Contemporary Issues In Gandhian Thought Set 1

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This set of Contemporary Issues in Gandhian Thought Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Contemporary Issues In Gandhian Thought Set 1

Q1 | The central teaching of Gandhi’s thought is :
  • truth
  • love
  • religion
  • spirituality
Answer: truth
Q2 | Gandhi understood the facts of non-violence from the teachings of:
  • buddhism and jainism
  • advaita
  • christianity
  • islam
Answer: buddhism and jainism
Q3 | --------------------- is considered as the most important teaching of Gandhi.
  • love of humanity
  • love of god
  • truth is god ddd
  • god is love
Answer: truth is god ddd
Q4 | According to Gandhi nothing is exist in reality expect:
  • love
  • goodness
  • beauty
  • d truth
Answer: d truth
Q5 | The essential nature of God is described by Gandhi by the phrase:
  • sarveswaran
  • svarupan
  • satchidananda
  • iswara
Answer: satchidananda
Q6 | ----------------- Upanishad made a deep influence upon Ganhi
  • mandukhya
  • chandokhya
  • isavasym
  • brahadaranya
Answer: isavasym
Q7 | To Gandhi ------------------ is the aim of life.
  • self-realization
  • freedom
  • liberation
  • independence
Answer: self-realization
Q8 | By Tapas Gandhi means:
  • meditation
  • sacrifice
  • cleaning of mind
  • none of these
Answer: cleaning of mind
Q9 | Gandhiji called Bhagavat Gita as :
  • the lord’s song
  • the song celestial
  • universal mother
  • treasure of knowledge
Answer: universal mother
Q10 | ‘The book struck me as one of priceless worth’. Name the book which mentioned by Gandhihere.
  • gita
  • quran
  • bible
  • un to the last
Answer: gita
Q11 | Gandhi learnt good deal about non-possession from:
  • gita
  • quran
  • bible
  • un to the last
Answer: gita
Q12 | ----------------- is considered as the “spiritual reference book” of Gandhi
  • bhakthi yoga
  • karma yoga
  • anasakthi yoga
  • none of these
Answer: anasakthi yoga
Q13 | Gandhiji’s concept of Sathyagrahi owes much to the concept of :
  • iswara
  • sthithapranja
  • brahman
  • tapasi
Answer: sthithapranja
Q14 | Gandhi wrote, “The supreme state of non- attachment cannot achieved without the practiceof---------------------“
  • non-possession
  • non-violence
  • non-stealing
  • all of these
Answer: all of these
Q15 | Gandhiji received the positive aspects of Ahimsa from:
  • jainism
  • buddhism
  • christianity
  • islam
Answer: buddhism
Q16 | -------------------showed Gandhi that political organisation upon the foundation of non- violence is not an impossible thing
  • buddhism
  • advaita
  • christianity
  • islam
Answer: buddhism
Q17 | “It is the doctrine that has one to judge a Musalman from his own stand point and Christianfrom his….” Gandhi made this comment to regarding:
  • prathithyasmudpada
  • kshnikavada
  • syadvada
  • sunyavada
Answer: syadvada
Q18 | According to Gandhi the chief contribution of Quran is the:
  • brotherhood
  • charity
  • peace
  • love
Answer: brotherhood
Q19 | Tolstoy’s “----------------------“ made much impression upon Gandhi.
  • unto this last
  • enlightens
  • the kingdom of god within you
  • none of these
Answer: the kingdom of god within you
Q20 | Who called Gandhiji , ‘a disciple of Tolstoy’?
  • joseph j. doke
  • tagore
  • gokale
  • toynbee
Answer: joseph j. doke
Q21 | Sarvodya means:
  • good for all
  • wealth for all
  • freedom for all
  • welfare for all
Answer: welfare for all
Q22 | Gandhiji symbolizes woman is the incarnation of :
  • prkrithi
  • sakthi
  • swdrya
  • ahimsa
Answer: ahimsa
Q23 | Who wrote the essay “Civil Disobedience”?
  • thoreau
  • gandhi
  • ruskin
  • tolstoy
Answer: thoreau
Q24 | Gandhi changed the term Civil Disobedience finally as:
  • civil resistance
  • civil war
  • non-violent resistance
  • none of these
Answer: non-violent resistance
Q25 | Daridranarayana means:
  • poor god
  • god is poor
  • poor as god
  • none of these
Answer: poor as god
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