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Which Swadeshi action combines boycott and support for Indian industry?Read the answer and worked solution →Why could salt mobilise ordinary Indians in Gandhi’s 1930 protest?Read the answer and worked solution →What did the 1946 Cabinet Mission seek?Read the answer and worked solution →Which describes Gandhi on 15 August 1947?Read the answer and worked solution →Are these labels right: Mahabalipuram—Pallava; Khajuraho—Chandella?Read the answer and worked solution →Which comparison shows Indian reformers had different aims?Read the answer and worked solution →What was Non-Cooperation’s intended political effect?Read the answer and worked solution →Order: Harappan cities → Ashoka → Gupta scholars → Delhi Sultanate. This runs:Read the answer and worked solution →History: evidence and changeRead the answer and worked solution →

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Which Swadeshi action combines boycott and support for Indian industry?

  1. Seek cheaper imports; buy foreign cloth
  2. Replace Indian cloth with imports
  3. Boycott imports; buy Indian cloth
  4. Boycott Indian mills; import cloth
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Correct answer: C. Boycott imports; buy Indian cloth

Swadeshi linked the boycott of imported goods with encouragement of Indian-made products.

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Why could salt mobilise ordinary Indians in Gandhi’s 1930 protest?

  1. Only rich landowners faced monopoly
  2. Everyday necessity under State monopoly
  3. Most households were exempt
  4. Salt was freely made without restrictions
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Correct answer: B. Everyday necessity under State monopoly

Salt was a daily necessity affected by a state monopoly, allowing the issue to connect with ordinary households.

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What did the 1946 Cabinet Mission seek?

  1. United India, federation, provincial autonomy
  2. A fully unitary State replacing provinces
  3. Municipal self-government only
  4. All princely states in one province
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Correct answer: A. United India, federation, provincial autonomy

The Cabinet Mission sought agreement on a federal system that could preserve Indian unity while allowing provincial autonomy.

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