GENERAL KNOWLEDGE- Questions and Answers -5
801. The movement that led to the formation of Israel:
(a) Communism (b) Nihilism
(c) Zionist movement (d) Khmer Rouge
Answer: (c)
802. Israel was formed in ........
(a) 1948 (b) 1947
(c) 1949 (d) 1950
Answer: (a)
803. Zionism founded by .........
(a) Weisman (b) Theodor Herzl
(c) Einstein (d) Golda Meir
Answer: (b)
804. Sea of Galilee is a ........ in Israel.
(a) River (b) Mountain
(c) freshwater lake (d) Waterfalls
Answer: (c)
805. The Yom Kippur war was fought between Israel and the Arab countries
of Egypt and Syria in:
(a) 1970 (b) 1971 (c) 1972 (d) 1973
Answer: (d)
806. The Six Day War was fought between Israel on one side and Egypt, Syria and Jordan on the other side in......
(a) 1967 (b) 1968 (c) 1969 (d) 1970
Answer: (a)
807. Dome of the Rock is a holy place to:
(a) Christians (b) Jews
(c) Muslims (d) Bahai sect
Answer: (c)
808. The third holiest place of Muslims:
(a) Medina (b) Al Aqsa mosque
(c) Mecca (d) Hagia Sophia
Answer: (b)
809. The country where military service is compulsory for women is.........
(a) Saudi Arabia (b) Iraq
(c) Syria (d) Israel
Answer: (d)
810. The official language of Israel:
(a) Hebrew (b) Latin
(c) Spanish (d) Turkish
Answer: (a)
811.The first prime minister of Israel.
(a) David Ben Gurion (b) Theodor Herzl
(c) Weisman (d) Golda Meir
Answer: (a)
812. The........ is currently governed by Israel.
(a) Sinai Peninsula (b) Golan Heights
(c) Asia Minor (d) Anatolia
Answer: (b)
813. Jesus Christ was crucified in ........
(a) Bethlehem (b) Calvary
(c) Rome (d) Athens
Answer: (b)
814. Western Wall or Wailing Wall is one of the holiest places of:
(a) Christians (b) Muslims
(c) Jews (d) Parsis
Answer: (c)
815. ......... is the birthplace of Jesus Christ.
(a) Vatican (b) Athens
(c) Bethlehem (d) Calvary
Answer: (c)
816. The scientist who was invited to assume charge as the first president of Israel when it was formed:
(a) Thomas Alva Edison (b) Albert Einstein
(c) Enrico Fermi (d) Oppenheimer
Answer: (b)
817. ...... is the term generally used to describe the genocide of approximately
six million European Jews during World War II:
(a) Holocaust (b) Ghetto
(c) Exodus (d) Via Dolorosa
Answer: (a)
818. The legislative body of Israel:
(a) Senate (b) Majlis
(c) Knesset (d) Storting
Answer: (c)
819. The currency of Israel:
(a) New Shekel (b) Rand
(c) Pound (d) Dollar
Answer: (a)
820. The capital of Israel:
(a) Tehran (b) Constantinople
(c) Jerusalem (d) Sana
Answer: (c)
821. Israel's main financial centre is ......
(a) Tel Aviv (b) Jerusalem
(c) Haifa (d) Table Mount
Answer: (a)
822. Ben Gurion International Airport is at:
(a) Jerusalem (b) Haifa
(c) Tel Aviv (d) Ashdod
Answer: (c)
823. Which desert is in Israel?
(a) Mojave (b) Takla Makan
(c) Gobi (d) Negev
Answer: (d)
824. The Israeli statesman who won 1994Nobel Peace Prize and was
assassinated by Yigal Amir in 1995:
(a) Ariel Sharon (b) Yitzhak Rabin
(c) Benjamin Nethanyahu (d) Shimon Perez
Answer: (b)
825. Jerusalem is called:
(a) Empire city (b) Holy land
(c) Granite city (d) Holy city
Answer: (d)
826. In map, Italy is ....... shaped:
(a) Chicken (b) Fish
(c) Shoestring (d) Boot
Answer: (d)
