Last Updated: 4 March 2024
Do you know when the series of ₹5, ₹10, ₹20, ₹50, ₹100, ₹500, and ₹1000 with Mahatma Gandhi’s Picture started?
Well, it was started back in 1996.
Mahatma Gandhi commonly called “Bapu” was an Indian Lawyer, Anti-Colonial Nationalist, and Political Ethicist. He was born in Gujarat in a Hindu family and became the leader of the Indian Independence Movement against the British Raj in India.
Gandhi was given the Honorific Title of “Father of The Nation”, with this point of view we can imagine what great works he has done for our country “India”.
Today we are going to learn about Mahatma Gandhi’s Life, Political Career, the Indian Independence Movement, and many more. Read all the GK On Mahatma Gandhi to learn more about him.
GK Question And Answer On Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Answer: 2 October 1869
Answer: 30 January 1948 (aged 78)
Answer: Assassination (gunshot)
Answer: 13 Years
Answer: 19 Years
Answer: Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
Answer: 4th September 1920
Answer: It was a series of activities that had the aim of ending British rule in India, so we can’t say who actually started the movement. However, the last phase of the self-rule principle was started in the 1920s by Mahatma Gandhi.
Answer: 1857 – 1947
Answer:
1) Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
2) Kheda Satyagraha (1918)
3) Khilafat Movement (1919)
4) Non-cooperation movement (1920)
5) Salt March (1930)
6) Civil-Disobedience Movement (1930)
7) Quit India Movement (1942)
Answer: Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March, and Dandi Satyagraha
Answer: 12 Mar 1930 – 6 Apr 1930
Answer: 8 August 1942
Answer: Pietermaritzburg Station (June 7, 1893)
Answer: Lagaan (2001)
Answer: 19 April 1917
Answer: Porbandar (Gujarat)
Answer: Kasturba Gandhi
Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: Raj Ghat (राज घाट)
Answer: Gandhi Smriti
Explanation: Formerly known as Birla House or Birla Bhavan
Answer: Nathuram Vinayak Godse
Answer: 3 Shots (At Point Blank Range)
Answer: South Africa
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Answer: 23 Years
Answer: University College, London
Answer: Inner Temple, London
Answer: Ramdas Gandhi, Harilal Gandhi, Manilal Gandhi, and Devdas Gandhi
Answer: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Answer: Ahmedabad
Explanation: On 10 March 1922 Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and sentenced to 6-year jail on the charges of Sedition by British officials (However, he served only two years of that term).
Answer: 24 Days (12 March 1930 – 6 April 1930)
Answer: Gandhi-Irwin Pact
Answer: 5th March 1931
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation: In the English Language, it means “Do or Die”. It was delivered by Mahatma Gandhi after a meeting of AICC (All India Congress Committee) which was held on 7th August 1942.
Answer: Truth and Non-Violence (Satya & Ahimsa)
Answer: 1893
Answer: 1921
Answer: India’s Rural Poor
Answer: Vegetarian Diet
Answer: South Africa (1914)
Answer: Great-Soul
Answer: Karamchand Gandhi (father) and Putlibai Gandhi (mother)
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi (Original: Gujarati)
Answer: Mahadev Desai
Answer: Five Times
Explanation: Though Mr. Gandhi was nominated 5 times he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation: NIC was an organization founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1894 to fight discrimination against Indians in South Africa,
Answer: 1915
Answer: Gandhi Jayanti (2 October 1869)
Answer: Devdas Gandhi
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51. Where was Gandhi detained on being arrested for his Quit India Movement?
Answer: Aga Khan Palace Jail
52. Who met Gandhi a few minutes before he was shot dead on January 30, 1948?
Answer: Vallabhbhai Patel
53. Where was Gandhi when he was shot?
Answer: Prayer Meeting
54. What did Mr. Gandhi mean by ‘Swaraj’?
Answer: Self-Governance or Self-Rule
55. Who was the Private Secretary of Mahatma Gandhi?
Answer: Mahadev Desai
56. Where did Mohandas do his schooling?
Answer: Alfred High School (Rajkot)
57. What was the Profession of Gandhi’s Father?
Answer: Politician
58. How many Children did Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi have?
Answer: 4 (Four)
