Major Leaders and Events from the Gandhian Era until India’s Independence AFCAT Questions

AFCAT Modern History

Major Leaders and Events from the Gandhian Era until India’s Independence MCQ Questions


1.
Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in which town of present-day Gujarat?
A.
Porbandar
B.
Surat
C.
Ahmedabad
D.
Rajkot
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ANSWER :
A. Porbandar
2.
Gandhi first travelled to South Africa in 1893 primarily to:
A.
Take up a government administrative post
B.
Establish a textile business
C.
Settle a legal/money dispute as a Gujarati-speaking lawyer for the firm of Dada Abdulla and Sons
D.
Study medicine
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ANSWER :
C. Settle a legal/money dispute as a Gujarati-speaking lawyer for the firm of Dada Abdulla and Sons
3.
Which Anglican priest and close friend of both Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore played an instrumental role in persuading Gandhi to return to India in 1915?
A.
C.F. Andrews
B.
William Wedderburn
C.
Henry Cotton
D.
A.O. Hume
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ANSWER :
A. C.F. Andrews
4.
Who is credited with conferring the title 'Mahatma' upon Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?
A.
Rabindranath Tagore
B.
Jawaharlal Nehru
C.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D.
Subhas Chandra Bose
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ANSWER :
A. Rabindranath Tagore
5.
Gandhi's autobiography, originally written in Gujarati and serialised in his journal 'Navjivan' (and later in English in 'Young India'), is titled:
A.
My Early Life
B.
India Wins Freedom
C.
Hind Swaraj
D.
The Story of My Experiments with Truth
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ANSWER :
D. The Story of My Experiments with Truth
6.
Gandhi's concept of 'Trusteeship' proposed which of the following socio-economic ideas?
A.
Only government employees could own land
B.
Wealth should be distributed strictly by caste
C.
The wealthy should hold their wealth as trustees for the benefit of society as a whole, rather than for purely personal gain
D.
All private property should be immediately confiscated by the state
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ANSWER :
C. The wealthy should hold their wealth as trustees for the benefit of society as a whole, rather than for purely personal gain