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The 'Salt March' (Dandi March) was undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi in which year?

Correct answer: (B) 1930.

Mahatma Gandhi undertook the Salt March, also known as the Dandi March, in 1930.

  1. (A)

    1928

  2. (B)

    1930

  3. (C)

    1932

  4. (D)

    1942

Explanation

The year is 1930 because NCERT places the Dandi March in March-April 1930 and describes its start on 12 March 1930. Mahatma Gandhi walked from his ashram at Sabarmati towards the ocean after giving advance notice of the Salt March to Viceroy Lord Irwin. Gandhi and 78 followers covered the 240-mile, or 388 km, route over 24 days, reached Dandi on 6 April 1930, and broke the salt law by making salt. These details make 1930 the only possible answer, not merely a surrounding political year.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) 1928 is too early; NCERT, Themes in Indian History Part III places the Salt March in March-April 1930, with Gandhi beginning the walk on 12 March 1930.
  • (C) 1932 is too late; by 6 April 1930 Gandhi had already reached Dandi and broken the salt law.
  • (D) 1942 cannot be correct because the NCERT timeline locates the Dandi March in 1930.

Concept

This tests Modern Indian History chronology around the Civil Disobedience Movement and the Salt Satyagraha. For a RAS MCQ, the key is fixing the Dandi March within the March-April 1930 sequence named in NCERT.

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