Indian Independence — Quiz

Question 1

Why was the Salt March a turning point in India’s struggle for independence?

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A foreign journalist gave the story an international audience.

Question 2

Which statement illustrates Jinnah’s strongest argument for India’s partition?

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Maintaining a single country would cause discontent between majority and minority groups.

Question 3

If the United States was to be partitioned in the same way India was, the partition would be based on

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religious groupings.

Question 4

Why did Indians gather in Amritsar in 1919?

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to protest British laws and policies

Question 5

Which action ended the post-partition fighting between Hindus and Muslims?

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Gandhi’s protest hunger strike

Question 6

Why did Gandhi encourage Indians to weave their own cloth?

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To encourage the self-sufficiency of his people.

Question 7

The Salt March was in protest of

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Britain’s requirement that India could only purchase salt from government sources.

Question 8

Which action would Gandhi most likely embrace as a means of change?

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participating in a hunger strike

Question 9

Who made the statement regarding the British partitioning of India? Those who demand separation would, in the end, suffer most for it . . .

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Mahatma Gandhi

Question 10

Why did India’s desire for independence increase following World War II?

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It felt that its service in the war effort should grant it independence.

Indian Independence — Quiz Answers