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Gandhi's Influence or Movements - 4

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The Bhoodan Movement was started in the year

  1. 1951

  2. 1955

  3. 1957

  4. 1960


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Bhoodan Movement or Land Gift Movement was a voluntary land reform movement in India, started by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951 at Pochampalli village in Telangana, which is now known as Bhoodan Pochampalli. 

As per the suggestion of Gandhiji, Jawaharlal Nehru was elected as the president of Congress at its Lahore Session, where ‘Poorna Swaraj’ was laid down as the objective of the Congress. Identify the year of this session.

  1. 1931

  2. 1930

  3. 1929

  4. 1928


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The year of this session was 1929.

Satyagraha is

  1. a political weapon

  2. a moral weapon

  3. a physical force

  4. static


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Satyagraha is a moral weapon and the stress is on soul force over physical force.

Name the figure associated with Chipko Movement.

  1. Sundarlal Bahguna

  2. Vinoba Bhave

  3. M. K. Gandhi

  4. Medha Patkar


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Chipko Movement was started by Sunderlal Bahuguna in 1973, a prominent leader of Sarvodaya Movement in the Uttarakhand region.

Gandhiji began his historic Dandi March from

  1. Dandi

  2. Sabarmati Ashram

  3. Navsari

  4. Borsad


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi led the Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.

In South Africa, Gandhi’s walk companion was

  1. Henry Polak

  2. Herman Kallenbach

  3. Albert West

  4. Raichandrabhai


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Albert H. West was one of the closest associates of Gandhiji in South Africa.

Gandhi started his Satyagraha Movement in South Africa in the year

  1. 1893

  2. 1896

  3. 1906

  4. 1908


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gandhi started his Satyagraha Movement in South Africa in the year 1893.

Where was the Quit India Resolution passed in 1942?

  1. Bombay

  2. Lucknow

  3. Chandigarh

  4. Poona


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Quit India Resolution was passed at Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay (present day Mumbai) in 1942.

What did Gandhiji mean by 'Swaraj'?

  1. Freedom from all restraints

  2. Freedom from the foreign yoke

  3. Rule of majority

  4. Rule of minority


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

By 'Swaraj', Gandhiji meant ‘independence’ or 'independence from all restraints'.

The second Round Table Conference was held in England on

  1. 12th September, 1931

  2. 12th December, 1931

  3. 12th September, 1932

  4. 12th December, 1932


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The second Round Table Conference was held in England on 12th September, 1931.

Which of the following is Chipko Movement concerned with?

  1. Conservation of water resources

  2. Forest conservation

  3. Project Tiger

  4. Depletion of topsoil


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chipko Movement was a revolutionary stride made to save the Himalayan ecology and society from deforestation.

On the banks of which river was Poorna Swaraj declared on 26th January, 1930?

  1. Ravi

  2. Ganga

  3. Yamuna

  4. Satluj


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Purna Swaraj or Declaration of Independence was declared in Lahore on the banks of river Ravi.

Gandhiji offered satyagraha against 'Black Act' in

  1. 1907

  2. 1917

  3. 1920

  4. 1930


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gandhiji offered Satyagraha against 'Black Act' in 1907.

Yeravada Pact was signed on

  1. September 24, 1932

  2. August 15, 1932

  3. September 24, 1933

  4. August 15, 1933


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Poona Pact refers to an agreement between Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi, signed on September 24, 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail, Pune. 

With which of the following events was the incident of the ‘Theft of Onions’ associated?

  1. Communal riots

  2. Champaran Satyagraha

  3. Kheda Satyagraha

  4. Non-cooperation Movement


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The incident of the ‘Theft of Onions’ was related to Kheda Satyagraha.

Gujarat Vidyapeeth was founded by Gandhi in

  1. 1915

  2. 1920

  3. 1925

  4. 1930


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It was founded in 1920 by Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement.

Bardoli Satyagraha occurred in

  1. 1922

  2. 1928

  3. 1930

  4. 1936


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928 that took place in the state of Gujarat, India during the period of the British Raj, was a major episode of civil disobedience.

The publication of ‘Young India’ was stopped in

  1. 1919

  2. 1922

  3. 1930

  4. 1932


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The publication of ‘Young India’ was stopped in 1932.

During Vinobhaji’s southern tour, he established the first unit of Shanti Sena on

  1. 27th August, 1957

  2. 18th August, 1957

  3. 15th August, 1957

  4. 30th January, 1948


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

During Vinobhaji’s southern tour, he established the first unit of Shanti Sena on 27th August, 1957.

Which of the following is associated with Civil Disobedience Movement?

  1. Dandi

  2. Pune

  3. Lahore

  4. Jallianwala Bagh


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Dandi or Salt Satyagraha is associated with Civil Disobedience Movement.

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