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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?
- Pakistan
- England
- South Africa (correct)
- India
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?
- Western clothing
- A suit and tie
- A turban
- A short dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn (correct)
What was the goal of the 400 km Dandi Salt March led by Gandhi in 1930?
What was the goal of the 400 km Dandi Salt March led by Gandhi in 1930?
- To achieve swaraj or self-rule
- To challenge the British-imposed salt tax (correct)
- To protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination
- To end untouchability