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The Salt March ended at which coastal village?Read the answer and worked solution →How far was Dandi from Sabarmati Ashram?Read the answer and worked solution →Which British law gave the government a monopoly on salt?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did Gandhi choose salt as the focus of protest?Read the answer and worked solution →The salt tax made up what share of British Raj tax revenue?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi wrote to which Viceroy offering to stop the march on eleven demands?Read the answer and worked solution →On the bank of which river was the tricolour raised at Lahore in December 1929?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Gandhi lift and boil at Dandi to make illegal salt?Read the answer and worked solution →Who led the Dharasana marchers after Abbas Tyabji was arrested?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi was arrested days before a planned action at which salt works?Read the answer and worked solution →Who organised the Vedaranyam salt march on the east coast?Read the answer and worked solution →Time magazine named Gandhi Man of the Year for which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Who trained 50,000 nonviolent Khudai Khidmatgar activists in Peshawar?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1930 civil disobedience was the first time which group joined in masses?Read the answer and worked solution →On what date was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed?Read the answer and worked solution →Over how many political prisoners were freed under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Gandhi demand did Irwin refuse in 1931?Read the answer and worked solution →Which British politician mocked Gandhi as a seditious fakir for meeting the Viceroy?Read the answer and worked solution →The Poona Pact of 1932 was a settlement between Gandhi and which leader?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi's 1932 fast opposed separate electorates for which group?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Salt March ended at which coastal village?

  1. Dharasana
  2. Dandi
  3. Porbandar
  4. Vedaranyam
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Correct answer: B. Dandi

The marchers reached Dandi in Navsari district, Gujarat, where Gandhi broke the Salt Act.

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How far was Dandi from Sabarmati Ashram?

  1. 240 km
  2. 385 km
  3. 480 km
  4. 650 km
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Correct answer: B. 385 km

The route to Dandi was about 385 km from the starting point at Sabarmati.

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Which British law gave the government a monopoly on salt?

  1. Salt Act of 1882
  2. Salt Act of 1870
  3. Salt Act of 1905
  4. Salt Act of 1860
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Correct answer: A. Salt Act of 1882

The 1882 Salt Act limited salt manufacture to government depots and levied a salt tax.

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