Indian civilization and culture – Summary
‘indian civilization and culture’ is an essay that presents the ideas of mahatma gandhi about the indian civilization and culture.he compares the indian or the ancient civilization with the western or the modern civilization. he says that indian civilization develops morality while western civilization spreads immorality. our civilization can teach the world, therefore, we need not copy the western civilization. our ancestors advised us to maintain distance from the use of machinery because the use of machinery may paralyse our hands and feet. they suggested resisting our wants to lead a happy life. our civilisation is still alive while the other civilisation of the world died. therefore, in gandhiji’s words if we want our indian to rise and shine, we should always value the glory and dignity of our civilisation and culture. there is no match for it in this world where a mad rush for materials has deadened the mind of people.
Indian civilization and culture Objective Question
1.Indian civilization and culture is written by…………..
(A). Zakir Husain
(B). Gandhiji
(C). Manohar malgaonkar
(D). Kamla Das
Ans.(B) Gandhiji
2.Mahatma Gandhi was born in………..and died in………..
(A). 1869-1948
(B). 1860-1948
(C). 1865-1947
(D). 1870-1947
Ans.(A) 1869-1948
3.The autobiography of Gandhiji is ……………..
(A). The truth and non-violence
(B). My encounter with English
(C). Swaraj
(D). My Experiment With truth
Ans.(D) My experiment With truth
4.Mahatma Gandhi is also popularly known as………….
(A). Pitaji
(B). Bappu or father of nation
(C). Chacha
(D). Uncle
Ans.(B) Bappu or father of nation
5.Mahatma Gandhi used…………and……………as a chief weapons against British.
(A). Truth and non-nviolence
(B). Danda and Khadi
(C). Swaraj and movement
(D). Gun and other weapon
Ans.(A) Truth and non-violence
6.Mahatma Gandhi works reveal that he was the…………
(A). Great man
(B). Great leader of chaste
(C). Great master of chaste
(D). Ancient foundation
Ans. (C) Great master of chaste
7.Gandhiji talks about……….of Indian civilization.
(A).Bold foundation
(B). Sound foundation
(C). Immovabl foundation
(D). Ancient foundation
Ans.(B)sound foundation
8.I believe that the Civilization India has……….. is not to be beaten in the world.
(A). Evolved
(B). Evolve
(C). Develop
(D). Made
Ans.(A) Evolved
9.Nothing can equal the…………..sown by our ancestors.
(A). Believe
(B). Culture
(C). Civilization
(D). Seeds
Ans.(D) Seeds
10.But India is still, somehow or other, sound at the………..
(A). Development
(B). In old culture
(C). Civilization
(D). Foundation
Ans.(D) Foundation
11.The people of Europe learn their lessons from the writings of the men of……..
(A). Egypt and Syria
(B). Greece or Rome
(C). India
(D). Gandhiji
Ans.(B) Greece or Rome
12.In the midst of all this India remains………….and that is her glory.
(A). Progressed
(B). Hindrance
(C). Immovable
(D). Adulterated
Ans.(C)Immovable
13.It is a charge against India that her people are so ………….
(A). Uncivilized
(B). Ignorant
(C). and stolid
(D).All of these
Ans.(D) All of these
14.Many thrust their advice upon…………and she remains steady.
(A). Gandhiji
(B). Us
(C). India
(D). Westerner
Ans.(C) India
15.Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the……………..
(A). Moral
(B). Path of duty
(C). Good man
(D). Nice citizen
Ans.(B) Path of duty
16.The Gujarati equivalent for civilization means “…………………”
(A). Good person
(B). Good character
(C). Good conduct
(D). Good culture
Ans.(C) Good conduct
17.We notice that mind is a restless………..
(A). Bird
(B). Creature
(C). Animal
(D). None of these
Ans.(A)Bird
18.Performance of duty and observance of morality are……….. terms.
(A). Stolid
(B). Convertible
(C). Deliberate
(D). None of these
Ans.(B) Convertible
19.Our ancestors, therefore, set a limit to our ………..
(A). Freedom
(B). Indulgences
(C). Fate
(D). None of these
Ans.(B) Indulgences
20.Our ancestors saw that happiness was largely a……………. condition.
(A). Mental
(B). Happy related
(C).Money
(D). None of these
Ans.(A) Mental
21.Our ancestors …………….us from luxuries and pleasures.
(A). Explain
(B). Chances
(C). Dissuaded
(D). None of these
Ans.(C) Dissuaded
22.We have had no system of…………. competition.
(A). Materialism
(B). Life-corroding
(C). Dissuading
(D). None of these
Ans.(B)Life-corroding
23.India’s glory is that it is……….
(A). Very ancient
(B). Indigenous
(C). Immovable
(D). None of these
Ans.(C) Immovable
24.We dare not change.
(A). Our books
(B). Indigenous Education
(C). Our civilization and culture
(D). None of these
Ans.(C) Our civilization and culture
25.Our ancestors set a limit to our indulgences because…………….
(A). It is bad
(B).We believe in spiritualism
(C). The more it gets the more it wants
(D). I don’t know
Ans.(C) The more it gets the more it wants
26.Our forefathers did not invent machinery because…………..
(A). We would become slaves
(B). lose our moral fiber
(C). Both
(D). None of these
Ans.(C) Both
27.Indian civilization has …………… it alive till now.
(A). Kept
(B). Keep
(C). Keeping
(D). None of these
Ans.(A) Kept
28.We have………… many things from western literature.
(A). borrow
(B). borrowed
(C). borrowing
(D). None of these
Ans.(B) borrowed
29.We have been…………..west since long.
(A). Copy
(B). Copied
(C). Copying
(D). None of these
Ans.(c) Copying