1. Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in?
A) 1914
B) 1915
C) 1916
D) 1917
Answer: B) 1915
Explanation: Gandhi returned in January 1915, invited by Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
2. Who became Gandhi’s political mentor after his return to India?
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) Motilal Nehru
Answer: C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Explanation: Gokhale advised Gandhi to travel across India before entering politics.
3. Gandhi established the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad in?
A) 1915
B) 1916
C) 1917
D) 1918
Answer: B) 1916
Explanation: It became the base for Gandhian movements.
4. The first satyagraha launched by Gandhi in India was at?
A) Kheda
B) Champaran
C) Ahmedabad
D) Bardoli
Answer: B) Champaran
Explanation: In 1917, against indigo planters’ oppression in Bihar.
5. Who invited Gandhi to lead the Champaran Satyagraha?
A) Rajendra Prasad
B) Raj Kumar Shukla
C) J.B. Kripalani
D) Motilal Nehru
Answer: B) Raj Kumar Shukla
Explanation: A peasant from Champaran who persuaded Gandhi.
6. The issue in Champaran Satyagraha (1917) was?
A) Tax on cotton
B) Indigo cultivation under Tinkathia system
C) Forced plantation of sugarcane
D) Salt tax
Answer: B) Indigo cultivation under Tinkathia system
Explanation: Peasants forced to cultivate indigo on part of their land.
7. Gandhi’s first hunger strike in India was during?
A) Champaran Satyagraha
B) Kheda Satyagraha
C) Ahmedabad Mill Strike
D) Rowlatt Satyagraha
Answer: C) Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918)
Explanation: He fasted to support mill workers demanding better wages.
8. The Kheda Satyagraha (1918) was related to?
A) Salt tax
B) Indigo
C) Non-payment of land revenue due to famine
D) Factory strike
Answer: C) Non-payment of land revenue due to famine
Explanation: Gandhi led peasants in Gujarat demanding tax remission.
9. Which Gandhian movement is considered the first non-violent, nationwide struggle?
A) Champaran
B) Kheda
C) Rowlatt Satyagraha
D) Non-Cooperation
Answer: C) Rowlatt Satyagraha (1919)
Explanation: Against the Rowlatt Act that allowed detention without trial.
10. The Rowlatt Act (1919) was officially known as?
A) Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act
B) Defence of India Act
C) Sedition Act
D) Emergency Powers Act
Answer: A) Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act
Explanation: It empowered the government to imprison without trial.
11. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in?
A) Delhi
B) Lahore
C) Amritsar
D) Lucknow
Answer: C) Amritsar
Explanation: On 13 April 1919, General Dyer ordered firing on unarmed gathering.
12. Who headed the Hunter Committee to enquire into the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
A) Lord Chelmsford
B) Lord Reading
C) Lord Hardinge
D) Lord Hunter
Answer: D) Lord Hunter
Explanation: The Hunter Committee condemned the act but did not punish Dyer.
13. Rabindranath Tagore renounced his Knighthood in protest of?
A) Rowlatt Act
B) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
C) Partition of Bengal
D) Montagu Reforms
Answer: B) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Explanation: He gave up his title in 1919.
14. Gandhi’s first nationwide movement against the British was?
A) Champaran
B) Kheda
C) Rowlatt Satyagraha
D) Non-Cooperation
Answer: C) Rowlatt Satyagraha
Explanation: It was the first all-India satyagraha in 1919.
15. Who was the Viceroy of India during Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
A) Lord Hardinge
B) Lord Chelmsford
C) Lord Irwin
D) Lord Reading
Answer: B) Lord Chelmsford
Explanation: He was Viceroy from 1916 to 1921.
16. Gandhi called off the Rowlatt Satyagraha because?
A) He was arrested
B) It turned violent in many places
C) British agreed to repeal the Act
D) Indian leaders opposed him
Answer: B) It turned violent in many places
Explanation: Gandhi suspended it after violence broke out at Chauri Chaura–like events.
17. Who among the following leaders was associated with Kheda Satyagraha along with Gandhi?
A) Vallabhbhai Patel
B) Tilak
C) Rajendra Prasad
D) C.R. Das
Answer: A) Vallabhbhai Patel
Explanation: He played a leading role in organizing peasants.
