Indian Independence - Quiz Quiz

Question 1

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

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C: A foreign journalist gave the story an international audience.

Question 2

Why did Gandhi encourage Indians to weave their own cloth?

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A: To encourage the self-sufficiency of his people.

Question 3

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

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

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

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

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A: religious groupings.

Question 6

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

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C: Gandhi’s protest hunger strike

Question 7

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

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C: religious groupings.

Question 8

The Salt March was in protest of

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

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

Why did Indians gather in Amritsar in 1919?

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A: to protest British laws and policies

Indian Independence - Quiz Quiz Answers