827. Which of the following was started in Italy?
(a) Reformation (b) Renaissance
(c) Industrial Revolution (d) Acupunture
Answer: (b)
828. Which city is called the ‘Queen of Adriatic’?
(a) Florence (b) Naples
(c) Venice (d) Rome
Answer: (c)
829. Italy is known as the ‘Land of .......’.
(a) Maple (b) Marble
(c) Eagle (d) Rabbits
Answer: (b)
830. Which is called the city of water?
(a) Rome (b) Naples
(c) Florence (d) Venice
Answer: (d)
831. ‘Creation of Adam’ is a painting by:
(a) Raphael (b) Leonardo Da Vinci
(c) Michaelangelo (d) Van Gogh
Answer: (c)
832. Which city is called the ‘Empress of the Ancient World’?
(a) London (b) Venice
(c) Rome (d) Naples
Answer: (c)
833. Rome is called:
(a) Empire City (b) City of Seven Hills
(c) Eye of Greece (d) All of these
Answer: (b)
834. Who among the following is a famous Italian painter?
(a) Leonardo Da Vinci (b) Michaelangelo
(c) Raphael (d) All of these
Answer: (d)
835. Which of the following originated in Italy:
(a) Nascism (b) Communism
(c) Nihilism (d) Fascism
Answer: (d)
836. Who advocated Fascism?
(a) Benitto Mussolini (b) Adolf Hitler
(c) Joseph Stallin (d) Karl Marx
Answer: (a)
837. Benito Mussolini was killed by enemies in:
(a) 1943 (b) 1944
(c) 1945 (d) 1946
Answer: (c)
838. Who among the following was a famous Italian navigator?
(a) Magellan (b) Amarigo Vespuci
(c) Captain Cook (d) Vasco de Gama
Answer: (b)
839. Which is called ‘Eternal City’?
(a) Florence (b) Naples
(c) Rome (d) Venice
Answer: (c)
840. In which country Columbus was born?
(a) Spain (b) Portugal
(c) Italy (d) France
Answer: (c)
841. Who is the propounder of Kintergarten system?
(a) Frederick Frobel (b) Benitto Mussolini
(c) Bertha Von Suttner (d) Maria Montessori
Answer: (d)
842. Who was born in Pisa, Italy?
(a) Archimedes (b) Kepler
(c) Galileo (d) Copernicus
Answer: (c)
843. Which island is a part of Italy?
(a) Ruben (b) Sicily
(c) Corsica (d) St.Helena
Answer: (b)
844. Which is an Italian car company?
(a) Fiat (b) Ford
(c) Volkswagen (d) Honda
Answer: (a)
845. Which is the only volcano on the European mainland?
(a) Mount Etna (b) Vesuvius
(c) Cotopaxi (d) Mauna Loa
Answer: (b)
846. In which sea mount Stromboli is situated?
(a) Black Sea (b) Aegean Sea
(c) Mediterranean Sea (d) Red Sea
Answer: (c)
847. Colosseum, an elliptical amphitheatre, is situated in the centre of the city of .......
(a) Venice (b) Rome
(c) Genoa (d) Venice
Answer: (b)
848. Who unified Italy?
(a) Benitto Mussolini (b) Frederick Frobel
(c) Garibaldi (d) Maria Montessori
Answer: (c)
849. The construction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa was started in..... century:
(a) 11 (b) 12
(c) 13 (d) 14
Answer: (b)
850. The Italian Statesman who wrote ‘The Prince’ in 1513:
(a) Machiavelly (b) Galileo
(c) Montessori (d) Mussolini
Answer: (a)
851. Russia shares border with ....... countries:
(a) 12 (b) 13
(c) 14 (d) 15
Answer: (c)
852. The coldest country in the world:
(a) Mongolia (b) China
(c) Bolivia (d) Russia
Answer: (d)
853. The last Czar of Russia:
(a) Czar Nicholas II (b) Czar Nicholas I
(c) Kaizer I (d) Kaizer II
Answer: (a)
854. Czar Nicholas II was overthrown by the ........... Revolution
(a) Bolshevik (b) Menshevik
(c) Industrial (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
855. The year of the Russian Revolution:
(a) 1789 (b) 1776
(c) 1911 (d) 1917
Answer: (d)
