Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:

Read the passage and answer the question:

Soon after the observance of this “Independence Day”, Mahatma Gandhi announced that he would lead a march to break one of the most widely disliked laws in British India, which gave the state a monopoly in the manufacture and sale of salt. His picking on the salt monopoly was another illustration of Gandhiji’s tactical wisdom. For in every Indian household, salt was indispensable; yet people were forbidden from making salt even for domestic use, compelling them to buy it from shops at a high price. The state monopoly over salt was deeply unpopular; by making it his target, Gandhiji hoped to mobilize a wider discontent against British rule.

At which place did the Salt March come to an end?

Options:

Sabarmati Ashram.

Dandi Coast.

Poona.

Kheda.

Correct Answer:

Dandi Coast.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2 - Dandi Coast.

The salt satyagraha began on 12 March and ended in Dandi with Gandhi breaking the Salt Act on 6 April.