91 Mahatma Gandhi Trivia Questions with Answers
91 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What was Mahatma Gandhi’s birth name before he became widely known by his honorific?
Answer
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
During which 1918 labor dispute did Mahatma Gandhi undertake his first hunger strike in India?
Answer
Ahmedabad mill strike
What name did Mahatma Gandhi give to his 1906 pledge of disciplined celibacy?
Answer
Brahmacharya
Which 1919 law did Mahatma Gandhi oppose with a nationwide satyagraha?
Answer
Rowlatt Act
Which Gujarati newspaper did Mahatma Gandhi launch in 1919?
Answer
Navajivan
What was the name of the train station where Mahatma Gandhi was ejected from a first-class carriage in 1893?
Answer
Pietermaritzburg station
What was the name of Mahatma Gandhi’s first ashram in India, founded in 1915?
Answer
Kochrab Ashram
Which event in 1942 launched Mahatma Gandhi’s final major mass movement against British rule?
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Quit India Movement
What was the name of the settlement Mahatma Gandhi founded near Durban in 1904?
Answer
Phoenix Settlement
Which pact did Mahatma Gandhi sign with Lord Irwin in 1931?
Answer
Gandhi–Irwin Pact
Which prison did Mahatma Gandhi use as the setting for writing parts of his autobiography?
Answer
Yerwada Central Jail
What was Mahatma Gandhi’s first major civil-disobedience campaign in India called?
Answer
Champaran Satyagraha
In which coastal town was Mahatma Gandhi born on 2 October 1869?
Answer
Porbandar
Which award did Mahatma Gandhi never receive despite being nominated for it five times?
Answer
Nobel Peace Prize
At which 1931 conference in London did Mahatma Gandhi represent the Indian National Congress?
Answer
Second Round Table Conference
What was the name of Mahatma Gandhi’s 1917 campaign supporting indigo farmers in Bihar?
Answer
Champaran Satyagraha
What is the title of Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography, first published in English in 1927?
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The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Who was Mahatma Gandhi’s wife, who became a major figure in India’s independence movement?
Answer
Kasturba Gandhi
What was Mahatma Gandhi’s campaign for Indian-made goods called?
Answer
Swadeshi movement
Which Indian leader did Mahatma Gandhi regard as his political guru?
Answer
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948?
Answer
Nathuram Godse
On what date was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi?
Answer
30 January 1948
Which newspaper did Mahatma Gandhi publish in South Africa from 1903?
Answer
Indian Opinion
Which ashram did Mahatma Gandhi establish near Ahmedabad in 1917?
Answer
Sabarmati Ashram
In which city did Mahatma Gandhi begin his 1930 Salt March?
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Ahmedabad
What was Mahatma Gandhi’s birth name?
Answer
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
In which year was Mahatma Gandhi born?
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1869