CBSE Class 12 English Indigo MCQs Set 07

I. Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the light of the following statement, pick the option that lists characteristics of Gandhi: “Gandhi never contented himself with large political or economic solutions. He saw the cultural and social backwardness in the Champaran villagers and wanted to do something about it immediately.”
(a) 1, 3, 6 (pragmatic, compassionate, dramatic)
(b) 2, 4, 5 (obedient, philanthropic, patient)
(c) 1, 3, 4 (pragmatic, compassionate, philanthropic)
(d) 2, 4, 6 (obedient, philanthropic, dramatic)
Answer: (c)

2. Complete the statement about the form of the chapter, ‘Indigo’. The chapter ‘Indigo’ is _________ a Louis Fischer book.
(a) a preface to
(b) the blurb for
(c) the foreword of
(d) an excerpt from
Answer: (d)

3. Gandhi’s protest in Champaran is most appropriately a great model of
(a) power
(b) leadership
(c) charity
(d) sponsorship
Answer: (b)

4. When did Gandhiji go to Lucknow?
(a) December 1917
(b) October 1916
(c) February 1917
(d) December 1916
Answer: (d)

5. What did he go to Lucknow for?
(a) to attend the annual convention of the INC
(b) to meet Rajendra Prasad
(c) to look into the sharecropper’s problems
(d) to go to Champaran via Lucknow
Answer: (a)

6. What was the full name of the peasant from Champaran?
(a) J.B Shukla
(b) Rajkumar Shukla
(c) Ramkumar Shukla
(d) Roopkumar Shukla
Answer: (b)

7. In 1917, Gandhi and Shukla boarded a train in Calcutta for
(a) Patna
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Cawnpore
(d) Champaran
Answer: (a)

8. Shukla led Gandhi to the house of a lawyer who later became the President of India. He was
(a) J.B Kriplani
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) Zakir Hussain
(d) Mahadev Desai
Answer: (b)

9. Gandhi decided to go first to ____ to obtain complete information about the conditions of Champaran
(a) Patna
(b) Calcutta
(c) Muzaffarpur
(d) Lucknow
Answer: (c)

10. Who received Gandhi at the Muzaffarpur station?
(a) Shukla
(b) J.B Kriplani
(c) Rajendra Prasad
(d) Nehru
Answer: (b)

11. Gandhi____ the lawyers for collecting big fees from the sharecroppers
(a) condoned
(b) rebuffed
(c) chided
(d) admired
Answer: (c)

12. What were the places visited by Gandhi between his first meeting with Shukla and his arrival at Champaran?
(a) Cawnpore, Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Patna, Muzaffarpur
(b) Calcutta, Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarnagar
(c) Cawnpore, Ahmedabad, Gaya, Calcutta, Patna, Muzaffarpur
(d) Cawnpore, Ahmedabad, Patna and Muzaffarnagar
Answer: (a)

13. What did the peasants pay the British landlords as rent?
(a) 25% of the crop
(b) Indigo
(c) 50% of their produce
(d) 10% of their indigo produce
Answer: (b)

14. What did the British landlords want from the peasants after synthetic indigo was developed?
(a) indigo as rent
(b) 15% of produce
(c) money as compensation
(d) a new settlement
Answer: (c)

15. What would be the impact of synthetic indigo?
(a) prices of natural indigo would go down
(b) sharecroppers would lose their land
(c) british landlords would trouble them further
(d) demand for natural indigo would increase
Answer: (a)

16. Where is Champaran district situated?
(a) in the south west of Orissa
(b) in the foothills of the Himalayas in Bihar
(c) in the north east of Orissa
(d) in the south of Bihar
Answer: (b)

17. What did the peasants of Champaran grow?
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Cotton
(d) Indigo
Answer: (d)

18. Why was Gandhi not permitted to draw water from Rajendra Prasad’s well?
(a) the servant thought Gandhi was another peasant
(b) as Rajendra Prasad was not at home
(c) Gandhi looked like a vagabond
(d) Gandhi was a Harijan
Answer: (a)

19. How did Gandhi begin his mission in Champaran?
(a) he chided the lawyers
(b) he tried to get the facts
(c) he met the peasants
(d) he met the commissioner
Answer: (b)

