Modern India Part- 5

• M.K. Gandhi born on:

Ans: 2 October 1869

• Who was the political guru of Gandhiji?

Ans: Gopal Krishna Gokhale

▪ Name the Malayali who served as editor of 'Young India'?

Ans: George Joseph

• In India where did Gandhiji launched his first struggle?

Ans: Champaran

• What was the real name of Meera Ben, the British woman who was a follower of Gandhi?

Ans: Madeleine Slade

• To which personality Gandhiji gave the title 'Deen Bandhu'?

Ans: C.F. Andrews

• Who described Gandhiji as 'Half naked fakir'?

Ans: Winston Churchil

• In which language Gandhiji wrote 'My experiments with truth'?

Ans: Gujaiati

• Who translated Gandhi's autobiography from Gujarati to English?

Ans: Mahadev Desai

• The author of the book 'Gandhi, his life and thought':

Ans: J.B. Kripalani

• 'Gandhiji launched 'Civil Disobedience Movement' in:

Ans: 1930

• When was 'Dandi March' began?

Ans: 12th March 1930

• Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed in?

Ans: 1931

• The All India National Education Conference held on October 22 and 23, 1937 and presided by Gandhiji was known as:

Ans: Wardha Educational Conference

• When did Gandhi first visited Kerala?

Ans: 1920

• In connection with what, Gandhi visited Kerala for the first time in 1920?

Ans: Khilafat agitation

• Whom did Gandhi describe the 'Prince among Patriots'?

Ans: Subhas Chandra Bose

• The Title 'Mahatma' was given to Gandhiji by:

Ans:Rabindranath Tagore

• Whom Gandhiji called the 'Great sentinel'?

Ans:Rabindranath  Tagore

• The Jurist who gave verdict in Gandhi assasination case:

Ans: Atmacharan Agarwal

• Who authored Gandhiji's favorite Bhajan 'Vaishnava Janato'?

Ans: Narasimha Mehta

• Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi was first published in?

Ans: Navjivan

• Under which title, Gandhiji translated the book ‘Unto This Last' of John Ruskin?

Ans: Sarvodaya

• The candidate whom Gandhiji supported when election was conducted to the post of President of Indian National Congress in 1939?

Ans: Pattabhi Sitaramayya

• In connection with which agitation Gandhiji gave the title `Sardar' to Vallabhbhai Patel?

Ans: Bardoli

• Which was known as 'The political laboratory of Mahatma Gandhi'?

Ans: South Africa

• Who directed the film 'Making of Mahatma'?

Ans: Shyam Benegal

• Who got the first Gandhi Peace Prize?

Ans: Julius Neyrere

• Anasakti Yoga is the interpretation of ___ written by Gandhiji.

Ans: Bhagavad Gita

• Whom did Gandhiji declared as his political heir?

Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru

• Who was known as the spiritual heir of Mahatma Gandhi?

Ans: Vinoba Bhave

• Who was selected as the first Satyagrahi when Gandhiji launched individual Satyagraha in 1940?

Ans: Vinoba Bhave

• Who was selected as the second Satyagrahi when Gandhiji launched individual Satyagraha?

Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru

• Where was the All India Khilafat Conference held under the presidentship of Gandhiji?

Ans: New Delhi

• Who acted the role of Gandhi in the film 'Gandhi'?

Ans: Ben Kingsley

• Who was the Secretary of Mahatma Gandhi after the demise of Mahadev Desai?

Ans: Pyarelal

• Who was known as 'Kerala Gandhi'?

Ans: K. Kelappan

• Who wrote 'The Life of Mahatma Gandhi’?

Ans: Louis Fischer

• Who advised Gandhiji to make a visit to the whole country before entering into Indian politics?

Ans: Gopala Krishna Gokhale

• The disciple of Gandhiji who started Bhoodan Movement?

Ans: Vinoba Bhave

• Who was executed along with Nathuram Godse in Gandhi AsSassination case?

Ans: Narayan Apte

• Who compared Gandhi's Dandi March to the legendary journey of Sri Rama to Lanka?

Ans: Motilal Nehru

• Who Authored 'I Follow the Mahatma'?

Ans: K.M. Munshi

• Who was known as 'Frontier Gandhi'?

Ans: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

• Who was known as Bihar Gandhi? 

Ans: Rajendra Prasad 

• Who was known as Delhi Gandhi?

Ans: C. Krishnan Nair

• The venue of the first Congress session in which Gandhiji participated?

Ans: Kolkata

• Who authored 'In Search of Gandhi'?

Ans: Richard Attenborough

• In which organisation Gandhiji became a member when he was a student in England?

Ans: Vegetarian Society

• In which Jail Gandhiji-started writing his autobiography?

Ans: Yervada

• Which Jail was described by Gandhiji as his 'Home away from home’?

Ans: Yervada

• Gandhiji returned Kaizar-e-Hind to the British to protest against:

Ans: Jallianwala Bagh massacre

• The first organisation to get Gandhi peace Prize:

Ans: Ramakrishna Mission

• Who was known as 'Japan Gandhi?

Ans: Kagawa Toyohiko

• While in south Africa, who gave the book 'Unto This Last' to Gandhiji?

Ans: Henry Polak

• Who wrote 'Waiting for the Mahatma'?

Ans: R.K. Narayan

• The book written by Gandhi in 1909 during his sail for London:

Ans: Hind Swaraj

• Who wrote the book 'Gandhi and Anarchy'?

Ans: C. Sankaran Nair

• In which year Gandhi announced his decision to resign from Congress? 

Ans: 1934

• From whom Gandhiji got the idea of ‘Civil Disobedience'?

Ans: Henry David Thoreau