Gandhi Jayanti Quiz 2024: On Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, India celebrates Gandhi Jayanti. One of India’s three national holidays, it is celebrated annually on 2 October. On 15 June 2007, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution recognizing 2 October as the International Day of Non-Violence in honor of him as a non-violent freedom fighter. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose referred to him as the “Father of The Nation” for his relentless struggle for independence. We have provided this quiz on Mahatma Gandhi with answers to check your awareness level of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Q1. Gandhi was born on _______.
(a) October 5, 1896
(b) October 3, 1840
(c) October 2, 1869
(d) October 10, 1880
Q2. What was Gandhiji’s birthplace?
(a) Porbandar
(b) Rajkot
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Delhi
Q3. When Gandhiji married Kasturbai, what was his age?
(a) 19 years
(b) 15 years
(c) 12 years
(d) 13 years
Q4. In a letter, Gandhiji confessed to stealing to smoke, promised not to steal ever again, and requested an adequate punishment. Who was the recipient of this letter?
(a) Father
(b) Mother
(c) Elder Brother
(d) Friend
Q5. When Gandhiji became a barrister in London, how old was he?
(a) 20 years
(b) 19 years
(c) 21 years
(d) 18 years
Q6. It was necessary to join an Inn of Court in order to become a barrister in England. Gandhiji was admitted to the Inner Temple on ______.
(a) October 5, 1870
(b) December 15, 1885
(c) November 6, 1888
(d) January 3, 1880
Q7. It was Devdas who was Gandhiji’s _______.
(a) Only child
(b) Second child
(c) Eldest child
(d) Youngest child
Q8. The nonviolence advocate Gandhiji was gunned down at Birla House, New Delhi, shortly after 5 pm on January 30, 1948 on his way to a prayer meeting. On what day of the week was that fateful event?
(a) Saturday
(b) Wednesday
(c) Friday
(d) Monday
Q9. Where did most of the Indian emigrants settle in South Africa?
(a) Johannesburg
(b) Natal
(c) Maritzburg
(d) Durban
Q10. Gandhiji was ordered to shift from the first-class compartment to the van compartment by a railway official while holding a first-class ticket. A constable was called to push him out with bag and baggage when he refused to comply with the unjust order. Locate the railway station where this incident occurred.
(a) Natal
(b) Johannesburg
(c) Maritzburg
(d) Durban
Q11. The British Government arrested Gandhiji for sedition for the first time at which place?
(a) Bombay
(b) Pune
(c) Calcutta
(d) Ahmedabad
Q12. What day in March 1930 did Gandhiji start his famous Dandi March to manufacture illegal salt from the sea openly and openly break the law?
(a) Tenth
(b) Thirteenth
(c) Eleventh
(d) Twelfth
Q13. What was the date of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact’s signing?
(a) March 1, 1932
(b) March 5, 1931
(c) March 10, 1935
(d) March 7, 1937
Q14. As a result of Gandhiji’s goodwill, Subhash Chandra Bose was elected President of the Congress in 1938. Gandhiji did not approve of his request for a second term. Bose won the election despite disapproval, defeating the official candidate by over 200 votes. It was a personal defeat for Gandhiji. Find out who the candidate is.
(a) Lala Lajpatrai
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Q15. Where was Gandhiji detained after his arrest for his ‘Quit India’ programme?
(a) Yeravda Jail
(b) Byculla Prison
(c) Aga Khan Palace Jail
(d) Ahmedabad Prison
Q16. As the new Viceroy in place of Lord Wavell, Lord Mountbatten arrived in India on 22nd March 1947. In that connection, he invited Gandhiji to meet with him. When was Gandhiji’s first meeting with him?
(a) March 29, 1947
(b) March 30, 1947
(c) March 31, 1947
(d) March 23, 1947
Q17. As a result of Gandhiji’s reading of ‘Unto This Last,’ he was deeply captivated and transformed. It was so significant to him that he translated it into Gujarati. What was the author’s name?
(a) Ruskin Bond
(b) John Ruskin
(c) Leo Tolstoy
(d) Louis Fischer
Q18. According to Gandhiji, which of the following is an essential principle of satyagraha?
(a) Infinite capacity for suffering
(b) Non-violence
(c) Truth
(d) All the three
Q19. Gujarati was the original language of Gandhiji’s ‘The Story of My Experiments with Truth’. Who translated it?
(a) Maganlal Gandhi
(b) Mahadev Desai
(c) Pyarelalji
(d) Sushila Nayyar
Q20. Gandhiji wrote which of the following books?
(a) Light of India
(b) Hind Swaraj
(c) My Experiments with Truth
(d) Both (b) & (c)
Q21. In what year was Birla House, New Delhi, where Gandhiji lived frequently and was shot to death, converted into a Gandhi museum by the government?
(a) 1960
(b) 1965
(c) 1971
(d) 1976
Q22. In January 1948, Gandhiji was on his way to a prayer meeting when he was shot dead. Name the leader who met Gandhiji for about an hour before leaving him just a few minutes earlier.
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Vinoba Bhave
Q23. As part of his anti-untouchability campaign, Gandhiji began publishing a weekly paper in February 1933 called Harijan. In 1933, the first issue was released from ________.
(a) Bombay
(b) Kolkata
(c) Poona
(d) None of The Above
Q24. During the transfer of power on August 15, 1947, the Congress President saluted Mahatma Gandhi as “the maker of freedom achieved in a unique manner.” “Never before has such an event been consummated with so little violence and bloodshed.” Who was the Congress President?
