Mahatma Gandhi quiz for Kendriya Vidyalaya students

1. Mahatma Gandhi Quiz
Life Philosophy
Works
Sarvodaya A Tribute

2. Mahatma Gandhi
quiz
For Kendriya Vidyalaya Students

3. Rules of the round
• The traditional quiz format
• 20 marks for direct
question
• 10 for passed question
• No negative marking
Lif

4. Life of Gandhi- Round 1
• Sandhya Maru while appearing for an
examination of Rajkot District Shiskhan Samity in
2016 found that the answer key mentioned an
Unknown journalist as the correct answer for a
particular question.
• She challenged the same in Gujarat High court
who gave the verdict that it was Rabindranath
Tagore who first used it.
• What was the question ?
Lif
Q-1

5. Life of Gandhi- Round 1
• Gandhiji was part of the executive committee and
founder of the society along with Dr Oldfield, his room
mate in London who was also the editor of this society
magazine. He was so struck by his new creed that he even
formed a branch of the Society in the locality where he
lived.
• What was the name of the society
Lif
Q-2

6. Life of Gandhi- Round 1
• I do not know what purpose it serves today.
• But then I heard it greatly disparaged as well as
praised. Leo Tolstoy called it Monument of mans
folly.
• There is no art about X. Men flocked to see it
and ascended as it was novelty and of unique
dimensions.
• It was a toy of the Exhibition X was a good
demonstration of the fact that we are all
children attracted by Trinkets.
• From My experiments of truth
• What is Gandhiji talking about
Lif
Q.3

7. Life of Gandhi- Round 1
• Gandhiji was referred to as Y Barrister in the
Durban magistrate court . The term Y originated
from the Gujarati tribe which was picked up by
Portuguese and then used in South India
especially in Tamil and Telugu for day labourer
What word are we talking about?
Lif
Q-4

8. Life of Gandhi- Round 1
• In the book written by Neelam Parikh
he is referred to as the Gandhiji’s
Lost Jewel
• He was portrayed in the Marathi play
Gandhi Virudh Gandhi.
• He also has another book based on
him titled Mahatma vs Gandhi
written by Dinkar Joshi.
• Who are we talking about?
Lif
Q-5

9. Life of Gandhi- Round 1
• Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of
Halifax held a fortnight long discussions in
January 1931 with Gandhiji.
• After the meeting he wrote to his father "it
was rather like talking to someone who had
stepped off another planet onto this for a
short visit of a fortnight and whose mental
outlook was quite other to that which was
regulating most of the affairs on the planet to
which he had descended.
• By what name do we Know Edward Woods?
Lif
Q-6

10. Life of Gandhi- Round 1
• Gray’s Inn,Middle temple,Lincoln’s inn are the
three out of four four Inns of Court (professional
associations for barristers and judges) in London.
• To be called to the Bar and practise as a
barrister in England and Wales, a person must
belong to one of these four Inns
• What is the name of the fourth inn
Lif
Q-7

11. Lets look at the scores

12. His
Philosophy

13. Rules of the round
•The traditional quiz
format
•20 marks for direct
question
•10 for passed question
•No negative marking
Philosophy

14. Philosophy of Gandhi
• The Indian Opinion was a newspaper
established by Indian leader Mohandas
Gandhi.
• The publication was an important tool for
the political movement led by Gandhi and
the Indian National Congress to fight racial
discrimination and win civil rights for the
Indian immigrant community in South
Africa.
• He ran a competition to find an apt word
for his movement which was won by
Magnalal Gandhi, grandson of his uncle.
What word did it result into finally?
Philosophy
Q-1

15. Philosophy of Gandhi
• John Ruskins book Unto this last
brought about an instantaneous
transformation in Gandhijis life?
• The teachings include “That the
good of the individual is contained
in the good of all”
• What was the translation in
Gujarati called?
Philosophy
Q-2

16. Philosophy of Gandhi
• During his second year in England he met two
theophists,brothers who were reading the book
The Song celestial by Edwin Arnold .The verses
from the chapter left deep impression on him
• What was song celestial translation of
If one
Ponders on objects of the sense, there springs
Attraction; from attraction grows desire,
Desire flames to fierce passion, passion breeds
Recklessness; then the memory—all betrayed—
Lets noble purpose go, and saps the mind,
Till purpose, mind, and man are all undone.
Philosophy
Q-3

17. Philosophy of Gandhi
• A philosophical treatise by Leo Tolstoy,this
book was first Banned in Russia.
• It is the culmination of thirty years of
Tolstoy's thinking, and lays out a new
organization for society based on an
interpretation of Christianity focusing on
universal love.
• This book "overwhelmed" Gadhiji and "left
an abiding impression on him.Name the book
Philosophy
Q-4

