The Story of My Experiments with Truth - Quiz
  • 1. What was the name of the pamphlet Gandhi published in India in 1896 regarding the plight of Indians in South Africa?
A) Green Pamphlet
B) South African Gazette
C) Indian Reform Pamphlet
D) White Paper
  • 2. Who helped escort Gandhi to safety when he arrived at Port Natal in 1896?
A) Local Indian laborers
B) The police superintendent and his wife
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) The British Army
  • 3. Which conflict did Gandhi assist in during his time in South Africa to show loyalty to the British Empire?
A) Indian Rebellion of 1857
B) First World War
C) Second Boer War
D) Zulu Rebellion
  • 4. What organization did Gandhi lead during the Boer War?
A) Indian Infantry Battalion
B) Natal Relief Association
C) Indian Medical Corps
D) Volunteer Ambulance Brigade
  • 5. In which important battle did the Boers defeat the British in January 1900?
A) Battle of Mafeking
B) Battle of Ladysmith
C) Battle of Pretoria
D) Battle of Spion Kop
  • 6. Who helped found the Indian National Congress in 1885?
A) Joseph Chamberlain
B) Jan Christian Smuts
C) Allan Octavian Hume
D) John Ruskin
  • 7. With whom did Gandhi stay for a month while attending the 1901 Indian National Congress?
A) Joseph Chamberlain
B) Jan Christian Smuts
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) Allan Octavian Hume
  • 8. Who was the Secretary of State for the Colonies that rebuffed Gandhi's petition regarding discriminatory policies?
A) Allan Octavian Hume
B) Joseph Chamberlain
C) Lord Curzon
D) Jan Christian Smuts
  • 9. What was the name of the magazine Gandhi started to advocate for political liberty in South Africa?
A) The Truth Seeker
B) The Natal Herald
C) Satyagraha Gazette
D) Indian Opinion
  • 10. Which book did Gandhi read that influenced him to adopt a life of manual labor?
A) Unto This Last by John Ruskin
B) The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
C) The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
D) Civil Disobedience by Henry Thoreau
  • 11. What was the name of the Transvaal farm where Gandhi moved his family and staff?
A) Phoenix
B) Natal Settlement
C) Sabarmati
D) Tolstoy Farm
  • 12. What is the term for Gandhi's voluntary abstention from sexual relations?
A) Ahimsa
B) Brahmacharya
C) Satyagraha
D) Swadeshi
  • 13. What is the literal meaning of the word 'Satyagraha' in Sanskrit?
A) Non-violence
B) Truth-force
C) Soul-power
D) Will-to-act
  • 14. What was the specific government action in 1906 that prompted Gandhi to call for a vow of disobedience?
A) Ban on Indian marriages
B) Registration of every Indian child over the age of eight
C) Imposition of a poll tax
D) Forced relocation to shantytowns
  • 15. Who was the South African General who promised to eliminate the registration law but broke his word?
A) Lord Milner
B) Allan Octavian Hume
C) Jan Christian Smuts
D) Joseph Chamberlain
  • 16. What was the discriminatory rule passed by the Cape Colony that made all non-Christian marriages illegal?
A) It banned all Indian migration to the Cape
B) It deported the spouses of Indian immigrants
C) It rendered all Indian children born out of wedlock
D) It forced families to pay a marriage tax
  • 17. What significant event led to the 1913 settlement between Gandhi and Smuts?
A) A large-scale strike by five thousand Indian coal miners
B) Pressure from the Indian National Congress
C) The intervention of the British Crown
D) A violent uprising in the Transvaal
  • 18. In what year did Gandhi sail for Britain after the success of his satyagraha in South Africa?
A) 1910
B) 1914
C) 1912
D) 1916
  • 19. Which group of settlers established the Orange Free State and Transvaal Republic?
A) Boers
B) British
C) Indians
D) Zulus
  • 20. Where did the famous train incident involving Gandhi occur?
A) Durban
B) Johannesburg
C) Cape Town
D) Maritzburg
  • 21. Which Russian author's work influenced Gandhi's understanding of peace and justice?
A) Dostoevsky
B) Tolstoy
C) Chekhov
D) Pushkin
  • 22. What religious text inspired Gandhi to view his work as a higher form of self-fulfillment?
A) Bhagavad Gita
B) Quran
C) Vedas
D) Upanishads
  • 23. Who was the educated and spiritual Jain from Bombay that Gandhi corresponded with?
