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Swaraj means _________.

  1. Complete Independence

  2. Self rule

  3. Self Government

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

As per the Poorna Swaraj  Resolution, the word Swaraj in the Congress Constitution would thenceforth mean Complete Independence or Purna Swaraj which was set forth as the goal of the National Movement. The resolution of Poorna Swaraj was adopted at the Lahore Session of  the Congress.

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Who always insisted that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering?

  1. Rajiv Gandhi

  2. Sonia Gandhi

  3. Sanjay Gandhi

  4. Mahatma Gandhi

  5. None of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This was a great thought of Mahatma Gandhi that India could achieve its independence only when poor of India are free from suffering. Though India was blessed with rich heritage and treasures, the status of poor remained same throughout the ages and had never been better. Poor people constitute a majority of the Indian population. So he thought when poor are freed from their suffering independence can be achieved.

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At the time of India's independence, Mahatma Gandhi was ___________.

  1. A member of Congress Working Committee

  2. Not a member of the Congress

  3. The President of the Congress

  4. The General Secretary of the Congress
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Gandhi did not hold any political status after the Independence had been achieved. After a long struggle for independence he finally rested without any position politically. Yet he was considered Father of the Nation.

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Which of the following songs was so dear to Gandhiji's heart, that he wrote: 'That one song is enough to sustain me, even if I were to forget the 'Bhagwad Gita'. _______

  1. Hare Ram

  2. Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram

  3. Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye

  4. Ishwar Allah Tero Nam
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Gandhi often spoke of the Gujarati hymn 'Vaishnava Jana To', which describes the qualities of a true devotee of God, as a source of immense spiritual strength.

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Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a half-naked fakir?

  1. Lord Wavell

  2. Lord Irwin

  3. Lord Willingdon

  4. Winston Churchill
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Winston Churchill famously used the derogatory term 'half-naked fakir' to describe Gandhi during the 1930s when Gandhi was negotiating with the British government.

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Which of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi's views on Satyagraha is not correct?

  1. It denotes assertion of the power of the human soul against social, political and economic dominance

  2. It is the exercise of the purest soul force against all injustice, oppression and exploitation

  3. It is the best weapon of the weak against the strong

  4. Mahatma Gandhi's theory of Satyagraha was based on the acceptance of the concept of self-suffering
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Gandhi famously stated that non-violence (Satyagraha) is the weapon of the strong, not the weak. He believed that if one has to choose between cowardice and violence, violence is preferable, but non-violence is the highest path.

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What was the name of the English weekly edited by Mahatma Gandhi?

  1. Young India

  2. Kesari

  3. Bombay Chronicle

  4. Resurgent India
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Young India was a weekly paper or journal in English published by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi from 1919 to 1931. Its objective was to spread his unique ideology and thoughts regarding the use of nonviolence in organising movements and to urge readers to consider, organise and plan for India’s eventual independence from Britain.

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The Swadeshi Movement was a direct outcome of the Partition of Bengal in 1905.

  1. True

  2. False
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Swadeshi movement was in protest of the Government’s decision to partition Bengal had been made public in July 1905. It called for boycott of all British goods and buy Indian products only. The initial protest was Boycott and later it became Swadeshi. It involved boycotting British products and the revival of domestic products and production processes. 

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What was meant by the term boycott?

  1. Boycott of English cloths, salt, sugar

  2. Boycott of English speech

  3. Rejection of government posts and seats in Legislative Council

  4. All above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Boycott movement meant 'abstaining from the purchase of British goods'. Gradually it became more comprehensive and a four-fold programme of boycott was advocated. Boycott included:

  • Boycott of English cloths, salt, sugar
  • Rejection of English speech
  • Rejection of government posts and seat in Legislative Council
  • Social boycott of people who purchased foreign goods