18. Who gave Gandhi the title of “Mahatma”?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Lokmanya Tilak
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore
Explanation: Tagore first addressed him as “Mahatma”.
19. The Khilafat movement was launched to protest against?
A) Partition of Bengal
B) Turkish Sultan’s removal after WWI
C) Rowlatt Act
D) Simon Commission
Answer: B) Turkish Sultan’s removal after WWI
Explanation: Muslims in India wanted restoration of Ottoman Caliph.
20. The leaders of the Khilafat movement were?
A) Jinnah and Liaqat Ali
B) Ali brothers – Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
C) Gandhi and Tilak
D) Motilal and Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: B) Ali brothers – Muhammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
Explanation: They spearheaded the Khilafat agitation.
21. Gandhi supported the Khilafat movement because?
A) He wanted Muslim support in freedom struggle
B) He believed in Khilafat
C) He was against British monarchy
D) He wanted to become Caliph
Answer: A) He wanted Muslim support in freedom struggle
Explanation: It was a tactical alliance to unify Hindus and Muslims.
22. Which of the following was a result of Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
A) Suspension of Rowlatt Act
B) Rise of Non-Cooperation Movement
C) Gandhi’s fast in Ahmedabad
D) Bardoli Satyagraha
Answer: B) Rise of Non-Cooperation Movement
Explanation: The brutality galvanized Indian nationalism.
23. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were introduced in?
A) 1917
B) 1919
C) 1921
D) 1925
Answer: B) 1919
Explanation: They introduced diarchy at provincial level.
24. The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, 1919 (Rowlatt Act) was strongly opposed by?
A) Tilak
B) Gandhi
C) Jinnah
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Explanation: It was condemned across political spectrum.
25. In which year was the Satyagraha Sabha formed by Gandhi against Rowlatt Act?
A) 1915
B) 1917
C) 1919
D) 1920
Answer: C) 1919
Explanation: Gandhi formed Satyagraha Sabha to protest Rowlatt Act.
26. The Non-Cooperation Movement was launched in?
A) 1917
B) 1919
C) 1920
D) 1922
Answer: C) 1920
Explanation: It began in September 1920 at the Nagpur Congress session, combining with Khilafat.
27. The main form of protest in the Non-Cooperation Movement was?
A) Armed struggle
B) Boycott of foreign goods, titles, law courts, and schools
C) Partition of Bengal
D) Tax refusal only
Answer: B) Boycott of foreign goods, titles, law courts, and schools
Explanation: It was a peaceful withdrawal of cooperation from the British.
28. The Non-Cooperation Movement was withdrawn after which incident?
A) Jallianwala Bagh massacre
B) Bardoli Satyagraha
C) Chauri Chaura violence
D) Simon Commission protests
Answer: C) Chauri Chaura violence
Explanation: On 5 Feb 1922, police station was burnt and 22 policemen killed → Gandhi called off movement.
29. Chauri Chaura incident (1922) took place in?
A) Gujarat
B) Bihar
C) Uttar Pradesh (Gorakhpur district)
D) Bengal
Answer: C) Uttar Pradesh (Gorakhpur district)
Explanation: The violent clash led Gandhi to suspend the movement.
30. The Khilafat Committee merged with Congress in?
A) 1917
B) 1920
C) 1922
D) 1924
Answer: B) 1920
Explanation: Gandhi supported Khilafat to bring Hindu–Muslim unity.
31. The first session of All India Khilafat Conference (1919) was held at?
A) Delhi
B) Lucknow
C) Nagpur
D) Allahabad
Answer: B) Lucknow
Explanation: It resolved to boycott British goods and institutions.
32. The Swaraj Party was founded in?
A) 1920
B) 1922
C) 1923
D) 1925
Answer: C) 1923
Explanation: Formed by C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru after the withdrawal of Non-Cooperation.
33. The main objective of Swaraj Party was?
A) Armed struggle
B) Enter councils and wreck them from within
C) Organize peasants
D) Negotiate with British
Answer: B) Enter councils and wreck them from within
Explanation: They contested elections to obstruct colonial governance.
