Modern India

1. Whose work have influenced Gandhian concept?
Question Asked : UP Lower Sub. (Mains) 2013

(A) Ruskin
(B) Thoreau
(C) Tolstoy
(D) All the above

2. Gandhi’s boycott of British made products was effective because British considered India, a major
Question Asked : UP Lower Sub. (Mains) 2013

(A) Shipping centre
(B) Industrial centre
(C) Market for manufactured goods
(D) Source of mineral resources

3. Who among of the following had told: “destruction is the best method of dealing with the foreign clothes”?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Pre) 2010

(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Chitranjan Das
(D) Sub has Chandra Bose

4. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is best known for which of the following?
Question Asked : UP Lower Sub. (Mains) 2013

(A) Use of passive resistance to achieve Indian independence.
(B) Desire to establish an Islamic nation.
(C) Opposition to Hindus holding political office.
(D) Encouragement of violence to end British rule.

5. During India’s struggle for independence which was the first to start’ Satyagraha’?
Question Asked : Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2005

(A) Sardar Patel
(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(C) Vinoba Bhave
(D) Mahatma Gandhi

6. Who amongst the following coined the word ‘Satyagraha’?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2015

(A) Harilal Gandhi
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Ramdas Gandhi
(D) Manilal Gandhi

7. Which of the following is not a feature of politics of the Gandhian model?
Question Asked : UP Lower Sub. (Mains) 2013

(A) Ethics
(B) Religion
(C) Humanity
(D) Authority

8. As per Mahatma Gandhi politics meant
Question Asked : UP Lower Sub. (Mains) 2013

(A) Religionless politics
(B) Activity for public welfare
(C) Truthless politics
(D) None of the above

9. Who among the following was the ‘Political Guru’ of Mahatma Gandhi?
Question Asked : UPPCS (Pre) 1991

(A) C.R. Das
(B) Dadabhai Nauroji
(C) Tilak
(D) G. K. Gokhale

10. Where did Gandhiji adopt ‘Seva Dharma’?
Question Asked : UP Lower Sub. (Mains) 2015

(A) Mumbai
(B) Shantiniketan
(C) South Africa
(D) Pune