856. Who led Menshevik Revolution?
(a) Karl Marx (b) Kerensky
(c) Lenin (d) Stallin
Answer: (b)
857. Which was the actual Russian Revolution?
(a) Bolshevik Revolution (b) Menshevik Revolution
(c) February Revolution (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
858. Who led the October Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution) that seized power from
Kerensky?
(a) Stallin (b) Brushnev
(c) Lenin (d) Krushchev
Answer: (c)
859. The deepest freshwater lake in the world:
(a) Superior (b) Baykal
(c) Victoria (d) Tanganyika
Answer: (b)
860. The country with the most number of time zones is Russia. It has ....... time zones:
(a) 14 (b) 13
(c) 12 (d) 11
Answer: (d)
861. The city of Students:
(a) St.Petersberg (b) Moscow
(c) Vienna (d) Pune
Answer: (b)
862. The country which has the longest extent from one end to other is ........
(a) Chile (b) China
(c) Russia (d) Canada
Answer: (c)
863. ....... river has the longest estuary in the world
(a) Ob (b) Volga
(c) Danube (d) Amur
Answer: (a)
864. The first country in the world to implement term based planning is .........
(a) USA (b) Soviet Union
(c) China (d) India
Answer: (b)
865. ....... is a famous drink in Russia.
(a) Sake (b) Pravda
(c) Vodka (d) Izvestia
Answer: (c)
866. Sunny Muslim majority area in Russia.
(a) Chechnia (b) Yalta
(c) Sakha (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
867. Asian and European parts of Russia are separated by ..... mountains.
(a) Alps (b) Hindukush
(c) Karakoram (d) Ural
Answer: (d)
868. Russia launched the first spacecraft in the world, Sputnik, on 4th October,
.......
(a) 1957 (b) 1958
(c) 1959 (d) 1960
Answer: (a)
869. ....... was originated in Russia.
(a) Existentialism (b) Nihilism
(c) Zionism (d) Cubism
Answer: (b)
870. The Red Square is in ........
(a) Beihing (b) Moscow
(c) St.Petersberg (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
871. The longest river in Russia.
(a) Ob (b) Danube
(c) Volga (d) Vistula
Answer: (c)
872. The state of USA which was sold by Russia in 1867:
(a) California (b) Texas
(c) Delaware (d) Alaska
Answer: (d)
873. The highest point in Europe is .......
(a) Mount Elbrus (b) Everest
(c) McKinley (d) Aconcagua
Answer: (a)
874. Lenin passed away in:
(a) 1924 (b) 1928
(c) 1930 (d) 1948
Answer: (a)
875. The Russian writer who influenced Gandhiji:
(a) Dostoevsky (b) Alexander Pushkin
(c) Leo Tolstoy (d) Maxim Gorkey
Answer: (c)
876. The second-largest economy in Africa:
(a) Egypt (b) Nigeria
(c) Sudan (d) South Africa
Answer: (d)
877. South Africa is known as:
(a) Rainbow Land (b) Rainbow Nation
(c) Heart of Africa (d) Horn of Africa
Answer: (b)
878. The legislative capital of South Africa:
(a) Pretoria (b) Johannesburg
(c) Cape Town (d) Bloemfontein
Answer: (c)
879. The administrative capital of South Africa:
(a) Durban (b) Cape Town
(c) Bloemfontein (d) Pretoria
Answer: (d)
880. The judicial capital of South Africa:
(a) Bloemfontein (b) Durban
(c) Pretoria (d) Cape Town
Answer: (a)
881. The new name of Pretoria:
(a) Tshwane (b) Durban
(c) Johannesburg (d) Natal
Answer: (a)
