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'Sardar' was the title given to Vallabhbhai Patel by __________.

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  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. The British government

  3. M.L. Nehru

  4. G.K. Gokhale

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The title ‘Sardar’ was conferred to Vallabhbhai Patel by Mahatma Gandhi. In 1928 there was a problem for the farmers of Bardoli. British were collecting unjust taxes from them. Vallabhbhai Patel came to rescue the people and conducted many no tax campaigns. 

Swaraj means _________.

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  1. Complete Independence

  2. Self rule

  3. Self Government

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
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.

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

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  1. Rajiv Gandhi

  2. Sonia Gandhi

  3. Sanjay Gandhi

  4. Mahatma Gandhi

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: D
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.

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

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  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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Correct Option: B
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.

On $15^{th}$ August $1947$, in which place was Gandhiji trying to bring peace to reduce the riots?

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  1. Noakhali

  2. Satara

  3. Nawadwip

  4. Jalandhar

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Correct Option: A

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'. _______

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  1. Hare Ram

  2. Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram

  3. Vaishnava Jana To Tene Kahiye

  4. Ishwar Allah Tero Nam

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Correct Option: C

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

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  1. Lord Wavell

  2. Lord Irwin

  3. Lord Willingdon

  4. Winston Churchill

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Correct Option: D

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

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  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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Correct Option: C

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

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  1. Young India

  2. Kesari

  3. Bombay Chronicle

  4. Resurgent India

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Correct Option: A
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.

Arrange the following events in correct chronological order.
(A) Rowlatt satyagraha
(B) Khilafat movement
(C) Jalianwala Bagh massacre
(D) Kheda satyagraha

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  1. DACB

  2. BACD

  3. ABCD

  4. DCBA

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Kheda Satyagraha -Kheda Satyagraha took place in 1918, against the taxation policy of the British. While MK Gandhi was the spiritual leader, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel emerged as the leader of the struggle.
Rowlatt Satyagraha - In 1919, the British passed the Rowlatt Act, which restricted civil liberties like the freedom to assemble and strengthened police powers. Hindus and Muslims together revolted against this act non violently in the Satyagraha.
The Jalianwala Bagh massacre took place on April 13, 1919, under the command of General Dyre. The civilians, majorly Sikhs, had assembled at the Jallianwala Bagh to participate in the annual Baisakhi celebrations and were fired upon by the British, in lieu of the martial law.
Khilafat movement, which began in 1919 and went on till 1922, was an agitation by Indian Muslims allied with Indian nationalists, following the years of World WarI. Its purpose was to pressurize the British Government to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam following the breakup of Ottoman Empire at the end of the war.