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1.The Dandi March was a protest against the ban imposed on which mineral by the British?
a. Salt
b. Coffee
c. Tea
d. Pepper
2. How many miles did Mahatma Gandhi and his followers walk during the Dandi March?
a. 243
b. 239
c. 245
d. 241
3. Who was the Viceroy of India when India won independence in 1947?
a. Lord Warren Hastings
b. Lord Cornwallis
c. Lord Mountbatten
d. Lord Dalhousie
4. In which year did the Dandi Salt March take place?
a.1929
b. 1930
c. 1932
d. 1931
5. From which ashram did the Dandi salt march begin?
a. Sarayu
b. Sanjeevini
c. Saraswati
d. Sabarmati
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Answers
1.The Dandi March was a protest against the ban imposed on which mineral by the British?
a. Salt
b. Coffee
c. Tea
d. Pepper
Did You Know?
Britain controlled the production of salt and forbade Indians from producing it. They also sold the mineral at a higher cost. Gandhi protested against it with the Dandi March or the Salt Satyagraha, since salt is essential for the Indian people due to its climate.
Read more about it in this link.
2. How many miles did Mahatma Gandhi and his followers walk during the Dandi March?
a. 243
b. 239
c. 245
d. 241
Did You Know?
As soon as the Salt Satyagraha gained attention, women started boiling seawater to make the salt, and men started selling salt in markets defying the British Raj.
Read more about it in this link.
3. Who was the Viceroy of India when India won independence in 1947?
a. Lord Warren Hastings
b. Lord Cornwallis
c. Lord Mountbatten
d. Lord Dalhousie
Did You Know?
On August 15, 1947, the subcontinent was divided into India and Pakistan. Called the 'Partition', it was termed as 'the noblest act of the British Empire' by Mahatma Gandhi.
Read more about it in this link.
4. In which year did the Dandi Salt March take place?
a. 1929
b. 1930
c. 1932
d. 1931
Did You Know? The Salt March took place from March to April 1930 and was a protest against the taxation on salt by the British Raj.
Read more about it in this link.
5. From which ashram did the Dandi salt march begin?
a. Sarayu
b. Sanjeevini
c. Saraswati
d. Sabarmati
Did You Know? The walk from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi took nearly 240 miles. Hundreds of thousands of Indians joined the Salt March.
Read more about it in this link.
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