Samadhis and Memorials of Leaders

Attempt the quiz above first, then review every question with its correct answer and a short explanation below.

1. Q1.Raj Ghat in Delhi is the samadhi of:

   • A.Mahatma Gandhi✓ Correct Answer
   • B.Jawaharlal Nehru
   • C.Indira Gandhi
   • D.Sardar Patel

   Explanation: Gandhi was cremated at Raj Ghat on the Yamuna bank in 1948.

2. Q2.Shanti Van is the samadhi of:

   • A.Mahatma Gandhi
   • B.Rajiv Gandhi
   • C.Lal Bahadur Shastri
   • D.Jawaharlal Nehru✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: It is located near Raj Ghat in Delhi.

3. Q3.Shakti Sthal is the samadhi of:

   • A.Rajiv Gandhi
   • B.Indira Gandhi✓ Correct Answer
   • C.Jawaharlal Nehru
   • D.Charan Singh

   Explanation: It is located in Delhi.

4. Q4.Vijay Ghat is the samadhi of:

   • A.Jawaharlal Nehru
   • B.Lal Bahadur Shastri✓ Correct Answer
   • C.Morarji Desai
   • D.Charan Singh

   Explanation: Shastri died in Tashkent in 1966.

5. Q5.Kisan Ghat is the samadhi of:

   • A.Lal Bahadur Shastri
   • B.Morarji Desai
   • C.Jagjivan Ram
   • D.Chaudhary Charan Singh✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: Charan Singh is remembered as a champion of farmers.

6. Q6.Veer Bhumi is the samadhi of:

   • A.Rajiv Gandhi✓ Correct Answer
   • B.Indira Gandhi
   • C.Jawaharlal Nehru
   • D.Lal Bahadur Shastri

   Explanation: It lies on the Yamuna bank in Delhi.

7. Q7.Sadaiv Atal in Delhi is the memorial of:

   • A.Morarji Desai
   • B.Chandra Shekhar
   • C.Atal Bihari Vajpayee✓ Correct Answer
   • D.Charan Singh

   Explanation: Vajpayee passed away in 2018.

8. Q8.Chaitya Bhoomi in Mumbai is the memorial of:

   • A.B. R. Ambedkar✓ Correct Answer
   • B.Mahatma Gandhi
   • C.Jyotiba Phule
   • D.Chhatrapati Shivaji

   Explanation: Ambedkar was cremated at Dadar beach in 1956.

9. Q9.Abhay Ghat is the samadhi of:

   • A.Charan Singh
   • B.Jagjivan Ram
   • C.Morarji Desai✓ Correct Answer
   • D.Chandra Shekhar

   Explanation: Morarji Desai was India's first non-Congress Prime Minister.

10. Q10.Samata Sthal is the samadhi of:

    • A.Jagjivan Ram✓ Correct Answer
    • B.Charan Singh
    • C.Morarji Desai
    • D.Giani Zail Singh

    Explanation: Jagjivan Ram was a Deputy Prime Minister of India.

11. Q11.Ekta Sthal is the samadhi of:

    • A.Shankar Dayal Sharma
    • B.Giani Zail Singh✓ Correct Answer
    • C.R. Venkataraman
    • D.Zakir Husain

    Explanation: Zail Singh was India's seventh President.

12. Q12.Gandhi Smriti, where Gandhi was assassinated, was formerly known as:

    • A.Teen Murti Bhavan
    • B.Birla House✓ Correct Answer
    • C.Anand Bhawan
    • D.Hyderabad House

    Explanation: It is located on Tees January Marg in Delhi.

13. Q13.The Statue of Unity, dedicated to Sardar Patel, stands near Kevadia in:

    • A.Maharashtra
    • B.Madhya Pradesh
    • C.Rajasthan
    • D.Gujarat✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: It stands on Sadhu Bet island on the Narmada river.

14. Q14.The Jallianwala Bagh memorial is located in:

    • A.Amritsar✓ Correct Answer
    • B.Lahore
    • C.Ludhiana
    • D.Jalandhar

    Explanation: General Dyer ordered the firing there on 13 April 1919.

15. Q15.Mahaprayan Ghat in Patna is associated with:

    • A.Jayaprakash Narayan
    • B.Sri Krishna Sinha
    • C.Dr. Rajendra Prasad✓ Correct Answer
    • D.Babu Kunwar Singh

    Explanation: India's first President was cremated on the Ganga bank.

16. Q16.Anand Bhawan in Prayagraj (Allahabad) is associated with:

    • A.the Tagore family
    • B.the Gandhi family of Porbandar
    • C.the Nehru family✓ Correct Answer
    • D.the Patel family

    Explanation: The Nehru family home was donated to the nation.

17. Q17.The samadhi of Maharaja Ranjit Singh is located in:

    • A.Amritsar
    • B.Patiala
    • C.Lahore✓ Correct Answer
    • D.Peshawar

    Explanation: It stands next to the Badshahi Mosque and Lahore Fort.

18. Q18.Sevagram Ashram, where Gandhi lived from 1936, is near Wardha in:

    • A.Gujarat
    • B.Madhya Pradesh
    • C.Bihar
    • D.Maharashtra✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: Sevagram became the centre of his constructive programme.

19. Q19.Where was Mahatma Gandhi cremated?

    • A.At Sabarmati, Ahmedabad
    • B.On the bank of the Yamuna at Raj Ghat, Delhi✓ Correct Answer
    • C.At Sevagram, Wardha
    • D.At Porbandar

    Explanation: He was assassinated on 30 January 1948 and cremated the next day.

20. Q20.Netaji Bhawan, the ancestral house of Subhas Chandra Bose, is in:

    • A.Cuttack
    • B.Delhi
    • C.Mumbai
    • D.Kolkata✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: It is on Elgin Road; his birthplace is Cuttack.