Objective

Prose-1 Indian Civilization and Culture

by Mahatma Gandhi

1. "Indian Civilization and Culture" has been written by ................

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Manohar Malgonkar

(C) Martin Luther King, Jr.

(D) Shiga Naoya | Ans- (A)

2. Who was popularly known as "Bapu" or "the Father of Nation"?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Dr Zakir Hussain

(C) Anton Chekhov

(D) Dorothy L. Sayers | Ans- (A)

3. When was Gandhiji born?

(A) 2 Oct, 1866

(B) 2 Oct, 1863

(C) 2 Oct, 1869

(D) 2 Oct, 1927 | Ans- (C)

4. Gandhiji died at the hands of fanatic on .....................

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(A) 2 Oct, 1947

(B) 30 Jan, 1948

(C) 26 Jan, 1947

(D) 15 Aug, 1950 | Ans- (B)

5. Mahatma Gandhi was more a ..................... than a politician.

(A) group leader

(B) spiritual leader

(C) politician leader

(D) none of these | Ans- (B)

6. Gandhiji used as the chief weapons—

(A) swords

(B) nuclear weapons

(C) guns

(D) truth and non-violence | Ans- (D)

7. Mahatma Gandhi successfully used the chief weapons against the ..............

(A) School rule

(B) Home rule

(C) British rule

(D) Social Rule | Ans- (C)

8. India gained independence—

(A) 1915

(B) 1948

(D) None of these | Ans- (D)

Feedback:India gained independence in 1947.Gandhiji Completely dominated Indian politics from 1915 to 1948.

9. "My Experiments with Truth" was written by ...............

(A) Dr Zakir Hussain

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Manohar Malgonkar

(D) Martin Luther King, Jr. | Ans- (B)

10. Gandhiji completely dominated Indian politics from ....................

(A) 1915 till 1948

(B) 1920 till 1947

(D) 1946 till 1947 | Ans- (A)

11. Who was the author of "Young India"?

(A) Martin Luther King, Jr.

(B) Manohar Malgonkar

(C) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Bertrand Russell | Ans- (C)

12. Mahatma Gandhi wrote different articles for ......................

(A) The Hindu

(B) The Times of India

(C) The Blitzed

(D) Young India | Ans- (D)

13. What was the full name of Mahatma Gandhi?

(A) Mohan Das Karam Gandhi

(B) Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi

(C) Madan Das Karamchand Gandhi

(D) Motilal Das Karamchand Gandhi | Ans- (B)

14. In his essay, Mahatma Gandhi deals in ..................

(A) Customs and Traditions

(B) Poverty and Unemployment

(C) Civilization and Culture

(D) None of these | Ans- (C)

15. "Indian Civilization and Culture" is ............

(A) an essay/extract

(B) a story

(C) a drama

(D) a poem | Ans- (A)

16. Indian Civilization elevates the ..................

(A) human being

(B) moral being

(C) immoral being

(D) none of these | Ans- (B)

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17. Which civilization is not to be beaten in the world?

(A) Western civilization

(B) Eastern civilization

(C) Indian civilization

(D) None of these | Ans- (C)

18. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by ..................

(A) our ancestors

(B) our teachers

(C) our leaders

(D) none of these | Ans- (A)

19. The might of ................. was broken.

(A) Italy

(B) Pharaohs

(C) Japan

(D) None of these | Ans- (B)

20. Pharaohs were rulers of ancient ...............

(A) Egypt

(B) Russia

(C) India

(D) Greece | Ans- (A)

21. The people of Europe learnt their lessons from the writings of the men of .................

(A) Greece or Rome

(B) Italy or Japan

(C) Greece or America

(D) None of these | Ans- (A)

22. The people of Europe are inspired by .................. and Roman writers.

(A) Greece (Greek)

(B) British

(C) Indian

(D) French | Ans- (A)

23. Who does not exist longer in their former glory?

(A) Italy

(B) Rome

(C) USA

(D) China | Ans- (B)

24. Whom people learn their lessons from the writings of Greece or Rome?

(A) India

(B) Europe

(C) China

(D) Nepal | Ans- (B)

25. Who imagines to avoid the mistakes of Greece and Rome?

(A) Indians

(B) Europeans

(C) Americans

(D) none of these | Ans- (B)

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26. India's glory is that it remain .....................

