Suraincha, Sitapur

STANDARD: VI ASL-English (2019-20) Marks: 10

SUBJECT: English Duration: 30 minutes

Instructions: Listen to the audio carefully and fill in the blanks with correct answers.
Note: The audio will be played twice.

The Salt March- By Esther David

Starting in 1835, when provinces in India increasingly came under British rule. The British imposed a tax on

Indian salt and a series of salt laws. The tax raised the price of Indian salt and made it ________________ for

Indians, especially poor people to buy the salt they needed. The salt laws made it ____________ for Indians

to collect, produce or sell salt. Anyone who produced or sold salt in India, outside of the British could be

imprisoned for six months. Gandhi and many others found the imposition of the salt tax and the restrictions

on salt production unfair and ____________ to protest against them. He said, “Next to air and water, Salt is

perhaps the greatest necessity of life.” Salt is important because it makes our food taste good but, more

importantly salt is essential for our health. Gandhi organized a salt march from the Gandhi Ashram in

Ahmedabad to the seaside village of Dandi , in the south of ________________. It started on the 12th March,

1930, with Gandhi and_____________ people. We know them as freedom ___________because they

struggled not only against unfair laws but also for Indian freedom from British rule. Along with 240 miles

from Ahmedabad to Dandi ______________ of people from all over India ______________the march to

protest British rule, the high salt taxes, and the unfairness of not being allowed to produce or sell their own

salt. Gandhi and his followers walked about _____________miles a day and reached Dandi in three weeks.

He called it “a battle of right against might.” At the end of the March, Gandhi picked up some grains of salt

from seashore and took a ____________ “with these crystals of salt, I am going to shake the foundation of
the British Empire.” With the Dandi March, Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement against the

British Empire. Following the Salt March 80,000 Indians along with Gandhi, were jailed.

Answers:

1. difficult
2. illegal
3. decided
4. Gujarat
5. 78
6. fighters
7. thousands
8. joined
9. twelve
10. pledge