Tuesday, March 08, 2022

(MCQs on MK Gandhi)

"वर्ण के नियम का अर्थ यह है कि धार्मिक कर्तव्य के रूप में प्रत्येक व्यक्ति अपने पूर्वजों के वंशानुगत पेशे को अपनाएगा जहाँ तक कि वह मौलिक नैतिकता के नियम  के विरुद्ध नहीं है। वह अपनी जीविका का उपार्जन उसी पेशे के द्वारा करेगा। इससे वह सम्पत्ति भले ही न जोड़ पाए, परन्तु वह अपने शेष धन को जनता के हित के लिए खर्च करेगा।" "The meaning of the law of the character is that in the form of religious duty, every person will adopt the hereditary profession of his ancestors as far as he is not against the rule of fundamental ethics, he will earn his livelihood through the same profession, Even if he can not join, he will spend his remaining money for the public's benefit. " यह कथन किसने दिया है? "Who gave this statement?
(A) Emile Durkheim
(B) MN Srinivas
(C) GS Ghurye
(D) MK Gandhi

(D) MK Gandhi

गाँधी जी के नैतिक सिद्धांत कौन-कौन से थे? What were the moral principles of Gandhiji?
(1) सत्य Truth
(2) अहिंसा Nonviolence
(3) शारीरिक श्रम physical labor
(4) अस्वाद Vapidity
(5) धार्मिक समानता Religious equality
(6) अस्तेय Do not Steal
(7) ब्रहाचर्य Celibacy
(8) अपरिग्रह Apathy

(GK Quiz on life of Mahatma Gandhi Set 1)

1. Where was Gandhi ji born?

(a) Porbandar

(b) Rajkot

(c) Ahmedabad

(d) Delhi

(a) Porbandar

2. What was the age of Gandhi ji at the time of his marriage?

(a) 12 yr

(b) 13 yr

(c) 16 yr

(d) 20 yr

(b) 13 yr

3. About how old was Gandhi when he reached London to become a barrister?

(a) 20 years

(b) 19 years

(c) 21 years

(d) 18 years

4. In which South African unit had most of the India emigrants taken up abode?

(a) Johannesburg

(b) Durban

(c) Maritzburg

(d) Natal

(b) Durban

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

(a) Natal

(b) Johannesburg

(c) Maritzburg

(d) Durban

(c) Maritzburg

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

(a) Bombay

(b) Pune

(c) Calcutta

(d) Ahmedabad

(d) Ahmedabad

7. On which day of March 1930, famous Dandi March launched by the Gandhi ji?

(a) Tenth

(b) Thirteenth

(c) Twelfth

(d) Eleventh

(c) Twelfth

8. When was the Gandhi - Irwin Pact signed?

(a) March 1, 1932

(b) March 5, 1931

(c) March 10, 1935

(d) March 7, 1937

(b) March 5, 1931

9. On being arrested for his "Quit India" programme, where was Gandhi detained?

(a) Yeravada Jail

(b) Byculla Prison

(c) Agakhan Palace Jail

(d) Ahmedabad Prison cell

(c) Agakhan Palace Jail

10. The book "Unto This Last" greatly captivated and transformed Gandhi. So much so that he translated it into Gujarati. Who was its author?

(a) Ruskin Bond

(b) John Ruskin

(c) Leo Tolstoy

(d) Louis Fisher

(b) John Ruskin

(GK Quiz on life of Mahatma Gandhi :- Set 2)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an  Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India. He is also called Bapu and known as the Father of the Nation.

1. Who is the author of  'Unto This Last'?

A. John Ruskin

B. Ruskin Bond

C. Hermann Kallenbach

D. Louis Fischer

Ans:  A

2. Which of the following, according to Gandhiji, is an essential principle of satyagraha?

A. Infinite capacity for suffering

B. Non violence

C. Truth

D. All the three

Ans: D

3. Gandhiji's "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" was originally written in Gujarati. Who translated it into English?

A. Maganlal Gandhi

B. Mahadev Desai

C. Pyarelalji

D. Sushila Nayyar

Ans: B

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

A. Light of India

B. Hind Swaraj

C. My Experiments with Truth

D. Both B & C

Ans: D

5. Identify the year in which Birla House, New Delhi, where Gandhiji very often used to stay and where he was shot dead, was turned into a government - run Gandhi museum. 

A. 1960

B. 1965

C. 1971

D. 1976

Ans: C

6. 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. Vallabhbhai Patel

B. Sarojini Naidu

C. Jawaharlal Nehru

D. Vinoba Bhave

Ans: A

7. In February 1933 Gandhiji started the publication of a weekly paper, Harijan, to promote the anti - untouchability campaign. Its first issue was out on February 11, 1933 from 

A. Bombay

B. Ahmedabad

C. Poona

D. Nasik

Ans: C

8. Book "The Satyahrah" was originally written in _______.

A. English

B. Hindi

C. Gujarati

D. Bengali

Ans: C

9. As per Gandhiji, what is the mean of "Swaraj"?

A. Freedom for the country

B. Freedom for the meanest of the countrymen

C. Self Government

D. Complete Independence

Ans: B

10. When had Gandhiji gone to London?

A. 1894

B. 1893

C. 1899

D. 1891

Ans:  D

(GK Quiz on life of Mahatma Gandhi :- Set 3)

1. Gandhiji's "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" was originally written in Gujarati. Who translated it into English?

(a) Maganlal Gandhi

(b) Mahadev Desai

(c) Pyarelalji

(d) Sushila Nayyar

(b) Mahadev Desai

2. When did Gandhiji take the vow of brahmacharya or celibacy of life?

(a) 1911

(b) 1906

(c) 1900

(d) 1905

(b) 1906

3. Who was the Private Secretary of Mahatma Gandhi?

(a) Mahadev Desai

(b) Pyarelalji

(c) Kishorilal Mashruwalla

(d) Sushila Nayyar

(a) Mahadev Desai

4. Who in South Africa gave Gandhiji 'Unto This Last' to read which proved to be one of the most decisive books of his life?

(a) John Holmes Haynes

(b) H S Polak

(c) Hermann Kallenbach

(d) Louis Fischer

(b) H S Polak

5. To put the ideas of  "Unto This Last" into practice, Gandhiji founded the Phoenix Settlement near Durban which came into being in the middle of the year ________________.

(a) 1903

(b) 1904

(c) 1905

(d) 1906

(b) 1904

6. Who described Gandhi's march to Dandi in the following words? "Like the historic march of Ramchandra to Lanka, the march of Gandhi will be memorable"

(a) Motilal Nehru

(b) Sarojini Naidu

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru

(d) Vallabhai Patel

(a) Motilal Nehru

7. The historic August session of the All-India Congress Committee, at which the Quit India Resolution was passed, was held at Gowali Park in __________________.

(a) Bombay

(b) Calcutta

(c) Ahmedabad

(d) Amritsar

(a) Bombay

8. 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) Bombay

(c) Calcutta

(d) Delhi

(d) Delhi

9. Which of the following did Gandhiji describes as his two lungs?

(a) Ahimsa and peace

(b) Truth and Peace

(c) Ahimsa and truth

(d) Brahamcharya and Aparigriha

(c) Ahimsa and truth

10. The differences with Gandhiji led Subhas Chandra Bose to resign the Presidentship of the India National Congress in 1939. Leaving the Congress he formed a new party called __________________.

(a) Indian National Party

(b) Forward Bloc

(c) Freedom Party

(d) Freedom Bloc

(d) Freedom Bloc