34. The Swaraj Party was also called?
A) Pro-changers
B) No-changers
C) Extremists
D) Moderates
Answer: A) Pro-changers
Explanation: They wanted to participate in legislatures, unlike no-changers who focused on constructive work.
35. The “No-changers” group led by Gandhi emphasized?
A) Legislative obstruction
B) Constructive programmes (spinning, khadi, Hindu–Muslim unity, removal of untouchability)
C) Negotiation with British
D) Boycotting foreign education only
Answer: B) Constructive programmes
Explanation: Gandhians worked outside legislatures to build self-reliant villages.
36. The Simon Commission was appointed in?
A) 1925
B) 1927
C) 1928
D) 1929
Answer: B) 1927
Explanation: British government sent it to review 1919 Act reforms.
37. Why was Simon Commission boycotted?
A) It opposed Swaraj Party
B) It had no Indian members
C) It suggested dominion status
D) It divided Bengal
Answer: B) It had no Indian members
Explanation: All-White commission → slogan “Simon Go Back”.
38. The Simon Commission arrived in India in?
A) 1927
B) 1928
C) 1929
D) 1930
Answer: B) 1928
Explanation: It faced nationwide protests.
39. Who was brutally lathi-charged during Simon Commission protests, later leading to his death?
A) Lala Lajpat Rai
B) Motilal Nehru
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D) C.R. Das
Answer: A) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: He died in 1928 after injuries in Lahore protest.
40. Bhagat Singh and his associates avenged Lala Lajpat Rai’s death by killing?
A) General Dyer
B) Saunders (Assistant Superintendent of Police, Lahore)
C) Lord Irwin
D) Jallianwala Bagh officer
Answer: B) Saunders
Explanation: They killed Saunders in 1928, mistaking him for Scott.
41. The Nehru Report (1928) was prepared under the chairmanship of?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Motilal Nehru
C) C.R. Das
D) M.A. Jinnah
Answer: B) Motilal Nehru
Explanation: It was India’s first constitutional draft.
42. The Nehru Report recommended?
A) Dominion status for India
B) Federal structure with provincial autonomy
C) Universal adult franchise
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Explanation: It proposed a parliamentary system under Dominion status.
43. Which resolution was passed at Lahore session of Congress (1929)?
A) Dominion status
B) Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence)
C) Acceptance of Simon Commission
D) Dyarchy in provinces
Answer: B) Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence)
Explanation: Jawaharlal Nehru presided; 26 January 1930 declared Independence Day.
44. The Lahore session of Congress in 1929 was presided over by?
A) Motilal Nehru
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Gandhi
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: B) Jawaharlal Nehru
Explanation: He became the youngest Congress President.
45. The slogan “Purna Swaraj” was adopted at?
A) Nagpur Session, 1920
B) Calcutta Session, 1928
C) Lahore Session, 1929
D) Karachi Session, 1931
Answer: C) Lahore Session, 1929
Explanation: Independence became the ultimate goal.
46. The Simon Commission recommended?
A) Immediate independence
B) Abolition of dyarchy in provinces
C) Separate electorates for women
D) Dominion status
Answer: B) Abolition of dyarchy in provinces
Explanation: It proposed provincial autonomy.
47. Who gave the slogan “Simon Go Back”?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Yusuf Meherally
Answer: B) Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: He led the protest in Lahore in 1928.
48. The All Parties Conference (1928) appointed the committee to draft constitution, chaired by?
A) Motilal Nehru
B) Gandhi
C) C.R. Das
D) Jinnah
Answer: A) Motilal Nehru
Explanation: The committee produced the Nehru Report.
49. Jinnah’s famous “14 Points” were formulated in response to?
A) Lahore Session, 1929
B) Nehru Report, 1928
C) Khilafat Committee
D) Montagu-Chelmsford reforms
Answer: B) Nehru Report, 1928
Explanation: He opposed rejection of separate electorates for Muslims.
50. 26 January was first observed as Independence Day in?
A) 1928
B) 1929
C) 1930
D) 1931
Answer: C) 1930
Explanation: After Lahore session (1929), it was celebrated across the country.
