Gandhi Era interview questions

The mantra ‘ Do or Die’ was given by

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. C.V. Raman
3. B.C. Bose
4. P.C. Roy

During India’s struggle for independence who was the first to start ‘Satyagraha’?

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Sardar Patel
3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
4. Vinoba Bhave

Mahatma Gandhi’s close English compatriot during the freedom Movement was

1. William Wavell
2. Thomas Moore
3. Charlie Freer (C.F.) Andrews
4. A.O. Hume

Gandhji returned to India from South Africa in

1. 1914
2. 1915
3. 1916
4. 1917

Who called Gandhiji ‘half naked beggar’?

1. Jinnah
2. Winston Churchill
3. Hastings
4. Mountbatten

Who was the last British Viceroy of India?

1. Lord Lintithgow
2. Lord Wavell
3. Clement Atlee
4. Lord Mountbatten

The lady Congress leader who went underground during the Quit India Movement was

1. Aruna Asaf Ali
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Vijay Laxmi Pandit
4. Sucheta Kripalani

Gandhi Irwin pact was in

1. 5 March 1931
2. 10 March 1927
3. 15 March 1929
4. 28 March 1935

India attained ‘Dominion States’ on

1. 15th January, 1947
2. 15th August,1947
3. 15th August, 1950
4. 15th October, 1947

Who is the author of the autobiography ‘The Indian Struggle’?

1. Subhash Chandra Bose
2. Lala Lajpat Rai
3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

‘India wins Freedom’ is the autobiography of

1. Syed Ahmed Khan
2. Zakir Hussain
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Abul Kalam Azad

Where was Azad Hind Fauj set up?

1. England
2. Singapur
3. Burma
4. Japan

Rabindranath Tagore was awarded Noble Prize for his literary work named

1. Rajtarangini
2. Chokher Bali
3. Geethanjali
4. Ramayanam

At the time of Transfer of Power (1947), one of the following States possessed a well developed Congress Party Organization, which was

1. Junagarh
2. Mysore
3. Awadh
4. Hyderabad

The name of the periodical among the following published by Mahatma Gandhi during his stay in South Africa

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

Provincial Autonomy was one of the important features of the Act of

1. 1858
2. 1909
3. 1919
4. 1935

Who of the following said, ‘Mahatma Gandhi, like fleeting phantom Raises dust but not the level’?

1. V.D. Savarkar
2. M.A. Jinnah
3. B.R. Ambedkar
4. None of these

Who was nominated President of the Indian National Congress after the resignation of Subhash Chandra Bose?

1. Vallabhbhai Patel
2. Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya
3. Rajendra Prasad
4. Abul Kalam Azad

The Poona Pact aimed

1. To review the Dyarchy
2. At privileges to princes
3. To represent to lower cast
4. At Hindu-Muslim Unity

Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Mahatma Gandhi?

1. Sarojini Naidu
2. Muthu Lakshmi
3. Mridula Sarabhai
4. Annie Besant

Who among the following was regarded by Mahatma Gandhi as his ‘Political Guru’?

1. Gopal Krishna Gokhle
2. Pherz Shah Mehta
3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4. Dadabhai Naoroji

The Prime Minister of England at the time of Quit India Movement was

1. Chamberlain
2. Mac Donald
3. Clement Attlee
4. Churchill

At which place of Bihar, Gandhiji started Satyagrapha Movement for the first time in India?

1. Champaran
2. Gaya
3. Madhubani
4. Patna

Who had founded the Independent League?

1. Ras Behari Bose
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhle
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Moti Lal Nehru

Who played an important role in signing of Gandhi Irwin Pact

1. Motilal Nehru
2. Chintamani
3. Tej Bahadur Sapru
4. Madan Mhon Malviya

Which among the following capitalists served as AICC Treasurer for a long time and went to jail in 1930?

1. Balchand Hirachand
2. J.R.D. Tata
3. Jamanalal Bajaj
4. G.D. Birla

Cabinet Mission was presided over by

1. Pathic Lawrence
2. Clement Atlee
3. Stafford Cripps
4. Lord Atlee

From where did Acharya Vinoba Bhave start the individual Satyagraha in 1940?

1. Adyar in Tamil Nadu
2. Guntur in Andhra Pradesh
3. Paunar in Maharashtra
4. Nadiad in Gujarat