Mahatma Gandhi

Q. Jallianwala Bagh massacre was inflicted by _______.

1. Lord Curzon
2. General Dyer
3. Robert Clive
4. Lord Cunning

Q. Which of the following statements are correct?
I. In 1895, Mahatma Gandhi established the Natal Congress to fight against racial discrimination in South Africa.
II. In Ahmedabad, Mahatma Gandhi led a successful millworkers’ strike in 1919.
III. In 1919, Gandhiji gave a call for a satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act.
IV. On learning about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Mahatma Gandhi renounced his knighthood.

1. I and III only
2. II and III only
3. I and II only
4. II and IV only

Q. The Rowlatt Act was introduced by the British in India in March, 1919.

1. False
2. True

Q. Mahatma Gandhi formed ______ Congress in South Africa.

1. Natal
2. Durban
3. Kenya
4. South Africa

Q. Mahatma Gandhi spent his first year in India _______ throughout the country.

1. fighting
2. travelling
3. working
4. delivering speeches

Q. Gandhiji was a _______ in South Africa.

1. politician
2. lawyer
3. doctor
4. teacher

Q. Which of the following was not among the initial local movements led by Gandhiji?

1. Champaran
2. Kheda
3. Bardoli
4. Ahmedabad

Q. When was champaran movement started ?

Q. Why did Indians oppose the Rowlatt Act?

1. The Rowlatt Act aimed to make the British permanent rulers of India.
2. The Rowatt Act curbed the fundamental rights of Indian citizens.
3. The Rowlatt Act wanted to introduce a death penalty for the nationalist leaders.
4. The Rowlatt Act allowed the British to annex more territories.

Q. _____________ renounced his knighthood in protest of Jallianwala Bagh atrocities.

1. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Rabindranath Tagore
4. Dadabhai Naroji

Q. The name of the periodical published by Gandhi during his stay in South Africa was ________.

1. Navjivan
2. India Gazette
3. Afrikaner
4. Indian Opinion

Q. Knighthood honour was granted by the ________ for exceptional personal achievement and public service.

1. Indian government
2. British Crown
3. Provincial government
4. Mughal emperor

Q. Gandhiji arrived in India from .

1. South America
2. Australia
3. South Africa