(A) movable

(B) immovable

(C) both a and b

(D) none of these | Ans- (B)

27. Indians people are so ................

(A) uncivilized, ignorant and stolid

(B) civilized, ignorant and poor

(C) educated, ignorant and stolid

(D) none of these | Ans- (A)

28. What we have tested and found true on .................

(A) the anvil of experience

(B) the merit of experience

(C) the analysis of experience

(D) none of these | Ans- (A)

29. Indian beauty is the ................. anchor of our hope.

(A) link anchor

(B) sheet anchor

(C) major anchor

(D) none of these | Ans- (B)

30. The charge against India is that .......................

(A) her people are so uncivilized, ignorant and stolid

(B) her people are so civilized, ignorant and stolid

(C) her people are so intelligent, ignorant and stolid

(D) her people are so educated, ignorant and stolid | Ans- (A)

31. We dare not change what—

(A) we have tested and found true on the anvil of experience.

(B) we have tested and found false on the anvil of experience

(C) we have found in our life

(D) none of these | Ans- (A)

32. Civilization points out to man ..................

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(A) the path of success

(B) the path of failure

(C) the path of duty

(D) the path of discipline | Ans- (C)

33. To observe morality is to attain mastery over—

(A) our minds and our passions

(B) our hands and our feet

(C) our minds and our emotions

(D) economical growth | Ans- (A)

34. The Gujarati equivalent for civilization means—

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(A) good conduct

(B) bad conduct

(C) excellent conduct

(D) super conduct | Ans- (A)

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35. We noticed that mind is a ......................

(A) restless bird

(B) angry bird

(C) beautiful bird

(D) cute bird | Ans- (A)

36. Which still remains unsatisfied?

(A) mind

(B) hand

(C) skin

(D) all of the above | Ans- (A)

37. The mind is a restless bird which always remains ..................

(A) hungry

(B) unsatisfied

(C) thirsty

(D) sick | Ans- (B)

38. Happiness is/was largely a .....................

(A) mental condition

(B) physical condition

(C) pitiable condition

(D) none of these | Ans- (A)

39. According to Mahatma Gandhi, Happiness is largely a .....................

(A) mental condition

(B) physical condition

(C) pitiable condition

(D) none of these | Ans- (A)

40. Who set a limit to our indulgences?

(A) our fathers

(B) our mothers

(C) our ancestors/forefathers

(D) our brothers | Ans- (C)

41. Our forefather set a limit to our indulgences because—

(A) they saw that happiness was not largely a mental condition

(B) they saw that happiness was largely a mental condition

(C) they saw that we are enjoying more and more

(D) they wanted to do so | Ans- (B)

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42. A man is not necessarily happy because he is .................

(A) rich

(B) poor

(C) doctor

(D) leader | Ans- (A)

43. A man is not necessarily unhappy because he is .................

(A) rich

(B) poor

(C) doctor

(D) leader | Ans- (B)

44. Our ancestors dissuaded us from ...................

(A) politics

(B) morality

(C) spirituality

(D) luxuries and pleasures | Ans- (D)

45. We have had no system of ................... competition.

(A) life-corroding

(B) death-corroding

(C) birth-corroding

(D) luxuries and pleasures | Ans- (A)

46. Our forefathers did not invent machinery because—

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(A) they would have made us lazy or slaves

(B) they would have made us smart

(C) they would made us ignorant

(D) they would have made us proud | Ans- (A)

47. Our real happiness and health consisted in a proper use of our—

(A) eyes and nose

(B) hands and mouth

(C) hands and mind

(D) hands and feet | Ans- (D)

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48. Our ancestors were satisfied with ..................

