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Quiz on Mahatma Gandhi

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the Viceroy who wrote home these words after his first meeting with Gandhiji:"Mr Gandhi's religious and moral views are, I believe, admirable, but I confess that I find it difficult to understand the practice of them in politics."

a)

Lord Wavell

b)

Lord Irwin

c)

Lord Reading

d)

Lord Mountbatten

2.

Identify the leader who last met Gandhiji for about an hour and left him just few minutes before he was shot dead on January 30, 1948 while on his way to the prayer meeting.

a)

Vallabhai Patel

b)

Sarojini Naidu

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Vinobha Bhave

3.

When on August 15, 1947 the transfer of power took place, the Congress President issued a message to the nation and saluted Mahatma Gandhi as "the maker of freedom achieved in a unique way." He said "never before was so great an event consummated with such little bloodshed and violence." Who was the Congress President?

a)

J B Kripalani

b)

Vallabhai Patel

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Motilal Nehru

4.

Which institution did Gandhiji join as a member during his stay in England?

a)

Vegetarian Society

b)

Cricket Club

c)

Church of England

d)

Film Institution

5.

What was the name of Gandhiji's sister?

a)

Gauri

b)

Raliat

c)

Rambha

d)

Meera

6.

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

7.

Gandhiji accorded very high priority to communal harmony in his programme of actions. At which place did he undertake his last fast for it on January 13, 1948?

a)

Nasik

b)

Calcutta

c)

Bombay

d)

Delhi

8.

What is the name of the building which served as Gandhi's residence in

Mumbai from 19/17/1934 ?

a)

Birla House

b)

Bajaj House

c)

Mani Bhavan

d)

Congress House

9.

Which of the following slogans is associated with the name of Gandhiji?

a)

Do or Die

b)

Jai Jawan Jai Kisan

c)

Swaraj is my birth right

d)

Inquilab Zindabad

10.

A special attraction of one of the Gandhi museums is the exhibition depicting Gandhi's life through figurines prepare by Sushila Patel. Identify the place of this museum.

a)

Amedabad

b)

Mumbai

c)

Delhi

d)

Wardha

11.

Before the civil disobedience or

non-co-operation movement could be effectively launched, Gandhiji suspended it because of an outbreak of mob violence at Chauri Chaura in the state of...

a)

Uttar Pradesh

b)

Bihar

c)

Gujarat

d)

Punjab

12.

Identify the place from where Gandhiji started his recruiting campaign for the War on behalf of the British Government.

a)

Surat

b)

Ahmedabad

c)

Kheda

d)

Rajkot

13.

Which of the following plays left a deep impression on Gandhiji?

a)

Harishchandra

b)

Shravana Kumar

c)

Both (a) and (b)

d)

Shakunthala

14.

The first recipient of International Gandhi Peace Prize is.....

a)

Gerhard Fisher

b)

Baba Amte

c)

John Hume

d)

Julius Nyerere

15.

In connection with the inauguration of the so-called Rowlatt satyagraha, Gandhiji started a Satyagraha Sabha in

a)

Ahmedabad

b)

Bombay

c)

Rajkot

d)

Wardha

16.

On Gandhi's suggestion' which organization was formed in 1894 by the Indian community in South Africa?

a)

National Indian Party

b)

Natal Indian Congress

c)

People's Party

d)

Congress for the people

17.

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

a)

Bombay

b)

Pune

c)

Calcutta

d)

Ahmedabad

18.

Who of the following desired to convert Gandhiji to Christianity in South Africa?

a)

A. W. Baker

b)

Mrs. MacDonald

c)

William Godfrey

d)

Spencer Walton

19.

Gandhiji, the votary of nonviolence was shot dead on January 30, 1948 at Birla House, New Delhi, shortly after 5 p.m. while going to the prayer meeting. Which was that fateful day of the week?

a)

Saturday

b)

Wednesday

c)

Friday

d)

Monday

20.

Who of the following satyagrahis succumbed to jail hardships during the satyagraha movement launched by Gandhiji in South Africa?

a)

Harbat Sing

b)

Villiamma

c)

Nagappan

d)

All of them

21.

Who advised Gandhiji to remain as an observer and student in the country for a year before taking part in Indian Politics?

a)

B. G. Tilak

b)

G. K. Gokhale

c)

Annie Besant

d)

Rabindra Nath Tagore

22.

In May 1916' Gandhi was invited to speak at laying of the foundation stone of which university?

a)

Banaras Hindu University

b)

Rani Lakshmi Bai University

c)

Swami Vivekananda University

d)

Hyderabad University

23.

In how many days was the 241 mile-journey from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi covered on foot by Gandhi and his volunteers?

a)

20

b)

24

c)

28

d)

30

24.

Who was nominated by Gandhiji to lead the satyagraha is on the Dandi

March in the event of his arrest?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Vithabhai Patel

c)

Abdul Ghaffar Khan

d)

Abbas Tyabji

25.

In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly declared Gandhi's birthday 2

October as............

a)

International Day of Nonviolence

b)

International Day of Peace

c)

International Day of Liberty

d)

International Day of Love