Mahatma Gandhi Quiz Questions and Answers for Class IX & X - PDF

50 important Questions and Answers about Mahatma Gandhi for Gandhi Quiz Class IX & X Question 01. When was born Mahatma Gandhi? Answer: 02-10-1869 Question 02. Where was born Mahatma Gandhi? Answer: Porbandar Question 03. What is full Name of Mahatma Gandhi? Answer: Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi Qu...

50 important Questions and Answers about Mahatma Gandhi for Gandhi Quiz Class IX & X Question 01. When was born Mahatma Gandhi? Answer: 02-10-1869 Question 02. Where was born Mahatma Gandhi? Answer: Porbandar Question 03. What is full Name of Mahatma Gandhi? Answer: Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi Question 04. What is Mother Name’s of Mahatma Gandhi? Answer: Putilibai Question 05. Who was Wife of Mahatma Gandhi? Answer: Kasturba Question 06. Which book was written by Gandhi? Answer: the Story of My Experiments with Truth, Hind swaraj or Indian Home Rule. Question 07. Where was spent time by Mahatma Gandhi during 1893-1914? Answer: South Africa Question 08. When was the salt march year? Answer: March 12, 1930 Mahatma Gandhi Question 09. Where is situated (State and District) Sabarmati Ashram? Answer: Ahmadabad, Gujarat Question 10. When did Mohandas Karam chand Gandhi die? Answer: January 30, 1948 Question 11. When and where was first satyagrah experimented of his life? Answer: 1906 in South Africa, first protest against The Asiatic ordinance. Question 12. When and where was first satyagrah in India? Answer: 1917 at Champaran, Bihar. Question 13. When was Gandhi ji went to jail (First time) Answer: 1908 at Johannesburg in South Africa Question 14. At which railway Station was Gandhi ji humiliated and ousted? Answer: Peter marits burg in South Africa (in 1893) Question 15. Where is situated Tolstoy Farm and where is situated? Answer: South Africa, 1910. Question 16. Which weekly news paper was established by Mahatma Gandhi? Answer: Indian opinions (1904), Yang Indian and Navjeevan Question 17. When was Mahatma Gandhi ji returned to Indian? Answer: January 9, 1915. Question 18. Why was important 9 January observed as? Answer: Pravashi Bharatiya Divas Question 19. Where was M.k Gandhi ji first fast? Answer: Ahmadabad Question 20. Why abandoned the Kaiser-I-Hindi by Gandhi ji? Answer: Jailiyawala bag massacre (1919) Question 21. Which congress session presided by Gandhi? Answer Belgaum in 1924 Question 22. When was started All India Harijan samaj by Gandhi ji? Answer: 1932 Question 23. Where is situated wardha Ashram? Answer: Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra Question 24. When did started weekly magazine harijan? Answer: 1933 Question 25. Gandhi called subhsh chandra bose as…….? Answer: Patriot. Question 26. Who called “Half Naked seditious fakir” to M.K Gandhi? Answer: Winston Churchill Question 27. Who was given the title of Gurudev to Tagore? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi Question 28. Who called first time as “Mahatma”? Answer: Ravindranath Tagor Question 29. Who is political Teacher of Gandhi ji? Answer: Gopal Krishana Gokhale. Question 30. Who is considered as spiritual Teachers of Gandhi ji? Answer: Leo Tolstoy Question 31. When was Gandhi ji assassinated? Answer: 30-01-1948 by Nadhuram Vinayak Godse Question 32. What was called as “post dated cheque” by M.G? Answer: Cripps’s Mission (1942) Question 33. Where was Gandhi’s third satyagrhaha in India? Answer: Kheda satyagrah