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Gandhi Jayanti quiz
How well do you really know Gandhi Jayanti? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
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The questions
- Easy
What was Gandhi’s full name, and what respectful title is he widely known by?
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- His full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
- He is widely known as Mahatma Gandhi.
- “Mahatma” means “great soul.”
- Medium
Name Gandhi’s memorial in New Delhi, and say what visitors commonly do there on Gandhi Jayanti.
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- The memorial is Raj Ghat.
- Visitors pay tribute, often by laying flowers.
- Medium
What 1930 campaign did Gandhi launch against British salt rules, and what act of defiance made it famous?
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- It was the Salt March, also called the Dandi March.
- Gandhi marched to the coast at Dandi.
- He made salt in defiance of British restrictions.
- Medium
Gandhi’s story began in western India: which city was he born in, and which state is it in?
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- He was born in Porbandar.
- Porbandar is in Gujarat.
- Gujarat is in western India.
- Medium
What was the 1942 campaign calling for an end to British rule in India called, and what short slogan did Gandhi give it?
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- The campaign was the Quit India Movement.
- Gandhi’s slogan was “Do or Die.”
- The campaign began during World War II.
- Hard
What was Gandhi’s ashram near Ahmedabad called, and which river flowed beside it?
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- It was called Sabarmati Ashram.
- It stood beside the Sabarmati River.
- It was on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
- Hard
Gandhi turned his own life into a book: what was its title, and what language was it first written in?
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- The Story of My Experiments with Truth
- It was first written in Gujarati
- It is Gandhi’s autobiography
- Boss
Which numbered Round Table Conference did Gandhi attend in London, and what constitutional question was it discussing?
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- It was the Second Round Table Conference.
- It discussed India’s constitutional future and self-government.
- Gandhi attended as the Indian National Congress’s sole representative.
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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