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In 1917 Gandhiji inspired peasants against the oppressive plantation system in:Read the answer and worked solution →The peasants Gandhiji supported in Gujarat after crop failure and plague lived in:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1918 Gandhiji organised a satyagraha among cotton mill workers in:Read the answer and worked solution →The 1919 law that allowed detention without trial and sparked nationwide protest was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhiji joined hands with a committee formed to defend the powers of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhiji declared that British rule survived with Indian cooperation in his 1909 book:Read the answer and worked solution →The Non Cooperation and Khilafat Movement began in which month and year?Read the answer and worked solution →Alluri Sitaram Raju led a militant guerrilla struggle for swaraj in the hills of:Read the answer and worked solution →For plantation workers in one province, swaraj meant the right to move freely. They worked in:Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhiji withdrew the Non Cooperation Movement after a violent clash at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Simon Commission was opposed in India mainly because it had:Read the answer and worked solution →The slogan raised against the Simon Commission when it arrived in 1928 was:Read the answer and worked solution →The Lahore Congress of 1929, presided over by Nehru, demanded:Read the answer and worked solution →The Lahore Congress declared that independence day would be observed on:Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhiji set out on the salt march with how many trusted volunteers?Read the answer and worked solution →The distance covered by the salt march from Sabarmati to Dandi was over:Read the answer and worked solution →The salt march took the volunteers how many days to complete?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhiji reached Dandi and broke the salt law on:Read the answer and worked solution →The pact Gandhiji signed with the viceroy on 5 March 1931 is known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhiji fasted against separate electorates for dalits, and the outcome in 1932 was the:Read the answer and worked solution →The hymn to the motherland written in the 1870s by Bankim Chandra was:Read the answer and worked solution →The Swaraj flag designed by Gandhiji in 1921 carried at its centre a:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the satyagrahasRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the movementsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the freedom gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the freedom wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Before or after 1930Read the answer and worked solution →Sort the freedom struggleRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Nationalism bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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In 1917 Gandhiji inspired peasants against the oppressive plantation system in:

  1. Champaran
  2. Chandigarh
  3. Chittagong
  4. Chandrapur
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Correct answer: A. Champaran

1. His first Indian satyagraha was for indigo peasants. 2. It took place in a district of Bihar. 3. That district was Champaran. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Class X, Chapter 2, Nationalism in India._

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The peasants Gandhiji supported in Gujarat after crop failure and plague lived in:

  1. Kollam
  2. Kheda
  3. Kochi
  4. Kanpur
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Correct answer: B. Kheda

1. Crop failure and plague had hit one district hard. 2. The peasants there could not pay revenue. 3. That district was Kheda. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Class X, Chapter 2, Nationalism in India._

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In 1918 Gandhiji organised a satyagraha among cotton mill workers in:

  1. Ahmedabad
  2. Allahabad
  3. Aurangabad
  4. Alleppey
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Correct answer: A. Ahmedabad

1. The mill workers needed better wages. 2. Their city lies in Gujarat. 3. That city is Ahmedabad. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Class X, Chapter 2, Nationalism in India._

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