(A) small houses

(B) small carts

(C) small villages

(D) big towns | Ans- (C)

49. People in ancient days were satisfied with .................

(A) towns

(B) cities

(C) mega cities

(D) none of these | Ans- (D)

50. ................... were satisfied with small villages.

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(A) Our ancestors

(B) Our Fathers

(C) Japanese

(D) Our neighbors | Ans- (A)

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51. Our ancestors saw that kings and their swords were inferior to—

(A) the swords of ethics

(B) the swords of politics

(C) the swords of economics

(D) the swords of treachery | Ans- (A)

52. The ordinary rule was to avoid—

(A) villages

(B) courts

(C) schools

(D) hospitals | Ans- (B)

53. The common people lived ...............

(A) dependently

(B) independently

(C) happily

(D) sadly | Ans- (B)

54. Which occupation did the common people followed?

(A) Agricultural

(B) Business

(C) Industry

(D) Politics | Ans- (A)

55. Our ancestors enjoyed true ...............

(A) Village Rule

(B) School Rule

(C) Town Rule

(D) Home Rule | Ans- (D)

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56. The tendency of Indian civilization is to elevate the—

(A) natural being

(B) human being

(C) social being

(D) moral being | Ans- (D)

57. The tendency of Western civilization is to propagate—

(A) morality

(B) immorality

(C) humanity

(D) none of these | Ans- (B)

58. The farmer is based on a belief in—

(A) God

(B) Sun

(C) Father

(D) Ancestors | Ans- (A)

59. Indian civilization is ..................

(A) Godless

(B) based on a belief in God

(C) based on matter

(D) none of these | Ans- (B)

60. It behoves every lover of India to cling to the old civilization even as a child clings to the—

(A) mother's breast

(B) father's breast

(C) brother's breast

(D) sister's breast | Ans- (A)

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61. Mahatma Gandhi is not ................... of the West.

(A) lover

(B) killer

(C) hater

(D) none of these | Ans- (C)

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62. Modern Civilization is the worship of the .....................

(A) material

(B) ethics

(C) brotherhood

(D) equality | Ans- (A)

63. ............. prefers spiritualism to materialism.

(A) Dr Zakir Hussain

(B) Rajendra Prasad

(C) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Sonia Gandhi | Ans- (C)

64. In us, modern civilization is the worship of the ..................

(A) brute

(B) food

(C) god

(D) love | Ans- (A)

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65. The distinguishing characteristic of modern civilization is an definite multiplicity of—

(A) people wants

(B) nature wants

(C) human wants

(D) none of these | Ans- (C)

66. We are in danger of bartering away the permanent good for a ..................

(A) permanently pleasure

(B) permanently sadness

(C) love

(D) momentary pleasure | Ans- (D)

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67. The West have made wonderful discoveries in—

(A) things material

(B) things happiness

(C) things sadness

(D) none of these | Ans- (A)

68. Hinduism has made still more ................... discoveries.

(A) super

(B) big

(C) small

(D) marvellous | Ans- (D)

69. Hinduism has discovered in things of—

(A) religion, spirit, soul

(B) education, spirit, soul

(C) religion, soul, food

(D) none of these | Ans- (A)

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70. Which science that we are dazzled by the material progress?

(A) Eastern Science

(B) Indian Science

(C) Western Science

(D) Southern Science | Ans- (C)

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71. There is something in Hinduism that kept Indian civilization alive up—

(A) till 1948

(B) till yesterday

(C) till now

(D) none of these | Ans- (C)

72. Indian civilization has .............. it alive till now.

(A) keep

(B) kept

(C) keeps

(D) none of these | Ans- (B)

73. Can you find today anywhere the Italy of ................

(A) Pharaohs

(B) Gibbon

(C) Market

(D) none of these | Ans- (B)

74. Gibbon is related to ................

(A) Greece

(B) Rome

(C) Italy

(D) Japan | Ans- (C)

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75. Where was the world famous Attic civilization?

