How well do you know Mahatma Gandhi?
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What was Gandhi's profession?

  • Engineer
  • Doctor
  • Lawyer (correct)
  • Teacher

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

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

What is the meaning of the honorific Mahātmā?

  • Great-souled, enerable (correct)
  • Leader of the people
  • Chosen one
  • Wise and just

What was the goal of the Dandi Salt March in 1930?

<p>To challenge the British-imposed salt tax (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

What was the main goal of Gandhi's Dandi Salt March?

<p>To challenge the British-imposed salt tax (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of the partition of British India in 1947?

<p>It created two dominions, India and Pakistan (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Gandhi adopt as a mark of identification with India's rural poor?

<p>A dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the main goal of Gandhi's hunger strikes in the months following India's independence?

<p>To stop the religious violence in Punjab and Bengal (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the main focus of Gandhi's campaigns as the leader of the Indian National Congress?

<p>Achieving swaraj or self-rule (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the main goal of the Dandi Salt March in 1930?

<p>To challenge the British-imposed salt tax (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the name of the honorific applied to Gandhi in 1914?

<p>Mahatma (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the main reason for the partition of British India in 1947?

<p>To create a Muslim-majority country (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the goal of Gandhi's hunger strikes in the months following India's independence in 1947?

<p>To stop the religious violence in Punjab and Bengal (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers
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