State PCS PYQPrelims 2023

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · ప్రశ్న 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
సమాధానం చూపించు & వివరణ

సమాధానం: (C) Ahmedabad (mill) strike

వివరణ

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

  • (A) తప్పు

    Wrong: later (1920–22).

  • (B) తప్పు

    Wrong: led by Vallabhbhai Patel (1928).

  • (C) సరైనది

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

  • (D) తప్పు

    Wrong: came after (1919).