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Where did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
Where did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
- India
- South Africa (correct)
- Pakistan
- United Kingdom
What did Gandhi adopt as a mark of identification with India's rural poor?
What did Gandhi adopt as a mark of identification with India's rural poor?
- A suit and tie
- A turban
- A saree
- A dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn (correct)
What was the main goal of the 400 km Dandi Salt March led by Gandhi in 1930?
What was the main goal of the 400 km Dandi Salt March led by Gandhi in 1930?
- To demand a separate homeland for Muslims within British India
- To achieve swaraj or self-rule
- To challenge the British-imposed salt tax (correct)
- To protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination