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L.B. Shastri Quiz QUESTIONS

1) When was Lal Bahadur Shastri sworn in as Prime Minister of India?
a) 27 May 1964
b) 9 June 1964
c) 28 July 1979
d) 26 January 1965

2) Which was Lal Bahadur Shastri’s party when he was Prime Minister?
a) Congress
b) PWP
c) Janata
d) Swatantra

3) When was Lal Bahadur Shastri born?
a) 14 September 1861
b) 2 October 1904
c) 15 May 1931
d) 15 March 1904

4) Which society did Lal Bahadur Shastri join?
a) Servants of India Society
b) Servants of the People Society
c) Brahmo Samaj
d) Arya Samaj

5) From which institute did Lal Bahadur Shastri get the title Shastri? (This became part of this name.)
a) Allahabad University
b) Kashi Vidya Peetha
c) Jnandeep Vidyapeeth
d) Delhi University

6) Which accident made Lal Bahadur Shastri resign as Railway Minister?
a) Ariyalur
b) Amritsar
c) Patna
d) Kharagpur

7) When did Lal Bahadur Shastri become Home Minister of India?
a) 1950
b) 1952
c) 1956
d) 1961

8) Which slogan is attributed to Lal Bahadur Shastri?
a) Jai Hind
b) Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan
c) Jai Bharat
d) Jai Konkan

9) Where did Lal Bahadur Shastri die?
a) Delhi
b) Tashkent
c) Moscow
d) Bombay

10) Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri’s memorial?
a) Rajghat
b) Shantivana
c) Shakti Sthal
d) Vijayghat

Lal Bahadur Shastri Quiz Answers

1) When was Lal Bahadur Shastri sworn in as Prime Minister of India?
Ans: 9 June 1964

2) Which was Lal Bahadur Shastri’s party when he was Prime Minister?
Ans: Congress

3) When was Lal Bahadur Shastri born?
Ans: 2 October 1904

4) Which society did Lal Bahadur Shastri join?
Ans: Servants of the People Society

5) From which institute did Lal Bahadur Shastri get the title Shastri? (This became part of this name.)
Ans: Kashi Vidya Peetha

6) Which accident made Lal Bahadur Shastri resign as Railway Minister?
Ans:  Ariyalur

7) When did Lal Bahadur Shastri become Home Minister of India?
Ans: 1961

8) Which slogan is attributed to Lal Bahadur Shastri?
Ans:  Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan

9) Where did Lal Bahadur Shastri die?
Ans: Tashkent

10) Where is Lal Bahadur Shastri’s memorial?
Ans:  Vijayghat

GANDHI M K

1. Mahatma Gandhi was born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on?
1869 October 2
He was born in the Porbandar city of Gujarat. His father, Karamchand Gandhi was the diwan of Porbandar.
Mother: - Putlibai.

2. Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, October 2nd is observed as?
International Day of Non-Violence.
United Nations General Assembly decided to observe this day as International Day of Non-Violence from 2007

3. Gandhiji was married to?
Kasturba Makhanji, she is later known as Kasturba Gandhi. Gandhiji was married at the age of 13 and had four sons Harilal, Manilal, Ramdas and Devdas.

4. Gandhi went to University College of London to study as a barrister in the year?
1888

5. When did Gandhi travel to South Africa for legal work?
1893

6. Organization started by Gandhiji in 1894 that aimed to fight discrimination against Indians in South Africa?
Natal Indian Congress

7. Name the Newspaper established by Mahatma Gandhi which was an important tool for the political movement led by Gandhi and the Natal Indian Congress to fight racial discrimination and win civil rights for the Indian immigrant community in South Africa.
The Indian Opinion

8. Gandhi returned from South Africa in?
1915 January 9.

9. Which Satyagraha was the first to be started by Gandhiji in India?
Champaran in 1918

10. Which day is observed as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas every year as it was on this day in 1915 that Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa?
January 9. From 2003, this day is observed as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

11. Gandhi spent how many years in South Africa.?
21

12. Gandhiji jailed for the first time in?
1908 in Pretoria

13. Gandhiji started “Navjeevan” weekly in which language?
Gujrathi

14. Gandhiji led Dandi March (Salt Satyagrah) which started on March 12, 1930 departing from Sabarmati Ashram, to reach the coast at Dandi, on 6th of April. How many followers accompanied him in that march?
78

15. Gandhiji launched his weekly "Harijan" in the year?
1933

16. Gandhiji made the slogan “Do or Die” for?
Quit India Movement

17. Mahatma Gandhi was referred to as the “Father of the Nation” first by?
Subhash Chandra Bose

18. Gandhiji was referred to as the “Mahatma” first by?
Ravindra Nath Tagore

19. Gandhiji became the president of Indian National Congress in?
1924 at the Belgaum session of Indian National Congress

20. At which place did the British Government arrest Gandhiji for sedition for the first time?
Ahmedabad

21. Who was the private secretary of Mahatma Gandhi?
Mahadev Desai

22. French Novelist who wrote the biography of Gandhiji?
Romain Rolland , a French dramatist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 wrote the biography of Gandhiji “Mahatma Gandhi”

23. The book written by Gandhiji which is considered as an interpretation/commentary of Bhagavad Geetha ?
Anasakti Yoga

24. Gandhiji arrived Kerala for the fist time in ?
1920 August 18
He visited Kerala five times. His last visit was in 1936 November 13

25. Mahatma Gandhi applied his Satyagraha first against:
The raciest authorities of South Africa

26. From whose book an instantaneous and practical information was brought about in Mahatma Gandhi’s life:
John Ruskin

27. The idea of Gramaswaraj was first proposed by ?
Mahatma Gandhi

28. Death of Mahatma Gandhi was in?
1948

29. Where did Gandhiji undertake his first hunger strike in India?
Ahmedabad

30. Who called Gandhiji “a half naked fakir”?
Winston Churchill

31. The film “Making of Mahatma” is directed by ?
Syam Benegal

32. Gandhiji founded All India Harijan Singh in ?
1932

33. In how many days was the 356 Km journey from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi covered on foot by Gandhiji and his followers?
24 days

34.Chauri Chaura incident prompted Gandhiji to halt which movement?
Non Cooperation Movement

35. Who assassinated Gandhiji?
Nathuram Godse. Gandhiji was shot on january 30, 1948 by a hindu fellow named Nathuram Godse.

36. In the film”Gandhi” which actor played the role of Gandhiji ?
Ben Kingsley
The film is directed by Richard Attenborough.

37. Gandhiji’s famous Harijan- uplift tour started from?
Wardha

38. “In nature there is enough for everyone’s need, but too little for everyone’s greed” These are the words from the famous leader?
Mahatma Gandhi

39."Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as [Gandhi] ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth." Who said these words about Gandhiji?
Albert Einstein


African Gandhi: - Kenneth Kaunda
American Gandhi: - Martin Luther King
Sri Lankan Gandhi: - A. T. Ariyaratne
Modern Gandhi:-Baba Amte
Bihar Gandhi: Dr.Rajendra Prasad
Delhi Gandhi:- C.Krishnan Nair
Burmese Gandhi:- Aung San Suu Kyi
Kosovo Gandhi: Ibrahim Rugova
South African Gandhi:Nelson Mandela
Frontier Gandhi: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Kerala Gandhi:-K.Kelappan
Mayyazhi Gandhi:-I.K.Kumaran Master