a)

28. At what age Gandhiji decided to adopt brahmacharya?
(a) 37 (b) 38
(c) 39 (d) 40
Answer: (a)

29. Who formulated the Sevagram project?
(a) Vinoba Bhave (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Mahadev Desai (d) Tagore
Answer: (b)

30. The Congress at which Gandhiji and Nehru met for the first time was that of 1916. It was held at:
(a) Faizpur (b) Kolkata
(c) Lucknow (d) Belgaum
Answer: (c)