59. Name of Gandhi’s sister?
Answer: Raliatbehn Gandhi
60. Childhood Nickname of Gandhi?
Answer: Manu
61. How is Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday (2nd October) celebrated worldwide?
Answer: International Day of Nonviolence
62. How many Siblings did Gandhi Have?
Answer: 2 Brothers and 1 Sister
63. Which day was Indian Independence Day and Gandhi’s Death Day?
Answer: Friday
64. Who asked Mahatma Gandhi to eat Meat to become strong?
Answer: Sheikh Mehtab
65. How old was Gandhi when his father died?
Answer: 16 Years
66. What vow did Gandhi make to his Mother before leaving for England?
Answer: Abstain from Meat, Alcohol, and Women
67. Which Society did Gandhi join in London?
Answer: London Vegetarian Society
68. In India who is the “Father of the Nation”?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
69. Which Currency Note was first Introduced with Gandhi’s Portrait?
Answer: 500
70. When was the First Gandhi’s Portrait printed on an Indian Currency Note?
Answer: October 1987
Explanation: Later in 1996 all the series of ₹5, ₹10, ₹20, ₹50, ₹100, ₹500, and ₹1000 were printed with Gandhi’s Portrait.
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71. From whose writing did Gandhi get inspired for the Civil Disobedience Movement?
Answer: Henry David Thoreau
72. Who gave Gandhi the Title Mahātmā?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
73. Where did Mahatma Gandhi start his first Satyagraha in India?
Answer: Champaran (Bihar)
74. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
75. Where did the Salt March led by Mahatma Gandhi take place?
Answer: Sabarmati (Ahmedabad, Gujarat)
76. Where did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of “Hunger Strike”?
Answer: Ahmedabad Strike (1918)
77. What was the Main motive of Gandhi to organize the Dandi March Movement?
Answer: Imposition of tax on salt
78. Where did Gandhi first say the Slogan “Do or Die”?
Answer: All India Congress Committee (AICC) Meeting (held on 7 August 1942)
79. What did Mahatma Gandhi consider Khadi as?
Answer: Economic Independence
80. What does Sarvodaya stand for?
Answer: Universal Upliftment
81. What is Gandhi’s Death Day celebrated as?
Answer: Martyrs’ Day
82. When did Mahatma Gandhi visit Kerala for the first time?
Answer: August 18, 1920
83. When did Mahatma Gandhi visit Tail Nadu for the first time?
Answer: October 24, 1896
84. When did Mahatma Gandhi visit Karnataka for the first time?
Answer: 1915
85. Which Round Table Conference was attended by Gandhi?
Answer: Second Round Table Conference
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86. When was the Second Round Table Conference held?
Answer: August 29, 1931
87. Who is known as African Gandhi?
Answer: Nelson Mandela
88. What is the period referred to in Gandhi’s Autobiography?
Answer: 1869 – 1921
89. Who wrote the book “The Life Of Mahatma Gandhi”
Answer: Louis Fischer
90. Who is known as Gandhi of Bihar?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
91. In which language did Gandhi write his Autobiography?
Answer: Gujarati
92. Last Viceroy of British India?
Answer: Lord Mountbatten
93. Who called Gandhi a “Half naked Seditious Fakir”?
Answer: Winston Churchill
94. Who started a Weekly Paper named Young India in English?
Answer: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
95. Where did Gandhi start the Phoenix Settlement?
Answer: Durban (South Africa)
96. What was the age of Mahatma Gandhi when he died?
Answer: 78 Years
97. Which University was Gandhi invited to speak at the laying of the Foundation Stone?
Answer: Banaras Hindu University (1916)
98. The book “The words of Gandhi” was written by which Author?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi and Richard Attenborough
99. What did Gandhi call Subhas Chandra Bose?
Answer: Patriot
100. Why did Gandhi go to South Africa?
Answer: To work on a lawsuit
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101. When did Mahatma Gandhi find the Sabarmati Ashram?
Answer: 25 June 1915
102. Who was the Viceroy of India when Gandhi was arrested in March 1922?
Answer: Lord Reading
103. When was the “Declaration of Independence for India” or Purna Swaraj promulgated?
Answer: 26th January 1930
104. Which Important Act was passed by the British Parliament in August 1935?
Answer: The Government of India Act, 1935
105. What Personal tragedy did Gandhi suffer in 1943?
Answer: Kasturba Gandhi Death (Wife)
106. What was Mahatma Gandhi commonly called?
Answer: Bapu
107. Who Encouraged Indians to Boycott British goods and Buy Indian goods?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
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