Gopal Krishna Gokhle
Lala Lajpat Rai
Rabindranath Tagore

2. What was Gandhi's childhood nickname?

Mohan
Manu or Moniya
Munna

3. In his teens Gandhi had a friend who often told him if he ate meat, he would grow stronger. Gandhi also picked up smoking from him for a while. Later Gandhi wrote a letter to his father and apologized. Who was this friend?

Ali Zafaria
Shiekh Mehtab
Kushal Bhai Patel

4. To represent which company's case did Gandhi go to Durban, South Africa in 1893?

Oscars, Wilder and Stones Co.
Bombay Oil Company
Dada, Abdulla & Co.

5. At which railway station was Gandhi thrown out of the train on his way to Pretoria?

Durban
Pieter Maritzburg
Natal

6. After winning the law suit he was representing in South Africa, Gandhi decided to return to India. But some one placed a copy of a journal in his luggage at his farewell party. Reading it, Gandhi dropped the idea and stayed back to work for the Indian community in South Africa. Name the journal.

The Indian Star
Natal Mercury
The Natal & Durban Times

7. On Gandhi's suggestion, which organization was formed in 1894 by the Indian community in South Africa?

Transvaal British Indian Association
Natal Indian Congress
Hindu Association

8. In 1910, Hermann Kallenbach, a white farmer donated his farm near Johannesburg to Gandhi where he established an 'ashram'. What was the name of this 'ashram'?

Phoenix Settlement
Tolstoy Farm
Indian Commune & Association

9. Who advised Gandhi to be on a 'probation' period of one year and travel throughout India before leading India's political movement?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Gopal Krishna Gokhle
Sir Pherozeshah Mehta

10. When did Gandhi take the vow of 'brahmacharya' or celibacy for life?

1899
1906
1921

11. In 1915, Gandhi was awarded a medal which he returned to the Government in 1920 as a gesture of non cooperation towards the British Government. Name the medal.

King George Cross
Viceroy's Medal
Kaiser-i-Hind

12. In May 1916, Gandhi was invited to speak at laying of the foundation stone of which university?

Banaras Hindu University
Jamia Milia Islamia
Calicut University

13. The book "Unto This Last" greatly captivated and transformed Gandhi. He later translated it into Gujarati. Who was its author?

John Ruskin
Ruskin Short
Lev Tolstoy

14. Subhas Chandra Bose was elected president of the Congress in 1938 with Gandhi's goodwill. He wanted a second term, but Gandhi did not approve of it. Despite this disapproval, Bose fought the election and won, defeating the official candidate by over 200 votes. Gandhi took it as a personal defeat. Who was the defeated candidate?

Jawaharlal Nehru
Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Maulan Abul Kalam Azad

15. Gandhi's autobiography "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" was originally written in Gujarati. Who translated it into English?

Mahadev Desai
M K Patel
Shankar Lal Shah

16. How old was Gandhi when he was shot dead by Nathu Ram Godse on Januray 30, 1948?

78 years
81 years
75 years

17. Soon after Independence the Congress president saluted Gandhi as "The maker of freedom achieved in a unique way" and "never before was so great an event consummated with such little bloodshed and violence." Who was this Congress president?

Madan Mohan Malviya
J B Kriplani
Acharaya Narendra Dev

18. Following his differences with Gandhi, Subhas Chandra Bose resigned from the presidentship of the India National Congress to formed a new party in 1939. Identify the party ?

Forward Bloc
Indian Socialist Front
Indian Workers & Peasants Union

19. Who commented "Mr Gandhi's religious and moral views are, I believe, admirable, but I confess that I find it difficult to understand the practice of them in politics."

Lord Reading
Sir Stafford Cripps
Sir John Simon

20. After Independence in 1947, Gandhi felt the Congress had outlived its usefulness. To keep it away from unhealthy competition with political parties and communal bodies, Gandhi sketched a draft constitution for the Congress to transform it into a social organization. What was it called?

Bharat Vikas Sanghatan
Lok Sevak Sangh
Lok Vikas Sangh

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