Mahatma Gandhi Quiz For Exam: Set of 20 Questions

Mahatma Gandhi Quiz For Exam: Take a quiz on the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Set of 20 question will be asked about ‘Bapu’. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma – applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa, is now used worldwide. He is also called Bapu.

Mahatma Gandhi Quiz For Exam:

Question 01: At which place was Gandhiji born?

1. Porbandar
2. Rajkot
3. Wardha
4. Junagadh

Question 02: Which of the following plays left a deep impression on Gandhiji?

1. Harishchandra
2. Shravana Kumar
3. Harishchandra and Shravana Kumar
4. Shakuntala

Question 03: While holding a first-class ticket Gandhiji was ordered by a railway official to shift to the van compartment. On his refusal to comply with the unjust order, a constable was called to push him out bag and baggage. Identify the railway station where this incident took place.

1. Pretoria
2. Standerton
3. Martizburg
4. Charlsetown

Question 04: Who of the following desired to convert Gandhiji to Christianity in South Africa?

1. A. W. Baker
2. Mrs. MacDonald
3. William Godfrey
4. Spencer Walton

Question 05: Who of the following satyagrahis succumbed to jail hardships during the satyagraha movement launched by Gandhiji in South Africa?

1. Harbat Singh
2. Villiamma
3. Nagappan
4. All of them

Question 06: At which place was the first permit office opened on July 1, 1907 for the registration of Indians under the Registration Act?

1. Pretoria
2. Johannesburg
3. Petersburg
4. Volksrust

Mahatma Gandhi Quiz For Exam – Question 07: In the course of resistance against which of the following in South Africa did Gandhiji first use his new political weapon which came to be known later on as ‘Satyagraha’?

1. Peace Preservation Ordinance
2. Natal Indenture Law
3. Asiatic Law Amendment Act
4. Immigrants Regulation Act

Question 08: Searle’s Supreme Court judgement which caused great resentment among Indians, leading to mass protests, related to _____________.

1. Registration of Indians
2. Strike by Indian coal miners
3. Invalidation of Indian marriages
4. None of the above

Question 09: Gandhiji, the hero of the satyagraha struggle of the Indians in South Africa, landed in Bombay on ____________.

1. January 9, 1915
2. January 26, 1915
3. February 10, 1915
4. February 20, 1915

Question 10: Who advised Gandhiji to remain as an observer and student in the country for a year before taking part in Indian Politics?

1. B. G. Tilak
2. G. K. Gokhale
3. Anne Besant
4. Rabindranath Tagore

Question 11: Gandhiji’s first major struggle in the country was stagged on the soil of Champaran district in Bihar in 1917 in connection with indigo plantation. Who was largely instrumental in persuading Gandhiji to visit Champaran and lead the struggle over there?

1. Rajendra Prasad
2. Raj Kumar Shukla
3. Dharnidhar
4. Shambhu Saran

Question 12: Despite the solution of the problem of indigo cultivators, Gandhiji regarded his task at Champaran unfinished. In his opinion the main cause of the suffering of the poor tenants was their ignorance. For its removal, he started a number of schools over there. The first school was started at ________ .

1. Madhuban
2. Barharwa
3. Bhitharwa
4. Belwa

Question 13: Identify the place from where Gandhiji started his recruiting campaign for the War on behalf of the British Government.

1. Surat
2. Ahmedabad
3. Kheda
4. Rajkot

Question 14: To initiate and organize against the passing of the notorious Rowlatt Bills, a small conference was held at Gandhiji’s Sabarmati Ashram. Gandhiji drafted a satyagraha pledge. On which day of February 1919 was the satyagraha pledge was signed?

1. 15th
2. 20th
3. 24th
4. 27th

Question 15: In connection with the inauguration of the so-called Rowlatt satyagraha, Gandhiji started a Satyagraha Sabha in __________ .

1. Ahmedabad
2. Bombay
3. Wardha
4. Rajkot

Question 16: Which of the following prohibited works of Gandhiji was selected by the Satyagraha Sabha for dissemination by the satyagrahis as a mark of civil disobedience n the context of Rowlatt agitation.

1. Swaraj
2. Sarvoday
3. Satyagrahi
4. All of the three

Question 17: According to Gandhiji, the Khilafat issue offered a golden opportunity for the promotion of the Hindu-Muslim unity in the country. He urged Hindus to lend full support to the Indian Muslims on this issue. The Khilafat issue related to the policy of the British Government towards.

1. Turkey
2. Afghanistan
3. Iraq
4. Iran

Question 18: 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…

1. Gujarat
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Punjab
4. Bihar

Question 19: For writing which of the following articles, published in Young India, was Gandhiji convicted for the first time in the country by the Government?

1. Tampering with Loyalty
2. The Puzzle and its Solutions
3. Shaking the Manes
4. All the three

Question 20: A wave of violent communal riots swept over country in 1924 on account of which Gandhiji felt very much upset and was in great distress, knowing not what to do. The terrible riots that broke out at a particular place led Gandhi to do penance by observing a fast for 21 days. Which was that place?

1. Kohat
2. Sambhal
3. Gulbarga
4. Aligarh