882. South Africa is known as the “Land of Gold and .........’.
(a) Milk (b) Diamond
(c) Honey (d) Silver
Answer: (b)
883. Kimberley mines in South Africa is famous for:
(a) Petroleum (b) Copper
(c) Gold (d) Coal
Answer: (c)
884. The former name of Cape of Good Hope:
(a) Cape Horn (b) Cape Agulhas
(c) Cape of Storms (d) Cape Kennedy
Answer: (c)
885. Which is known as the ‘Tavern of the seas’?
(a) Durban (b) Cape Town
(c) Pretoria (d) Pretoria
Answer: (b)
886. The policy of racial discrimination was adopted by the White government during the period 1948-1991.
(a) Apartheid (b) Ghetto
(c) Holocaust (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
887. In which place Gandhiji founded the Phoenix settlement in 1904?
(a) Johannesberg (b) Petermaritesberg
(c) Durban (d) Pretoria
Answer: (c)
888. In which place Gandhiji founded Tolstoy Farm in 1910?
(a) Durban (b) Cape Town
(c) Pretoria (d) Johannesburg
Answer: (d)
889. South African leader Nelson Mandela spent ...... years in prison.
(a) 21 (b) 27
(c) 30 (d) 24
Answer: (b)
890. Nelson Mandela was released from jail in:
(a) 1988 (b) 1989
(c) 1990 (d) 1991
Answer: (c)
891. The first black to become the president of South Africa:
(a) FW De Clarke (b) Tabo Mbeki
(c) Nelson Mandela (d) Jacob Zuma
Answer: (c)
892. Which is known as Golden City?
(a) Johannesburg (b) Durban
(c) Pretoria (d) Cape Town
Answer: (a)
893. In which year Nelson Mandela become the president of South Africa?
(a) 1991 (b) 1992
(c) 1993 (d) 1994
Answer: (d)
894. The first heart transplant surgery in the world was done by Dr Christian
Bernard in .......on December 3, 1967.
(a) Cape Town (b) Pretoria
(c) Johannesburg (d) Durban
Answer: (a)
895. ....... obtained from South Africa is the largest diamond in the world.
(a) Kohinoor (b) Cullinan
(c) Hope (d) Star
Answer: (b)
896. The independent country wholly surrounded by South African territory
(a) Swaziland (b) Namibia
(c) Lesotho (d) Botswana
Answer: (c)
897. The largest city in South Africa:
(a) Pretoria (b) Johannesburg
(c) Cape Town (d) Bloemfontein
Answer: (b)
898. The number of official languages in South Africa:
(a) 10 (b) 11
(c) 12 (d) 13
Answer: (b)
899. In which Island Nelson Mandela was imprisoned?
(a) Ruben Island (b) Robben Island
(c) St.Helena (d) Corsica
Answer: (b)
900. Where is Soccer City Stadium, the venue of the 2010 FIFA World Cup ?
(a) Pretoria (b) Cape Town
(c) Durban (d) Johannesburg
Answer: (d)
901. The first Satyagraha conducted by Gandhiji in India:
(a) Kheda (b) Ahmedabad
(c) Champaran (d) Nagpur
Answer: (c)
902. In which year Gandhiji observe his first Satyagraha?
(a) 1906 (b) 1907
(c) 1908 (d) 1909
Answer: (b)
903. Who led the Salt Satyagraha when Gandhiji was arrested?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Sardar Patel
(c) Abbas Tyabji (d) Vinoba Bhave
Answer: (c)
904. The last words of Gandhiji:
(a) Harey Ram (b) Hey Ram
(c) Jai Hind (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
905. Gandhiji addressed Tagore as:
(a) Guruji (b) Gurudev
(c) Mahamanya (d) Lok Manya
Answer: (b)
906. Who directed the film ‘Gandhi’?
(a) Ben Kingsley (b) Richard Attenborough
(c) Syam Benegal (d) Anil Kapoor
Answer: (b)
