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- Social Studies GED Practice Test 2

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The passage is
The passage is a quote from the famed leader and freedom fighter for
Indian independence, Mahatma Gandhi.
What conviction does Gandhi state in this quote?

"I read Carlyle's French Revolution while I was in prison, and Pandit
Jawaharlal has told me something about the Russian revolution. But it
is my conviction that inasmuch as these struggles were fought with
the weapon of violence they failed to realize the democratic ideal. In
the democracy which I have envisaged, a democracy established by
non-violence, there will be equal freedom for all. Everybody will be his
own master."

A) A democratic society has no violence whatsoever.

B) Violence and democracy are opposing concepts.

C) Freedom depends on your ability to defend it.

D) Being in prison prepared him to lead a revolution

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter A

Explanation: In this quote he is saying his vision about how democracy can be, without violence with respect and equal freedom and rights for all.