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Q. 1. When was Gandhiji born? (a) 2nd October, 1868 (b) 2nd October, 1869 (c) 2nd October, 1870 (d) 2nd October, 1871 Ans : (b) 2nd October, 1869

Q. 2. By which name is Gandhiji’s ancestral home known today? (a) Birla House (b) Nagar (c) Bankanair’s House (d) Kirti Mandir Ans : (d) Kirti Mandir

Q. 3. Where did Gandhiji receive his primary ? (a) Sudamapuri (b) Bikaner (c) (d) Ans : (d) Rajkot

Q. 4. Which of these activities did Gandhiji like since childhood? (a) Yoga (b) Kite flying (c) Wrestling (d) Walking Ans : (d) Walking

Q. 5. Which mythological character impressed Gandhiji for life when he saw a play on his life? (a) (b) Ashoka (c) Vikramaditya (d) Krishna Ans : (a) Harishchandra

Q. 6. Which Indian acquaintance was Gandhiji’s companion on his first overseas journey? (a) Mavji Dave (b) Thatcherji Swami (c) Raichand Bhai (d) Lawyer Sh. Trayambakrao Majumdar Ans : (d) Lawyer Sh. Trayambakrao Majumdar

Q. 7. Which book influenced Gandhiji greatly, which he read in ? (a) Be Vegetarian (b) Vegetables are good for health (c) Plea for (d) Use vegetables Ans : (c) Plea for vegetarianism

Q. 8. Whose English translation of Gita influenced Gandhiji? (a) Ruskin (b) Edwin Arnold (c) Tolstoy (d) Mr. Baker Ans : (b) Edwin Arnold

Q. 9. Which book inspired him towards spiritualism? (a) -Rahasya (b) Unto the last (c) The Kingdom of God is within you (d) Buddha Chaitra Ans : (a) Theosophy-Rahasya Q. 10. Whose books inspired Gandhiji towards truth and ? (a) Ruskin (b) Tolstoy (c) Mr. Baker (d) Bradley Ans : (d) Bradley

Q. 11. Who invited him to South Africa to fight a case and be there for year? (a) Abdullah Seth (b) Karim Seth (c) Taiyab Seth (d) Laxmidas Ans : (a) Abdullah Seth

Q. 12. When did Gandhiji leave for South Africa for the first time? (a) June, 1890 (b) May, 1892 (c) April, 1893 (d) August, 1894 Ans : (c) April, 1893

Q. 13. In which court of South Africa was Gandhiji asked to remove his turban by the DM and he refused to do so and left the court? (a) Durban (b) Pretoria (c) Johannesburg (d) Maritzberg Ans : (a) Durban

Q. 14. Why was Gandhiji thrown out of the train at Saint Maritzburg station? (a) He misbehaved with his co-passengers (b) His clothes were very dirty (c) Because inspite of being a non-European he was travelling in the 1st class. (d) He was travelling without ticket. Ans : (c) Because inspite of being a non-European he was travelling in the 1st class.

Q. 15. Where did Gandhiji address his first speech in South Africa? (a) Johannesburg (b) Maritzburg (c) Pretoria (d) Natal Ans : (c) Pretoria

Q. 16. Why did the Indians in South Africa request Ganghiji to stay back, even though Abdullah Seth’s case had been decided? (a) They had become fond of Gandhiji (b) They wanted a lawyer for a new case (c) To safeguard the interests of Indians in South Africa (d) None of these. Ans : (c) To safeguard the interests of Indians in South Africa

Q. 17. To organise the Indians born in Natal and ensure their welfare which institutions was established by the ? (a) Indian Youth Organisation (b) Indian Education Association (c) Youth Congress (d) Indian Youth Education Ans : (b) Indian Education Association

Q. 18. What inspired Gandhiji towards establishing Ashrams- an exercise in community living? (a) Catholic community’s vegetarian society’s settlement in Durban (b) By learning from mythology about Rishi Ashrams (c) To combine the Indians together (d) To fight apartheid Ans : (a) Catholic community’s vegetarian society’s settlement in Durban

Q. 19. Gandhiji returned to in 1896. What was the name of the ship in which he sailed from Natal to Calcutta? (a) Coorland (b) Oceana (c) Nailari (d) Pogola Ans : (d) Pogola

Q. 20. Which language did Gandhiji learn on the ship, when he was going back to India to bring back his wife and children? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) (d) Both (b) and (c) Ans : (d) Both (b) and (c)

