UPSC Prelims 1995 · General Studies
Question 98: History and Culture
In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started Civil Disobedience Movement from
AnswerThe answer is (c).
Gandhi began the Civil Disobedience Movement with the Dandi March, which set out from his Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad on 12 March 1930 with 78 followers and ended at Dandi on the Gujarat coast on 6 April 1930, where he broke the salt law. The given key takes the starting place, Sabarmati. Sevagram, near Wardha, became Gandhi's base only in 1936.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Sevagram became Gandhi's base only in 1936.
- (b) Dandi is where the march ended and the salt law was broken, not where it set out.
- (c) Right per the key: the march set out from the Sabarmati Ashram.
- (d) Wardha was linked with Gandhi only from the 1930s; the march did not start there.
Worth knowing: Disputed: the movement is also said to begin at Dandi on 6 April 1930, where the salt law was broken, so (b) is arguable.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 1995, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.