Tag: history

Buddha delivered his first sermon at the Deer Park in Isipatana, Sarnath, near Varanasi. The other options (ashvnath, ashokanath, gujarnath) are garbled non-existent place names.

The Great Stupa at Sanchi was originally commissioned by Emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE. The other options (akohsa, hoka, shokal) are garbled misspellings of Ashoka and carry no historical meaning.

Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India (1947), overseeing partition and the transfer of power before India and Pakistan became independent dominions. He then became the first Governor-General of independent India.

Lord Canning became the first Viceroy of India after the 1857 revolt, when the Government of India Act 1858 transferred rule from the East India Company to the British Crown. The other options are garbled spellings of his name.

Gandhi confesses in his autobiography that, as a boy drawn to smoking, he stole copper coins from a servant's pocket to buy cigarettes. The theft was specifically to fund the smoking habit, not for charity, drink or savings. He later felt ashamed and confessed the wrong to his father.

In his autobiography, Gandhi describes how, as a restless youth chafing under the strict control of elders, he and a friend resolved to commit suicide out of sheer disgust at being unable to act without permission. It was a personal emotional reaction, not a political statement about British rule or Indian unity. Options invoking British oppression misread the context of his childhood.

In his autobiography, Gandhi recounts his boyhood experimentation with smoking and condemns it as a barbarous, harmful and dirty habit. He later felt deep remorse and gave it up, viewing such indulgences as wasteful and degrading. The other options trivialise his clear moral stance against smoking.

Gandhi was advised to chant the name of Rama (Rama nama) to overcome his fear of ghosts and spirits. This practice of Rama nama repetition became a lifelong devotional habit for him.

Gandhi's childhood nursemaid Rambha advised him that chanting the name of Rama would dispel his fear of spirits and ghosts. The other figures (Kabir Das, Sur Das, a temple saint) are unrelated to this anecdote.

In his autobiography, Gandhi recounts that as a boy he disliked conversions to Christianity because converts were made to change their ways drastically, including eating beef, drinking liquor, and adopting new dress, which offended his sensibilities. The other options are vague and do not match his recorded reasons.