Q. 21. Where did Gandhiji meet Lokmanya Tilak for the first time? (a) Poona (b) Calcutta (c) Bombay (d) Kashi Ans : (a) Poona

Q. 22. Who was Gandhiji’s political ? (a) (b) Ferozeshah Mehta (c) Sardar Patel (d) Lokmanya Tilak Ans : (a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q. 23. With which great writer did Gandhiji have correspondence in South Africa? (a) (b) Tolstoy (c) Ruskin (d) Maxim Gorky Ans : (b) Tolstoy

Q. 24. How did Gandhiji help the British Govt. in the Boer War? (a) By sending arms (b) By raising an ambulance corps (c) By sending food (d) By recruitment Ans : (b) By raising an ambulance corps

Q. 25. Where did Gandhiji decide to give up his elaborate way of dressing up? (a) (b) Bombay (c) (d) Ans : (c) Varanasi

Q. 26. Where did Gandhiji launch his movement in South Africa? (a) Durban (b) Johannesburg (c) Natal (d) Phoenix Ans : (b) Johannesburg

Q. 27. Who wanted Gandhiji to return to India after the Struggle in South Africa? (a) Lokmanya Tilak (b) Lakshmidas Gandhi (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (d) Sir Ferozeshah Mehta Ans : (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q. 28. Which of the following methods of treatment did Gandhiji follow and believe in? (a) English (b) Surgery (c) Naturopathy (d) Spiritual healing Ans : (c) Naturopathy

Q. 29. Who were selected to lead the in the event of Gandhiji’s arrest? (a) Brij Kishore Prasad (b) Mazhar-ul-haque (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Dhirendra Ans : (c) Both (a) and (b)

Q. 30. When Gandhiji realized that his fellow country-man did not have enough clothes to wear, what clothes did he decide to wear all his life? (a) Kurta and Dhoti (b) Cotton Kurta-Payjama (c) Handspun Cotton Dhoti and Shawl (d) Cotton Dhoti Ans : (c) Handspun Cotton Dhoti and Shawl

Q. 31. One of the famous associates of Gandhiji during the Satyagraha was: (a) Sardar Patel (b) (c) Lokmanya Tilak (d) Ans : (a) Sardar Patel

Q. 32. When did Gandhiji launch his Satyagraha movement against the ? (a) 6th Feb, 1919 (b) 6th March, 1919 (c) 6th April, 1919 (d) 7th April, 1919 Ans : (c) 6th April, 1919

Q. 33. Which Congress Session marked the entry of into active politics? (a) (b) Calcutta (c) (d) Ans : (c) Amritsar

Q. 34. Where did Gandhiji find the Charkha for the first time? (a) Bilaspur (b) Bijapur Village in Gaekwad (c) Kheda, (d) Bihar Ans : (b) Bijapur Village in Gaekwad

Q. 35. During the Non-Cooperation Movement what did Gandhiji want people to boycott? (a) Foreign cloth (b) Govt. Education (c) Government jobs and titles (d) All the above three Ans : (d) All the above three

Q. 36. Why did Gandhiji call off the non-cooperation movement? (a) Violent incidents in Ahmedabad, Viramgaon and Kheda in protest against the Rowlatt Act. (b) Riots in Bombay on the arrival of Prince of Wales there. (c) Burning down of policemen in Chauri Chaura police station. (d) All three (a) (b) and (c) Ans : (d) All three (a) (b) and (c)

Q. 37. Who succeeded Gandhiji as Congress President after the end of his tenure in 1925? (a) Pt. Jawarlal Nehru (b) Maulana Mohammea Ali (c) (d) Chittaranjan Ans : (c) Sarojini Naidu

Q. 38. Why did Gandhiji move away from active politics after a few years of Non-Cooperation Movement? (a) For law (b) For teaching (c) Serving the nation through constructive programme (d) All three (a) (b) and (c) Ans : (c) Serving the nation through constructive programme

Q. 39. From where did Gandhiji begin the historic Dandi March? (a) (b) Dandi (c) Ashram (d) Borsad Ans : (c)

Q. 40. When was Gandhiji arrested for defying the Salt Law? (a) 10th April 1930 (b) 20th April 1930 (c) 28th April 1930 (d) 4th May 1930 Ans : (d) 4th May 1930

Q. 41. To whom did Gandhiji write from the Yervada Jail to stop atrocities on backward classes and not create separate electorate and threatened to undertake a fast unto death? (a) Viceroy (b) British Prime Minister (c) Secretary of State (d) Home Secretary Ans : (c) Secretary of State

