Indian National Movement PYQ – Mahatma Gandhi

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Indian National Movement PYQ – Mahatma Gandhi – 25 questions, subject: Indian National Movement. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
ARGS – 2020
Who wrote these sentences, "The presence of the British in India is an invitation to Japan to invade India"?

Correct Answer: A [Mahatma Gandhi]

Explanation:

Gandhi wrote in Harijan in 1942 that the British presence in India was an invitation to Japan to invade India.

2.  
GSCE – 2021
From the following statements state which, statements are correct or incorrect
Statement I: The Dandi March was to cover 395 kms from Gandhi's Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi on the Gujarat Coast
Statement II: Gandhi set out on the March and reached Dandi on the 25th day (i.e) 6 April 1930

Correct Answer: A [Statement I and II are incorrect]

Explanation:

The Dandi March covered about 385 km (241 miles), not 395 km, and the other statement also differs from the facts, so both statements I and II are incorrect.

3.  
CAGS – 2022
The Cabinet Mission plan was "The best plan put up by the British Government under the then circumstances" described by

Correct Answer: B [Gandhi]

Explanation:

Gandhi described the Cabinet Mission Plan as the best that the British government could have put up in the circumstances of the time.

4.  
PSY – 2022
The civil disobedience movement was suspended by Gandhi due to

Correct Answer: B [Gandhi – Irwin pact]

Explanation:

The Civil Disobedience Movement was suspended after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 5 March 1931, when Gandhi agreed to attend the Second Round Table Conference.

5.  
EO GRADE III (HR&CE) – 2022
Which company helped Gandhi to do his legal practice in South Africa?

Correct Answer: A [Dada Abdulla Company]

Explanation:

Dada Abdulla and Company invited Gandhi to South Africa in 1893 to handle a legal case.

6.  
FA – 2022
Who among the following did not participate in the official events of Indian Independence Day 1947?

Correct Answer: C [Mahatma Gandhi]

Explanation:

Gandhi did not take part in the official Independence Day events of 15 August 1947, as he was fasting and praying for peace in riot-hit Calcutta.

7.  
FA – 2022
Gandhiji showed the people a new way of fighting against injustice without violence is called as

Correct Answer: C [Satyagraha]

Explanation:

Satyagraha, based on truth and non-violence, was Gandhi's new way of resisting injustice without violence.

8.  
GROUP 1 – 2022
"British rule was established in India with the cooperation of Indians, and had survived only because of this co-operation. If Indians refused to co-operate, British rule in India would collapse with in a year and Swaraj would come," who said this?

Correct Answer: C [Mahatma Gandhiji]

Explanation:

Gandhi argued in Hind Swaraj (1909) that British rule survived only through Indian cooperation, an idea that underlay the Non-Cooperation Movement.

9.  
DEO – 2023
Read the following passage and answer the question whose religious view is expressed here:
"If I found myself entirely absorbed in the service of the community, the reason behind it was my desire for self realisation. I have made the religion of service my own, as I felt that God could be realized only through service and service for me was the service of India. Because it came to me without my seeking, because I had an aptitude for it".

Correct Answer: B [Mahatma Gandhi]

Explanation:

The passage comes from Gandhi's autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, where he finds God through service to others.

10.  
DEO – 2023
Read the following passage and answer to the question based on the passage.
Passage 1: Mahatma Gandhi said, "I deplore the criminal indifference of parents who keep their daughters utterly ignorant and illiterate and bring them up only for the purpose of marrying them off to some young man of means".
Select the best implied from the following regarding the afore-said passage.

Correct Answer: A [Strong measures need to be taken by parents for the overall progress of their daughters]

Explanation:

In the passage Gandhi deplores the indifference of parents, so the correct inference is that strong measures need to be taken by parents.

11.  
DEO – 2023
As a lawyer Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi, got his first fees of Rs. 30, but he refunded that to his client in ________ court.

Correct Answer: A [Bombay]

Explanation:

On returning from England, Gandhi began practice in Bombay, where he earned Rs 30 in a Small Causes Court case and returned the fee.

12.  
BURSAR – 2023
The newspaper 'Harijan' was started by

Correct Answer: B [Gandhiji]

Explanation:

Gandhi started the weekly Harijan in 1933 mainly to campaign against untouchability.

13.  
CSSS – 2023
Who was the Political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi?

Correct Answer: D [Gopalakrishna Gokhale]

Explanation:

Gopal Krishna Gokhale was Gandhi's political guru and advised him to tour India for a year before entering politics.

14.  
MAY – 2023
At which Railway station in South Africa Gandhiji was evicted from a train?

Correct Answer: A [Pietermaritzburg]

Explanation:

In 1893 Gandhi was thrown off a train at Pietermaritzburg station in South Africa despite holding a first-class ticket.