51. The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched in?
A) 1928
B) 1930
C) 1932
D) 1935
Answer: B) 1930
Explanation: Gandhi started it with the Dandi March on 12 March 1930.
52. Gandhi began the Civil Disobedience Movement with which symbolic act?
A) Burning foreign cloth
B) Refusal to pay land revenue
C) Salt March to Dandi
D) Boycotting elections
Answer: C) Salt March to Dandi
Explanation: He broke the salt law on 6 April 1930.
53. The Dandi March began from?
A) Sabarmati Ashram
B) Wardha Ashram
C) Bombay
D) Delhi
Answer: A) Sabarmati Ashram
Explanation: Gandhi walked ~240 miles from Sabarmati to Dandi.
54. The Dandi March ended at?
A) Bardoli
B) Dandi (Navsari district, Gujarat)
C) Surat
D) Ahmedabad
Answer: B) Dandi
Explanation: Gandhi made salt illegally on the seashore.
55. The Civil Disobedience Movement included?
A) Refusal to pay taxes
B) Boycott of foreign goods
C) Salt law violation
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Explanation: It was broader than Non-Cooperation.
56. Who wrote the famous report on the Salt March, describing Gandhi as “a strange mixture of saint and politician”?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Louis Fischer (American journalist)
D) C.F. Andrews
Answer: C) Louis Fischer
Explanation: His writings made Gandhi internationally famous.
57. The Gandhi–Irwin Pact was signed in?
A) 1929
B) 1930
C) 1931
D) 1932
Answer: C) 1931
Explanation: Signed in March 1931, it ended the first phase of Civil Disobedience.
58. Under Gandhi–Irwin Pact, Gandhi agreed to?
A) Suspend Civil Disobedience Movement
B) Attend Second Round Table Conference
C) Stop boycott of British goods
D) Both A and B
Answer: D) Both A and B
Explanation: In return, political prisoners were released (except violent offenders).
59. The first Round Table Conference (1930) was held in?
A) London
B) Delhi
C) Bombay
D) Karachi
Answer: A) London
Explanation: Attended by princes, British officials, but boycotted by Congress.
60. The only Round Table Conference attended by Gandhi was?
A) First (1930)
B) Second (1931)
C) Third (1932)
D) None
Answer: B) Second (1931)
Explanation: He attended as sole representative of Congress after Gandhi–Irwin Pact.
61. The Second Round Table Conference ended in failure because of?
A) Gandhi’s arrest
B) British refusal to concede Purna Swaraj
C) Separate electorates issue raised by Ambedkar
D) World War II
Answer: C) Separate electorates issue raised by Ambedkar
Explanation: Clash between Gandhi and Ambedkar over minority rights.
62. The Poona Pact (1932) was signed between?
A) Gandhi and Jinnah
B) Gandhi and Ambedkar
C) Gandhi and Irwin
D) Gandhi and Bose
Answer: B) Gandhi and Ambedkar
Explanation: It replaced separate electorates with reserved seats for depressed classes.
63. The Poona Pact (1932) provided?
A) Separate electorates for Dalits
B) Joint electorates with reserved seats for Dalits
C) No representation for Dalits
D) Dominion status
Answer: B) Joint electorates with reserved seats
Explanation: 148 reserved seats in provincial legislatures were promised.
64. The Civil Disobedience Movement was finally withdrawn in?
A) 1932
B) 1933
C) 1934
D) 1935
Answer: C) 1934
Explanation: Gandhi withdrew due to repression and lack of momentum.
65. The Quit India Movement was launched in?
A) 1939
B) 1940
C) 1942
D) 1945
Answer: C) 1942
Explanation: At Bombay session of Congress, 8 August 1942, Gandhi gave the slogan “Do or Die”.
66. The Quit India Movement was launched during which Viceroy’s tenure?
A) Lord Irwin
B) Lord Linlithgow
C) Lord Wavell
D) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: B) Lord Linlithgow
Explanation: He declared it “the most serious rebellion since 1857.”
67. The Quit India Movement is also called?
A) August Revolution
B) Indian Spring
C) Satyagraha II
D) Bombay Mutiny
Answer: A) August Revolution
Explanation: It began in August 1942 with mass protests.