Q. 42. Who gave Gnadhiji the title of Mahatma? (a) (b) B.R. Ambedkar (c) (d) Pt. Ans : (a) Rabindranath Tagore

Q. 43. Where was Gandhiji on 15th August 1947? (a) Delhi (b) Calcutta (c) Bombay (d) Lahore Ans : (b) Calcutta

Q. 44. Who was the real founder of according to Gandhi? (a) M.G. Ranade (b) (c) BalGangadhar Tilak (d) Ans : (b) Dadabhai Naoroji

Q. 45. Who is the creator of Gandhiji’s favourite hymn ‘Vaishnava Jana’? (a) Narsi Mehta (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Sant Tukaram (d) Mira Bai Ans : (a) Narsi Mehta

Q. 46. What was the original name of Gandhiji’s disciple Mira Ben? (a) Margaret Bourke White (b) (c) Pearl. S. Buck (d) Madeline Slade Ans : (d) Madeline Slade

Q. 47. During which movement Gandhiji called himself ‘Sardar’s Soldier’? (a) Salt Satyagraha (b) Non Co-operation Movement (c) (d) Ans : (c) Bardoli Satyagraha

Q. 48. Who among these is not a recipient of Gandhi Peace Price? (a) Gerhard Fisher (b) (c) Yasser Arafat (d) Ans : (c) Yasser Arafat

Q. 49. Gandhi paid this tribute on the demise of which national leader: “My situation is even more pathetic than that of a widow. Because of her dedication she can adopt her late husband’s qualities. But I can do nothing like this. His death is an irreparable loss to me.” (a) (b) (c) Ajmal Khan (d) Ans : (b) Motilal Nehru

Q. 50. Where did Gandhiji take the vow to serve ‘Daridra Narayan’ and said, “Serving the poor is serving the nation.” (a) Bombay (b) Shanti Niketan (c) South Africa (d) Poona Ans : (c) South Africa

Q. 51. What title did Gandhiji give to his Gujarati translation of ‘’? (a) Navjeevan (b) Harijan (c) (d) Sandesh Ans : (c) Sarvodaya

Q. 52. Gandhiji’s name is closely linked with Satyagraha chiefly because (a) He propounded the theory of Satyagraha (b) He elaborated the theory of Satyagraha (c) He demonstrated its potentialities for the solution of individual and social problems (d) Both (a) and (b) Ans : (c) He demonstrated its potentialities for the solution of individual and social problems

Q. 53. Which of the following is the viewpoint of Gandhiji? (a) is not an exclusive religion. In it there is room for worship of all prophets in the world (b) The Gita is not only my Bible or my Quran, it is much more than that – it is my mother (c) It is my firm opinion that Europe today represents not the spirit of God or Christianity, but the spirit of Satan (d) All the above Ans : (d) All the above

Q. 54. A firm believer in the principle of Satyagraha, Gandhiji was strongly opposed to sitting on ‘Dharna’because (a) It is a crude way of using coercion (b) It is cowardly (c) It is worse than violence (d) For all the three reasons Ans : (a) It is a crude way of using coercion

Q. 55. Which of the following is not Gandhiji’s view about women? (a) They are more self-sacrificing than men (b) They have greater courage than men (c) They are the weaker sex (d) Both (a) and (b) Ans : (c) They are the weaker sex

Q. 56. Which of the following did Gandhiji consider as the noblest activity of man? (a) Working for communal harmony (b) Performing national service (c) Reading spiritual books for some time every day (d) Doing the labour those poor must do Ans : (d) Doing the labour those poor must do

Q. 57. Identify the Gandhian method of ending capitalist’s exploitation of labor. (a) Destruction of the capitalist (b) Private ownership to be abolished (c) Labour to cooperate with capitalists so as to maximize production (d) Labour to adopt non-cooperation as a weapon to convert its exploiters. Ans : (d) Labour to adopt non-cooperation as a weapon to convert its exploiters.

