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Life of Gandhi

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

  Who inspired Gandhi with ‘Ram Nam’ in his childhood?

a)

Kasthurba

b)

Rambha Dai

c)

Lakshmi Das

d)

Putlibai

2.

 

Who unveiled this statue of Gandhiji?

a)

Indhira Gandhi

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

C Rajagopalachari

d)

Subhash Chandra Bose

3.

    Where can we find this statue of Mr. Gandhi?

a)

California

b)

Geneva

c)

Canberra

d)

Johannesburg

4.

What was Gandhiji’s nickname in childhood?

a)

Monu

b)

Manu/Moniya

c)

Sonu

d)

Mahu

5.

Who was Mahatma Gandhi’s secretary who died in imprisonment?

a)

V Kalyanam

b)

Mahadev Desai

c)

Sonja Schlesin

d)

Pyarelal Nayyar

6.

Identify the Memorial building & the location

a)

Sabarmathi Ashram, Ahmedabad

b)

Birth place of Gandhi, Porbandar

c)

Gandhi Mandapam, Kanyakumari

d)

Sevagram Ashram, Wardha

7.

What was the profession of Gandhiji’s father?

a)

Tehsildar

b)

Diwan

c)

Shopkeeper

d)

Farmer

8.

Which book influenced Gandhiji greatly, which he read in England?

a)

Be Vegetarian

b)

Vegetables are good for health

c)

Plea for vegetarianism

d)

Use of vegetables

9.

What was the name of Gandhiji’s sister?

a)

Rambha

b)

Meera

c)

Gauri

d)

Raliat

10.

Identify this personality. Hint: In South Africa he gave Gandhiji ‘Unto This Last’ to read which proved to be one of the most decisive books of his life

a)

H S Polak

b)

John Holmes Haynes

c)

Louis Fischer

d)

Hermann Kallenbach

11.

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

a)

Ashoka

b)

Harishchandra

c)

Krishna

d)

Vikramaditya

12.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was called as Mahatma by ________________

a)

Bal Gangadhar

b)

Tilak Motilal Nehru

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Rabindra Nath Tagore

13.

Where was Mahatma Gandhi born?

a)

Maharashtra

b)

Ahmedabad

c)

Porbandar

d)

Nagpur

14.

Which one of the following books is the work of Gandhiji?

a)

A. Light of India

b)

B. Hind Swaraj

c)

C. My Experiments with Truth

d)

D. Both B & C

15.

When Gandhi ji won Nobel peace Prize?

a)

1937

b)

1947

c)

1939

d)

Never

16.

Book ‘The Satyagrah’ was originally written in ....................

a)

English

b)

Hindi

c)

Gujarati

d)

Bengali

17.

Gandhiji organized ‘Dandi March’ in 1930 against :

a)

Atrocities on Harijans

b)

Repression of the Congress

c)

Imposition of tax on salt

d)

The Communal Award

18.

What was the name of mother of Mahatma Gandhi?

a)

Leelawati

b)

Putlibai

c)

Sharda Bai

d)

Kusuma Devi

19.

When is the International Day of Non-Violence celebrated?

a)

December, 8

b)

March, 21

c)

October, 2

d)

February, 29

20.

Who was the political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi ji?

a)

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

b)

Dayanand Saraswati

c)

Ravindra Nath Tagore

d)

D. None of the above

21.

In what African country did Mohandas Gandhi practice law and begin his work in civil rights?

a)

Egypt

b)

South Africa

c)

Kenya

d)

Somalia

22.

From which station in South Africa Gandhi was thrown out of the train?

a)

Natal

b)

Johannesburg

c)

Pietermaritzburg

d)

Durban

23.

Which of following is the title of Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi-

a)

My experience with truth

b)

Truth and Non violence

c)

Passive Resistance

d)

Hindi Swaraj

24.

Identify the Image

a)

Raj Ghat

b)

Gandhi House in Porbander , Gujrat

c)

Birla House / Gandh Smriti

d)

Tolstoy farm of South Africa

25.

Which nation controlled India until after World War II?

a)

India

b)

England

c)

USA

d)

China

26.

Match the following

a)

2 Oct 1869

1.

Birth of Gandhi

b)

30 January1948

2.

Died

c)

12 Mar 1930

3.

Salt March

d)

September 1939

4.

World War 2

e)

13 April 1919

5.

Jallianwala Bagh massacre