How Well Do You Know Mahatma Gandhi?
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How Well Do You Know Mahatma Gandhi?

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Where was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born and raised?

  • Kolkata
  • Mumbai
  • Coastal Gujarat (correct)
  • New Delhi
  • What method did Gandhi employ to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule?

  • Nonviolent resistance (correct)
  • Military force
  • Diplomatic negotiations
  • Violent protests
  • What inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world?

  • Gandhi's campaign for independence from British rule
  • Gandhi's use of nonviolent resistance (correct)
  • Gandhi's imprisonment many times in both South Africa and India
  • Gandhi's campaigns for easing poverty and expanding women's rights
  • What did Gandhi organize peasants, farmers, and urban laborers to protest against upon his return to India in 1915?

    <p>Discrimination and excessive land tax</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did Gandhi die?

    <p>Assassination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    • Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, nationalist, and political ethicist.
    • He employed nonviolent resistance to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule.
    • He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
    • Gandhi was born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat.
    • After training in law in London, he moved to South Africa in 1893.
    • He lived in South Africa for 21 years and employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
    • In 1915, he returned to India and began organizing peasants, farmers, and urban laborers to protest against discrimination and excessive land tax.
    • He led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and achieving self-rule.
    • Gandhi was imprisoned many times and for many years in both South Africa and India.
    • He was assassinated in Delhi on 30 January 1948 at the age of 78.

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    Test your knowledge about the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, the renowned Indian leader who employed nonviolent resistance to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule. This quiz covers his early life, his time in South Africa, and his role in organizing nationwide campaigns for civil rights and self-rule in India. See how much you know about Gandhi's inspiring movements for freedom and his enduring impact on the world.

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