Test Your Knowledge on Mahatma Gandhi
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What was the reason for Gandhi's move to South Africa?

  • To start a successful law practice
  • To study law at the Inner Temple, London
  • To represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit (correct)
  • To raise a family

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

  • The traditional Hindu attire
  • The British suit and tie
  • The Muslim kurta and pyjama
  • The short dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn (correct)

What was the goal of the 400 km (250 mi) Dandi Salt March led by Gandhi in 1930?

  • Expanding women's rights
  • Ending untouchability
  • Challenging the British-imposed salt tax (correct)
  • Achieving swaraj or self-rule

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

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

What was the reason for the partition of the British Indian Empire in 1947?

<p>Muslim nationalism which demanded a separate homeland for Muslims within British India (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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