907. How many Oscar Awards were received by the film ‘Gandhi’?
(a) 8 (b) 9
(c) 10 (d) 1 1
Answer: (a)
908. The journal published by Gandhiji in South Africa:
(a) Harijan (b) Young India
(c) Indian Opinion (d) Navjeevan
Answer: (c)
909. In which year Gandhiji announced his decision to resign from Congress?
(a) 1933 (b) 1934
(c) 1935 (d) 1936
Answer: (b)
910. What was the age of Gandhiji when he reached South Africa for the first time?
(a) 24 (b) 27
(c) 29 (d) 33
Answer: (a)
911. The mother of Mahathma Gandhi:
(a) Putli Bhai (b) Swaroopa Rani
(c) Jeeja Bhai (d) Kasturba
Answer: (a)
912. Where Gandhiji was imprisoned when he was arrested during the Quit India Movement?
(a) Ambala jail (b) Yervada jail
(c) Aga Khan Palace, Pune (d) Thihar Jail
Answer: (c)
913. Gandhiji led Khilafat movement along with:
(a) Bose brothers (b) Ali brothers
(c) Patel brothers (d) Ghosh brothers
Answer: (b)
914. ‘Generations to come, it may scarce to believe that such a one as him ever walked on this earth in flesh and blood”, who made this statement?
(a) Nehru (b) Albert Einstein
(c) Bernard Shaw (d) Pearl S.Buck
Answer: (b)
915. Who was called ‘American Gandhi’?
(a) Lincoln (b) Martin Luther King
(c) Ralph Bunch (d) Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: (b)
916. Who directed the documentary ‘Mahathma’?
(a) Anil Kapoor (b) Vithal Bhia Jhaveri
(c) Attenborough (d) Syam Benegal
Answer: (b)
917. Gandhiji and General Smuts engaged in an agrrement in Pretoria in....
(a) 1907 (b) 1908
(c) 1909 (d) 1910
Answer: (b)
918. The venue of Satyagraha by Gandhiji to protest against Jallianwallabagh
massacre:
(a) Pune (b) Mumbai
(c) Ahmedabad (d) New Delhi
Answer: (b)
919. In which medicinal system Gandhiji believed?
(a) Naturopathy (b) Unani
(c) Homoeopathy (d) Allopathy
Answer: (a)
920. When India celebrated independence on August 15, 1947 Gandhiji was in:
(a) New Delhi (b) Lahore
(c) Pune (d) Kolkata
Answer: (d)
921. In which year Gandhiji landed India after ending his st ay in South Africa?
(a) 1915 (b) 1916
(c) 1917 (d) 1918
Answer: (a)
922. The first organisation to get Gandhi Peace Prize of the Govt. of India:
(a) Red Cross (b) Ramakrishna Mission
(c) UNO (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
923. Gandhiji conducted his first Satyagraha in South Africa to protest against:
(a) VISA Act
(b) Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance Bill
(c) Emigration Act
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
924. In which state Porbander, the birthplace of Gandhiji is situated?
(a) Rajasthan (b) Gujarat
(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Maharashtra
Answer: (b)
925. While in South Africa, who gave the book ‘Unto this last’ to Gnadhiji to read?
(a) Henry Polak (b) Mansukhlal Naser
(c) Sait Abdulla (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
926. In which year Gandhiji founded AllIndia Harijan Samaj aiming at the abolition of untouchability?
(a) 1931 (b) 1932
(c) 1933 (d) 1934
Answer: (b)
927. The leader who ended Satyagraha at Guruvayur as directed by
Gandhiji:
(a) K.Kelappan (b) A K G o p alan
(c) EMS (d) TK Madhavan
Answer: (a)
928. At what age Gandhiji decided to adopt brahmacharya?
(a) 37 (b) 38
(c) 39 (d) 40
Answer: (a)
929. Who formulated the Sevagram project?
(a) Vinoba Bhave (b) Mahathma Gandhi
(c) Mahadev Desai (d) Tagore
Answer: (b)
930. The Congress at which Gandhiji and Nehru met for the first time was that of 1916. It was held at:
(a) Faizpur (b) Kolkata
(c) Lucknow (d) Belgaum
Answer: (c)
