Test Your Knowledge of Mahatma Gandhi
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What is the meaning of the honorific Mahātmā?

  • great-souled (correct)
  • anti-colonial nationalist
  • political ethicist
  • Indian lawyer

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

  • Gujarat
  • India
  • Britain
  • South Africa (correct)

    • At what age was Gandhi called to the bar?

  • 22 (correct)
  • 20
  • 26
  • 24

    • What was Gandhi's primary goal?

    <p>To lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where was Gandhi born and raised?

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

    What was Gandhi's main goal as a leader of the Indian National Congress?

    <p>To achieve swaraj or self-rule</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of Gandhi's Dandi Salt March in 1930?

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

    What was the outcome of Britain granting independence to India in 1947?

    <p>India was divided into two dominions, a Hindu-majority India and a Muslim-majority Pakistan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did Gandhi undertake several hunger strikes in the months following India's independence?

    <p>To alleviate distress caused by religious violence</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The short dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn</p> Signup and view all the answers

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