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The commodity used by Gandhiji to relate the abstract idea of freedom to the more concrete issues of life was  _________.

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  1. Food

  2. Sugar

  3. Indigo

  4. Salt

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi found in salt a powerful symbol that could unite the nation.Salt was something consumed by the rich and the poor alike, and it was one of the most essential items of food. Due to tax on salt and the government monopoly over its production, Mahatma Gandhi declared and revealed the most oppressive face of British rule. Thus, Gandhiji demanded to abolish the salt tax.

Who was called the 'Frontier Gandhi?

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  1. Subhas Chandra Bose

  2. Abdul Ghaffar Khan

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. MA Jinnah

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan nicknamed Bacha Khan was a Pashtun independence activist against the rule of the British Raj. He was a political and spiritual leader known for his nonviolent opposition, and a lifelong pacifist and devout Muslim. A close friend of Mohandas Gandhi, Bacha Khan was nicknamed the "Frontier Gandhi" in British India. Bacha Khan founded the Khudai Khidmatgar ("Servants of God") movement in 1929, whose success triggered a harsh crackdown by the British Empire against him and his supporters, and they suffered some of the most severe repression of the Indian independence movement.

Although women participated in large numbers during the Civil Disobedience Movement, they were not given __________.

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  1. Khadi to wear

  2. Important positions

  3. Free education

  4. Complete security

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Women participated in protest marches, manufactured salt, and picketed foreign cloth and liquor shops. Many went to jail. Moved by Gandhiji's call, they began to see service to the nation as a sacred duty of women. Yet, this increased public role did not necessarily mean any radical change in the way the position of women was visualised. The Congress was reluctant to allow women to hold any position of authority within the organisation. It was keen only on their symbolic presence.

Industrial working classes did not participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement in large numbers except in the _________.

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  1. Allahabad region

  2. Kanpur region

  3. Lucknow region

  4. Nagpur region

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
They were unhappy because they were paid low wages and had poor working conditions.

Dr. Ambedkar worked for the __________.

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  1. Aristocrats

  2. Zamindars

  3. Depressed Classes

  4. Talukdars

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar , who organised the dalits into the Depressed Classes Association in 1930, clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the second Round Table Conference by demanding separate electorates for dalits.

Who was Viceroy of India during Civil Disobedience Movement?

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  1. Lord Curzon

  2. Lord Minto

  3. Lord Canning

  4. Lord Irwin

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Lord Irwin was the Viceroy of India during Civil Disobedience Movement. He was appointed as the 30th Viceroy and Governor General of India on April 3rd 1926.

The Second Round Table Conference was held in _________. 

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  1. New Delhi

  2. Moscow

  3. London

  4. Beijing

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Second Round Conference opened on September 7, 1931 in London. It was attended by Gandhiji as a sole representative of the Congress, according to the terms of the Gandhi-Irwin pact of 1931. 

The Congress participated in which Round Table Conference?

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  1. Only first

  2. Only second

  3. First and Third

  4. All three

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Only second Round Table Conference was attended by Indian National Congress because of the Gandhi-Irwin pact.

Which movement was joined by Gandhiji to promote Hindu -Muslim unity?

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  1. Non cooperation movement

  2. The Khilafat movement

  3. Satyagraha movement

  4. Peasants and worker movement

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Gandhi supported this movement so as to bring unity between the Hindus and Muslims. In India, October 17, 1919 was observed as Khilafat Day.

From where did Mahatma Gandhi start his historic Dandi March?

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  1. Dandi

  2. Sabarmati

  3. Bombay (Mumbai)

  4. Chauri Chaura

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

On the historic day of 12th March 1930, Gandhi inaugurated The Civil Disobedience Movement by conducting the historic Dandi Salt March, where he broke the Salt Laws imposed by the British Government. Followed by seventy eight ashramites, Gandhi embarked on his march from his Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi that is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea.

On 6th April 1930, Gandhi with the accompaniment of seventy eight satyagrahis, violated the Salt Law by picking up a fistful of salt lying on the sea shore. They manually made salt on the shores of Dandi.