CBSE Class 12 English Indigo MCQs Set 04

Question: How did Gandhi address the actions of the people of Motihari ?
a) As liberation from the fear of the British
b) by calling them courageous
c) by chiding the lawyers
d) none
Answer: a

Question: What does Gandhi’s fight in Champaran signify?
a) The power of effective leadership
b) The power of lawyers
c) The power of farmers
d) The power of money
Answer: a

Question: Indigo is an excerpt from which book of the author?
a) Men and Politics
b) Life of Lenin
c) The Life of Mahatma Gandhi
d) None
Answer: c

Question: Why was Motihari back with peasants?
a) Because of people’s rights
b) because of the oppression of the British
c) Because their champion was in trouble
d) None
Answer: c

Question: What was Gandhiji’s demand from the British landlords?
a) 30% refund as repayment
b) 40% refund as repayment
c) 50% refund as repayment
d) 10% refund as repayment
Answer: c

Question: What problems were faced by the Champaran Indigo sharecroppers?
a) poverty
b) were forced to grow Indigo
c) unable to raise voice
d) illiteracy
Answer: b

Question: Which University was the author a member of?
a) Harvard University
b) Princeton University
c) University of Columbia
d) Oxford University
Answer: b

Question: What was the condition of the Sharecroppers?
a) were forced to give 10% of land for Indigo plantation
b) were forced to give 20% of land for Indigo plantation
c) were forced to give 15% of land for Indigo plantation
d) were forced to give 5% of land for Indigo plantation
Answer: c

Question: What is the message conveyed in the lesson Indigo?
a) efficient lawyers
b) speak aloud
c) wise and courageous leadership can resolve any problem
d) None
Answer: c

Question: How much did Gandhi ji ask the Indigo planters to pay to the farmers?
a) 20%
b) 40%
c) 30%
d) 50%
Answer: d

Question: Who was Raj Kumar Shukla?
a) a lawyer
b) a government official
c) a politician
d) a poor peasant
Answer: d

Question: Where was the annual congress party session held?
a) at Varanasi
b) at Lucknow
c) at Bangalore
d) at Mumbai
Answer: b

Question: Why did Gandhiji decide to go to Muzaffarpur?
a) to have detailed information of the sharecroppers of Champaran
b) to have information about lawyers
c) to know different capacities of the people
d) to have a personal bond with the people
Answer: a

Question: How did Gandhiji help peasants of Champaran?
a) by fighting and securing justice for them
b) by hiring lawyers for them
c) by educating them
d) by teaching them cleanliness
Answer: a

Question: What did the peasants pay the British landlords?
a) 10% of landholding and 15% of harvest
b) 20% of landholding and 15% of harvest
c) 10% of landholding and 25% of harvest
d) 15% of landholding and entire Indigo harvest
Answer: d

Question: Where was the author born?
a) in Philadelphia
b) in Yugoslavia
c) in Scotland
d) None
Answer: a

Question: Why did M.K. Gandhi fight in Champaran?
a) to secure justice for the oppressed
b) to get popularity
c) to show power
d) to boast of his intelligence
Answer: a

Question: What was the attitude of the average Indian in smaller localities towards advocates of home rule?
a) very welcoming
b) very courageous
c) pleasing
d) very fearful and indifferent
Answer: d

Question: Whom did Gandhiji send a telegram to?
a) Sir Edmund
b) British Government
c) Prof. J.B. Kriplani
d) peasants
Answer: c

Question: How much did Indigo planters offer to pay?
a) 30%
b) 10%
c) 25%
d) 40%
Answer: c

Assertion Reason Question

Question:
Assertion: Gandhiji decide to go to Muzaffarpur.
Reason: To have detailed information of the sharecroppers of Champaran (Evaluation)
A) A is correct and R is the reason
B) Both are incorrect
C) A is correct but R in not the reason
D) None
Answer: a

Question:
Assertion: Raj Kumar Shukla came to Lucknow at Annual Congress party session.
Reason: To complain against injustice of landlord system in Bihar (Understanding)
A) A is correct and R is the reason
B) Both are incorrect
C) A is correct but R in not the reason
D) None
Answer: a

Question:
Assertion: British want the peasant to pay compensation
Reason: Because they got orders from the British headquarters (Analysis)
A) A is correct and R is the reason
B) Both are incorrect
C) A is correct but R in not the reason
D) None
Answer: c

Question:
Assertion: Gandhiji protest at Motihari court house.
Reason: He was not a law breaker and came to render humanitarian and national service (Application)
A) A is correct and R is the reason
B) Both are incorrect
C) A is correct but R in not the reason
D) None
Answer: a

Question:
Assertion : Gandhi consider the Champaran episode a turning point
Reason: Its voice spread far and wide (evaluation)
A) A is correct and R is the reason
B) Both are incorrect
C) A is correct but R in not the reason
D) None
Answer: a

Question:
Assertion:During Gandhi’s long stay in Champaran, he was able to keep a distance watch on his Ashram.
Reason: His Faith in Ashram and it’s system had broken.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer: c

Question:
Assertion: Champaran was considered backward.
Reason: It had problems not only in Economic matters but also in cultural and social issue.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer: a

Question:
Assertion: Rajendra Prasad’s servants allowed Gandhi to take water from well.
Reason: He was not untouchable.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer: d

Question:
Assertion: Gandhi ji wired a full report to the Viceroy.
Reason: He believed that Viceroy must know what there was going on in Champaran.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer: a

Question:
Assertion: Gandhi was not permitted to draw water from Rajendra Prasad’s well
Reason: the servant thought Gandhi was another peasant (analysis)
A) A is correct and R is the reason
B) Both are incorrect
C) A is correct but R in not the reason
D) A Is incorrect and R cannot be inferred
Answer: d

Question:
Assertion: The sharecropping arrangement was irksome to the peasants
Reason: The illiterate peasants who had signed, they wanted their money back
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false
D) Assertion is false, reason is true
Answer: b

Question:
Assertion: Gandhi sent a telegram to professor KriplanA)
Reason: Gandhi had seen Professor J B Kriplani at Tagore’ Shantiniketan.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false
D) Assertion is false, reason is true
Answer: b

Question:
Assertion: Gandhi kept a long distance watch on the ashram.
Reason: He sent regular instructions by mail and asked for financial accounts
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true , reason is false
D) Assertion is false, reason is true
Answer: b

Question:
Assertion: Gandhi Ji didn’t agree to the idea ‘Andrews to stay in Champaran and help there’
Reason: Andrews was a Britisher.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer: a

Question:
Assertion: Gandhiji agreed to a settlement of a mere 25 per cent.
Reason: Gandhiji wanted landlords to part not only from money but also from their prestige.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer: a

Question:
Assertion: Gandhiji considered the Champaran episode to be a turning-point in his life.
Reason: It was his second successful civil disobedience movement for GandhijA)
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer: c

Question:
Assertion A): Rajkumar Shukla never left Gandhi’s side till he agreed to go with him to Champaran.
Reason (R): Gandhi was irritated by Shukla’s persistence and gave in.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true.
Answer: c

Question:
Assertion: The Champaran episode was a turning-point in Gandhi’s life.
Reason: Gandhi ji had fought against Britishers in South Africa.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer: b

Question:
Assertion: “I have to be in Calcutta on such and such a date. Come and meet me and take me from there.”
Reason: Gandhi was impressed by Rajkumar Shukla and his story.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer: a

Question:
Assertion: We can believe on Louis Fischer and what is said about Gandhi ji in lesson Indigo.
Reason: Louis Fisher met Gandhi jA
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Answer: a