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WorksheetsAn Insight Into The Life And Time Of Gandhiji & Shastriji
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on:
October 2, 1896
October 2, 1840
October 2, 1869
October 2, 1880
This is the birth place of Mahatma Gandhi. Identify the place.
Porbandar
Rajkot
Ahmedabad
Delhi
Gandhiji once confessed his guilt of stealing in a letter and asked for adequate punishment. To whom was this letter addressed ?
Father
Mother
Elder Brother
Friend
How old was Gandhiji when he went to London to become a barrister ?
20 years
19 years
21 years
18 years
When was Lal Bahadur Shastri born ?
2nd October 1861
2nd October 1904
2nd October 1931
2nd October 1971
At which place was Gandhiji arrested for the first time by the British Government for sedition ?
Bombay
Pune
Calcutta
Ahmedabad
Which slogan is attributed to Lal Bahadur Shastri ?
Jai Hind
Jai Jawan, Jai kisan
Jai Bharat
Jai Konkan
The book 'Unto This Last' transformed Gandhiji so much so that he translated it into Gujarati. Who was its author ?
Ruskin Bond
John Ruskin
Leo Tolstoy
Louis Fischer
Which of the following, according to Gandhiji, is an essential principle of satyagraha ?
infinite capacity for suffering
Non-violence
Truth
All the three
Which of the following book is the work of Gandhiji ?
Light of India
My Experiments With Truth
Discovery India
Anandamath
Identify this leader who met Gandhiji for about an hour and left him just few minutes before he was shot dead while on his way to the prayer meeting.
Gopal Krishna Gokhle
Jawaharlal Nehru
Vinoba Bhave
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
In 1933 Gandhiji started the publication of a weekly paper to promote the anti-untouchability campaign. What was the name of the paper?
Keshari
Ananda Bazar Patrika
Harijan
Navodaya
Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri's memorial ?
Shakti Sthal
Rajghat
Shantivan
Vijayghat
Where did Shastriji breathe his last ?
Delhi
Tashkent
Moscow
Bombay
Gandhiji took the vow of celibacy of life in 1906. This vow stands for:
Grihastha
Vanaprastha
Sanyasa
Brahmacharya
Shastriji became the Second Prime Minister of India in 1964. But, he could not complete his tenure of 5 years. Do you know, for how long he served his office ??
18 months
19 months
20 months
21 months
What was Shastriji's childhood name ?
Pyarelal
Nanhe
Kishore
Babulal
Who described the historical march to Dandi in the following words ? "Like the historic march of Ramachandra to Lanka, the march of Gandhi will be memorable."
Motilal Nehru
Sarojini Naidu
Sardar Patel
Lokmanya Tilak
Lal Bahadur Shrivastav was awarded the title of 'Shastri' after the completion of graduation. What does 'Shastri' refer to ?
scholar
adorable
patriot
playful
Which of the following did Gandhiji described as his two lungs ?
Ahimsa and Peace
Ahimsa and Truth
Truth and Peace
Brahmacharya and Aparigriha
After his first meeting with Gandhiji, this British Viceroy wrote, "Mr Gandhi's religious and moral values are, I believe, admirable, but I confess that I find it difficult to understand the practice of them in politics." Who was he ?
Lord Wavell
Lord Irwin
Lord Reading
Lord Mountbatten
What was the profession of Gandhiji's father ?
Farmer
Diwan
Shopkeeper
Tehsildar
Which award was given to Shastriji posthumosly ?
Param Veer Chakra
Arjuna Award
Bharat Ratna
Padma Shri
Gandhiji's domestic help inspired him with 'Ram Nam' in his childhood ? Who was she ?
Kasturba
Putlibai
Rambha Dai
Lakshmi Das
What was Gandhiji's nickname in childhood ?
Madhu
Sonu
Babul
Manu or Moniya
Which spelling did Gandhiji spell wrong as a child when the school inspector gave dictation to the class ?
School
Kettle
Uniform
Umbrella
Which was Shastriji's party when he was Prime Minister ?
PWP
Janata
Swatantra
Congress
Which mythological character impressed Gandhiji for life when he saw a play on his life ?
Harishchandra
Ashoka
Vikramaditya
Krishna
Which vow was taken up by Gandhiji before he left for England ?
Not to take alcohol
Not to eat meat
Not to eye other women
All the above
When did Lal Bahadur Shastri become Home Minister of India ?
1950
1952
1961
1963
How old was Gandhiji when his father died ?
15 years
16 years
17 years
18 years
Whose autobiography did Shastriji translate in Hindi ?
Marie Curie
Queen Elizabeth
Abraham Lincoln
Perri Curie
On March 12, 1930 Gandhiji started this historic march with a band of 78 volunteers to break the Salt Law. This event is popularly known as:
Chouri-chaura March
Champaran March
Bardoli March
Dandi March
When was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated ?
30 January 1948
30 February 1948
30 March 1948
30 April 1948
Which of the following quotations is written by Mahatma Gandhi ?
"Where there is love, there is life."
"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."
"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."
All the above
Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 ?
Khilafat Movement
Kheda Movement
Non-Cooperation Movement
None of these
Which of the following was the first movement of Mahatma Gandhi in India ?
Champaran Movement
Bardoli Satyagraha
Dandi March
Kheda Satyagraha
This is Sabarmati Ashram, the workplace of Gandhiji. Where is it located in India ?
Rajkot
Ahmedabad
Pathankot
Baroda
Which of the following slogans is associated with Gandhiji ?
Do or die
Swaraj is my birth right
Jai Hind
Vande Mataram
What was the name of Gandhiji's mother ?
Leelawati
Sharda Bai
Kusuma Devi
Putli Bai
Who was the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi ?
Dayanand Saraswati
Sardar Patel
Gopal Krishna Gokhle
R. N Tagore
When did Gandhiji win Nobel Peace Prize ?
1937
1938
1939
Never
Gandhiji initiated a movement by adopting Charkha. He wanted to glorify the dignity of manual labour and to make people self-reliant. Identify the movement.
Non-Cooperation Movement
Swadeshi Movement
Quit India Movement
Civil Disobedience Movement
Who called Gandhiji as 'Mahatma' ?
R. N Tagore
Chittaranjan Bose
Aurobindo Ghosh
Jatin Das
Gandhiji was once thrown out of the train on his way to Pretoria at Pieter Maritzburg railway station. This incident took place in:
England
Japan
Russia
South Africa
Which was the most favourite bhajan of Gandhiji ?
'Raghupati raghaba rajaram patitapabana sitaram'
'itni shakti humein dena data'
'Vaishnava jana to tene kahiye je'
O palanhare nirgun aur nyare'
This famous person said the following words for Gandhiji.
"Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood." Who is he ?
Winston Churchill
Lord Mountbatten
Albert Einstein
Jawaharlal Nehru
The woman in the picture is a great poetess. She worked with Gandhiji and led the famous Dandi March with him. She used to call Gandhiji "Micky Mouse" ? Who was she ?
Sarojini Naidu
Annie Besant
Madam Cama
Sucheta Kripalini
2nd October is also celebrated as the International Day of:
Truth
Kindness
Non-Violence
Humanity
The man in the picture didn't agree with Gandhiji's policies. He hated Gandhiji so much so that he assassinated him ? Identify this assassin.
Ramprasad Bismil
Nathuram Godse
Batukeshwar Datt
Madan Lal Dhingra