A) Gokhale
B) Tilak
C) Nehru
D) Raychandra
  • 24. What derogatory term did white South Africans use for Indians?
A) Settlers
B) Coolies
C) Foreigners
D) Outcasts
  • 25. How long did Gandhi end up working in South Africa?
A) Five years
B) Ten years
C) One year
D) About twenty years
  • 26. What restriction did Indians face in the Cape Colony regarding walking?
A) They were not allowed to walk on the sidewalk
B) They were not allowed to walk in groups
C) They were not allowed to walk during the day
D) They were not allowed to walk in parks
  • 27. What did Gandhi refuse to accept for his work on behalf of the Indian population?
A) Financial donations
B) Payment
C) Public recognition
D) Legal counsel
  • 28. What did Gandhi and Tolstoy both consider themselves followers of?
A) The Ten Commandments
B) The Sermon on the Mount
C) The Four Noble Truths
D) The Torah
  • 29. What were the Indian migrants in South Africa primarily working as?
A) Manual laborers on plantations
B) Government officials
C) Medical doctors
D) Industrial engineers
  • 30. Who translated 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth' from Gujarati to English?
A) Pyarelal Nayyar
B) Mahadev Desai
C) Karamchand Gandhi
D) Jeramdas
  • 31. What was the original price of the Gujarati version of the book?
A) 1 rupee
B) 5 rupees
C) 2 rupees
D) 10 rupees
  • 32. How many copies of the Gujarati version had been sold by the time of the translator's preface?
A) 50,000
B) 10,000
C) 100,000
D) 5,000
  • 33. Who translated Chapters XXIX–XLIII of Part V?
A) Jeramdas
B) Mahadev Desai
C) Karamchand Gandhi
D) Pyarelal Nayyar
  • 34. Where was Gandhi when he resumed writing his autobiography?
A) A ship to London
B) Sabarmati Ashram
C) Yerwada Central Jail
D) His home in Porbandar
  • 35. Who insisted that Gandhi resume writing his autobiography?
A) Mahadev Desai
B) Karamchand Gandhi
C) Pyarelal Nayyar
D) Jeramdas
  • 36. What did Gandhi consider writing an autobiography to be?
A) A Western practice
B) A waste of time
C) A political necessity
D) A sacred Indian tradition
  • 37. Which play did Gandhi read in childhood that haunted him and made him act out the protagonist?
A) Shravana Pitrabhakti Nataka
B) Mahabharata
C) Harishchandra
D) Ramayana
  • 38. At what age was Gandhi married?
A) 13
B) 15
C) 18
D) 11
  • 39. What was the name of Gandhi's father?
A) Mahadev Gandhi
B) Pyarelal Gandhi
C) Jeramdas Gandhi
D) Karamchand Gandhi
  • 40. Which school subject did Gandhi express disdain for in Part I?
A) Gymnastics
B) Mathematics
C) Geography
D) History
  • 41. What was the main reason cited for the lack of English edition purchases by Indians?
A) Indians preferred Gujarati
B) The book was banned
C) The book was too expensive
D) The English was too difficult
  • 42. In which language was 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth' originally written?
A) Malayalam
B) Hindi
C) Gujarati
D) English
  • 43. In which journal did the autobiography first appear in weekly installments?
A) Unity
B) Navjivan
C) Young India
D) Indian Opinion
  • 44. Who was the person whose insistence led Gandhi to write his autobiography?
A) Swami Anand
B) K. Madhavanar
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Mahadev Desai
  • 45. What is the English translation of the Gujarati title 'satyanā prayogo'?
A) My Life and Mission
B) Journey to Freedom
C) Experiments with Truth
D) The Story of a Soul
  • 46. In what year was the book designated as one of the '100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century'?
A) 1998
B) 1925
C) 1948
D) 1929
  • 47. At what age did Gandhi begin writing his autobiography?
A) 45
B) 60
C) 56
D) 50
  • 48. In which journal were the English translations printed?
A) Unity
B) Mathrubhumi Weekly
C) Navjivan
D) Young India
  • 49. How many installments was the autobiography serialized in?
A) 100
B) 200
C) 166
D) 56
  • 50. When was the book first published in the United States?
A) 1998
B) 1948
C) 1929
D) 1922
  • 51. Who translated the book into Malayalam in 1928?
A) Gandhi
B) Swami Anand
C) K. Madhavanar
D) Mahadev Desai
  • 52. How many volumes did the original English edition consist of?
