Important Questions on

Gandhi Ji

For CDS/CAPF/AFCAT/Railways/SSC

and any other Govt. EXAM

1. When did Gandhiji born?

◼ in 1869 October 2 at porbandar, Gujarat

◼ Father- Karamachand Gandhi

◼ Mother- Putali Bai

◼ Political Guru- Gopal Krishan Gokhale

2. When did Gandhiji went to South

Africa to practice law?

◼ in 1893

◼ Foundation of Natal Indian Congress in 1894

◼ Later founded Indian ambulance core in 1899

3. Where did Gandhiji started the

Phoenix Settlement ?

◼ Durban in South Africa in 1904

◼ Also founded Indian opinion ( Magazine ) in

1904

4. Where did Gandhiji's first

Satyagraha experimented?

◼ South Africa in 1906, September to protest

against the Asiatic Ordinance issued against

the Indians in Transvaal

◼ Satyagraha against compulsory registration

and passes for Asians ( The Black Act) in

Transvaal in 1907

5. When was Gandhiji first

imprisoned?

◼ 1908 at Johannesberg in South Africa

◼ Also humiliated at Peter Marits Burg Railway

Station in South Africa

6. When did Gandhiji started

Tolstoy Farm (SouthAfrica)?

◼ in 1910

◼ Later called Gandhi Ashrama near

Johannesberg

7. When did ghandhiji Quits South

Africa .?

◼ In 1914

◼ Awarded kaisar-i-hind for raising Indian

Ambulance core during Boer wars

8. When did Gandhiji returned to

India from South Africa ?

◼ 9th January 1915.

◼ January 9 is observed as Pravasi Bharatiya

Divas

9. Where was Gandhiji’s first

satyagraha in India?

◼ Champaran

◼ It was for the right of Indigo workers in

Champaran in 1917

10. Where was gandhiji’s first fast?

◼ Gandhiji’s second satyagraha in India

◼ In Ahmedabad

◼ Also known as Ahmedabad Mill Strike

11. Which causes Gandhiji to

abandoned his title Kaiser-I-Hind?

◼ Jallianwalabagh Massacre (1919)

◼ The All Indian Khilafat Conference Elected

Gandhiji As its President

12. Who started weeklies named

Young India and Navjeevan?

◼ Mahatma Gandhi

13. Which is the only Congress

session presided over by Gandhiji?

◼ Congress session at Belgaum in 1924

◼ For The first Time He was Elected The

President of INC in 1924

14. When did Ghandhiji Retires from

Active Politics for the first time.?

◼ In 1925

◼ Resumes in 1927

15. Dandi March / Salt Satyagrah

◼ In 12 March 1930 from Sabarmati Ashram.

16. Ghandhi – Irwin Pact / Delhi

Pact

◼ 15 March 1931

◼ After First Round Table Conference

◼ INC Agreed to join Second Round Table

conference in 1931

17. Who started All India Harijan

Samaj in 1932?

◼ Mahatma Gandhi

◼ Gandhi Ambedkar Pact / Poona Pact -

24September 1932

◼ started the weekly Harijan in 1933

18. Where is Wardha Ashram

situated?

◼ In Maharashtra

◼ Gandhiji Retires from Active Politics again

and resumes in 1939

19. Who called Gandhiji as “Half

naked Seditious Fakir”?

◼ Winston Churchill

20. Who gave the name ‘Gurudev’ to

Rabindranath Tagore?

◼ Mahatma Gandhiji

Who called Gandhiji as ‘Mahatma’?

◼ Rabindranath Tagore

21. Who is considered as spiritual

guru of Gandhiji?

◼ Leo Tolstoy

22. What was called as 'Post Dated

Cheque' by Gandhiji ?

◼ Cripps's Mission (1942)

◼ Quit India Movement in 1942 in response to

Cripp’s Mission

Slogan – Do or Die

23. Gandhiji Last Prisoned term.

◼ 9 August 1942 – May 1944 At Agga khan

Palace near Pune

◼ Lost his Wife Kasturba and private Secretary

Mahadev Desai later replaced by Pyare lal

24. who gave Baba Amta the title

'Abhay Sadak' ?

◼ Mahatma Gandhi

25. The period which is considered as 'Gandhian

Era' in Indian Independence struggle ?

◼ 1915 - 1948

26. What is the real name of

Gandhi's Autobiography ?

◼ Satya na prayogo ( My Experiments with

Truth) , referred to period of 1869 - 1921

◼ Published in 1927 (in Navajeevan) in Gujarati

language

◼ Mahadev Desai translated Gandhi's

autobiography into English

27. What is the real name of Mira

Behn, the disciple of Gandhiji ?

◼ Madeleine Slade

28. When did Gandhiji assassinated?

◼ 1948 January 30 by Nathuram Vinayak

Godse a member of RSS on his way to the

evening prayer meeting at Birla House New

Delhi

◼ He died with “ hey Ram ” on his lips.

29. Who compared Gandhi's Dandi March to

the legendary journey of Sri Rama to Lanka ?

◼ Motilal Nehru father of J.L.NEHRU

◼ 31. Who is known as Frontier Gandhi ?

◼ Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

◼ 32. Who is known as Bihar Gandhi ?

◼ Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

◼ 33. Who is known as Modern Gandhi ?

◼ Answer: Baba Amte

◼ 34. Who is known as Sri Lankan Gandhi ?

◼ Answer: A.T. Ariyaratne

◼ 35. Who is known as American Gandhi ?

◼ Answer: Martin Luther King

◼ 36. Who is known as Burmese Gandhi ?

◼ Answer: General Aung San

◼ 37. Who is known as African Gandhi ?

◼ Answer: Kenneth Kaunda

◼ 38. Who is known as South African Gandhi

?

◼ Answer: Nelson Mandela

◼ 39. Who is known as Kenya Gandhi ?

◼ Answer: Jomo Kenyatta

◼ 40. Who is known as Indonesian Gandhi ?

◼ Answer: Ahmed Sukarno

◼ 41. Who wrote the book "The words of

Gandhi" ?

◼ Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

◼ 42. Who is the writer of "Gandhi on Non-

Violence" ?

◼ Answer: Thomas Merton

◼ 43."The Life Of Mahatma Gandhi" is

written by?

◼ Answer:Louis Fischer

◼ 44. who is the author of "Great Soul:

Mahatma Gandhi and his Struggle with

India"

◼ Answer: Joseph Lelyveld

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