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The sole representative of the Congress in the Second Round Table Conference was _____.

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Where did Gandhiji initially forge the techniques of Satyagraha?
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Gandhiji's 'Harijan Campaign' sought to

1. Attack the caste system as a whole.

2. Open wells, roads, temples, etc. to Harijans.

3. Encourage social work among Harijans.

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Consider the following statement(s) relating to the Mahatma Gandhi's strategy of Satyagraha:

1. Under the Mahatma Gandhi's strategy, which may be described as Struggle-Truce-Struggle S-T-S, phase of a vigorous extra-legal mass movement and confrontation with colonial authority alternate with phases, during which direct confrontation is withdrawn.

2. The entire political process of S-T-S was an upward spiraling one, which also assumed that the freedom struggle would pass through several stages, ending with the transfer of power by the colonial regime itself.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

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Consider the following statements about Gandhiji's thinking on environment:
1. His environmental thinking is rooted in his larger philosophical and moral thinking.
2. He preferred sustainable environmental practices to nourish the soil and the natural world.
3. He laid emphasis on the rigorous ethic of non-injury in our treatment of animals.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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For Mahatma Gandhi Satyagraha is

1. A political force.

2. A philosophy of life.

3. An ideology of action.

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Who among the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after India attained independence?
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Which among the following struggles based on Gandhi's philosophy of Satyagraha, involved the industrial working class?
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It has reduced us politically to serfdom. It has sapped the foundations of our culture. It has degraded us spiritually. This was Mahatma Gandhi complaining of the ill-effect on Indians of which action/policy of the colonial government?
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Who among the following has authored the book Hind Swaraj?
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Which of the following thinkers' movements influenced the development of Gandhiji's political ideas?

1. Henry David Thoreau

2. John Ruskin

3. John Milton

4. Jainism

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Mahatma Gandhi's Hind Swaraj is essentially _____.
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Which one among the following works of Mahatma Gandhi provides a critique of modern machine-oriented civilization?
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In Hind Swaraj, Mahatma Gandhi was critical of railways, because they are:
1. Carriers of plague germs.
2. Instruments for frequent famines.
3. Responsible for creating class division in society.
4. Accident-prone.
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The Passive Resistance Association was first formed by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa in 1906 to organize a campaign against the introduction of which of the following act or law?
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Where did Gandhiji initially forge the techniques of Satyagraha?
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Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore did not define India as a 'nation', because they were _____.
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Consider the following statement(s) about Gandhiji's thinking on the environment:

1. His environmental thinking is rooted in his larger philosophical and moral thinking.

2. He preferred sustainable environmental practices to nourish the soil and the natural world.

3. He laid emphasis on the rigorous ethic of non-injury in our treatment of animals.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

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Which of the following statements about Gandhi's Hind Swaraj written in 1909 is/are true?

1. Hind Swaraj offers a civilization concept of the Indian nation.
2. The Hind Swaraj States that parliamentary democracy was necessary for the amelioration of the suffering Indians.
3. Hind Swaraj argues that industrial capitalism was responsible for the immorality of society.

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