Individual Satyagraha (1940) – Old Year Questions and Answers

1. Who was selected as the first Satyagrahi in the Individual Satyagraha Movement by Mahatma Gandhi:

(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Vinoba Bhave

[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006, U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1995]

 

2. Who started Individual Civil Disobedience?

(a) Vinoba Bhave
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Shaukat Ali

[44th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2000, U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]

 

3. Who was the first Satyagrahi of the Individual Satyagraha Movement?

(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

[65th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2019]

 

4. In the ‘Individual Satyagraha,’ Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi. Who was the second?

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

[I.A.S. (Pre) 2009]

 

5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I  List-II
(Participants in the individual Satyagraha)  (Places)
A. Acharya Vinoba Bhave 1. Pawnar
B. Yatiyatanlal Jain  2. Durg
C. Ramgopal Tiwari  3. Raipur
D. Ratnakar Jha  4. Bilaspur
Code :
A B C D

(a) 1 3 4 2
(b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 1 4 3 2
(d) 1 3 2 4
(e) 1 4 2 3

[Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

 

6. The word ‘Sarvodaya” was primarily used by :

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Pandit Nehru
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Jai Prakash Narayan

[46th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2004]