68. Who gave the famous slogan “Do or Die”?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Sardar Patel
Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation: Slogan at the Quit India Movement resolution (1942).
69. The Congress Working Committee passed the Quit India resolution at?
A) Lahore
B) Karachi
C) Bombay (Gowalia Tank ground)
D) Delhi
Answer: C) Bombay (Gowalia Tank ground, now August Kranti Maidan)
Explanation: On 8 August 1942.
70. The immediate impact of Quit India Movement was?
A) Complete independence
B) British left India
C) Severe repression and mass arrests
D) Dominion status granted
Answer: C) Severe repression and mass arrests
Explanation: All major leaders jailed within 24 hours.
71. The Indian National Army (INA) was formed under the leadership of?
A) Gandhi
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) M.N. Roy
D) Motilal Nehru
Answer: B) Subhas Chandra Bose
Explanation: Bose reorganized INA in 1943 to fight alongside Japan.
72. Who first established the Indian National Army (INA) before Bose?
A) Rashbehari Bose
B) Mohan Singh
C) Sardar Patel
D) C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: B) Mohan Singh
Explanation: Mohan Singh, an Indian officer captured by Japanese, first raised INA in 1942.
73. Subhas Chandra Bose gave the famous slogan?
A) “Do or Die”
B) “Inquilab Zindabad”
C) “Give me blood, I will give you freedom”
D) “Jai Hind”
Answer: C) “Give me blood, I will give you freedom”
Explanation: He inspired Indians to join INA.
74. Which slogan is attributed to Subhas Chandra Bose and INA?
A) Vande Mataram
B) Jai Hind
C) Bharat Chhodo
D) Inquilab Zindabad
Answer: B) Jai Hind
Explanation: It became the battle cry of INA.
75. The INA trials were held at?
A) Lahore Fort
B) Delhi Red Fort
C) Calcutta High Court
D) Bombay High Court
Answer: B) Delhi Red Fort
Explanation: In 1945–46, trials of INA officers created massive nationalist upsurge.
76. Gandhi’s political philosophy is often called?
A) Marxism
B) Liberalism
C) Gandhism (Non-violence, Truth, Sarvodaya)
D) Capitalism
Answer: C) Gandhism
Explanation: It combined ahimsa (non-violence), satyagraha (truth-force), and uplift of all (Sarvodaya).
77. The concept of Satyagraha means?
A) Passive resistance
B) Force of truth and non-violence
C) Revolutionary violence
D) Armed struggle
Answer: B) Force of truth and non-violence
Explanation: Gandhi rejected the term passive resistance and coined Satyagraha.
78. Gandhi’s idea of village self-sufficiency is known as?
A) Gram Rajya / Gram Swaraj
B) Dominion status
C) Panchsheel
D) Trusteeship
Answer: A) Gram Rajya / Gram Swaraj
Explanation: Gandhi envisioned independent, self-reliant village republics.
79. Gandhi’s economic philosophy is best described as?
A) Laissez-faire capitalism
B) Socialist planning
C) Trusteeship – rich as trustees of wealth for society
D) Mercantilism
Answer: C) Trusteeship
Explanation: He urged the wealthy to use resources for the welfare of all.
80. Gandhi called untouchables as?
A) Shudras
B) Dalits
C) Harijans (Children of God)
D) Bahujan
Answer: C) Harijans
Explanation: He campaigned for their uplift through Harijan Sevak Sangh.
81. The weekly journal started by Gandhi in South Africa was?
A) Young India
B) Harijan
C) Indian Opinion
D) Navajivan
Answer: C) Indian Opinion
Explanation: Published in 1903 to mobilize Indians in South Africa.
82. Gandhi started which journal after returning to India?
A) Young India
B) Harijan
C) Navajivan
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Explanation: He used these journals to propagate his ideas.
83. Gandhi’s ashram was shifted from Sabarmati to Wardha in?
A) 1927
B) 1930
C) 1933
D) 1940
Answer: C) 1933
Explanation: He moved after starting his Harijan campaign.
84. Gandhi’s constructive programme included?
A) Promotion of khadi
B) Hindu–Muslim unity
C) Removal of untouchability
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Explanation: He stressed social reforms alongside political struggle.