A) One
B) Five
C) Three
D) Two
  • 53. What title did Indians give to Gandhi upon his return to India?
A) Viceroy
B) Commander
C) Governor
D) Mahatma
  • 54. What does the word 'Mahatma' mean?
A) Great Soul
B) Pure Spirit
C) Holy Leader
D) Truth Seeker
  • 55. Where was the Satyagraha ashram established on 25 May 1915?
A) In Delhi
B) In Bombay
C) Near Ahmedabad
D) Near Johannesburg
  • 56. What specific topic did Gandhi focus on during his speech at the Hindu University in Benares?
A) Military recruitment
B) Sanitation
C) Industrialization
D) Taxation
  • 57. In which district did Gandhi first speak for the rights of indigo-cultivators?
A) Punjab
B) Ahmedabad
C) Benares
D) Champaran
  • 58. How did Gandhi respond when Ahmedabad mill workers became violent during a strike?
A) He resigned from the Congress
B) He organized a march
C) He sought government intervention
D) He fasted
  • 59. What illness did Gandhi suffer from after his long travels around India?
A) Malaria
B) Dysentery
C) Influenza
D) Tuberculosis
  • 60. What were the recommendations of the Rowlatt Committee that the British government adopted?
A) Economic aid for the poor
B) Wartime restrictions including curfews
C) Immediate independence for India
D) Abolition of the caste system
  • 61. Who was the Brigadier-General responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
A) Montagu-Chelmsford
B) Lord Willington
C) Lord Reading
D) Reginald Dyer
  • 62. What medal did Gandhi return as a form of protest on 1 August 1920?
A) Order of the British Empire
B) Kasar-i-hind
C) Freedom Medal
D) Victoria Cross
  • 63. What position did Gandhi hold in the Home Rule League?
A) Legal Advisor
B) President
C) Secretary
D) Treasurer
  • 64. Why did Lord Reading finally order Gandhi's arrest in 1922?
A) Gandhi tried to escape the country
B) Gandhi refused to pay taxes
C) Violence occurred in Chauri Chaura
D) Gandhi attacked a British official
  • 65. What was the charge brought against Gandhi by the British authorities?
A) Theft
B) Treason
C) Sedition
D) Inciting riots
  • 66. Who was the judge presiding over Gandhi's trial?
A) General Dyer
B) Lord Irwin
C) C.N. Broomfield
D) C.F. Andrews
  • 67. What did Gandhi request regarding his sentence?
A) Immediate release
B) The heaviest possible sentence
C) A reduced sentence
D) A trial by jury
  • 68. What activity was Gandhi permitted to do while in prison?
A) Travel outside the prison
B) Hold public meetings
C) Use a spinning wheel
D) Write letters to the Viceroy
  • 69. What did Gandhi believe Indians needed to be before achieving independence?
A) Wealthy
B) Formally educated
C) Morally ready
D) Armed with weapons
  • 70. What does Gandhi claim is harder than the physical conquest of the world?
A) Conquering subtle passions
B) Winning Indian independence
C) Achieving national unity
D) Defeating the British Empire
  • 71. Which quality of Gandhi did George Orwell note in his essay 'Reflections on Gandhi'?
A) Extreme political ambition
B) Strict religious dogmatism
C) Natural physical courage
D) Great literary talent
  • 72. What did George Orwell believe Gandhi lacked?
A) Administrative skill
B) Intellectual ability
C) Legal expertise
D) Suspiciousness
  • 73. Besides Tolstoy and Ruskin, who was the third major modern influence on Gandhi?
A) Sissela Bok
B) George Orwell
C) Govardhanram Tripathi
D) Shrimad Rajchandra
  • 74. Which Gujarati writer considered this work one of the most important in Gujarat in the last 50 years?
A) John Ruskin
B) Harivallabh Bhayani
C) Leo Tolstoy
D) Govardhanram Tripathi
  • 75. What other book did Harivallabh Bhayani equate with Gandhi's autobiography in importance?
A) Saraswatichandra
B) The Kingdom of God Is Within You
C) Reflections on Gandhi
D) Unto This Last
  • 76. According to Orwell, what career path could Gandhi have chosen if he had not pursued his current path?
A) A professional athlete
B) An artist
C) A successful lawyer
D) A professional soldier
  • 77. Who provided the foreword for the authorized United States edition of the autobiography?
A) Harivallabh Bhayani
B) George Orwell
C) Sissela Bok
D) Leo Tolstoy
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