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Hindu-Muslim unity had been particularly reflected during the ____________ Movement.

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  1. Swadeshi

  2. Quit India

  3. Khilafat

  4. Civil Disobedience

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Khilafat movement was an agitation by Indian Muslims, allied with Indian nationalists, to pressure the British government to preserve the authority of the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph of Islam after World War I. The leaders joined forces with Mahatma Gandhi’s noncooperation movement for Indian freedom, promising nonviolence in return for his support of the Khilafat movement. This movement reflected great level of Hindu-Muslim unity.

Which one of the following leaders was not a part of the Non-cooperation movement?

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  1. M. A. Ansari

  2. M. A. Zinnah

  3. Hakim Ajmal Khan

  4. Abul Kalam Azad

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Correct Option: B

Which among the following marks Mahatma Gandhi's first fast unto death?

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  1. Kheda Satyagraha

  2. Champaran Satyagraha

  3. Ahmedabad Mill Strike

  4. Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

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Correct Option: C

In South Africa, Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha movement was mainly against _________.

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  1. Economic exploitation

  2. Anti-religious activities

  3. Racial Discrimination

  4. Peasant problems

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In South Africa, on a journey by train from Durban to Pretoria, he was forcibly thrown out of a first-class compartment, even though he had a valid ticket. Gandhiji was hurt by the racial injustice and discrimination to which Indians had to submit in South Africa. He started his non-violent civil disobedience movement to protest against the discriminating treatment meted out to Indians. Thus, it was during this struggle that Mahatma Gandhi evolved the technique of satyagraha (non-violent resistance) based on truth and non-violence.

Which of the following similarities do you find between Champaran movement and Kheda movement?
A. Both movements were led by Mahatma Gandhi.
B. Both movements took place in the same year.
C. Both movements were associated with peasant problems.
D. Both places were in the same presidency.

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  1. A, B

  2. A, C

  3. B, D

  4. B, C

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Both the movements dealt with the problems of the peasants in different places. Champaran is in Bihar where peasants were forced to cultivate indigo. Gandhiji did a satyagaraha in 1917 to secure justice for the peasants.

Due to constant famines, the crops had failed in the Kheda district of Gujarat. The British government had compelled the peasants to pay land revenue. The local peasants, therefore, started a no- tax movement in Kheda district in 1918 which was led by Gandhiji.

What was the outcome of Kheda movement?

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  1. The land taxes were altogether abolished.

  2. The increased taxes were abolished.

  3. The taxes were abolished for two years.

  4. There was no change in the tax structure.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Kheda is a district in the state of Gujarat. Farmers here faced a terrible famine. After this British conducted a land survey and compelled the peasants to pay land revenue. They, therefore, started a no- tax movement in Kheda district in 1918. Gandhiji organised the peasants to offer satyagraha. The peasants refused to pay land revenue and ultimately the government was forced to arrive at a settlement with the peasants.

The term Satyagraha was used by Mahatma Gandhi for the first time during _________.

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  1. Kheda movement

  2. Champaran movement

  3. Khilafat movement

  4. Rowlatt movement

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Gandhiji's first experiment in Satyagraha was accomplished in 1917 in Champaran in Bihar. The indigo cultivators of Champaran were greatly exploited by the European planters. They were bound by law to grow indigo and sell it to the British planters at prices fixed by them. Gandhiji did a Satyagraha to resist this exploitation and secured justice for the peasants.

Kheda movement was associated with __________.

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  1. The increased taxation on agriculture at the time of famine.

  2. The high customs duties imposed on Indian textiles.

  3. The ban imposed on import of Indian indigo in England.

  4. The forced cultivation of indigo and other cash crops in place of food crops

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Kheda is a district in the state of Gujarat. Farmers here faced a terrible famine. After this British conducted a land survey and compelled the peasants to pay land revenue. They, therefore, started a no-tax movement in Kheda district in 1918. Gandhiji organised the peasants to offer satyagraha. The peasants refused to pay land revenue and ultimately the government was forced to arrive at a settlement with the peasants.

Who among the following has said that religion can never be separated from politics?

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  1. Acharya Vinobha Bhave

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Sarojini Naidu

  4. Rajendra Prasad

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi said the above words.

Gandhi said these words because India was a religious country with great traditions and customs which are mainly based on religion. So Gandhi foresaw that religion has been included in every part of Indian life and cannot be separated from politics. This was proved correct when Muhammad Ali Jinnah succeeded in the partitioning of India into Pakistan based not on colour, creed or anything but religion.

The Theory of Jain religion, which Mahatma Gandhi made a weapon of freedom is

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  1. Non Violence

  2. Passive resistance

  3. Economy

  4. Celibacy

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Non-violence or Ahimsa means non-killing or avoiding injury but for Gandhiji, it meant avoiding injury to anything by thought, word or deed.