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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?
- South Africa (correct)
- England
- Pakistan
- India
What was the goal of the 400 km Dandi Salt March in 1930 led by Gandhi?
What was the goal of the 400 km Dandi Salt March in 1930 led by Gandhi?
- To protest against excessive land tax
- To expand women's rights
- To achieve swaraj or self-rule
- To challenge British-imposed salt tax (correct)
Why did Gandhi undertake several hunger strikes in the months following the partition of India in 1947?
Why did Gandhi undertake several hunger strikes in the months following the partition of India in 1947?
- To challenge British rule
- To demand a separate homeland for Muslims within British India
- To pressurize India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan
- To stop the religious violence (correct)
Who fought in the Battle of Hastings?
Who fought in the Battle of Hastings?
Where did the Battle of Hastings take place?
Where did the Battle of Hastings take place?
What was the outcome of the Battle of Hastings?
What was the outcome of the Battle of Hastings?