18. Philosophy of Gandhi
• Noted India author and columnist Khushwant
Singh had, in a column written for The Hindustan
Times published this rendering of words written
by 15th century Poet Narsingh Mehta?
• A godlike man is one,
Who feels another’s pain
Who shares another’s sorrow,
And pride does disdain.
• What are we talking about
Q-5

19. Philosophy of Gandhi
• Whom did Mahatma Gandhi refer to
as
“ He was as the Ganges. One could
have a refreshing bath in the holy
river. The Himalaya was unscalable,
and one could not easily launch
forth on the sea, but the Ganges
invited one to its bosom. It was a
joy to be on it with a boat and an
oar.”
Philosophy
Q-6

20. Philosophy of Gandhi
• In 1906, the Transvaal government
promulgated a new Act.
• At a mass protest meeting held in
Johannesburg on September 11th that
year, Gandhiji adopted his methodology of
satyagraha (devotion to the truth) or non-
violent protest for the first time.
• What was the act
Philosophy
Q-7

21. Lets look at the scores

22. Works of of Gandhi
His
Works

23. Works of Gandhiji
•The traditional quiz format
•20 marks for direct question
•10 for passed question
•No negative marking
Works

24. Works of Gandhiji Q-1
• Who published the following titles of Gandhiji -WORKS
• Satyana Prayogo athava Aatmakatha (An Autobiography or My
Experiments with Truth)
• Dakshin Africana Satyagrahno Itihas (Satyagraha in South
Africa)
• Hind Swaraj (Indian Home Rule)
• Mangal Prabhat (From Yeravda Mandir)
• Arogyani Chavi (Key to Health)
• Rachanatmak Karyakram - Tenu Rahasya ane Sthan
(Constructive Programme-Its Meaning and Pledge)
• Satyagrahashram no Itihas (Ashram Observations in Action)
Works

25. Works of Gandhiji Q-2
• During the Boer war, The Natal Indian Ambulance
Corps was created by Mahatma Gandhi
• for use by the British as stretcher bearers during
the Second Boer War, with expenses met by
the local Indian community.
• What award was bestowed to him after this by
the british?
Works

26. Works of Gandhiji Q-3
•Mahatma Gandhi
attended his first
Congress at 1901 at
Calcutta.Who was
the president at that
Congress?
Works

27. Works of Gandhiji Q-4
•What is the name of the
district which means
Magnolia forest which was
a a place of major revolt
in the Indian Independence
movement?
Works

28. Works of Gandhiji Q-5
• Name the organization set up by Mahatma Gandhi in 1924 with
Abdoola Hajee Adam Jhaveri (Dada Abdulla) ,Ganghiji as Honoroary
secretary and Vice presidents like Hajee Mahomed Hajee Dada, Abdool
Kadir, Hajee Dada Hajee Habib, Moosa Hajee Adam, P. Dawjee
Mahomed, Peeran Mahomed, Murugesa Pillay.
• During its formative years, it introduced many early petitions for
changes to proposed discriminatory legislations.
• Later it allied itself with African National Congress
Works

29. Works of Gandhiji Q-6
• In 2018 ,100 years after the Armistice day
Theresa May wore a special Poppy as a
sign of respect?
• What was special about the Poppy she
wore
Works

30. Works of Gandhiji q-7
• Indian National congress held its 39th session in
December 1924 in this city which gave great Impetus
to the Independence struggle.
• The venue of the 1924 session had been named
`Vijayanagar' after the great Vijaynagar empire.
• Well called Pampa Sarovar was built at site to supply
water to all the delegates.
• Name the city?

31. Lets look at the scores

32. •Sarvodaya

33. Rules of the round
• The traditional quiz
format
• 20 marks for direct
question
• 10 for passed question
• No negative marking
Sarvodaya

34. Sarvodaya Round
• During his stay in London Mahatma
Gandhi met his mentor for life in
Dadabhai Naraoji who advised him to
read books on Physiognomy by
writers like Lavator and
Shemmelpennick
• What is the practise of Physiognomy?
Q-1

35. • Name the place where you see PM Modi getting down
which is also the capital of Kwazulu-Natal Province?
Sarvodaya Round Q-2

36. • In 1918 X chaired the inquiry into "Criminal conspiracies
connected with revolutionary movements in India" which
led to the unpopular legislation that provided for
stricter control of the press, arrests without warrant,
indefinite detention without trial, and juryless in
camera trials for proscribed political acts.
• The accused were denied the right to know the accusers
and the evidence used in the trial.
• Who are we talking about
Sarvodaya Round Q-3

