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What was the birth name of the figure known as Mahatma Gandhi?
Mortindal Kuhrodai Gandhi
Mickhael Bloum Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Mosetti Vaschruel Gandhi
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Gandhi is most well-known for his protests in the mid 1900s meant to free what nation from imperial control?
Iraq
Indonesia
India
Iran
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The honorific title "Mahatma" was added in front of Gandhi's name to recognize his influence on India. What does "Mahatma" mean when translated from Sanskrit to English?
Unshakable gaze
Of high soul
The gentle lion
Eternally dawning
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Gandhi's efforts of activism in India were meant to free the country from what imperial power which controlled India at the time?
France
Spain
Great Britain
Portugal
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What is the title of the Indian independence movement which Gandhi helped found in 1942?
India's Restless Hearts
India's Spire
Tomorrow For India
Quit India
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Gandhi was a devout follower of what religion which greatly influenced his political philosophies of nonviolence?
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
Judaism
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One of Gandhi's signature methods of protest was which of the following unusual tactics?
Flash mobs
Group choral protests
Sit-ins
Hunger strikes
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Before Gandhi fought for Indian independence, he worked as a expatriate lawyer in what other nation?
Brazil
Australia
Portugal
South Africa
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The Dandi March of 1930 was a protest which Gandhi helped orchestrate in order to protest which of the following?
The British Salt Tax
The Indian Conscription Act
The Townsend Act
The Nelson-Bourbon Act
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To this day in India, a common nickname given to Gandhi is which of the following terms which roughly means "father"?
Mikush
Bapu
Saltu
Rimpa
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As a result of the independence granted to British Colonial India, the nation was split into two separate sovereign nations which became India and what other country?
Mongolia
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Israel
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Despite his peaceful ways, Gandhi was assassinated by what individual?
Sidhira Petsul
Nathuram Godse
Muhammad Tiamokun
Kasir Sharum
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In recognition of Mahatma Gandhi's legacy, his birthday on October 2nd is annually recognized as what holiday?
Earth Day
The International Day of Nonviolence
International India Day
The Day of Civil Unity
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