931. Who was known as ‘Japan Gandhi’?
(a) Toyihiko Kagava (b) Aung San Su Kyi
(c) U Nu (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
932. The disciples who were present there when Gandhiji passed away:
(a) Manu and Aabha (b) Patel and Nehru
(c) Rajaji and Nehru (d) Patel and Vinoba
Answer: (a)
933. In which year Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed?
(a) 1929 (b) 1930
(c) 1931 (d) 1932
Answer: (c)
934. The period mentioned in the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi is from
childhood to:
(a) 1920 (b) 1925
(c) 1926 (d) 1927
Answer: (a)
935. In which day Gandhiji was assassinated?
(a) Thursday (b) Friday
(c) Saturday (d) Sunday
Answer: (b)
936. Who wrote the book ‘Gandhi and Anarchy’?
(a) C.Sankaran Nair (b) V.D.Savarkar
(c) B.R.Ambedkar (d) Syamaprasad Mukherjee
Answer: (a)
937. Who wrote ‘Waiting for the Mahathma’?
(a) KM Munshi (b) Louis Fischer
(c) R.K.Narayan (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
938. In which year did Gandhiji visit Kerala for the first time?
(a) 1919 (b) 1920
(c) 1921 (d) 1922
Answer: (b)
939. In which year did Gandhiji est abolish Ahmedabad Textile Union?
(a) 1915 (b) 1916
(c) 1917 (d) 1918
Answer: (c)
940. Gandhiji was sentenced to six years imprisonment in 1922 for sedition on
behalf of the articles published in:
(a) Harijan (b) Navjeevan
(c) Young India (d) Satyagrahi
Answer: (c)
941. Who authored ‘In search of Gandhi”?
(a) Louis Fischer (b) R.K.Narayan
(c) Richard Attenborough (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
942. In which language Gandhiji started the weekly ‘Young India’?
(a) English (b) Marathi
(c) Hindi (d) Gujarati
Answer: (a)
943. What was the age of Gandhiji when he reached India from South Africa in 1915?
(a) 45 (b) 55
(c) 50 (d) 61
Answer: (a)
944. ‘After me, he will speak my language’ Gandhiji made this statement on 15th
January 1941 before AICC, intending:
(a) C.Rajagopalachari (b) Sardar Patel
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) None of these
Answer: (c)
945. In which jail the assassins of Gandhiji were executed?
(a) Pune (b) Mumbai
(c) Ambala (d) Kolkata
Answer: (c)
946. The session of INC which approved the non-cooperation movement of
Gandhiji was held at:
(a) Nagpur (b) Kolkata
(c) Lucknow (d) Belgaum
Answer: (b)
947. Who said, “ Satyagraha is the tool of strong people”?
(a) V inoba Bhave (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Vinoba Bhave (d) Mahathma Gandhi
Answer: (d)
948. Which food was advised to Gandhiji by his childhood friend Mehtab in order to get power?
(a) Egg (b) Milk
(c) Meat (d) Fish
Answer: (c)
949. Who coined the term ‘Satyagraha’?
(a) Tagore (b) Gandhiji
(c) Gokhale (d) BG Tilak
Answer: (b)
950. In which year Gandhiji was elected as the president of All India Home
Rule League?
(a) 1918 (b) 1919
(c) 1920 (d) 1921
Answer: (c)
951. During which war Gandhi organized Indian Ambulance Corps to help the
British?
(a) Boer War
(b) First World War
(c) Second World War
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
952. In which year All India rural industries organisation was
brought into existence under the patronage of Gandhiji?
