The Dandi March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, was a major nonviolent protest action in India led by Mahatma Gandhi, beginning on March 12, 1930.
17. Gandhi ji went on Dandi March Yatra from
(A) Dandi Seashore to Ahmadabad
(B) Ahmedabad to Dandi seashore
(C) Hyderabad to Dandi seashore
(D) Dandi seashore to Hyderabad
Answer:
(B) Ahmedabad to Dandi seashore
Explanation:
The historic march began at Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad and concluded at the coastal village of Dandi in Gujarat, covering a distance of roughly 240 miles.
18. Mahatma Gandhi undertook the Dandi March
(A) Against the salt tax
(B) Against the water tax
(C) In favour of First World Water
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) Against the salt tax
Explanation:
The march was a direct-action campaign of tax resistance specifically protesting the British salt monopoly and the heavily enforced taxation on salt production and sales in colonial India.
19. How can we separate the salt from water?
(A) Distillation
(B) Evaporation
(C) Reverse osmosis
(D) All of these
Answer:
(B) Evaporation
Explanation:
The most common and natural method for separating salt from a saltwater solution is evaporation, where the liquid water turns into a gas, leaving the solid salt crystals behind.
20. Water is called a ‘Universal Solvent’ because it can
(A) Dissolve Petroleum
(B) Dissolve Salt
(C) From many compound
(D) Dissolve many substance
Answer:
(D) Dissolve many substance
Explanation:
In chemistry, water is often referred to as the “universal solvent” because its highly polar molecular structure allows it to dissolve more substances than any other known liquid.
