Gandhi and his Early Movements (Part-II)

Total Questions: 35

21. Who of the following Muslim leader accompanied Mahatma Gandhi on his arrival in Chhattisgarh in 1920? [Chhattishgarh P.C.S. (Pre)]

Correct Answer: (b) Maulana Shauqat Ali
Solution:Mahatma Gandhi was on tour of Chhattisgarh in 1920, in which Maulana Shaukat Ali was with him. This tour of Gandhiji was taken up on the invitation of Sundarlal Sharma.

Maulana Shaukat Ali was part of Khilafat movement and was a prominent nationalist leader. He took part in the first and second round table conferences.

22. Which one of the following Jails was named as ‘Mandir’ by Gandhiji? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Mains) 2015]

Correct Answer: (b) Yarvada
Solution:Yarvada Central Jail was in Pune, state of Maharashtra. Mahatma Gandhi spent several years during India’s struggle for freedom. He named Yarvada Jail as Mandir.

23. At the time of India’s Independence, Mahatma Gandhi was: [I.A.S. (Pre) 1993]

Correct Answer: (b) Not a member of the Congress
Solution:At the time of India’s Independence, Gandhiji was not the member of Congress. In 1934 he resigned from Congress, and after that, he never became a formal member of Congress. However, his strong guidance influenced the political scenario of India.

24. On the death of Mahatma Gandhi who said, ‘the light has gone out of our lives’: [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1995]

Correct Answer: (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Solution:On January 30, 1948 Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse murdered Gandhi. On his death then Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru said “Friends and comrades, the light has gone out of our lives, and there is darkness everywhere.

I do not know what to tell you and how to say it. Our beloved leader Bapu as we called him, the Father of the Nation, is no more...”

25. Who among the following used to say “Wrong means never take us to right ends”? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

Correct Answer: (b) M.K. Gandhi
Solution:Mahatma Gandhi used to say that “means and ends are two sides of a coin. They cannot be separated. Immoral means cannot be used to achieve moral ends.

If used, they will vitiate the end itself. Wrong means never take us to right ends”. Mahatma Gandhi was convinced that if we take care of our means, the end will be taken care of itself.

26. Who among the following was the strong supporter of the principle that "Which is morally wrong, can never be politically right"? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

Correct Answer: (c) M. K. Gandhi
Solution:M.K. Gandhi was the strong supporter of the principle that "Which is morally wrong, can never be politically right."

27. Who addressed Gandhiji as ‘one-man boundary force’? [U.P.P.C.S. (Re-Exam) (Pre) 2015]

Correct Answer: (c) Mountbatten
Solution:Lord Louis Mountbatten, wired Gandhi: “My Dear Gandhiji, in Punjab we have 50,000 soldiers and large scale rioting on our hands.

In Bengal, our forces consist of one man and there is no rioting. As a serving officer as well as an administrator, may I be allowed to pay my tribute to the One man Boundary Force.”

28. Who one of the following had commanded Mahatma Gandhi to spend the first year in India ‘with his ears open but his mouth shut’? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

Correct Answer: (d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Solution:Mahatma Gandhi considered Gopal Krishna Gokhale as his political Guru. He therefore readily promised his “Political Guru,” Gokhale, that he would spend the first year in India studying the country, with “his ears open but his mouth shut.”

29. Who had advised Gandhiji to be as an observer and student in the country for one year before entering in Indian Politics? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Mains) 2015]

Correct Answer: (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Solution:Mahatma Gandhi considered Gopal Krishna Gokhale as his political Guru. He therefore readily promised his “Political Guru,” Gokhale, that he would spend the first year in India studying the country, with “his ears open but his mouth shut.”

30. Gandhiji started his first Satyagraha against: [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2002, U.P. Lower Sub (Pre) 1998]

Correct Answer: (c) Payment of low wages to workers
Solution:Gandhi launched his first Satyagraha on Indian soil in 1917 at Champaran, taking up the cause of the poor disinherited peasants and humbled the might of the British and proved to the world that Satyagraha in South Africa was not a fluke, a one-time wonder, but a powerful way of conflict resolution.

In February-March 1918 on the issue of Plague Bonus of labour of Ahmedabad cotton Mill on Strike Gandhiji joined the strike and first time he started the hunger strike. In the above question, the Champaran Satyagraha is not given in the option hence Ahmedabad Satyagraha is considered as a correct option.