MCQs on Gandhi and His Early Movements Quiz 3

Question 1. What does ‘Gandhian Innovation’ mean?

(A) To produce more from less input for more people

(B) To produce for consumption

(C) To produce in domestic economy

(D) To produce more

Question 2. Which event occurred first?

(A) Champaran Satyagraha

(B) Non-Co-operation Movement

(C) Civil Disobedience Movement

(D) Kheda Satyagraha

Question 3. Tinkathia System in Champaran meant________.

(A) Cultivation of Indigo on the 3/20 area of land

(B) Cultivation of Indigo on 3/18 area of land

(C) Cultivation of Indigo on 3/19 area of land

(D) None of the above

Question 4. At which place of Bihar, Gandhiji started Satyagraha movement for the first time in India?

(A) Champaran

(B) Madhubani

(C) Gaya

(D) Patna

Question 5. Gandhiji’s Champaran Movement was for_______.

(A) Solving the problems of Indigo worker

(B) Maintaining of unity of Hindu Society

(C) Civil Disobedience Movement

(D) The Security of the rights of Harijans

Question 6. Champaran Satyagraha was related to________.

(A) Ezaredari

(B) Jenmis

(C) Tinkathia

(D)   None of these

Question 7. With which place and cultivation ‘Tinkathia’ Kanoon is related?

(A) Burdwan – Paddy

(B) Champaran – Indigo (Neel)

(C) Begusarai – Paddy

(D) Gorakhpur – Opium

Question 8. Who drew Mahatma Gandhi’s attention towards the exploitation of the peasants by the European Indigo planters?

(A) Sri Krishna Singa

(B) Swami Sahajananda Saraswati

(C) Raj Kumar Shukla

(D) Baba Ram Chandra

Question 9. Those who joined Mahatma Gandhi during the Champaran Satyagraha included_______.

(A) Mahadev Desai and Maniben Patel

(B) Rajendra Prasad and Anugraha Narain Sinha

(C) Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajendra Prasad

(D) Vallabhbhai Patel and Vinoba Bhave

Question 10. Which one of the following is associated with the Champaran Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi?

(A) Raj Kumar Shukla

(B) Shaukat Ali

(C) Madan Mohan Malviya

(D) Vallabhbhai Patel

Question 11. What was the reason for Mahatma Gandhi to organize a Satyagraha on behalf of the peasants of Kheda?

1. The Administration did not suspend the land revenue collection inspite of a drought.
2. The Administration proposed to introduce Permanent Settlement in Gujarat.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A)  Neither 1 nor 2

(B) Both 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1

Question 12. Consider the following statements.

1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to come to Champaran to investigate the problem of peasants.
2. Acharya J.B. Kriplani was one of the Mahatma Gandhi’s colleagues in his Champaran investigation.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A)  Neither 1 nor 2

(B) Both 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1

Question 13. Which of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi are true?

1. He received his early education in Rajkot.
2. He married Kasturba at the age of 13.
3. He studied law at the Inner Temple, London.
4. He was most influenced by Ruskin’s book ‘Unto This Last’.

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(B) 1, 3 and 4

(C) 1, 2 and 3

(D) 1 and 2

Question 14. Arrange the following events in correct chronological sequence using the code given below.

1. Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act
2. Champaran Satyagraha
3. Kheda Peasant struggle
4. Ahmedabad Mill Strike

(A) 3, 2, 4, 1

(B) 2, 1, 4, 3

(C) 1, 2, 3, 4

(D) 2, 4, 3, 1

Question 15. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following events in the political life of Mahatma Gandhi? 

1. Champaran Satyagrah
2. Ahmedabad Mill Strike
3. Kheda Satyagraha
4. Non-Co-operation Movement

(A) 3, 4, 2, 1

(B) 4, 3, 2, 1

(C) 1, 2, 3, 4

(D) 2, 4, 3, 1

Question 16. Which of the following international events influenced the course of the national movement in India before the advent of Mahatma Gandhi? 

1. Italian-Abyssinian War, 1898
2. Boxer Movement in China
3. Revolutionary Movement in Ireland
4. Victory of Japan in the RussoJapanese War

(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(B) 3 and 4

(C) 1, 2 and 4

(D)  1, 2 and 3

Question 17. Who had opposed the Champaran Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi?

(A) Rajendra Prasad

(B) Raj Kumar Shukla

(C) N.G. Ranga

(D) Rabindra Nath Tagore

Question 18. Who was the National Leader of Champaran Indigo movement?

(A) Ram Singh

(B) Baba Ramchandra

(C) Birsa Munda

(D) Mahatma Gandhi

Question 19. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Champaran Satyagraha?

(A) It was the first movement launched by M.K. Gandhi on All India level

(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and J.B. Kriplani co-operated with M.K. Gandhi in it

(C) It was launched against ‘Tinkathia’ system

(D) It was connected with the peasants

Question 20. At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?

(A) Kheda

(B) Champaran

(C) Bardoli

(D) Ahmedabad

Question 21. In which Farmers’ movement did Mahatma Gandhi participate first of all?

(A) Baroda

(B) Bardoli

(C) Champaran

(D) Kheda

Question 22. The person not connected with Champaran movement was_______.

(A) Jai Prakash Narayan

(B) J.B. Kriplani

(C) Anugrah Narayan Sinha

(D) Rajendra Prasad