How Well Do You Know Mahatma Gandhi?
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What was the main goal of Gandhi's Dandi Salt March in 1930?

  • To challenge British-imposed religious pluralism
  • To expand women's rights
  • To achieve swaraj or self-rule (correct)
  • To protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination

    • Where did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?

  • Pakistan
  • Bangladesh
  • India
  • South Africa (correct)

    • What was the main challenge to Gandhis vision of an independent India based on religious pluralism?

  • British colonial rule
  • Hindu nationalism demanding a Hindu-only state
  • Communist insurgency
  • Muslim nationalism demanding a separate homeland for Muslims within British India (correct)

    • What was the significance of Gandhi adopting the short dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn?

    <p>It was a mark of identification with India's rural poor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the indirect goal of Gandhi's last hunger strike in 1948?

    <p>To pressure India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan</p> Signup and view all the answers

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