Mahatma Gandhi History MCQ Test 1

1. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?

2. What title was often used to refer to Mahatma Gandhi as a sign of respect?

3. Which women's movement did Mahatma Gandhi support and actively participate in?

4. Which year marked the culmination of the Quit India Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi?

5. What was Mahatma Gandhi's view on the use of violence for political ends?

6. What was Mahatma Gandhi's response to the Cripps Mission in 1942?

7. What title was bestowed upon Mahatma Gandhi by Rabindranath Tagore?

8. Where was Mahatma Gandhi born?

9. Which movement did Mahatma Gandhi call off following the Chauri Chaura incident?

10. What was the primary focus of Mahatma Gandhi's 'Hind Swaraj'?

11. What was the 'Poona Pact' related to?

12. Which pact did Mahatma Gandhi sign in 1931 to end the Civil Disobedience Movement?

13. Which movement is associated with Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolent resistance?

14. What was the primary aim of Mahatma Gandhi's constructive program?

15. Which movement did Mahatma Gandhi initiate against the British salt tax?

16. Which leader was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and later became India's first Prime Minister?

17. Which award did Mahatma Gandhi never accept throughout his life?

18. Who was Mahatma Gandhi's political mentor during his early years in South Africa?

19. Which famous speech did Mahatma Gandhi deliver at the Salt Satyagraha concluding prayer meeting?

20. Which individual did Mahatma Gandhi refer to as his 'elder brother'?

21. Who was the viceroy of India during Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March?

22. Which leader was NOT influenced by Mahatma Gandhi's principles of non-violence?

23. What was Mahatma Gandhi's stance on the Indian caste system?

24. What is the meaning of the term 'Satyagraha' coined by Mahatma Gandhi?

25. What was the primary objective of Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Movement?

26. Which prison housed Mahatma Gandhi during the Quit India Movement?

27. What was the significance of the 'Dandi March' led by Mahatma Gandhi?

28. Which movement did Gandhi launch in Champaran, Bihar?

29. Which movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1918 to support the British during World War I?

30. Which of Mahatma Gandhi's movements had the slogan 'Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it'?

31. What was Mahatma Gandhi's response to the 'Simon Commission'?

32. Which movement led to the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi?

33. What was the name of the ashram founded by Mahatma Gandhi in Sabarmati?

34. What was the name of Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography?

35. Which event prompted Mahatma Gandhi to launch the Non-Cooperation Movement?

36. Which international figure had a significant influence on Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence?

37. Which newspaper did Mahatma Gandhi establish in South Africa?

38. What was the primary objective of the 'Champaran Satyagraha' led by Mahatma Gandhi?

39. In which year was Mahatma Gandhi born?

40. Who succeeded Mahatma Gandhi as the leader of the Indian National Congress?

41. Which was the last fast-unto-death undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi?

42. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi start the Dandi March?

43. What did Mahatma Gandhi promote as a means of economic empowerment for rural India?

44. During which year did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?

45. Which place in South Africa became significant in Mahatma Gandhi's early activism?

46. Which movement did Mahatma Gandhi initiate in response to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

47. Which British official did Mahatma Gandhi famously refer to as the 'Architect of India's Division'?

48. What was the main objective of the Kheda Satyagraha led by Mahatma Gandhi?

49. Which of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi not actively participate in?

50. Which book did Mahatma Gandhi refer to as his 'spiritual dictionary'?