37. • At the Lucknow session of the Congress in
1916, he demanded the formation of
separate Congress circle for Andhra. The
demand was opposed by Mahatma
Gandhi, but as Tilak supported him the
Andhra Congress Committee came into
existence in 1918.
• He ran for the presidency of the Indian
National Congress as the candidate
closest to Mohandas Gandhi, against the
more radical Netaji Subhash Chandra
Bose in Tripura Session of 1939. He lost
owing to Netaji’s rising popularity
• He is also the author of The History of
the Congress published in 1935 with an
introductory note given by the Rajendra
Prasad . His other popular publication
was Gandhi and Gandhism .
Sarvodaya Round Q-4

38. • The Indian Statutory Commission,was a
group of seven British Members
of Parliament under the chairmanship. The
commission arrived in British India in 1928 to
study constitutional reform in Britain's most
important colony.
• The commission was opposed by Gandhi
,Nehru and Ambedkar since it had seven
British members of British Parliament and no
Indian.Protests against the commission in
Lahore led to the lathi charge and death of
Lala Lajpat Rai
• Who headed the commission
Sarvodaya Round Q-5

39. • Whom did Gandhi refer to as the Christs
Favorite Apostle
• A Christian missionary, educator and social
reformer in India, he became a close
friend of Mahatma Gandhi and identified
with the cause of India's independence. He
was instrumental in convincing Gandhi to
return to India from South Africa, where
Gandhi had been a leading light in the
Indian civil rights struggle.
Sarvodaya Round Q-6

40. • This memorial is located at a place in
Gorakhpur district
• Britishers built the memorial in 1923
to honour the Policemen who died in
a famous incident during the Non
cooperation movement
• Indian Railways has a train named
after this place which runs from
Gorakhpur to Kanpur
• Identify this place
Sarvodaya Round Q-7

41. Lets look at the scores

42. •A
tribute
to
Gandhiji
• Works on Gandhi

43. Rules of round
• The traditional quiz
format
• 20 marks for direct
question
• 10 for passed question
• No negative marking

44. Tribute round
• Name the movie directed by Mark
Robinson that follows a fictionalised
Nathuram Godse in the hours before
he assassinated the Indian
Independence leader. It is based on a
1962 novel of the same name
by Stanley Wolpert.
A Tribute
Q-1

45. Tribute round
• What connects them
• Sam Dastor,
• Annu Kapoor
• Rajat Kapur
• Mohan Gokhale
A Tribute
Q-2

46. Tribute round
• Here Gandhiji is seen with Lord Fredrick William Pethick Lawrence.
• Lord Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence was a British Politician. He
was a leader of the woman suffrage movement in Great Britain during
the first two decades of the 20th century and then served as the
secretary of state of India and Burma
• what is the significance of this picture ?
Q-3

47. Tribute round
•Who composed the Music for
Richard Attenbourgh Oscar
winning Film Gandhi and also
composed the theme song for
IXth Asian games at Delhi?
A Tribute
Q-4

48. Tribute round
• Identify the person in the stamp
A Tribute
Q-5

49. Tribute round
• As a tribute to the ideals espoused by Gandhi, the
Government of India launched the International
Gandhi Peace Prize in 1995 on the occasion of the
125th birth anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi. This
is an annual award given to individuals and
institutions for their contributions towards social,
economic and political transformation through
non-violence and other Gandhian methods.
• Who was the first recipient
A Tribute
Q-6

50. Tribute round
• 1945 –Cordel Hull
• 1946-Emily Green Balch, John Raleigh Mott
• 1947-Quakers
• 1948- ?
• 1949-Lord Boyd Orr
• 1950 Ralph Bunche
What is the list all about
Q-7

52. Rules of tie breaker
•We will have 6 questions in total
•Questions will be asked one after the other
•Both teams to write the answers in a piece of
paper
•The team that gets the right answer will win
the quiz

53. Tie Breaker -1
• Name the director of the film Making Of
Mahatma with Rajat Kapur as Gandhi

54. Tie Breaker 2
• Identify

55. Tie Breaker 3
• Time 100: The Most Important People of the
Century is a compilation of the 20th century's
100 most influential people, published in Time
magazine in 1999.
• The runners up was Mahatma Gandhi and
Franklin Roosevalt
• Who was chosen as Person of century

56. Tie breaker 4
• What is the name of the building which served as
Gandhi's residence in Mumbai from 1917-1934?

57. Question -5
•By what name do we know
Krishna Pandit Bhanji

58. Question 6
• Identify the actress

59. • Identify

60. Tie breaker
• Name the weekly paper or journal in English
published by Gandhiji from 1919 to 1931. Gandhi
wrote various quotations in this journal that inspired
many. He used the paper 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.

61. Thanks..