Test Your Knowledge on Mahatma Gandhi

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What was the goal of Gandhi's 400 km Dandi Salt March in 1930?

  • To protest against excessive land tax
  • To challenge the British-imposed salt tax (correct)
  • To demand religious and ethnic amity
  • To achieve swaraj or self-rule

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

  • The khadi cloth made of hand-spun yarn
  • The traditional kurta-pajama
  • The short dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn (correct)
  • The western suit and tie

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

  • To challenge the British-imposed salt tax
  • To demand a separate homeland for Muslims within British India
  • To stop the religious violence in the Punjab and Bengal
  • To pressure India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan (correct)

What was the main focus of Gandhi's nationwide campaigns in India?

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

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

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

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