(a) 1934 (b) 1935
(c) 1936 (d) 1937
Answer: (a)
953. Who was known as the ‘Saint of Sabarmati”?
(a) V inoba Bhave (b) Mahathma Gandhi
(c) Mahadev Desai (d) Jamnalal Bajaj
Answer: (d)
954. What was the old name Porbander, the birthplace of Gand hiji?
(a) Karnavati (b) Sudamapuri
(c) Patliputra (d) Gandhara
Answer: (b)
955. In which organisation Gandhiji became a member when he was a student in England?
(a) Vegetarian congress (b) Vegetarian Society
(c) Vegetable Association (d) Fabian Society
Answer: (b)
956. In 1922 Gandhiji was sentenced for —— years imprisonment.
(a) 14 (b) 6
(c) 3 (d) 4
Answer: (b)
957. In which Jail Gandhiji started the writing of his autobiography?
(a) Ambala (b) Thihar
(c) Pune (d) Yerwada
Answer: (b)
958. Belgaum where the INC session in which Gandhiji presided was held is in the state of:
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan
(c) Maharashtra (d) Karnataka
Answer: (d)
959. Which song was sung by Gandhiji and his followers during the Dandi
March?
(a) Raghupati Raghava Rajaram
(b) Vaishnava Janato
(c) Vande Mataram
(d) Sare Jaham Se Achcha
Answer: (a)
960. Madanlal made an attempt to assassinate Gandhiji on 20th January 1948 at:
(a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai
(c) Pune (d) New Delhi
Answer: (d)
961. The leader who passed away the previous day of Gandhiji launched Non
cooperation movement:
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(c) Pheroz Shah Mehta (d) C.R.Das
Answer:(a)
962. Kheda where Gandhiji conducted Satyagraha is in the state of :
(a) Maharashtra (b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan (d) Bihar
Answer:(b)
963. The number policemen killed by the mob in Chauri Chaura incident:
(a) 12 (b) 22
(c) 32 (d) 42
Answer:(b)
964. In which year the first issue of Young India was published under the
editorialship of Gandhiji?
(a) 1919 (b) 1920
(c) 1921 (d) 1922
Answer:(a)
965. Due to which disease Gandhiji was compelled to leave England to India in 1914?
(a) Tuberculosis (b) Piles
(c) Scurvy (d) Pleurisy
Answer:(d)
966. In which language Gandhiji started the weekly ‘Young India’?
(a) English (b) Marathi
(c) Hindi (d) Gujarati
Answer:(a)
967. What was the age of Gandhiji when he reached India from South Africa in 1915?
(a) 45 (b) 55
(c) 50 (d) 61
Answer:(a)
968. The session of INC which approved the non-cooperation movement of Gandhiji was held at:
(a) Nagpur (b) Kolkata
(c) Lucknow (d) Belgaum
Answer:(b)
969. Who said, “ Satyagraha is the tool of strong people”?
(a) Vinoba Bhave (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Vinoba Bhave (d) Mahathma Gandhi
Answer:(d)
970. The ideal state envisaged by Gandhiji:
(a) Ram Rajya (b) Grama Swaraj
(c) Hind Swaraj (d) Dharma Rajya
Answer:(a)
971. The year of the Chauri-Chaura incident compelled Gandhiji to repeal Non
cooperation movement:
(a)1921 (b) 1922
(c) 1923 (d) 1924
Answer:(b)
972. The first countrywide agitation launched by Gandhiji in India:
(a) Champaran Satyagraha (b) Kheda Satyagraha
(c) Non-Cooperation Movement (d) Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer:(c)
973. In the Chauri Chaura incident the mob attacked:
(a) Court (b) Prison
(c) Police Station (d) Collectorate
Answer:(c)
974. Who advised Gandhiji to make a visit to the whole country before entering
into Indian politics?
