Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) with answers on “Mahatma Gandhi’s Role in India’s Freedom Struggle” for Civil Services Examination
1. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi return to India from South Africa?
- a) 1913
- b) 1914
- c) 1915
- d) 1916
Answer: c) 1915
2. Where did Mahatma Gandhi launch his first major satyagraha movement in India?
- a) Ahmedabad
- b) Champaran
- c) Kheda
- d) Bardoli
Answer: b) Champaran
3. The Rowlatt Act was passed in which year?
- a) 1916
- b) 1918
- c) 1919
- d) 1920
Answer: c) 1919
4. Which event led to the suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922?
- a) Chauri Chaura incident
- b) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
- c) Simon Commission arrival
- d) Partition of Bengal
Answer: a) Chauri Chaura incident
5. Mahatma Gandhi’s concept of ‘Satyagraha’ is based on the principle of:
- a) Armed struggle
- b) Non-violence and truth
- c) Boycott of foreign goods
- d) Swadeshi
Answer: b) Non-violence and truth
6. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi launch the Salt March (Dandi March)?
- a) 1930
- b) 1929
- c) 1931
- d) 1932
Answer: a) 1930
7. The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was related to which issue?
- a) Indigo cultivation
- b) Salt tax
- c) Mill workers’ rights
- d) Partition of Bengal
Answer: a) Indigo cultivation
8. Which movement did Mahatma Gandhi launch after the failure of the Cripps Mission?
- a) Civil Disobedience Movement
- b) Non-Cooperation Movement
- c) Quit India Movement
- d) Swadeshi Movement
Answer: c) Quit India Movement
9. What was the slogan of the Quit India Movement launched in 1942?
- a) Swaraj is my birthright
- b) Do or Die
- c) Jai Hind
- d) Simon Go Back
Answer: b) Do or Die
10. Which of the following agreements was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin?
- a) Poona Pact
- b) Lucknow Pact
- c) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
- d) Simon Commission
Answer: c) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
11. What was the main objective of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
- a) Boycott of British goods
- b) Dominion status for India
- c) Complete independence
- d) Reform in the administration
Answer: b) Dominion status for India
12. Who led the peasant movement in Bardoli in 1928?
- a) Jawaharlal Nehru
- b) Mahatma Gandhi
- c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- d) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
13. Mahatma Gandhi was associated with which of the following newspapers?
- a) Young India
- b) The Hindu
- c) Kesari
- d) Amrit Bazar Patrika
Answer: a) Young India
14. Which South African law did Gandhi first protest against in 1906?
- a) Racial Discrimination Act
- b) Registration of Asiatics Act
- c) Apartheid Act
- d) Taxation Act
Answer: b) Registration of Asiatics Act
15. In which year did Gandhi lead the Ahmedabad Mill Strike?
- a) 1917
- b) 1918
- c) 1920
- d) 1930
Answer: b) 1918
16. The Round Table Conferences were held in which city?
- a) Bombay
- b) London
- c) Delhi
- d) Kolkata
Answer: b) London
17. Who among the following was the main opponent of Gandhi’s policy of non-violence during the freedom struggle?
- a) Jawaharlal Nehru
- b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- c) Bhagat Singh
- d) Rajendra Prasad
Answer: c) Bhagat Singh
18. Which movement was withdrawn due to the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in 1919?
- a) Non-Cooperation Movement
- b) Khilafat Movement
- c) Civil Disobedience Movement
- d) Rowlatt Satyagraha
Answer: d) Rowlatt Satyagraha
19. Where was the historic session of the Congress held in 1929, which declared Poorna Swaraj as its objective?
- a) Surat
- b) Lahore
- c) Lucknow
- d) Calcutta
Answer: b) Lahore
20. Which of the following movements is associated with the slogan “Simon Go Back”?
- a) Quit India Movement
- b) Civil Disobedience Movement
- c) Simon Commission Protest
- d) Khilafat Movement
Answer: c) Simon Commission Protest
21. In which prison was Mahatma Gandhi imprisoned during the Quit India Movement?
- a) Yerwada Jail
- b) Andaman Jail
- c) Naini Jail
- d) Alipore Jail
Answer: a) Yerwada Jail
22. Which year did Gandhi establish the Sabarmati Ashram?
- a) 1915
- b) 1916
- c) 1917
- d) 1918
Answer: b) 1917
23. What was the duration of the Dandi March led by Mahatma Gandhi?
- a) 10 days
- b) 24 days
- c) 1 month
- d) 15 days
Answer: b) 24 days
24. Mahatma Gandhi wrote his autobiography titled:
- a) Hind Swaraj
- b) The Story of My Experiments with Truth
- c) India of My Dreams
- d) The Light of Asia
Answer: b) The Story of My Experiments with Truth
25. In which language was Gandhi’s weekly journal ‘Harijan’ published?
- a) Hindi
- b) English
- c) Gujarati
- d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
26. Mahatma Gandhi’s political mentor was:
- a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- c) Lala Lajpat Rai
- d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
27. Which pact did Mahatma Gandhi sign with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar regarding the rights of depressed classes?
- a) Lucknow Pact
- b) Poona Pact
- c) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
- d) Delhi Pact
Answer: b) Poona Pact
28. Where did Gandhi start the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930?
- a) Champaran
- b) Sabarmati Ashram
- c) Dandi
- d) Bardoli
Answer: c) Dandi
29. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on:
- a) January 26, 1948
- b) January 30, 1948
- c) February 2, 1948
- d) January 31, 1948
Answer: b) January 30, 1948
30. Mahatma Gandhi launched the Khilafat Movement in support of which group?
- a) Muslims
- b) Hindus
- c) Christians
- d) Sikhs
Answer: a) Muslims
These MCQs cover key events, movements, and figures related to Mahatma Gandhi’s role in India’s freedom struggle.