85. Who said “Gandhi is a half-naked fakir”?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Clement Attlee
C) Lord Wavell
D) Stafford Cripps
Answer: A) Winston Churchill
Explanation: Churchill was critical of Gandhi’s simple lifestyle and mass politics.
86. The Cabinet Mission Plan (1946) was accepted by Gandhi because?
A) It rejected partition
B) It offered complete independence immediately
C) It suggested provincial groupings
D) It provided separate electorates for Muslims
Answer: A) It rejected partition
Explanation: Gandhi favored unity of India.
87. Who described Gandhi as “the Father of the Nation”?
A) Nehru
B) Bose
C) Patel
D) Tagore
Answer: B) Subhas Chandra Bose
Explanation: Bose addressed Gandhi in a radio message (1944) as Father of the Nation.
88. Gandhi was assassinated on?
A) 15 August 1947
B) 30 January 1948
C) 2 October 1948
D) 26 January 1949
Answer: B) 30 January 1948
Explanation: He was shot by Nathuram Godse in Delhi.
89. The assassin of Gandhi, Nathuram Godse, was associated with?
A) Hindu Mahasabha
B) Congress
C) Muslim League
D) Communist Party
Answer: A) Hindu Mahasabha
Explanation: He held Gandhi responsible for partition and appeasement.
90. Gandhi’s famous book “Hind Swaraj” was written in?
A) 1905
B) 1909
C) 1915
D) 1921
Answer: B) 1909
Explanation: Written in Gujarati on board a ship from London to South Africa.
91. In “Hind Swaraj,” Gandhi opposed?
A) Industrialization and Western civilization
B) Education
C) Agriculture
D) Self-rule
Answer: A) Industrialization and Western civilization
Explanation: He criticized modern industrial society as materialistic.
92. Gandhi’s concept of non-violence was influenced most by?
A) Tolstoy, Ruskin, and Jain philosophy
B) Marx
C) Hegel
D) Machiavelli
Answer: A) Tolstoy, Ruskin, and Jain philosophy
Explanation: He fused Western thinkers with Indian traditions.
93. Gandhi’s experiments with non-violence in South Africa were against?
A) Slavery
B) Discrimination against Indians
C) Land taxes
D) Industrial laws
Answer: B) Discrimination against Indians
Explanation: He launched satyagrahas against racial laws.
94. Gandhi’s principle of Sarvodaya means?
A) Upliftment of the poor only
B) Welfare of all
C) Dominance of rich
D) Abolition of agriculture
Answer: B) Welfare of all
Explanation: Inspired by John Ruskin’s book Unto This Last.
95. Gandhi’s policy of non-violence was criticized by?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose
B) B.R. Ambedkar
C) Revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Explanation: Critics felt it was too idealistic or ineffective.
96. Which British PM announced the decision to quit India in 1947?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Clement Attlee
C) Neville Chamberlain
D) Lord Wavell
Answer: B) Clement Attlee
Explanation: He declared Britain would leave India by June 1948.
97. Gandhi’s last fast (January 1948) was undertaken for?
A) Partition issue
B) Hindu–Muslim unity in Delhi after communal riots
C) Release of political prisoners
D) Independence
Answer: B) Hindu–Muslim unity in Delhi after communal riots
Explanation: He fasted to end violence after partition.
98. Gandhi’s close associate who later became Governor-General of India was?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) C. Rajagopalachari
C) Sardar Patel
D) Rajendra Prasad
Answer: B) C. Rajagopalachari
Explanation: Known as Rajaji, he was Gandhi’s follower and last Governor-General.
99. Which statement best describes Gandhi’s role in Indian independence?
A) He alone achieved independence
B) He unified masses with non-violence and mass mobilization
C) He was irrelevant after 1942
D) He supported partition wholeheartedly
Answer: B) He unified masses with non-violence and mass mobilization
Explanation: Gandhi transformed Congress into a mass movement and internationalized India’s cause.
100. Gandhi’s legacy in world politics includes?
A) Inspiration to Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela
B) Techniques of peaceful resistance
C) Human rights and civil rights movements
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
Explanation: Gandhian non-violence influenced leaders across the world.