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An Insight Into The Life And Time Of Gandhiji & Shastriji

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on:

a)

October 2, 1896

b)

October 2, 1840

c)

October 2, 1869

d)

October 2, 1880

2.

This is the birth place of Mahatma Gandhi. Identify the place.

a)

Porbandar

b)

Rajkot

c)

Ahmedabad

d)

Delhi

3.

Gandhiji once confessed his guilt of stealing in a letter and asked for adequate punishment. To whom was this letter addressed ?

a)

Father

b)

Mother

c)

Elder Brother

d)

Friend

4.

How old was Gandhiji when he went to London to become a barrister ?

a)

20 years

b)

19 years

c)

21 years

d)

18 years

5.

When was Lal Bahadur Shastri born ?

a)

2nd October 1861

b)

2nd October 1904

c)

2nd October 1931

d)

2nd October 1971

6.

At which place was Gandhiji arrested for the first time by the British Government for sedition ?

a)

Bombay

b)

Pune

c)

Calcutta

d)

Ahmedabad

7.

Which slogan is attributed to Lal Bahadur Shastri ?

a)

Jai Hind

b)

Jai Jawan, Jai kisan

c)

Jai Bharat

d)

Jai Konkan

8.

The book 'Unto This Last' transformed Gandhiji so much so that he translated it into Gujarati. Who was its author ?

a)

Ruskin Bond

b)

John Ruskin

c)

Leo Tolstoy

d)

Louis Fischer

9.

Which of the following, according to Gandhiji, is an essential principle of satyagraha ?

a)

infinite capacity for suffering

b)

Non-violence

c)

Truth

d)

All the three

10.

Which of the following book is the work of Gandhiji ?

a)

Light of India

b)

My Experiments With Truth

c)

Discovery India

d)

Anandamath

11.

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.

a)

Gopal Krishna Gokhle

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Vinoba Bhave

d)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

12.

In 1933 Gandhiji started the publication of a weekly paper to promote the anti-untouchability campaign. What was the name of the paper?

a)

Keshari

b)

Ananda Bazar Patrika

c)

Harijan

d)

Navodaya

13.

Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri's memorial ?

a)

Shakti Sthal

b)

Rajghat

c)

Shantivan

d)

Vijayghat

14.

Where did Shastriji breathe his last ?

a)

Delhi

b)

Tashkent

c)

Moscow

d)

Bombay

15.

Gandhiji took the vow of celibacy of life in 1906. This vow stands for:

a)

Grihastha

b)

Vanaprastha

c)

Sanyasa

d)

Brahmacharya

16.

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 ??

a)

18 months

b)

19 months

c)

20 months

d)

21 months

17.

What was Shastriji's childhood name ?

a)

Pyarelal

b)

Nanhe

c)

Kishore

d)

Babulal

18.

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."

a)

Motilal Nehru

b)

Sarojini Naidu

c)

Sardar Patel

d)

Lokmanya Tilak

19.

Lal Bahadur Shrivastav was awarded the title of 'Shastri' after the completion of graduation. What does 'Shastri' refer to ?

a)

scholar

b)

adorable

c)

patriot

d)

playful

20.

Which of the following did Gandhiji described as his two lungs ?

a)

Ahimsa and Peace

b)

Ahimsa and Truth

c)

Truth and Peace

d)

Brahmacharya and Aparigriha

21.

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 ?

a)

Lord Wavell

b)

Lord Irwin

c)

Lord Reading

d)

Lord Mountbatten

22.

What was the profession of Gandhiji's father ?

a)

Farmer

b)

Diwan

c)

Shopkeeper

d)

Tehsildar

23.

Which award was given to Shastriji posthumosly ?

a)

Param Veer Chakra

b)

Arjuna Award

c)

Bharat Ratna

d)

Padma Shri

24.

Gandhiji's domestic help inspired him with 'Ram Nam' in his childhood ? Who was she ?

a)

Kasturba

b)

Putlibai

c)

Rambha Dai

d)

Lakshmi Das

25.

