Indian history: The Gandhian Era (1917-47)

1.Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Mahatma gandhi?

A) Annie Besant
B) Mridula Sarabhai
C) Muthu Lakshmi
D) Sarojini Naidu

... Answer is D)

2.Which one of the following writings is not related to Mahatma Gandhi?

A) My experiment with Truth.
B) Harijan
C) The Holy Family
D) Hind Swaraj

... Answer is C)

3.The book 'Unto this Last' which influenced Gandhi was authored by______.

A) Boris Yeltsin
B) John Ruskin
C) Pushkin
D) Ruskin Bond

... Answer is B)

4.Gandhi considered Khadi as a symbol of______

A) Industrialisation
B) Economic Independence
C) Economic Growth
D) Moral Purity

... Answer is B)

5. Sarvodaya stands for______

A) Total Revolution
B) Non-cooperation
C) Upliftment of all
D) Non-violence

... Answer is C)

6. In which city of South Africa was Mahatma Gandhi beaten up and thrown off the pavement by the white people?

A) Cape Town
B) Durban
C) Johannesburg
D) Pretoria

... Answer is C)

7.Which of the following are the most important teaching of Gandhiji? 1. Truth 2. Non-Violence 3. Religion 4. Satyagraha. Select the correct code:

A) 1 and 3 only
B) 2 and 4 only
C) 1 and 2 only
D) 1,2 and 3 only

... Answer is C)

8. Gandhiji was the Staunch supporter of_____

A) Big industries
B) Cottage industries
C) Both (A) and (B)
D) None of these

... Answer is B)

9. Who developed the idea that 'means justify the ends'?

A) Kautilya
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Dayanand Saraswati
D) Mahatma Gandhi

... Answer is D)

10. Who declared as his ultimate aim the 'wiping of every tear from every eye'?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D) Sardar Patel

... Answer is A)

11. In end and means relationship, Gandhiji believed___

A) Means determine the ends
B) Means become good if they servbe the ends
C) Ends is everything no matter what or how the means are
D) Ends and means are watertight compartments.

... Answer is A)

12.Mahatma Gandhi's remark, 'A post-dated cheque on a crumbling bank' is regarding the proposals of______

A) Simon Commission
B) Cripes Mission
C) Cabinet Mission
D) Wavel Plan

... Answer is B)

13. Gandhiji's movement of boycotting the foreign goods aimed at______

A) Promotion of welfare state
B) creating anti-British sentiment
C) Promotion of cottage industry
D) Full independence

... Answer is C)

14.After the Chauri-Chaura incident, Gandhiji suspended the_____

A) Civil Disobedience movement
B) Khilafat Movement
C) Non-co-operation Movement
D) Quit India Movement

... Answer is C)

15. Who called Gandhiji 'half naked begger'?

A) Mountbatten
B) Hastings
C) Winston Churchill
D) Jinnah

... Answer is C)

16.Which of the following days was declared as the 'International Day of Non-violence' by the UNO?

A) October 2
B) October 26
C) November 12
D) January 30

... Answer is A)

17. At the secend Round Table conference, the Indian Congress was represented by_______

A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Vallabh Bhai Patel

... Answer is C)

18.For which one of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi give the slogan 'Do or Die'?

A) Kheda Satyagraha
B) Non-Co-operation Movement
C) Civil disobedience movement
D) Quit India Movement

... Answer is D)

19.Where was the first Peasant Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi?

A) Bardoli
B) Dandi
C) Champaran
D) Wardha

... Answer is C)

20. The Second Round Table Conference at London was held in the backdrop of the____

A) Emerson -- Gandhi Pact
B) Hailey -- Gandhi Pact
C) Gandhi-- Irwin Pact
D) Gandhi Simon Pact

... Answer is C)