Which among the following struggles, based on Gandhi's philosophy of Satyagraha, involved the industrial working class?
- A.Champaran
- B.Kheda
- C.Ahmedabad
- D.Bardoli
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Ahmedabad. The Ahmedabad mill strike of 1918 was Gandhi's satyagraha for industrial workers. A dispute arose between the cotton mill owners and the workers over the plague bonus, which the owners wanted to withdraw. Gandhi advised the workers to strike and to demand a 35 per cent wage increase, and when their resolve began to weaken he went on a hunger strike, his first fast in India. The owners agreed to send the matter to a tribunal, which granted the 35 per cent rise. Anasuya Sarabhai, sister of the mill owner Ambalal Sarabhai, supported the workers. Option A is wrong because Champaran in 1917 was a struggle of indigo peasants in Bihar against the tinkathia system. Option B is wrong because Kheda in 1918 was a peasants' campaign for remission of land revenue after crop failure. Option D is wrong because Bardoli in 1928 was a peasants' no-tax movement led by Vallabhbhai Patel. Exam tip: Champaran 1917, Ahmedabad 1918 (workers), Kheda 1918 (peasants).
Practice Questions
View allWhich one of the following Harappan sites was a specialised centre for making shell objects?
- A.Lothal
- B.Balakot
- C.Amri
- D.Kot Diji
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Balakot, along with Nageshwar in Gujarat, is described as a specialised centre for making shell objects. Both settlements lay near the coast, where shells were easy to collect, and excavations there have found large amounts of shell waste, unfinished pieces and finished items.
Read the full explanation →With reference to the Indo-Roman trade in ancient India, the term 'aurei' refers to :
- A.Perfume
- B.Wine
- C.Black Pepper
- D.Coins
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Aurei (singular aureus) were the gold coins of the Roman Empire, and large numbers of them reached India in payment for Indian goods.
Read the full explanation →Which European traveller had observed, "A Hindu woman can go anywhere alone, even in the most crowded places, and she need never fear the impertinent looks and jokes of idle loungers"?
- A.Francois Bernier
- B.Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
- C.Thomas Roe
- D.Abbe J. A. Dubois
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The remark comes from Abbé Jean-Antoine Dubois, a French Catholic missionary who lived in south India, mostly in Mysore, from 1792 to 1823.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following scholars of Akbar's court translated Bhaskaracharya's Lilavati into Persian?
- A.Abul Fazl
- B.Faizi
- C.Fathullah Shirazi
- D.Ataullah Rashidi
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Faizi, Akbar's poet laureate and the elder brother of Abul Fazl, translated the Lilavati into Persian in 1587. The Lilavati is the arithmetic part of the Siddhanta Shiromani, written by the mathematician Bhaskaracharya (Bhaskara II) in the twelfth century, and it covers numbers, fractions, progressions and measurement.
Read the full explanation →Which of the pairs of Ashokan inscription and location is/are correctly matched ?
1. Jaugada : Karnataka
2. Bahapur : New Delhi
3. Rajula-Mandagiri : Andhra Pradesh
Select the answer using the codes given below :
- A.1 only
- B.1,2 and 3
- C.3 only
- D.2 and 3 only
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Jaugada is in Odisha, not Karnataka, so only pairs 2 and 3 are right. Jaugada, in Ganjam district of Odisha, is one of the two places, with Dhauli, that carry Ashoka's Separate Kalinga Edicts.
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