Who was the political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi?
- A.Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- B.Justice Ranade
- C.Dada Bhai Naroji
- D.Firoz Shah Mehta
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Gandhi called Gokhale his political guru, met him on returning from South Africa and, on his advice, spent a year travelling through India before taking up public work. Gokhale founded the Servants of India Society in 1905 and led the moderate wing of the Congress, and his method of patient constitutional work shaped Gandhi early campaigns.
Option B is wrong because Justice M. G. Ranade was Gokhale own mentor, a generation earlier. Option C is wrong because Dadabhai Naoroji, the Grand Old Man of India, was respected by Gandhi but never described as his guru. Option D is wrong because Pherozeshah Mehta led Bombay politics and differed with Gandhi on method. The chain Ranade to Gokhale to Gandhi is what the examiner is testing.
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Practice Questions
View allRani Avantibai Lodhi, who led the revolt of 1857 in the Narmada valley, ruled which estate?
- A.Ramgarh
- B.Ratanpur
- C.Raghogarh
- D.Rampur
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Rani Avantibai Lodhi governed Ramgarh, a small estate in the Mandla region of the Narmada valley, after the death of her husband.
Read the full explanation →Raja Shankar Shah and his son Raghunath Shah, blown from the mouths of cannon at Jabalpur in September 1857, belonged to which ruling house?
- A.The Bundelas of Orchha
- B.The Gonds of Garha-Mandla
- C.The Baghels of Rewa
- D.The Puars of Dhar
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Shankar Shah was the head of the Gond royal line of Garha-Mandla, the house of Sangram Shah and Rani Durgavati, which had been reduced to a pension by the Company.
Read the full explanation →Tatya Tope, the last great commander of the revolt of 1857, was hanged in April 1859 at which place in present Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Gwalior
- B.Shivpuri
- C.Jabalpur
- D.Indore
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After the loss of Gwalior in June 1858 Tatya Tope fought a guerrilla war for about ten months through Guna, Rajgarh, Jhalawar and the Chambal ravines, crossing and recrossing the Narmada to avoid British columns.
Read the full explanation →On which date did the troops of the Holkar state attack the British Residency at Indore, a rising that spread to the Mhow cantonment the same day?
- A.3 June 1857
- B.10 May 1857
- C.1 July 1857
- D.18 September 1857
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On that day the Holkar artillery and the Bhil levies turned on the British Residency at Indore.
Read the full explanation →Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was killed in June 1858 while fighting at Kotah-ki-Serai, near which city of present Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Gwalior
- B.Sagar
- C.Ujjain
- D.Bhopal
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After the fall of Jhansi in April 1858 the Rani joined Tatya Tope and Rao Sahib, and in June 1858 they took Gwalior when the Scindia army went over to them.
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