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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) Green Pamphlet
B) White Paper
C) South African Gazette
D) Indian Reform Pamphlet
  • 2. Who helped escort Gandhi to safety when he arrived at Port Natal in 1896?
A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B) The British Army
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) Second Boer War
B) First World War
C) Zulu Rebellion
D) Indian Rebellion of 1857
  • 4. What organization did Gandhi lead during the Boer War?
A) Indian Infantry Battalion
B) Volunteer Ambulance Brigade
C) Indian Medical Corps
D) Natal Relief Association
  • 5. In which important battle did the Boers defeat the British in January 1900?
A) Battle of Mafeking
B) Battle of Pretoria
C) Battle of Ladysmith
D) Battle of Spion Kop
  • 6. Who helped found the Indian National Congress in 1885?
A) John Ruskin
B) Joseph Chamberlain
C) Jan Christian Smuts
D) Allan Octavian Hume
  • 7. With whom did Gandhi stay for a month while attending the 1901 Indian National Congress?
A) Jan Christian Smuts
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Allan Octavian Hume
D) Joseph Chamberlain
  • 8. Who was the Secretary of State for the Colonies that rebuffed Gandhi's petition regarding discriminatory policies?
A) Joseph Chamberlain
B) Jan Christian Smuts
C) Allan Octavian Hume
D) Lord Curzon
  • 9. What was the name of the magazine Gandhi started to advocate for political liberty in South Africa?
A) The Truth Seeker
B) Satyagraha Gazette
C) Indian Opinion
D) The Natal Herald
  • 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) Sabarmati
C) Natal Settlement
D) Tolstoy Farm
  • 12. What is the term for Gandhi's voluntary abstention from sexual relations?
A) Swadeshi
B) Ahimsa
C) Satyagraha
D) Brahmacharya
  • 13. What is the literal meaning of the word 'Satyagraha' in Sanskrit?
A) Soul-power
B) Will-to-act
C) Non-violence
D) Truth-force
  • 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) Allan Octavian Hume
B) Jan Christian Smuts
C) Lord Milner
D) Joseph Chamberlain
  • 16. What was the discriminatory rule passed by the Cape Colony that made all non-Christian marriages illegal?
A) It forced families to pay a marriage tax
B) It deported the spouses of Indian immigrants
C) It banned all Indian migration to the Cape
D) It rendered all Indian children born out of wedlock
  • 17. What significant event led to the 1913 settlement between Gandhi and Smuts?
A) A violent uprising in the Transvaal
B) Pressure from the Indian National Congress
C) A large-scale strike by five thousand Indian coal miners
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) 1910
B) 1916
C) 1912
D) 1914
  • 19. Which group of settlers established the Orange Free State and Transvaal Republic?
A) British
B) Indians
C) Zulus
D) Boers
  • 20. Where did the famous train incident involving Gandhi occur?
A) Cape Town
B) Johannesburg
C) Durban
D) Maritzburg
  • 21. Which Russian author's work influenced Gandhi's understanding of peace and justice?
A) Dostoevsky
B) Pushkin
C) Tolstoy
D) Chekhov
  • 22. What religious text inspired Gandhi to view his work as a higher form of self-fulfillment?
A) Quran
B) Vedas
C) Bhagavad Gita
D) Upanishads
  • 23. Who was the educated and spiritual Jain from Bombay that Gandhi corresponded with?
A) Raychandra
B) Tilak
C) Nehru
D) Gokhale
  • 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) Five years
D) Ten 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) Public recognition
B) Financial donations
C) Payment
D) Legal counsel
  • 28. What did Gandhi and Tolstoy both consider themselves followers of?
A) The Sermon on the Mount
B) The Four Noble Truths
C) The Ten Commandments
D) The Torah
  • 29. What were the Indian migrants in South Africa primarily working as?
A) Industrial engineers
B) Medical doctors
C) Manual laborers on plantations
D) Government officials
  • 30. Who translated 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth' from Gujarati to English?
A) Pyarelal Nayyar
B) Karamchand Gandhi
C) Mahadev Desai
D) Jeramdas
  • 31. What was the original price of the Gujarati version of the book?
A) 5 rupees
B) 10 rupees
C) 1 rupee
D) 2 rupees
  • 32. How many copies of the Gujarati version had been sold by the time of the translator's preface?
A) 50,000
B) 100,000
C) 10,000
D) 5,000
  • 33. Who translated Chapters XXIX–XLIII of Part V?
A) Karamchand Gandhi
B) Jeramdas
C) Pyarelal Nayyar
D) Mahadev Desai
  • 34. Where was Gandhi when he resumed writing his autobiography?
A) A ship to London
B) Yerwada Central Jail
C) Sabarmati Ashram
D) His home in Porbandar
  • 35. Who insisted that Gandhi resume writing his autobiography?
A) Mahadev Desai
B) Jeramdas
C) Pyarelal Nayyar
D) Karamchand Gandhi
  • 36. What did Gandhi consider writing an autobiography to be?
A) A Western practice
B) A waste of time
C) A sacred Indian tradition
D) A political necessity
  • 37. Which play did Gandhi read in childhood that haunted him and made him act out the protagonist?
