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