in 1918. Question 34. When Gandhi ji published “Hind Swaraj” Answer: 1908. Question 35. Which period was considered as Gandhi an Era” Answer: 1915 to 1948. Question 36. In which language wrote his Autobiography by Gandhi ji? Answer: Gujarati Question 37. Who translated Gandhi ji biography in the English language? Answer: Mhadev Desai. Question 38. Who was the Secretary of Mahatma Gandhi after Demise of Mahadev Desai? Answer: Pyarelal Question 39. What is the real name of Gandhi’s Autobiography? Answer: The Story of My Experiments with Truth Question 40. When Gandhi’s autobiography was published? Answer: 1927 (Navajeevan) Question 41. What was Gandhi’s Last word? Answer: Hey Ram. Question 42. When was married Mahatma Gandhi (His age)? Answer: 13 years. Question 43. When was Gandhi Graduate in law? Answer: in 1891 in Law from the university of Landon. Question 44. What was the occupation of Gandhi’s father? Answer: Minister (Diwan) of City of Porbandar. Question 45. What was the name of Indian firm in South Africa, called to Gandhi ji? Answer: Natal Question 46. When did Gandhi first time, organized a non-violent resistance against the Transvaal government’s registration act? Answer: 1906 Question 47. Gandhi and…….. issued the declaration of Independence on January 26, 1930. Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru Question 48. How much long Gandhi walked on foot at the protest against the British salt monopoly and salt tax. Answer: 240 miles (400 km) from Ashram (Ahmadabad to Dandi) in 23 days. Question 49. When Gandhi started quit India movement? Answer: on August 1942. Question 50. When was last time Gandhi ji released from jail? Answer: Gandhi was released on May 6, 1944, due to a necessary surgery. Question 51. When was Gandhi’s wife dead? Answer: 22 February 1944 Gandhi’s wife dies. Question 52. Where is Memorial to Mahatma Gandhi ji? Answer: Raj Ghat (New Delhi, India) Question 53. Gandhi’s first fast in India? Answer: April; 1918 (03 Days) at Ahmedabad Question 54. Gandhi’s first Fast of his life? Answer February 1913 (7 days)  QUIZ ON GANDHI Mark the correct answer Q.1. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on A. (a) October 5, 1896 (b) October 3, 1840 (c) October 2, 1869 (d) October 10, 1880 Q.2. At which place was Gandhiji born? A. (a) Porbandar (b) Rajkot (c) Ahmedabad (d) Delhi Q.3. What was Gandhiji's age when he got married to Kasturbai? A. (a) 19 years (b) 15 years (c)12 years (d) 13 years Q.4. Gandhiji confessed his guilt of stealing for the purpose of smoking in a letter, promising never to steal in future and asking for adequate punishment. To whom was this letter addressed? A. (a) Father (b) Mother (c) Elder Brother (d) Friend Q.5. About how old was Gandhiji when he reached London to become a barrister? A. (a) 20 years (b) 19 years (c) 21 years (d) 18 years Q.6. To become a barrister in England, one had to join one of the Inns of Courst. After obtaining admission, Gandhiji joined the Inner Temple on A. (a) October 5, 1870 (b) December 15, 1885 (c) November 6, 1888 (d) January 3, 1880  Q.7. Devdas was Gandhiji's A. (a) Only child (b) Second child (c) Eldest child (d) Youngest child Q.8. Gandhiji, the votary of nonviolence was shot dead on January 30, 1948 at Birla House, New Delhi, shortly after 5 p.m. while going to the prayer meeting. Which was that fateful day of the week? A. (a) Saturday (b) Wednesday (c) Friday (d) Monday Q9. While holding a first-class ticket Gandhiji was