Freedom Fighter Who Wouldn't Fight - Mahatma Gandhi
Read the text about Mahatma Gandhi.
Are the sentences Wright,Wrong, or doesn't the text give us enough information for us to say that they are right or wrong?
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India and South Africa were part of the British Empire.
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Right
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Wrong
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Doesn't say
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A. RightExplanation
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Gandhi lost his father when he was a small child.
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Right
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Wrong
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Doesn't say
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B. WrongExplanation
He was 16 (sixteen) years old when his father died.Rate this question:
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He married when he was in his 30s.
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Right
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Wrong
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Doesn't say
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B. WrongExplanation
He married at 13.Rate this question:
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Gandhi 's wife was older than him.
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Right
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Wrong
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Doesn't say
Correct Answer
C. Doesn't sayExplanation
From the text we can only know her name.Rate this question:
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Gandhi graduated as a lawyer and then moved to England because in India he was not successful as a lawyer.
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Right
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Wrong
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Doesn't say
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B. WrongExplanation
Gandhi studied in England, where he became a lawyer. He returned to India , but was not successful as a lawyer.Rate this question:
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He went to South Africa because he wanted to fight for the rights of the Indian people who lived in that country.
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Right
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Wrong
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Doesn't say
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B. WrongExplanation
Gandhi went to South Africa to practise law. When he saw the prejudice ther was against Indians he used his skills as a lawyer to defend their rights.Rate this question:
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He lived and 'fought' for human rights in South Africa for two decades.
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Right
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Wrong
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Doesn't say
Correct Answer
A. RightExplanation
His was a 20-year struggle for Human Rights in South Africa.Rate this question:
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He returned to his country and 'fought' to obtain independence from the British.
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Right
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Wrong
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Doesn't say
Correct Answer
A. RightExplanation
The passage states that the person returned to his country and "fought" to obtain independence from the British. This implies that the person actively engaged in a struggle or conflict against the British in order to achieve independence. Therefore, the answer "Right" is correct.Rate this question:
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In the process he went to prison twice.
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Right
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Wrong
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Doesn't say
Correct Answer
A. RightExplanation
twice = 2 He was jailed in 1922 and again in 1929 ( fifteen years after his return to India)Rate this question:
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In 1947 India became independent and obtained peace, at last.
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Right
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Wrong
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Doesn't say
Correct Answer
B. WrongExplanation
India becamee independent from the British, but there was no peace. Fighting took place between the two major religions in India.Rate this question:
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Gandhi died peacefully of old age in 1948.
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Right
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Wrong
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Doesn't say
Correct Answer
B. WrongExplanation
Ghandi was assassinated.Rate this question:
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In his funeral thousands of people joined to pay him tribute.
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Right
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Wrong
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Doesn't say
Correct Answer
C. Doesn't sayExplanation
Nothing is told about Gandhi's funeral.Rate this question:
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