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

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

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

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