(a) Dadabhai Navroji (b) Pheroz Shah Mehta
(c) Gopala Krishna Gokhale (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer:(c)
975. Why Gandhi opted very little cloth for dressing?
(a) To show his solidarity to poor people
(b) Due to humid weather
(c) As per the direction of Congress party
(d) None of these
Answer:(a)
976. Who Gandhiji called ‘the prince of patriots’?
(a) Tagore
(b)C.Rajagopalachari
(c)Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer:(c)
977. In which language, the autobiography of Gandhiji was published for the first time?
(a) English (b) Hindi
(c) Gujarati (d) Marathi
Answer:(c)
978. Who compared Gandhi’s Dandi March to the historic journey of Sri Rama to Lanka?
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) Tagore
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer:(a)
979. Who called Gandhiji ‘half-naked fakir’?
(a) Lord Mountbatten (b) Winston Churchill
(c) Clement Atlee (d) Lord Wavell
Answer:(b)
980. Which food was advised to Gandhiji by his childhood friend Mehtab in order to get power?
(a) Egg (b) Milk
(c) Meat (d) Fish
Answer:(c)
981. Who coined the term ‘Satyagraha’?
(a) Tagore (b) Gandhiji
(c) Gokhale (d) BG Tilak
Answer:(b)
982. In which year Gandhiji was elected as the president of All India Home Rule League?
(a) 1918 (b) 1919
(c) 1920 (d) 1921
Answer:(c)
983. In which year All India rural industries organisation was brought into existence under the patronage of Gandhiji?
(a) 1934 (b) 1935
(c) 1936 (d) 1937
Answer:(a)
984. In which year Gandhiji visited Kerala for the first time?
(a) 1919 (b) 1920
(c) 1921 (d) 1922
Answer:(b)
985. In which year Gandhiji established Ahmedabad Texile Union?
(a) 1915 (b) 1916
(c) 1917 (d) 1918
Answer:(c)
986. Gandhiji was sentenced for six years imprisonment in 1922 for sedition on behalf of the articles published in:
(a) Harijan (b) Navjeevan
(c) Young India (d) Satyagrahi
Answer:(c)
987. In which year Gandhiji established Satyagraha ashram at Kochrab near
Ahmedabad?
(a) 1914 (b) 1915
(c) 1916 (d) 1917
Answer:(b)
988. After the demise of which leader, Gandhiji has emerged as the eminent leader of the Indian National Congress?
(a) GK Gokhale (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Lala Lajpath Rai (d) Feroz Shah Mehta
Answer:(b)
989. The first Satyagraha conducted by Gandhiji in India:
(a) Kheda (b) Ahmedabad
(c) Champaran (d) Nagpur
Answer:(c)
990. Who led the Salt Satyagraha when Gandhiji was arrested?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Sardar Patel
(c) Abbas Tyabji (d) Vinoba Bhave
Answer:(c)
991. Gandhiji addressed Tagore as:
(a) Guruji (b) Gurudev
(c) Mahamanya (d) Lok Manya
Answer:(b)
992. In which year Gandhiji announced his decision to resign from Congress?
(a) 1933 (b) 1934
(c) 1935 (d) 1936
Answer:(b)
993. Gandhiji led Khilafat movement along with:
(a) Bose brothers (b) Ali brothers
(c) Patel brothers (d) Ghosh brothers
Answer:(b)
994. The venue of Satyagraha by Gandhiji to protest against Jallianwallabagh
massacre:
(a) Pune (b) Mumbai
(c) Ahmedabad (d) New Delhi
Answer:(b)
995. In which medicinal system Gandhiji believed?
(a) Naturopathy (b) Unani
(c) Homoeopathy (d) Allopathy
Answer:(a)
996. The place that was selected by Gandhiji to break salt law:
(a) New Delhi (b) Dandi
(c) Vedaranyam (d) Sabarmati
Answer:(b)
997. From whom Gandhiji got the idea ‘Civil Disobedience?
(a) Tolstoy (b) John Ruskin
(c) Henry David Thoreau (d) Gokhale
Answer:(c)
998. In which Jail Gandhiji started the writing of his autobiography?
(a) Ambala (b) Thihar
(c) Pune (d) Yervada
Answer:(d)
999. In 1922 Gandhiji was sentenced for —— years imprisonment.
(a) 14 (b) 6
(c) 3 (d) 4
Answer:(b)
1000. Belgaum where the INC session in which Gandhiji presided was held is in
the state of:
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan
(c) Maharashtra (d) Karnataka
Answer:(d)
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