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VisionIAS - Online Self Test
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Questions for practice

1)

Which of the following statement is correct regarding Tolstoy Farm?

(a)It is a book written by MK Gandhi about his experiences in South Africa.

(b)It is a house built for Satyagrahi in South Africa.

(c)It is a place where Gandhi was kept under house arrest.

(d)None of the above.


2)

With respect to the initiatives of Gandhiji, consider the following:

  1. Natal Indian Congress.
  2. Indian Opinion Newspaper
  3. Tolstoy Farm.

Which of the above originated in South Africa?

(a)1 and 2 only

(b)2 and 3 only

(c)1 and 3 only

(d)1,2, and 3 


3)

The twin principles of Mahatma gandhi"s Ram Rajya were?

(a)Abolishment of untouchability and temperance

(b)Truth and Non-violence

(c)Khadi and Spinning wheel

(d)Right means and right ends


4)

Which of the following is not correct with respect to Mahatma Gandhi's activities during South Africa?

(a)Satyagraha against Registration Certificates via Passive Resistance Association.

(b)Poll Tax Campaign in 1913

(c)Opposition to Transvaal Immigration Restriction Act 1907

(d)None of the Above


5)

Which of the following was not part of the techniques advocated by Mahatma Gandhi to achieve Swaraj?

(a)Satyagraha

(b)Extra Constitutional mass-based struggle

(c)Use of Non-Violence

(d)Uncontrolled mass struggle


6)

Consider the following statements with respect to the strategy of Struggle-Truce-Struggle:

1. According to this strategy, Gandhiji believed that the masses could not sacrifice endlessly and that a period of struggle should be followed by a period of truce.
2. The period of truce was to be utilised for constructive programmes like Hindu-Muslim unity, the emancipation of women, abolition of untouchability etc 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a)1 Only 

(b)2 Only 

(c)Both 1 and 2 

(d)Neither 1 nor 2


7)

Who among the following authored the Hind Swaraj?

(a)Dr Rajendra Prasad

(b)M.K. Gandhi

(c)C.R. Das

(d)None


8)

One common agreement between Gandhism and Marxism is      (UPSC 2020)

(a)the final goal of a stateless society

(b)class struggle 

(c)abolition  of  private property 

(d)economic determinism


9)

Highlight the relevance of individual satyagraha launched by Gandhi to keep alive political consciousness. (10 marks/150 words)


10)

Comment on the Gandhiji"s idea of Satyagrahi and how did it proved to be successful in South Africa (150 Words/10) 



Answers
1) b
2) d
3) b
4) d
5) d
6) c
7) b
8) a