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BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 133

In which movement did Mahatma Gandhi first use the hunger strike as a weapon?

  1. Non-Cooperation Movement
  2. Bardoli Satyagraha
  3. Ahmedabad (mill) strike
  4. Rowlatt Satyagraha
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Answer: (C) Ahmedabad (mill) strike

Explanation

In March 1918 Gandhi fasted to support Ahmedabad mill workers, winning a 35% wage increase.

  • (A) Incorrect

    Wrong: later (1920–22).

  • (B) Incorrect

    Wrong: led by Vallabhbhai Patel (1928).

  • (C) Correct

    Correct: Gandhi's first hunger strike was during the 1918 Ahmedabad mill strike.

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: came after (1919).