ordered by a railway official to shift to the van compartment. On his refusal to comply with the unjust order, a constable was called to push him out with bag and baggage. Identify the railway station where this incident took place. A. (a) Natal (b) Johannesburg (c) Maritzburg (d) Durban Q.11. At which place was Gandhiji arrested for the first time by the British Government for sedition? A. (a) Bombay (b) Pune (c) Calcutta (d) Ahmedabad Q.12. On which day of March 1930 Gandhiji started with a band of chosen volunteers on his famous Dandi March to break the law by manufacturing illegally, but openly, salt from the sea? A. (a) Tenth (b) Thirteenth (c) Eleventh (d) Twelfth Q.13. When was the Gandhi - Irwin Pact signed? A. (a) March 1, 1932 (b) March 5, 1931 (c) March 10, 1935 (d) March 7, 1937 Q.14. On being arrested for his "Quit India" programme, where was Gandhiji detained? A. (a) Yeravda Jail (b) Byculla Prison (c) Agakhan Palace (d) Ahmedabad Prison Jail Q.15. The book "Unto This Last" greatly captivated and transformed Gandhiji. So much so that he translated it into Gujarati. Who was its author? A. (a) Ruskin Bond (b) John Ruskin (c) Leo Tolstoy (d) Louis Fisher Q.16. Which of the following, according to Gandhiji, is an essential principle of satyagraha? A. (a) Infinite capacity (b) Non violence for suffering (c) Truth (d) All the three Q.17. Gandhiji's "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" was originally written in Gujarati. Who translated it into English? A. (a) Maganlal Gandhi (b) Mahadev Desai (c) Pyarelalji (d) Sushila Nayyar Q.18. Which one of the following books is the work of Gandhiji? A. (a) Light of India (b) Hind Swaraj (c) My Experiments (d) both (b) & (c) with Truth Q.19. Identify the year in which Birla House, New Delhi, where Gandhiji very often used to stay and where he was shot dead, was turned into a government - run Gandhi museum. A. (a) 1960 (b) 1965 (c) 1971 (d) 1976 Q.20. Identify the leader who last met Gandhiji for about an hour and left him just few minutes before he was shot dead on January 30, 1948 while on his way to the prayer meeting. A. (a) Vallabhbhai Patel (b) Sarojini Naidu (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Vinoba Bhave Q.21. In February 1933 Gandhiji started the publication of a weekly paper, Harijan, to promote the anti - untouchability campaign. Its first issue was out on February 11, 1933 from A. (a) Bombay (b) Ahmedabad (c) Poona (d) Nasik Q.22. What did Gandhiji mean by "Swaraj"? A. (a) Freedom for the (b) Freedom for the country meanest of the countrymen (c) Self Government (d) Complete Independence Q.23. When did Gandhiji take the vow of brahmacharya or celibacy of life? A. (a) 1911 (b) 1906 (c) 1900 (d) 1905 Q.24. When did Gandhiji get his head shaved, discard his clothes and settle for a loin cloth? A. (a) 1930 (b) 1921 (c) 1925 (d) 1930 Q.25. Who worked a Private Secretary to Mahatma Gandhi? A. (a) Pyarelalji (b) Mahadev Desai (c) Kishorilal (d) Sushila Nayyar Mashruwalla Q.26. Who described Gandhi's march to Dandi in the following words? "Like the historic march of Ramchandra to Lanka, the march of Gandhi will be memorable" A. (a) Motilal Nehru (b) Sarojini Naidu (c) Jawaharlal (d) Vallabhai Patel Nehru Q.27. The historic August session of the All-India Congress Committee, at which the Quit India Resolution was passed, was held at Gowali Park in __________________. A. (a) Bombay (b) Calcutta (c) Ahmedabad (d) Amritsar Q. 28. Gandhiji