(a) J B Kripalani
(b) Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Motilal Nehru
Q25. In what sense did Gandhiji use the word ‘Swaraj’?
(a) Freedom for the country
(b) Freedom for the meanest of the countrymen
(c) Self-Government
(d) Complete independence
Q26. What was the date of Gandhiji’s brahmacharya oath of celibacy of life?
(a) 1911
(b) 1906
(c) 1900
(d) 1905
Q27. In what year did Gandhiji shave his head, discard his clothes, and settle for a loincloth?
(a) 1930
(b) 1921
(c) 1925
(d) 1905
Q28. During Mahatma Gandhi’s lifetime, who served as his private secretary?
(a) Pyarelalji
(b) Mahadev Desai
(c) Kishorilal Mashruwala
(d) Sushila Nayyar
Q29. Who gave Gandhiji the book ‘Unto This Last’, which was one of his most influential books?
(a) John Holmes Haynes
(b) H S Polak
(c) Hermann Kallenbach
(d) Louis Fischer
Q30. In the middle of the year _____, Gandhiji founded the Phoenix Settlement near Durban to put his ideas into practice.
(a) 1903
(b) 1904
(c) 1905
(d) 1906
Q31. Which of the following words best describes Gandhi’s march to Dandi? “Like the historic march of Ramchandra to Lanka, the march of Gandhi will be memorable”.
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel
Q32. A historic AIC session was held in Gowali Park, ________, in August, during which the Quit India Resolution was adopted.
(a) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Amritsar
Q33. In his program of action, Gandhiji placed a great deal of emphasis on communal harmony. The place where he conducted his last fast for it was on January 13, 1948.
(a) Nasik
(b) Delhi
(c) Calcutta
(d) Bombay
Q34. As a propaganda vehicle and parliamentary machine, Gandhiji believed the Congress had outlived its usefulness after 1947. Therefore, Gandhiji sketched a draft constitution towards the end of January 1948 for the Congress to transform itself into _________ in order to avoid unhealthy competition with other political parties and communal organizations.
(a) Lok Samiti
(b) Lok Kalyan Sangh
(c) Lok Sevak Sangh
(d) People’s Forum
Q35. Gandhiji described his two lungs as which of the following?
(a) Ahimsa and peace
(b) Ahimsa and truth
(c) Truth and Peace
(d) Brahamcharya and Aparigriha
Q36. Subhas Chandra Bose resigned as President of the India National Congress in 1939 due to differences with Gandhiji. His departure from Congress led to the formation of a new party called __________.
(a) Indian National Party
(b) Forward Bloc
(c) Truth and Freedom Party
(d) Freedom Bloc
Q37. After meeting Gandhiji for the first time, the Viceroy wrote home these words: “I find Mr. Gandhi’s religious and moral views admirable, but I have difficulty understanding the way he practices them in politics.” Identify the Viceroy.
(a) Lord Wavell
(b) Lord Irwin
(c) Lord Reading
(d) Lord Mountbatten
Q38. What was Gandhiji’s father’s profession?
(a) Farmer
(b) Diwan
(c) Shop-keeper
(d) Tehsildar
Q39. What was the number of children Putlibai had?
(a) Two sons and daughters
(b) One daughter and three sons
(c) Four sons
(d) Three sons
Q40. Who was Gandhi’s domestic help?
(a) Titlidai
(b) Rambhadai
(c) Rainadai
(d) Gauridai
Q41. Who was Gandhiji’s sister?
(a) Gauri
(b) Raliat
(c) Rambha
(d) Meera
Q42. When Gandhi was a child, who inspired him with ‘Ram Nam’?
(a) Kasturba
(b) Putlibai
(c) Rambha Dai
(d) Lakshmi Das
Q43. When Gandhiji was a child, what was his nickname?
(a) Monu
(b) Manu or Moniya
(c) Sonu
(d) Mahu
Q44. In dictation to his class, Gandhiji spelled which spelling incorrectly as a child?
(a) School
(b) Kettle
(c) Uniform
(d) Umbrella
Q45. What was Gandhiji’s primary education like?
(a) Sudamapuri
(b) Bikaner
(c) Porbandar
(d) Rajkot
Q46. Gandhiji was captivated by which mythological character after watching a play about his life?
(a) Harishchandra
(b) Ashoka
(c) Vikramaditya
(d) Krishna
Q47. For Gandhiji to become strong, who asked him to eat meat?
(a) Sheikh Mehtab
(b) Karsan Das
(c) Lakshmi Das
(d) Uka
Q48. At the time of his father’s death, how old was Gandhiji?
(a) 15 years
(b) 17 years
(c) 16 years
(d) 18 years
Q49. What was Gandhiji’s matriculation year in England?
(a) 1889
(b) 1890
(c) 1891
(d) 1892
Q50. Before Gandhiji left for England, what vows did he take?
(a) Not to take alcohol
(b) Not to eat meat
(c) Not to eye other women
(d) All the above
Q51. When Gandhiji was in England, which institution did he join?
(a) Vegetarian Society
(b) Cricket Club
(c) Church of England
(d) Film Institution
Q52. In England, Gandhiji read which book that greatly influenced him?
(a) Be Vegetarian
(b) Vegetables are good for health
(c) Plea for Vegetarianism
(d) Use of Vegetables
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