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Quiz 1. What Is the Full Name of Mahatma Gandhi? Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Answers for Gandhi Jayanthi Day - Quiz 1. What is the full name of Mahatma Gandhi? Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 2. Where was Gandhiji pushed off a train? Pietermaritzburg 3. Who gave the title Mahatma to Mr. Gandhi? Rabindranath Tagore 4. What is the Tamil version of Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography? Sathya sothanai 5. Where did the attire change of Mahatma Gandhi take place? Madurai 6. What is the message he gave to the World? Satyagraha or Non-violence 7. Who was the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi? Gopal Krishna Gokhale 8. At which place was Gandhiji arrested for the first time by the British Government for sedition? Ahmedabad 9. This march was launched by the Mahatma Gandhi in March 1930 to produce what? Salt 10. When was the Mahatma Gandhi - Irwin Pact signed? March 5, 1931. 11. When did Mahatma Gandhi given the slogan ‘Do or Die’? Quit India movement. 12. Which book did Gandhiji translate into the Gujarati language? “Unto This Last” by John Ruskin. 13. Gandhiji confessed his guilt of stealing for what purpose? Smoking. 14. Although he had the support of Gandhiji, he lost the presidential election of Congress against Bose. Who is he? Pattabhi Sitaramayya 15. Which is the weekly run by Gandhiji? Harijan 16. Congress President said “never before was so great an event consummated with such little bloodshed and violence.” Who was he? J B Kripalani 17. Motilal Nehru said “Like the historic march of Ramchandra to Lanka, the march of Gandhi will be memorable”. What march is that? Dandi march 18. At which place did he undertake his last fast on January 13, 1948? Delhi 19. Gandhiji, towards the end of January 1948, sketched a draft constitution for the Congress to transform itself into ____. Lok Sevak Sangh 20. Who inspired Gandhi with ‘Ram Nam’ in his childhood? Rambha Dai 21. Which mythological character impressed Gandhiji for life when he saw a play on his life? Harishchandra 22. Who unveiled this statue of Gandhiji? Formar Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, in 1959 23. Identify any two leaders with Gandhiji in the image below? Maulana Abul kalam Azad, Sarojni Naidu and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 24. Where can we find this statue of Mr. Gandhi? Johannesburg 25. Identify the Memorial building in the below picture Gandhi Mandapam, Kanyakumari. 26. What is this place known as? Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad 27. Can you Identify the two ladies with Gandhiji? Abha Kanu and Sushila Nayar 28. Identify the place below? Birth Place of Mahatma Gandhiji at Porbandar, Gujarat. 29. What is this occasion when Mahatma Gandhi met CP Ramaswami Aiyar in Trivandrum? Temple Entry Proclamation in Trivandrum, Travancore state. 30. What is the incident depict in this sculpture and where is it? Dandi march, New Delhi 31. Mahatma Gandhi’s father was a Diwan of which state? Porbandar, Rajkot 32. What are the words of the Bible impressed Mahatma Gandhi deeply? ‘turn the other cheek’ 33. Which Hindu scripture was translated by Mahatma Gandhi in to Gujarati language? Bhagavad Gita 34. Gandhi’s first assignment as legal advisor in South Africa was for to which company? M/S Dada Abdullah 35. Who is the lyricist of the famous song in Tamil ‘mahan Gandhi mahan’? K.P. Kamatchi Sundaram 36. What was showed on the national flag between 1942 – 1947? Spinning-wheel 37. Which incident made Mahatma Gandhi believe he made a ‘Himalayan miscalculation’? Jallianwala Bagh massacre. 38. What is the distance and the number of days taken to reach Dandi by Gandhiji? 229 miles and 24 days. 39. Who was Mahatma Gandhi’s secretary who died in imprisonment? Mr. Mahadev Desai 40. What were the lost words of Mahatma Gandhi? ‘Hey Ram’ .
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