1. When did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?
a) 9 January, 1914
b) 9 January, 1915
c) 10 January, 1915
d) 10 January, 1916
Answer. b) 9 January 1915, 9 January is also celebrated as Pravashi Bhartiya Diwas.
2. Who is regarded as the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
d) Chidambaram Pillai
Answer. b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded the Servants of Indian Society, and he was the political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi.
3. BHU ( Banaras Hindu University) was established in?
a) 1914
b) 1915
c) 1916
d) 1917
Answer. c) 1916, 4 February 1916
4. Who invited Gandhiji to Champaran?
a) Raj Kumar Shukla
b) Ambica Charan Mazumdar
c) Madan Mohan Malviya
d) Raja of Benaras
Answer. a) Raj Kumar Shukla invited Gandhiji to Champaran in 1916.
5. The first Civil Disobedience movement of Gandhiji was?
a) Champaran Satyagraha
b) Ahmedabad Mill Strike
c) Kheda Satyagraha
d) Non--Cooperation Movement
Answer. a) Champaran Satyagraha
6. Arrange the following events in chronological order-
1. Champaran Satyagraha
2. Ahmedabad Mill Strike
3. Kheda Satyagraha
4. Rowlett Act
Codes:
a) 1,2,3,4
b) 1,3,2,4
c) 1,4,2,3
d) 1,4,3,2
Answer. a) 1,2,3,4
7. The first Non-Cooperation movement of Gandhiji was?
a) Champaran Satyagraha
b) Ahmedabad Mill Strike
c) Kheda Satyagraha
d) Satyagraha against Rowlett Act
Answer. c) Kheda Satyagraha
8. The first Hunger Strike of Gandhiji was?
a) Champaran Satyagraha
b) Ahmedabad Mill Strike
c) Kheda Satyagraha
d) Satyagraha against Rowlett Act
Answer. b) Ahmedabad Mill Strike
9. The first all-India Political movement of Gandhiji was?
a) Champaran Satyagraha
b) Ahmedabad Mill Strike
c) Kheda Satyagraha
d) Satyagraha against Rowlett Act
Answer. d) Satyagraha against Rowlett Act
10. Arrange the following events in chronological order-
1. Satyagraha against Rowlett Act
2. Jallianwala Massacres
3. All India Khilafat movement
4. Non-Cooperation Movement
Codes:
a) 1,2,3,4
b) 1,3,2,4
c) 1,4,2,3
d) 1,4,3,2
Answer. a) 1,2,3,4
Satyagraha against Rowlett Act: 6 April 1919.
Jallianwala Massacres: 13 April 1919.
All India Khilafat movement: November 1919.
Non-Cooperation Movement: 5th September 1920-1922.
Chauri Chaura Kand: 5 February, 1922
11. Gandhiji became the Indian National Congress ( INC) president in which year?
a) 1920
b) 1922
c) 1924
d) 1926
Answer. c) In 1924, Belgaum ( Karnataka) INC's president was Gandhiji.
12. Gandhiji was politically inactive during?
a) 1922-1925
b) 1925-1927
c) 1927-1929
d) 1930-34
Answer. b) 1925-1927
13. When did the civil disobedience movement start?
a) 1930
b) 1931
c) 1932
d) 1933
Answer. a) 1930; Civil disobedience movement (1930-34)
14. Arrange the following events in chronological order-
1. Civil Disobedience Movement
2. 1st Round Table Conference
3. Gandhi Irwin Pact
4. Individual Satyagraha
Codes:
a) 1,2,3,4
b) 1,3,2,4
c) 1,4,2,3
d) 1,4,3,2
Answer. a) 1,2,3,4
Civil Disobedience Movement: 12 March, 1930
1st Round Table Conference: 12 November, 1930.
Gandhi Irwin Pact: 5 March, 1931
Individual Satyagraha: 1940-41
Quit India Movement: 1942
Mountbatten Plan: 3 June, 1947
Gandhi's Death: 30 January, 1948. Godse was killed while going to Birla's house.
15. In which of his following books did Mahatma Gandhi call the British Parliament sterile and prostitute? ( UPPSC 2014)
a) Sarvodaya or Universal dawn
b) An Autobiography or the story of my experiments with truth
c) Hind Swaraj
d) The Story of a Satyagrahi
Answer. c. Hind Swaraj
16. The task of drafting the Congress Inquiry Committee report on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was entrusted to ( UPPSC 2014)
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) C.R. Das
d) Fazlul Haq
Answer. b. Mahatma Gandhi.
18. Along with Mahatma Gandhi who amongst the following Muslims did lift the bier of Bal Gangadhar Tilak? ( UPPSC 2014)
a) Shaukat Ali
b) Mohammad Ali
c) Maulana A.K. Azad
d) M.A. Ansari
Answer. a. Shaukat Ali
19. The first editor of the journal 'Indian Opinion was ( UPPSC 2014)
a) M.K. Gandhi
b) Albert West
c) Mahadev Desai
d) Mansukhlal Nazar
Answer. d.
The first editor of the journal 'Indian Opinion was Mansukhlal Nazr. Indian Opinion was published by M K Gandhi. ( UPPSC 2014)
20.Who addressed Gandhiji as a "One-man boundary force"? ( UPPSC 2015)
a) Churchill
b) Attlee
c) Mountbatten
d) Simon
Answer. c) Mountbatten
21. Who opposed Planned Development in India? ( UPPSC 2019)
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Indira Gandhi
d) Rajiv Gandhi
Answer. a) Mahatma Gandhi
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