20. What happened when Gandhi visited the secretary of British landlord’s association?
(a) the secretary proceeded to bully him
(b) the secretary advised him forthwith to leave Tirhut
(c) the secretary said that they could not give any information to an outsider
(d) the secretary was very helpful
Answer: (c)

21. What did the British Official commissioner advise Gandhi?
(a) to leave Tirhut
(b) to proceed to Motihari
(c) to go to the Secretary of British Landlords Association
(d) to consult lawyers
Answer: (a)

22. After Tirhut, where did Gandhi go?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Motihari
(c) Cawnpore
(d) Ahmedabad
Answer: (b)

23. Who accompanied Gandhi to the Capital of Champaran?
(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) Shukla
(c) several lawyers
(d) crowd of peasants
Answer: (c)

24. Why did Gandhi start out on the back of an elephant?
(a) a peasant had been maltreated in a village nearby
(b) he set out to meet the secretary of British Landlords Association
(c) he set out to meet British official commissioner
(d) he was summoned by Sir Edward Gait, the Lt. Governor
Answer: (a)

25. What did the police superintendent’s messenger serve Gandhi?
(a) an invitation
(b) an official notice
(c) summon to appear in court
(d) an arrest warrant
Answer: (b)

26. How did Gandhi behave with the officials outside the court?
(a) demonstrated his power
(b) was firm and resolute
(c) he said that he would disobey the order
(d) cooperated with them
Answer: (d)

27. What was the beginning of liberation from fear of the British?
(a) the people gathered in large numbers
(b) the support of lawyers
(c) gandhi’s presence
(d) the prevailing laws
Answer: (a)

28. The magistrate asked Gandhi to furnish bail for _____ minutes
(a) 30
(b) 60
(c) 90
(d) 120
Answer: (d)

29. Gandhi was informed by the magistrate that the case
(a) had been dropped
(b) had been postponed
(c) was a weak one
(d) would be heard immediately
Answer: (a)

30. Who were ready to follow Gandhi into jail?
(a) peasants
(b) lawyers
(c) shukla
(d) J.B. Kriplani
Answer: (b)

31. How many peasants deposed?
(a) about a hundred
(b) about a thousand
(c) about ten thousand
(d) about hundred thousand
Answer: (c)

32. Gandhi was summoned by ______ the Lt. Governor
(a) Sir Edward Gait
(b) Sir Henry Gait
(c) Sir Richard Andrews
(d) Sir Freer Andrews
Answer: (a)

33. How many times did Gandhi meet the Lt. Governor?
(a) four times
(b) six times
(c) eight times
(d) ten times
Answer: (a)

34. What amount of repayment did the big planters think Gandhi would demand?
(a) repayment in full
(b) double the amount
(c) fifty percent of the amount
(d) no payment, just an apology
Answer: (a)

35. What was the result of Gandhi’s meetings with the Lt. Governor?
(a) the Lt. Governor rejected Gandhi’s plea
(b) an official commission of inquiry was appointed
(c) a compensation of 25% was set
(d) the Lt. Governor dropped the cases against Gandhi
Answer: (b)

36. For how long did Gandhi remain in Champaran?
(a) seven weeks
(b) three months
(c) one and a half year
(d) seven months
Answer: (d)

37. Gandhi asked the big planters for ___ percent refund to the peasants.
(a) 10
(b) 25
(c) 50
(d) 65
Answer: (c)

38. The representative of the planters offered to refund ___ percent to the peasants
(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 20
(d) 25
Answer: (d)

39. Why did Gandhi appeal for teachers?
(a) to remove the cultural and social backwardness
(b) to increase the literacy standard
(c) he did not trust teachers of Champaran
(d) he contended himself with large political and economic solutions
Answer: (a)

40. Who volunteered to work in Champaran?
(a) two disciples of Gandhi and their wives
(b) Kasturba and the eldest son of Gandhi
(c) Mahadev Desai and his wife
(d) Narhari Prasad and his wife
Answer: (a)

41. Kasturba taught rules of ____
(a) basic learning
(b) mathematics
(c) personal cleanliness
(d) civil disobedience
Answer: (c)

42. Health conditions in Champaran were
(a) miserable
(b) tolerable
(c) under control
(d) fairly good
Answer: (a)

43. What lesson did Gandhi teach by opposing Andrew’s stay in Champaran?
(a) british could not be trusted
(b) self-reliance
(c) civil disobedience
(d) a fight should always be amongst equals
Answer: (b)