15.  
FISHERY DEPT – 2023
"The story of My Experiments With Truth" is an autobiography of

Correct Answer: A [Mahatma Gandhi]

Explanation:

The Story of My Experiments with Truth is Gandhi's autobiography, written in Gujarati and translated into English by Mahadev Desai.

16.  
VETERINARY ASSISTANT – 2023
'Satyagraha in South Africa' was published by Mahatma Gandhi in the year

Correct Answer: A [1928]

Explanation:

Gandhi wrote Satyagraha in South Africa, an account of the South African struggle, which was published in 1928.

17.  
JUNIOR ANALYST TN MEDICAL SERVICE – 2023
Who said the following statement "Swaraj must spring from the wishes of the people of India as expressed through their freely chosen representatives"?

Correct Answer: A [Mahatma Gandhi]

Explanation:

Gandhi said in 1922 that Swaraj must spring from the wishes of the Indian people expressed through freely chosen representatives, not be a gift from Parliament.

18.  
JUNIOR ANALYST TN MEDICAL SERVICE – 2023
"What fifty thousand well-equipped soldiers could not do, the Mahatma has done - he has brought peace. He is one-man boundary force"; who said this?

Correct Answer: D [Lord Mountbatten]

Explanation:

Mountbatten remarked that Gandhi's presence in Calcutta brought peace where fifty thousand soldiers could not, calling him a one-man boundary force.

19.  
GROUP 1 – 2024
Who is the author of the book "The Romance of Salt" which is mentioned about Gandhiji's Dandi March?

Correct Answer: B [Anil Dharker]

Explanation:

The Romance of Salt, about Gandhi's Dandi March, was written by the journalist Anil Dharker.

20.  
GROUP 1 – 2024
Which of the following statements are true about Mahatma Gandhi?
(i) Khadi is the symbol of the economic programme of Gandhi
(ii) Gandhi started peasant movement in North Bihar
(iii) Gandhi wrote about 'Quit India' in New India
(iv) Gandhi's Satyagraha Movement was against Indian National Congress

Correct Answer: B [(i) and (ii) only]

Explanation:

Khadi was the symbol of Gandhi's economic programme and he fought for indigo farmers in Champaran, so (i) and (ii) are true.

21.  
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (NON IV POST) – 2024
Directions for the following item: Read the following passage and answer the item that follow. Your answers to this item should be based on the passage only.
Passage – I: The word Satyagraha is a compound of two words truth and holding fast. Non-violence which forms the very basis of satyagraha is thus explained by Gandhiji – "When a person claims to be non-violent, he is expected not to be angry with one who has injured him. He will not wish him harm; he will wish him well".
Which one of the following is best implied in the passage?

Correct Answer: A [Satyagraha is the law of love for all]

Explanation:

Satyagraha, meaning holding firmly to truth, rests on love and non-violence, so it is the law of love for all.

22.  
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (ITI POST) – 2024
Choose the right answer among type: Which of the following statement are true about Mahatma Gandhi?
(i) He faced racial discrimination for the 1st time in Pietermaritzburg railway station.
(ii) He launched a struggle against unjust laws in Transvaal.
(iii) He deeply influenced by Ruskin, and established the Phoenix settlement in 1905.

Correct Answer: D [(i), (ii) and (iii) are correct]

Explanation:

Gandhi first faced racial discrimination in South Africa, as in the train incident, and the other two statements also match the textbook, so (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.

23.  
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (IV POST – II) – 2024
Which of the following statements are true about Mahatma Gandhi?
(1) He returns to India from South Africa in the year 1920
(2) Rabindra Nath Tagore first called him as "Mahatma"
(3) Subash Chandra Bose first called him as father of Nation

Correct Answer: C [(2) and (3) only]

Explanation:

Gandhi returned from South Africa in 1915, not 1920, and Tagore called him Mahatma, so only statements (2) and (3) are correct.

24.  
GROUP 1 & 1A – 2025
Consider the following Statements, Choose the correct answer:
(i) January 30th is the Death anniversary of Annal Gandhi Adigal
(ii) January 23rd is the Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose
(iii) April 14th is the Birth Anniversary of Annal Ambedkar
(iv) October 13th is the Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel

Correct Answer: D [(i), (ii), (iii) only correct]

Explanation:

Gandhi was shot on 30 January 1948, observed as Martyrs' Day, and the first three statements are correct, so (i), (ii) and (iii) are right.

25.  
ASSISTANT PUBLIC PROSECUTOR GRADE II – 2026
Which of the following statements are true about Mahatma Gandhi?
(1) Participation of Boyer War in South Africa.
(2) Ambulance Corps established.
(3) Not involved in the Tragedy of Punjab during 1919.

Correct Answer: B [(1) and (2) only]

Explanation:

During the Boer War Gandhi raised an Indian ambulance corps in South Africa, so statements (1) and (2) are true.

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