Contributions of Mahatma gandhi towards education mcq

1. INDIAN THINKERS - MAHATMA GANDHI
MCQ
Submitted by,
Divya S S
Ist B.Ed Mathematics
Roll No : 18

2. 1) Contribution of Gandhiji in education is
a) Integral Education
b) Basic Education
c) Vocational Education
d) Religious Education ans: (b)
2) As an educationalist, Gandhiji was
a) An idealist
b) A naturalist
c) A pragmatist
d) All of the above ans: (d)
3) What did Gandhiji’s philosophy of education stress as aim of
education?
a) A synthesis of individual and social aims
b) Individual aims
c) Cultural aims
d) Social aims ans: (a)
4) On whose philosophy is based the current primary education in India?
a) Tagore
b) Gandhi
c) Sri Aurobindo
d) Vivekananda ans: (b)
5) Who was the chairman of Wardha Committee?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) B. G. Kher
c) Zakir Husain
d) A. K. Azad ans: (b)
6) “My experiment with truth” is written by:
a) Sri Aurobindo
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Swami Agnivesh
d) Vivekananda ans: (b)

3. 7) In education, who emphasized the idea of ’Education through
productive work’?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Tagore
c) Vinoba Bhave
d) Vivekananda ans: (a)
8) We can call Gandhi an idealist because
a) He believed that truth is the ultimate value
b) He emphasized character building
c) For him education means bringing out the best
d) He saw education as a tool of social revolution
ans: (b)
9) When did Gandhiji evolve principle of Basic Education?
a) 1932
b) 1937
c) 1940
d) 1947 ans: (b)
10) Which of the following thinkers said ‘Literacy itself is not
education, literacy is only a means to education’?
a) J. Krishnamurti
b) Vivekananda
c) Sri Aurobindo
d) Mahatma Gandhi ans: (d)
11) What is the ultimate objective of education according to M. K.
Gandhi?
a) Self realization
b) To promote Indian language
c) Physical development
d) Cognitive development ans:(a)
12) The ultimate purpose of Gandhian education?
a) Creation of a classless society
b) Promotion of human beings

4. c) Development of a human being and awakened society
d) Salvation for all ans: (c)
13) Whom among the following maintain ‘By Education I mean an
all-round drawing out of the best in child and man- body, mind and
spirit’?
a) Sri Aurobindo
b) Vivekananda
c) R. N. Tagore
d) Mahatma Gandhi ans: (d)
14) Which of the following types represent Gndhiji contribution to
education?
a) Integral education
b) Basic education
c) Education and man making
d) Education for international understandingans: (b)
15) The ultimate aim of education according to Gandiji was to help the
individual to be
a) Gain fully employed in life
b) Peaceful and happy life
c) Able to grow in to divine human being by realising goodness
d) Able to acquire as much as possible from the ocean of knowledge
ans: (c)