accorded very high priority to communal harmony in his programme of actions. At which place did he undertake his last fast for it on January 13, 1948? A. (a) Nasik (b) Delhi (c) Calcutta (d) Bombay Q.29. Which of the following did Gandhiji describes as his two lungs? A. (a) Ahimsa and (b) Ahimsa and truth peace (d) Brahamcharya and (c) Truth and Peace Aparigriha Q.30. The differences with Gandhiji led Subhas Chandra Bose to resign the Presidentship of the India National Congress in 1939. Leaving the Congress he formed a new party called __________________. A. (a) Indian National (b) Forward Bloc Party (c) Freedom Party (d) Freedom Bloc Q. 31. What was the profession of Gandhiji's father? A. (a) Farmer (b) Diwan (c) Shop-keeper (d) Tehsildar Q. 32 How many children did Putlibai have? A. (a) Two sons and (b) One daughter and daughters three sons (b) Four sons (d) Three sons Q. 33. What was the name of Gandhi's domestic help? A. (a) Titlidai (b) Rambhadai (c) Rainadai (d) Gauridai Q. 34. What was the name of Gandhiji's sister? A. (a) Gauri (b) Raliat (c) Rambha (d) Meera Q. 35. Who inspired Gandhi with ' Ram Nam' in his childhood? A. (a) Kasturba (b) Putlibai  (c) Rambha Dai (d) Lakshmi Das Q. 36. What was Gandhiji's nickname in childhood? A. (a) Monu (b) Manu or Moniya (c) Sonu (d) Mahu Q. 37. Which spelling did Gandhiji spell wrong as a child when the school inspector gave dictation to the class? A. (a) School (b) Kettle (c) Uniform (d) Umbrella Q. 45. Where did Gandhiji receive his primary education? A. (a) Sudampuri (b) Bikaner (c) Porbander (d) Rajkot Q. 38. Which mythological character impressed Gandhiji for life when he saw a play on his life?  A. (a) Harishchandra (b) Ashoka (c) Vikramaditya (d) Krishna Q. 39. Who asked Gandhiji to eat meat in order to become strong? A. (a) Sheikh Mehtab (b) Karsan Das (c) Lakshmi Das (d) Uka Q. 40. How old was Gandhiji when his father died? A. (a) 15 years (b) 17 years (c) 16years (d) 18 years Q. 41. In which year did Gandhiji pass his matriculation in England ? A. (a) 1889 (b) 1890 (c) 1891 (d) 1892  Q. 42. Which institution did Gandhiji join as a member during his stay in England? A. (a) Vegetarian Society (b) Cricket Club (c) Church of England (d) Film Institution Q. 43. Which book influenced Gandhiji greatly, which he read in England? (b) Vegetables are good A. (a) Be Vegetarian for health (c) Plea for (d) Use of Vegetables Vegetarianism The correct answers are... 1. (c) 1869 2. (a) Porbandar 3. (d) 13 years 4. (a) Father 5. (b) 19 years 6. (c) November 6, 1888 7. (d) Youngest Child 8. (c) Friday 9. (b) Natal 10. (c) Maritzburg 11. (d) Ahmedabad 12. (d) Twelfth 14. (c) Pattabhi 13. (b) March5, 1931 15. (c) Agakhan Palace Jail Sitaramayya 16. (c) March 31, 1947 17. (b) John Ruskin 18. (d) All three 19. (b) Mahadev Desai 20. (d) both (b) & (c) 21. (c) 1971 22. (a) Vallabhbhai Patel 23. (c) Poona 24. (a) J B Kripalani 25. (b) freedom for the meanest of the 26. (b) 1906 27. (b) 1921 countrymen 28. (b) Mahadev Desai 29. (b) H S L Polak 30. (b) 1904 31. (a) Motilal Nehru 32. (a) Bombay 33. (b) Delhi 34.(c) Lok Sevak Sangh 35. (b) Ahimsa and Truth 36. (b) Forward Bloc 39. (b) One daughter and three 37. (c) Lord Reading 38. (b) Diwan sons 40. (b) Rambha dai 41. (b) Raliat 42. (c) Rambha Dai 43. (b) Manu or Moniya 44. (b) Kettle 45. (d) Rajkot 46. (a) Harishchandra 47. (a) Sheikh Mehtab 48. (c) 16years 49. (b) 1890 50. (d) All the above 51. (a) Vegetarian Society 52. (c) Plea for Vegetarianism