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Persons and Places in Gandhi's Life - 1

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One of the famous associates of Gandhiji during the Kheda Satyagraha was

  1. Sardar Patel

  2. Shankar Lal Banker

  3. Jeyaprakash Narayan

  4. Rajendra Prasad


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sardar Patel associates Gandhiji during the Kheda Satyagraha.

Who translated Gandhiji’s Autobiography into English?

  1. Mahadev Desai

  2. Morarji Desai

  3. Pyarelal

  4. V. G. Desai


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography Sathiya Sodhani was in Gujarati, and was later translated into English by Mahadev Desai.

The arbitrator appointed to settle the labour dispute of textile industry in 1918 at Ahmedabad was

  1. Mahadev Desai

  2. Anand Shankar Dhurua

  3. B. R. Dugar

  4. Pyare Lal


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Professor Anandshanker Dhruva was appointed to make compromises and to settle the labour dispute of textile industry in 1918 at Ahmedabad.

Who among the following was upset by Mahatma Gandhi’s reference to the Bihar Earthquake as divine retribution for practicing untouchability?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Madan Mohan Malviya

  4. C. Rajgopalachari


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Rabindranath Tagore was upset by Mahatma Gandhi’s reference to the Bihar Earthquake as divine retribution for practicing untouchability.

Who is the author of the book 'Gandhism Reconsidered'?

  1. R. P. Divedi

  2. M. L. Dantwala

  3. D. Gopal

  4. S. A. Dange


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The author of the book 'Gandhism Reconsidered' is M. L. Dantwala.

Who is the author of Gita Rahsya?

  1. M. K. Gandhi

  2. G. K. Gokhale

  3. S. C. Bose

  4. B. G. Tilak


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Shrimadh Bhagvad Gita Rahasya, popularly also known as Gita Rahasya or Karmayog Shashtra, is a book authored by Indian social reformer and independence activist Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

Name the associate of Mahatma Gandhi affectionately known as 'Deenbandhu'.

  1. C. R. Das

  2. Vinoba Bhave

  3. C. F. Andrews

  4. J. B. Kripalani


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Charles Freer Andrews was affectionately known as 'Deenbandhu'.

“My Bapu, do not sleep! Do not let us sleep! Give us the strength to fulfil our vows.” Who said this?

  1. Sardar Patel

  2. Maulana Azad

  3. J. B. Kripalani

  4. Sarojini Naidu


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

These are the words of Sarojini Naidu.

The political guru of Gandhiji was

  1. Lokmanya Tilak

  2. Lala Lajpat Rai

  3. Gopalakrishna Gokhale

  4. Rabindranath Tagore


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Political guru of Mahatma Gandhi was Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

Who is the author of the book “Satyagraha in South Africa”?

  1. Rajendra Prasad

  2. B. G. Tilak

  3. Lala Lajpat Rai

  4. M. K. Gandhi


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The author of the book “Satyagraha in South Africa” is M. K. Gandhi.

When did Gandhi ji express the desire to visit Pakistan?

  1. 15th August, 1947

  2. 18th September, 1947

  3. 2nd October, 1947

  4. 26th January, 1948


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Gandhi ji expressed the desire to visit Pakistan on 18th September, 1947.

The famous film personality whom Mahatma Gandhi met during his stay in London during the Second Round Table Conference was

  1. Marlyn Monroe

  2. Charlie Chaplin

  3. Lawrence Olinir

  4. Clark Goble


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi met Charlie Chaplin during his stay in London during the Second Round Table Conference.

The Congress President when Poorna Swaraj was declared on 26th January 1930 was

  1. Sardar Patel

  2. Lala Lajpat Rai

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. Motilal Nehru


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Jawaharlal Nehru was the Congress President when Poorna Swaraj was declared on 26th January 1930.

Who among the following said “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”?

  1. G. K. Gokhale

  2. C. R. Das

  3. B. C. Pal

  4. B. G. Tilak


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

An independence activist Bal Gangadhar Tilak said “Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”.

Who among the following said “Since the status naturalis of states is one of war, a state of peace must be founded, and cannot be left to nature”?

  1. Hobbes

  2. Locke

  3. Rousseau

  4. Kant


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Immanuel Kant said “Since the status naturalis of states is one of war, a state of peace must be founded, and cannot be left to nature”.

Who provided the land for 'Tolstoy Farm', free of rent or charge?

  1. Abdulla Hajee Adam

  2. Parsee Rustomjee

  3. Hermann Kallenbach

  4. H. S. L. Polak


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Hermann Kallenbach provided the land for 'Tolstoy Farm', free of rent or charge.

When was the 'Ashram in Kocharab' established by Gandhiji?

  1. 1914

  2. 1915

  3. 1916

  4. 1917


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The 'Kochrab Ashram' was the first ashram in India founded by Mohandas Gandhi in May, 1915.

Whom did Gandhiji meet first when he arrived in London to study Law?

  1. Shamji Mehta

  2. Veer Savarkar

  3. Dadabhai Naoroji

  4. Pranjivan Mehta


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Gandhiji met Pranjivan Mehta when he first arrived in London to study Law.

Who called the dropping of 'Civil Disobedience Movement' by Gandhiji as a 'National calamity'?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. M. N. Roy

  3. Subhas Chandra Bose

  4. C. R. Das


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Subhas Chandra Bose called the dropping of 'Civil Disobedience Movement' by Gandhiji as a “National calamity”.

Who acted as Gandhiji’s adviser at the Second Round Table Conference?

  1. G. D. Birla

  2. Madan Mohan Malaviya

  3. B. R. Ambedkar

  4. Sarojini Naidu


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Madan Mohan Malaviya acted as Gandhiji’s adviser at the Second Round Table Conference.

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