Q. 58. What did Gandhiji mean by ‘’? (a) from all restraint (b) Freedom to do something (c) Rule of the majority (d) Freedom for the poorest of the countrymen Ans : (d) Freedom for the poorest of the countrymen

Q. 59. What were the last words uttered by Gandhiji? (a) Hey Ram (b) (c) Hey Ishwar (d) Ans : (a) Hey Ram

Q. 60. Which natural disaster was referred to by Gandhiji as divine retribution against ? (a) Bihar Earthquake (b) Famine (c) Plague (d) Flood Ans : (a) Bihar Earthquake

Q. 61. What was Gandhiji’s first priority for the progress of the nation? (a) Village upliftment (b) Towns upliftment (c) Education (d) State upliftment Ans : (a) Village upliftment

Q. 62. Whom did Gandhiji declare his successor and tell ‘Although I want to live for 125 years, but you are comparatively younger. That is why I named you my successor.” (a) Sardar Patel (b) Netaji (c) Jawahar Lal Nehru (d) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Ans : (a) Sardar Patel

Q. 63. “I have ventured to place before India the ancient law of self-sacrifice”, said Gandhiji. What was he referring to? (a) Satyagraha (b) (c) People movement (d) Tapasya Ans : (d) Tapasya

Q. 64. Which of the following according to Gandhiji, is an essential principle of Satyagraha? (a) Truth (b) Non-Violence (c) Purity of Means (d) All the three Ans : (c) Purity of Means

Q. 65. Which of the following expressions Gandhiji ultimately found more accurate? (a) God in Truth (b) Truth is God (c) God is Light (d) God is Love Ans : (a) God in Truth

Q. 66. Who according to Gandhiji, are best suited to impart sex education to children? (a) Parents of Children (b) Specialist teachers of the science of sex-control (c) Religious preachers (d) Teachers who teach biological sciences Ans : (a) Parents of Children

Q. 67. Gandhiji was against widowhood imposed by religion or custom. What reason did he give for it? (a) It is an unbearable yoke (b) It degrades religion (c) It defiles the home by secret vice (d) All the three Ans : (b) It degrades religion

Q. 68. Which one of the following did Gandhiji regard as an essential pre-requisite for a good public worker? (a) Character (b) Hard work (c) Opinion leadership (d) General acceptability Ans : (a) Character

Q. 69. Which of the following observations on industrialism was made by Gandhiji? (a) The future of industrialism is dark (b) Industrialism thrives on the exploitation of others (c) God forbid that India should ever take industrialism after the manner of the west (d) All of the above Ans : (b) Industrialism thrives on the exploitation of others

Q. 70. According to Gandhiji where is the real India? (a) Towns (b) Villages (c) Schools (d) Ashrams Ans : (d) Ashrams

Q. 71. Which education system was advocated by Gandhiji for the country? (a) English Education (b) Basic Education (c) Religions Education (d) Musical Education Ans : (b) Basic Education

Q. 72. According to Gandhiji ‘Poorna Swaraj’ refers to a state where. (a) The necessities of life are equally enjoyed by the rich and the poor (b) There is a progressive improvement in the economic conditions of the masses (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) The poor enjoy all the luxuries which the princes and the moneyed people enjoyed freedom Ans : (c) Both (a) and (b)

Q. 73. Name the book written by Gandhiji on Bhagvad Gita? (a) My experiments with Truth (b) Indian of My Dreams (c) Anasakti Yoga (d) Ans : (c) Anasakti Yoga

Q. 74. Who referred to Gandhiji on his last birthday as the only ray of light amidst the surrounding darkness? (a) Mahadev (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Acharya Kriplani (d) Vallabh Bhai Patel Ans : (c) Acharya Kriplani

Q. 75. Who referred to Gandhiji affectionately as ‘Mickey Mouse’? (a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) (d) Meera Ben Ans : (a) Sarojini Naidu

Q. 76. Who said “Generations to come will scarce believe that such as one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth? (a) Albert Einstein (b) Winston Churchill (c) Pandit Nehru (d) Sardar Patel Ans : (a) Albert Einstein

Q. 77. Which Viceroy felt that Mahatma Gandhi’s religious and moral values were highly remarkable? (a) Lord Irwin (b) Lord Willington (c) Lord Reading (d) None of these Ans : (c) Lord Reading

Q. 78. Which British Statesman referred to Gandhiji as the ‘Naked Fakir’? (a) Lord Willington (b) Winston Churchill (c) Ramsay Mcdonald (d) Lord Wavell Ans : (b) Winston Churchill

Q. 79. Who was the first Indian Leader who while praising Gandhiji, predicted that in future he would become a very famous leader of the ? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (d) Dadabhai Naoroji Ans : (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q. 80. Which of Gandhiji’s contemporary said the following about him, “It is only by following Gandhiji that we can give our country the highest position in the world?” (a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (b) Sardar Patel (c) C. Rajgopalachari (d) Jawaharlal Nehru Ans : (b) Sardar Patel

