GANDHI'S QUESTIONNAIRE WITH ANSWERS!

Questionnaire Gandhi

1. When was Gandhi born? Where?
Ganhi was born on October 2nd 1869 in India.
2. What did he fight for?
He fought for the independence of India.
3. What is the meaning of his name?
His name means Great Soul.
4. What happens on his birthday?
His birthday is commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday. In the rest of the world, as the International Day of Non Violence.
5. What did Gandhi use to protest?
He used total non violence.
6. What happened in 1921?
He assumed the leadership of the Indian National Congress.
7. What happened in 1930?
He organized a 400 kilometer march to protest for the salt tax.
8. Was he rich?
No he wasn’t. He lived modestly in a self- sufficient community.
9. Describe Gandhi’s lifestyle.
He lived modestly in a self- sufficient community.
10. When did Gandhi die?
He died on January 30th, 1948.
11. How did Gandhi die?
He was shot and killed by a Hindu radical.
12. Who is Nathuram Godse?
He assassinated Gandhi.
13. What happened to Gandhi’s ashes?
They were poured into urns that were sent through India.
14. What is he considered to be in India?
He is honoured as Father of the Nation.
15. What was his cause founded upon?
His cause was founded upon total non-violence.
16. What kind of social movements did his cause inspire?
He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom around the world.
17. How was he commonly known around the world?
He was known as Mahatma Gandhi.
18. Why did he organize peasants, farmers and urban labours?
To protest for land tax and discrimination.
19. What did he campaign for?
He campaigned for easing poverty, for expanding women’s rights, for building religious and ethnic amity, for ending untouchability, for increasing economic self reliance and for the independence of India.
20. What did he ask to the British in 1942?
He asked them to “quit India”.
21. Was he imprisoned? Where?
He was imprisoned for many years in South Africa and India.
22. What did he do for self-purification and social protest?
He undertook long fasts.