Modern India

1. Who among the, following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?
Question Asked : IAS (Pre) 2008

(A) A.N. Sinha
(B) Braj Kishore Prasad
(C) J.B. Kripalani
(D) Rajendra Prasad

2. When did Mahatma Gandhi come to Chhattisgarh first?
Question Asked : Chhattisgarh PCS (Pre) 2005

(A) 2 October, 1906
(B) 20 December, 1920
(C) July, 1937
(D) 9 September, 1942

3. In which of the following Satyagraha movements, did Gandhiji not participate directly?
Question Asked : 41th BPSC (Pre) 1996

(A) Rajkot Satyagrah
(B) Khera Satyagrah
(C) Vaikom Satyagraha
(D) Non-cooperation movement

4. Who was the secretary of Mahatma Gandhi during Noakhali?
Question Asked : 41th BPSC (Pre) 1996

(A) Ninnal Kumar Bose
(B) Mahadeo Desai
(C) Pyare Lal
(D) Ballabh Bhai Patel

5. Who of the following called Gandhiji “Mahatma” for the first time?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2010

(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(B) Madan Mohan Malviya
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

6. The prefix ‘Mahatma’ was added with the name of Gandhi
Question Asked : UPUDA/LDA (Pre) 2002, UPPCS (Pre) 2001

(A) During Champaran Satyagraha
(B) During the Satyagraha against Rowlatt Act
(C) In the Amritsar Session of the Indian National Congress, 1919
(D) At the beginning of the Kbilafat Movement

7. Who was the first person to call Mahatma Gandhi, ‘Father of Nation’?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Pre) 2008, (GIC) 2010, Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Mains) 2007, IAS (Pre) 1993

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Vallabhbhai Patel
(C) C. Raj Gopalachari
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

8. Which of the following statement is/are correct regarding Gandhi?
Question Asked : UP Lower Sub. (Mains) 2013

(A) Fought hard to improve the status of casteless untouchables
(B) Launched the Non-Cooperation Movement
(C) Began the Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) All the above

9. Which one of the following Satyagrahas was not lead by Mahatma Gandhi?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Pre) 2005

(A) Quit India Movement
(B) Civil Disobedience
(C) Bardoli
(D) Kheda

10. Which of the following Movement is not related with Gandhiji?
Question Asked : UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998

(A) Swadeshi Movement
(B) Khilafat Movement
(C) Individual Satyagraha
(D) Quit India Movement