A) Mahabharata
B) Ramayana
C) Harishchandra
D) Shravana Pitrabhakti Nataka
  • 38. At what age was Gandhi married?
A) 18
B) 13
C) 15
D) 11
  • 39. What was the name of Gandhi's father?
A) Jeramdas Gandhi
B) Mahadev Gandhi
C) Pyarelal Gandhi
D) Karamchand 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) 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) Gujarati
B) Malayalam
C) English
D) Hindi
  • 43. In which journal did the autobiography first appear in weekly installments?
A) Unity
B) Young India
C) Navjivan
D) Indian Opinion
  • 44. Who was the person whose insistence led Gandhi to write his autobiography?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Swami Anand
C) K. Madhavanar
D) Mahadev Desai
  • 45. What is the English translation of the Gujarati title 'satyanā prayogo'?
A) Journey to Freedom
B) Experiments with Truth
C) My Life and Mission
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) 1948
B) 1925
C) 1929
D) 1998
  • 47. At what age did Gandhi begin writing his autobiography?
A) 50
B) 56
C) 60
D) 45
  • 48. In which journal were the English translations printed?
A) Unity
B) Mathrubhumi Weekly
C) Young India
D) Navjivan
  • 49. How many installments was the autobiography serialized in?
A) 56
B) 100
C) 200
D) 166
  • 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) K. Madhavanar
B) Swami Anand
C) Gandhi
D) Mahadev Desai
  • 52. How many volumes did the original English edition consist of?
A) One
B) Two
C) Five
D) Three
  • 53. What title did Indians give to Gandhi upon his return to India?
A) Governor
B) Mahatma
C) Viceroy
D) Commander
  • 54. What does the word 'Mahatma' mean?
A) Great Soul
B) Truth Seeker
C) Pure Spirit
D) Holy Leader
  • 55. Where was the Satyagraha ashram established on 25 May 1915?
A) Near Johannesburg
B) In Delhi
C) Near Ahmedabad
D) In Bombay
  • 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) Influenza
C) Tuberculosis
D) Dysentery
  • 60. What were the recommendations of the Rowlatt Committee that the British government adopted?
A) Economic aid for the poor
B) Abolition of the caste system
C) Wartime restrictions including curfews
D) Immediate independence for India
  • 61. Who was the Brigadier-General responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
A) Montagu-Chelmsford
B) Lord Reading
C) Reginald Dyer
D) Lord Willington
  • 62. What medal did Gandhi return as a form of protest on 1 August 1920?
A) Kasar-i-hind
B) Order of the British Empire
C) Victoria Cross
D) Freedom Medal
  • 63. What position did Gandhi hold in the Home Rule League?
A) Secretary
B) Legal Advisor
C) Treasurer
D) President
  • 64. Why did Lord Reading finally order Gandhi's arrest in 1922?
A) Gandhi attacked a British official
B) Gandhi refused to pay taxes
C) Gandhi tried to escape the country
D) Violence occurred in Chauri Chaura
  • 65. What was the charge brought against Gandhi by the British authorities?
A) Theft
B) Inciting riots
C) Sedition
D) Treason
  • 66. Who was the judge presiding over Gandhi's trial?
A) C.N. Broomfield
B) C.F. Andrews
C) Lord Irwin
D) General Dyer
  • 67. What did Gandhi request regarding his sentence?
A) A trial by jury
B) The heaviest possible sentence
C) A reduced sentence
D) Immediate release
  • 68. What activity was Gandhi permitted to do while in prison?
A) Write letters to the Viceroy
B) Travel outside the prison
C) Use a spinning wheel
D) Hold public meetings
  • 69. What did Gandhi believe Indians needed to be before achieving independence?
A) Formally educated
B) Wealthy
C) Armed with weapons
D) Morally ready
  • 70. What does Gandhi claim is harder than the physical conquest of the world?
A) Conquering subtle passions
B) Achieving national unity
C) Winning Indian independence
D) Defeating the British Empire
  • 71. Which quality of Gandhi did George Orwell note in his essay 'Reflections on Gandhi'?
A) Strict religious dogmatism
B) Natural physical courage
C) Extreme political ambition
D) Great literary talent
  • 72. What did George Orwell believe Gandhi lacked?
A) Intellectual ability
B) Legal expertise
C) Suspiciousness
D) Administrative skill
  • 73. Besides Tolstoy and Ruskin, who was the third major modern influence on Gandhi?
A) Shrimad Rajchandra
B) Sissela Bok
C) Govardhanram Tripathi
D) George Orwell
  • 74. Which Gujarati writer considered this work one of the most important in Gujarat in the last 50 years?
A) Harivallabh Bhayani
B) Leo Tolstoy
C) John Ruskin
D) Govardhanram Tripathi
  • 75. What other book did Harivallabh Bhayani equate with Gandhi's autobiography in importance?
A) The Kingdom of God Is Within You
B) Saraswatichandra
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 successful lawyer
B) A professional athlete
C) An artist
D) A professional soldier
  • 77. Who provided the foreword for the authorized United States edition of the autobiography?
A) George Orwell
B) Sissela Bok
C) Harivallabh Bhayani
D) Leo Tolstoy
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