(A) Italy

(B) Rome

(C) Japan

(D) Greece | Ans- (D)

76. I see here ancient India still ...............

(A) live

(B) lives

(C) living

(D) lived | Ans- (C)

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77. Our civilization, our culture, our swaraj depend not upon—

(A) multiplying our wants-self-indulgence

(B) restricting wants-self-denial

(C) anything in the world

(D) none of these | Ans- (A)

78. Our civilization, our culture, our swaraj depend upon—

(A) multiplying our wants-self-indulgence

(B) restricting wants-self-denial

(C) anything in the world

(D) none of these | Ans- (B)

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79. What will mean ruin for India if we endeavour to copy of?

(A) Indian civilization

(B) Modern civilization

(C) Eastern civilization

(D) Western civilization | Ans- (D)

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80. India to run after the ................... is to court certain death.

(A) Golden Fleece

(B) Silver Fleece

(C) both a and b

(D) none of these | Ans- (A)

81. What is a motto of the Western philosopher?

(A) Plain living and high thinking

(B) High thinking and plain living

(C) Good living and bad thinking

(D) bad living and good thinking | Ans- (A)

82. "Plain living and high ....................."

(A) wondering

(B) thinking

(C) cheating

(D) none of these | Ans- (B)

83. "Simple living and high thinking" is the base of .................

(A) Western civilization

(B) European civilization

(C) Japanese civilization

(D) Indian civilization | Ans- (D)

84. Gandhiji always believed in Simple .................

(A) thinking

(B) believing

(C) living

(D) talking | Ans- (C)

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85. Civilization, in the real sense of terms, consists in the—

(A) deliberate and voluntary restriction of wants

(B) multiplication

(C) addition

(D) multiplication in our passions | Ans- (A)

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86. A certain degree of physical harmony and comfort is ...................

(A) enough

(B) bad

(C) good

(D) necessary | Ans- (D)

87. Degree above a certain level becomes a ................... instead of help.

(A) hindrance

(B) waste of time

(C) pain

(D) none of these | Ans- (A)

88. The ideal of creating an unlimited number of wants and satisfying them seems to be—

(A) good and secure

(B) a delusion and a snare

(C) bad and insecure

(D) none of these | Ans- (B)

89. Gandhiji hold was upon ......................

(A) intellectuals

(B) peasants

(C) both a and b

(D) none of these | Ans- (A)

90. A man must arrange his .......................

(A) physical and daily routine

(B) physical and lifestyle

(C) physical and cultural circumstances

(D) needs of things | Ans- (C)

91. In the essay, "Indian Civilization and Culture" Gandhiji talks about the sound foundation of Indian .................

(A) civilization

(B) poverty

(C) freedom

(D) wealth | Ans- (A)

92. European Civilization will mean ................ for India.

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(A) real

(B) want

(C) living

(D) ruin | Ans- (D)

93. Who were "Pharaohs" ?

(A) Rulers of ancient Egypt

(B) Rulers of China

(C) Rulers of Ancient India

(D) Rulers of Pakistan | Ans- (A)

94. We would become slave and lose our ...............

(A) wealth

(B) aims

(C) moral fibre

(D) none of these | Ans- (C)

95. Has civilization taught us to be more ................ towards one another?

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(A) upset

(B) enemy

(C) friendly

(D) angry | Ans- (C)

96. Mahatma Gandhi has written the lesson ....................

(A) I Have a Dream

(B) The Artist

(C) A Child is Born

(D) Indian Civilization and Culture | Ans- (D)

97. "My Experiments with Truth" is an ...............

(A) speech

(B) drama

(C) essay

(D) autobiography | Ans- (D)

98. "I believe that the civilization India has evolved is not to be beaten in the world" is taken from .................

