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

Where was Gandhi born and raised?

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

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