What was Gandhiji's nickname in childhood ?

a)

Madhu

b)

Sonu

c)

Babul

d)

Manu or Moniya

26.

Which spelling did Gandhiji spell wrong as a child when the school inspector gave dictation to the class ?

a)

School

b)

Kettle

c)

Uniform

d)

Umbrella

27.

Which was Shastriji's party when he was Prime Minister ?

a)

PWP

b)

Janata

c)

Swatantra

d)

Congress

28.

Which mythological character impressed Gandhiji for life when he saw a play on his life ?

a)

Harishchandra

b)

Ashoka

c)

Vikramaditya

d)

Krishna

29.

Which vow was taken up by Gandhiji before he left for England ?

a)

Not to take alcohol

b)

Not to eat meat

c)

Not to eye other women

d)

All the above

30.

When did Lal Bahadur Shastri become Home Minister of India ?

a)

1950

b)

1952

c)

1961

d)

1963

31.

How old was Gandhiji when his father died ?

a)

15 years

b)

16 years

c)

17 years

d)

18 years

32.

Whose autobiography did Shastriji translate in Hindi ?

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Queen Elizabeth

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Perri Curie

33.

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:

a)

Chouri-chaura March

b)

Champaran March

c)

Bardoli March

d)

Dandi March

34.

When was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated ?

a)

30 January 1948

b)

30 February 1948

c)

30 March 1948

d)

30 April 1948

35.

Which of the following quotations is written by Mahatma Gandhi ?

a)

"Where there is love, there is life."

b)

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

c)

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

d)

All the above

36.

Which movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 ?

a)

Khilafat Movement

b)

Kheda Movement

c)

Non-Cooperation Movement

d)

None of these

37.

Which of the following was the first movement of Mahatma Gandhi in India ?

a)

Champaran Movement

b)

Bardoli Satyagraha

c)

Dandi March

d)

Kheda Satyagraha

38.

This is Sabarmati Ashram, the workplace of Gandhiji. Where is it located in India ?

a)

Rajkot

b)

Ahmedabad

c)

Pathankot

d)

Baroda

39.

Which of the following slogans is associated with Gandhiji ?

a)

Do or die

b)

Swaraj is my birth right

c)

Jai Hind

d)

Vande Mataram

40.

What was the name of Gandhiji's mother ?

a)

Leelawati

b)

Sharda Bai

c)

Kusuma Devi

d)

Putli Bai

41.

Who was the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi ?

a)

Dayanand Saraswati

b)

Sardar Patel

c)

Gopal Krishna Gokhle

d)

R. N Tagore

42.

When did Gandhiji win Nobel Peace Prize ?

a)

1937

b)

1938

c)

1939

d)

Never

43.

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.

a)

Non-Cooperation Movement

b)

Swadeshi Movement

c)

Quit India Movement

d)

Civil Disobedience Movement

44.

Who called Gandhiji as 'Mahatma' ?

a)

R. N Tagore

b)

Chittaranjan Bose

c)

Aurobindo Ghosh

d)

Jatin Das

45.

Gandhiji was once thrown out of the train on his way to Pretoria at Pieter Maritzburg railway station. This incident took place in:

a)

England

b)

Japan

c)

Russia

d)

South Africa

46.

Which was the most favourite bhajan of Gandhiji ?

a)

'Raghupati raghaba rajaram patitapabana sitaram'

b)

'itni shakti humein dena data'

c)

'Vaishnava jana to tene kahiye je'

d)

O palanhare nirgun aur nyare'

47.

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 ?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Lord Mountbatten

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Jawaharlal Nehru

48.

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 ?

a)

Sarojini Naidu

b)

Annie Besant

c)

Madam Cama

d)

Sucheta Kripalini

49.

2nd October is also celebrated as the International Day of:

a)

Truth

b)

Kindness

c)

Non-Violence

d)

Humanity

50.

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.

a)

Ramprasad Bismil

b)

Nathuram Godse

c)

Batukeshwar Datt

d)

Madan Lal Dhingra