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(A) Indian Civilization and Culture

(B) India Through a Traveller's Eye

(C) The Earth

(D) Bharat is My Home | Ans- (A)

99. Gandhiji wrote many articles for ..................

(A) Amrit Bazar Patrika

(B) Young India

(C) Hindustan

(D) None of these | Ans- (B)

100. According to Gandhiji, "Mind is a restless ............".

(A) bird

(B) reformer

(C) worker

(D) soldier | Ans- (A)

101. "Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty." is taken from—

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(A) Indian Civilization and Culture

(B) A Child is Born

(C) A Marriage Proposal

(D) Bharat is My Home | Ans- (A)

102. "Some of the immediate and brilliant results of modern inventions are too maddening to resist." is taken from—

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(A) A Marriage Proposal

(B) A Child is Born

(C) Indian Civilization and Culture

(D) Bharat is My Home | Ans- (C)

103. "The more we indulge in our passions, the more unbridled they become" is taken from—

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(A) A Marriage Proposal

(B) Indian Civilization and Culture

(C) A Child is Born

(D) Bharat is My Home | Ans- (B)

104. ............. were satisfied with true Home Rule.

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(A) Our ancestors

(B) Germans

(C) Italians

(D) Greeks | Ans- (A)

105. Gibbon is associated with ..............

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(A) Italy

(B) Sweden

(C) Russia

(D) America | Ans- (A)

106. India remains immovable and that is her ................

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(A) Independence

(B) glory

(C) honesty

(D) power | Ans- (B)

107. The sentence "After all, there is something in Hinduism that has kept it alive up till now" is taken from—

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(A) The Artist

(B) The Earth

(C) Indian Civilization and Culture

(D) I Have a Dream | Ans- (C)

108. Mahatma Gandhi has written the lesson ....................

(A) I Have a Dream

(B) The Earth

(C) Indian Civilization and Culture

(D) I Have a Dream | Ans- (C)

109. ............... were rulers of Egypt.

(A) Americans

(B) Africans

(C) Iranians

(D) Pharaohs | Ans- (D)

110. ............. was a spiritual leader than a politician.

(A) Nehru Ji

(B) Sardar Patel

(C) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Indira Gandhi | Ans- (C)

111. The human mind is a restless .............. the more it gets the more it wants.

(A) bird

(B) dog

(C) cow

(D) monkey | Ans- (A)

112. "Plain living and high thinking" is the motto of a .................

(A) Western philosopher

(B) Eastern philosopher

(C) North philosopher

(D) None of these | Ans- (A)

113. Sacrifice is the sole aim of our ................

(A) philosopher

(B) farmers

(C) rishis

(D) scientists | Ans- (C)

114. .............. is known as the 'Father of the Nation' or 'Bapu'.

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(C) Sardar Patel

(D) Lal Bahadur Shashtri | Ans- (A)

115. ............ viewed large cities as snares and useless encumbrances.

(A) Romans

(B) Italians

(C) Germans

(D) Our ancestors | Ans- (D)

116. Gandhiji went to Champaran in ...................

(A) 1917

(B) 1916

(D) 1915 | Ans- (A)

117. Who used truth and non-violence as the chief weapons against the British rule in India?

(A) M. Gandhi

(B) J. L. Nehru

(C) Sardar Patel

(D) S. C. Bose | Ans- (A)

118. Who dominated Indian politics from 1915 to 1948?

(A) J. L. Nehru

(B) Sardar Patel

(C) M. Gandhi

(D) S. C. Bose | Ans- (C)

119. Civilization is the state of development of ................

(A) people

(B) animal

(C) bird

(D) non-living thing | Ans- (A)

120. .............. is dead against blind imitation of western civilization.

(A) Nehruji

(B) Gandhiji

(C) Patel

(D) Ambedkar | Ans- (B)

121. In ancient days, the common people enjoyed ................

(A) courts rule

(B) slavery

(C) true home rule

(D) foreign rule | Ans- (C)

122. Wealth and luxuries do not make a .............. happy.

(A) bird

(B) man

(C) cow

(D) dog | Ans- (B)

123. In ancient days the common people followed .................

(A) business

(B) agricultural

(C) industry

(D) politics | Ans- (B)