Q. 81. “I had only two Gods. God and . Now they have become one.” Who paid this tribute to Gandhiji? (a) Sucheta Kriplani (b) Prabhudas Gandhi (c) (d) Mira Ben Ans : (d) Mira Ben

Q. 82. Who said the following to Gandhiji in a message from Rangoon that, “O, Father of the Nation, we need your blessings in this holy struggle for India’s Independence?” (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (c) Subhash Chandra Bose (d) Sardar Vallabha Bhai Patel Ans : (c) Subhash Chandra Bose

Q. 83. “The whole world was rich when he ws alive and his death has made it poorer.” Who said this about Gandhiji? (a) Lord Mountbatten (b) Lord Wavell (c) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (d) Jawaharlal Nehru Ans : (a) Lord Mountbatten

Q. 84. Which poet made the point in his poem that Bapu was not against science but did not want man to become a slave to it? (a) (b) Sumitra Nandan Pant (c) Sohanlal Dwivedi (d) Harivansh Rai Bachchan Ans : (a) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

Q. 85. When Gandhiji was arrested during the Civil-Disobedience Movement and tried in court, who expressed the wish that if the Government releases Gandhiji, he would be the happiest? (a) Gen. Smuts (b) Judge Broomfields (c) British Viceroy (d) Motilal Nehru Ans : (b) Judge Broomfields

Q. 86. Which Political rival of Gandhiji wanted misinformation spread about Gandhiji to be stopped? (a) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (b) Field Marshal Smuts (c) Winston Churchill (d) None of these Ans : (b) Field Marshal Smuts

Q. 87. In which language was Gandhiji’s Autobiography originally written? (a) Bangali (b) English (c) Gujarati (d) Hindi Ans : (c) Gujarati

Q. 88. What name did Gandhiji give to his Autobiography? (a) Sarvodaya (b) The story of My Experiments with Truth (c) My story (d) My life Ans : (b) The story of My Experiments with Truth

Q. 89. Which of the following works on Gandhiji did the All India Congress Committee bring out in 1935? (a) Satyagraha in Gandhi’s own words (b) Satyagraha – its Technique and History (c) Mahatma Gandhi’s Ideas (d) War Without Violence Ans : (a) Satyagraha in Gandhi’s own words

Q. 90. Which of the following books on Gandhiji has been written by Jawaharlal Nehru? (a) Bapu Meri Nazar Mein (b) Freedom from Fear (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Aaj Ke Sawaal Gandhi Ke Jawab Ans : (c) Both (a) and (b)

Q. 91. Contructive Programme, a booklet of 25 pages was written by Gandhiji in the train while travelling from to: (a) Bardoli (b) Delhi (c) (d) Ans : (a) Bardoli

Q. 92. Which of the following book is not written by Gandhiji? (a) My Contemporaries (b) Geeta Mata (c) Ashram Jivan (d) Sarvodaya Vichaar Ans : (d) Sarvodaya Vichaar

Q. 93. Which of the following books are written by Gandhiji? (a) Towards the new education (b) Real education (c) Economic and Industrial Life (d) All the three above Ans : (d) All the three above

Q. 94. When did Gandhiji disband the Satyagraha or Sabarmati Ashram, which then became the centre for removal of untouchability? (a) 1934 (b) 1933 (c) 1932 (d) 1931 Ans : (b) 1933

Q. 95. The founded by Gandhiji, was first known as the (a) Society for Abolition of Untouchability (b) Anti-Untouchability Leage (c) Servants of Untouchable Society (d) None of the above Ans : (b) Anti-Untouchability Leage

Q. 96. At which Gandhi Museum is the bloodstained dhoti, which Gandhiji was wearing when he was shot dead, preserved? (a) Museum (b) Delhi Museum (c) Museum (d) Bombay Museum Ans : (b) Delhi Museum

Q. 97. Who made a popular documentary fild “Mahatma” based on Gandhiji’s life? (a) Richard Attenborough (b) V. Shantaram (c) (d) Vithalbhai Zaveri Ans : (d) Vithalbhai Zaveri

Q. 98. Who played the role of Gandhiji in the film “Gandhi”? (a) Kamal Hassan (b) Naseeruddeen Shah (c) Ben Kingsley (d) Richard Gere Ans : (c) Ben Kingsley

Q. 99. First of all where was Satyagrah Ashram established? (a) Segaon (b) Bank of (c) Kocharab (d) Maganvadi Ans : (c) Kocharab

Q. 100. Gandhiji referred to Yervada prison by another name. What was it? (a) Hotel (b) Palace (c) School (d) Temple Ans : (d) Temple