Indigo
MCQ- Questions with Answers
Question 1.
Health conditions in Champaran (a) miserable
(b) tolerable (c) under control (d) fairly good Answer
Question 2.
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
Question 3.
The representative of the planters offered to refund—– percent to the peasants (a) 5
(b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 25 Answer
Question 4.
For how long did Gandhi remain in Champaran?
(a) seven weeks (b) three months (c) one and a half year (d) seven months
Answer
Question 5.
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
Question 6.
Gandhi was summoned by ___ the Lt. Governor (a) Sir Edward Gait
(b) Sir Henry Gait (c) Sir Richard Andrews (d) Sir Freer Andrews Answer
Question 7.
Who were ready to follow Gandhi into jail?
(a) peasants (b) lawyers (c) Shukla (d) J.B. Kriplani Answer
Question 8.
The magistrate asked Gandhi to furnish bail for __ minutes (a) 30
(b) 60 (c) 90 (d) 120 Answer
Question 9.
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
Question 10.
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
Question 11.
After Tirhut, where did Gandhi go?
(a) Lucknow (b) Motihari (c) Cawnpore (d) Ahmedabad Answer
Question 12.
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
Question 13.
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
Question 14.
Where is Champaran district situated?
(a) in the south-west of Orissa
(b) in the foothills of the Himalayas in Bihar (c) in the northeast of Orissa
(d) in the south of Bihar Answer
Question 15.
What did the British landlords and 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
Question 16.
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
Question 17.
Who received Gandhi at the Muzaffarpur station?
(a) Shukla (b) J.B Kriplani (c) Rajendra Prasad (d) Nehru
Answer
Question 18.
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
Question 19.
What was the full name of the peasant from Champaran?
(a) J.B Shukla (b) Rajkumar Shukla (c) Ramkumar Shukla (d) Roopkumar Shukla Answer
Question 20.
When did Gandhiji go to Lucknow?
(a) December 1917 (b) October 1916 (c) February 1917 (d) December 1916 Answer
Question 21.
Where did Gandhiji stay for two days?
(a) At a peasant’s house (b) At a lawyer’s house (c) In a guest house
(d) At Prof. Malkani’s house Answer
Question 22.
What was the condition of the peasants in Champaran?
(a) Very happy (b) Independent (c) Very rich
(d) Terror stricken and oppressed Answer
Question 23.
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
Question 24.
Why did Gandhi consider the Champaran episode a turning point?
(a) Its voice spread far and wide (b) It became famous
(c) The British were scared
(d) To protest the courts’ order to postpone the trial Answer
Question 25.
What was the statement that Gandhiji read pleading himself guilty?
(a) That he was a law breaker
(b) That he wanted to command respect
(c) He was not a law breaker and came to render humanitarian and national service (d) None
Answer
Question 26.
Who was Sir Edmund in the lesson Indigo?
(a) A British lawyer (b) A british Businessman
(c) A British Politician
(d) An Administrator in Indian Civil Services Answer
Question 27.
Why did the British want the peasant to pay compensation?
(a) Because they freed them
(b) Because they got orders from the British headquarters (c) Because they were leaving India
(d) They gave 15% of landholding and entire Indigo harvest Answer
Question 28.
Where was Champaran?
(a) In Lucknow (b) In Delhi
(c) In Uttar Pradesh
(d) A district of Bihar in British India Answer
Question 29.
Why is Champaran famous?
(a) For fighting (b) For Indigo
(c) Because Gandhiji visited
(d) For the first Satyagrah movement in 1917 Answer
Question 30.
Why did Raj Kumar Shukla come to Lucknow at Annual Congress party session?
(a) To be rich (b) To be famous
(c) To fight and get money
(d) To complain against injustice of landlord system in Bihar Answer
Question 31.
Who was Raj Kumar Shukla?
(a) A lawyer
(b) A government official (c) A politician
(d) A poor peasant Answer
Question 32.
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
Question 33.
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
Question 34.
How much did Indigo planters offer to pay?
(a) 30%
(b) 10%
(c) 25%
(d) 40%
Answer
Question 35.
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
Question 36.
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
Question 37.
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
Question 38.
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 Question 39.
When did the author serve in the British army?
(a) 1918 – 1920 (b) 1909 – 1910 (c) 1912-1913 (d) 1900-1902
Answer
Question 40.
Who is the author of Indigo?
(a) Louis Fischer (b) Leo Tolstoy (c) Mark Twain (d) Charles Dickens Answer
Question 41.
Why was the government baffled?
(a) Because of lawyer’s power (b) Because of farmers
(c) Because of sharecroppers
(d) Because of the success of Satyagrah movement by peasants Answer
Question 42.
Whom did Gandhiji send a telegram to ? (a) Sir Edmund
(b) British Government (c) Peasants
(d) Prof. J.B Kriplani Answer
Question 43.
What was the purpose of the advocates of home rule?
(a) To get money (b) To be popular
(c) To instigate the people
(d) To encourage people to participate in the freedom movement Answer
Question 44.
How did Kasturba help Gandhiji?
(a) By speaking to the people (b) By walking with him (c) By moving here and there
(d) By teaching Ashram rules and cleanliness Answer
Question 45.
Why did Gandhiji protest at Motihari court house?
(a) To be famous (b) To show his power (c) To humiliate the British
(d) To protest the court’s order to postpone the trial
MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 5 Indigo with Answers
Question 1.
Health conditions in Champaran (a) miserable
(b) tolerable (c) under control (d) fairly good
Answer
Answer: (a) miserable
Question 2.
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
Answer: (a) two disciples of Gandhi and their wives
Question 3.
The representative of the planters offered to refund—– percent to the peasants (a) 5
(b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 25
Answer
Answer: (d) 25
Question 4.
For how long did Gandhi remain in Champaran?
(a) seven weeks (b) three months (c) one and a half year (d) seven months
Answer
Answer: (d) seven months
Question 5.
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
Answer: (a) repayment in full
Question 6.
Gandhi was summoned by ___ the Lt. Governor (a) Sir Edward Gait
(b) Sir Henry Gait (c) Sir Richard Andrews (d) Sir Freer Andrews
Answer
Answer: (a) Sir Edward Gait
Question 7.
Who were ready to follow Gandhi into jail?
(a) peasants (b) lawyers (c) Shukla (d) J.B. Kriplani
Answer
Answer: (b) lawyers
Question 8.
The magistrate asked Gandhi to furnish bail for __ minutes (a) 30
(b) 60 (c) 90 (d) 120
Answer
Answer: (d) 120
Question 9.
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
Answer: (d) cooperated with them
Question 10.
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
Answer: (a) a peasant had been maltreated in a village nearby
Question 11.
After Tirhut, where did Gandhi go?
(a) Lucknow (b) Motihari (c) Cawnpore (d) Ahmedabad
Answer
Answer: (b) Motihari
Question 12.
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
Answer: (c) the secretary said that they could not give any information to an outsider
Question 13.
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
Answer: (a) the servant thought Gandhi was another peasant
Question 14.
Where is Champaran district situated?
(a) in the south-west of Orissa
(b) in the foothills of the Himalayas in Bihar (c) in the northeast of Orissa
(d) in the south of Bihar
Answer
Answer: (b) in the foothills of the Himalayas in Bihar
Question 15.
What did the British landlords and 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
Answer: (c) money as compensation
Question 16.
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
Answer: (a) Cawnpore, Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Patna, Muzaffarpur
Question 17.
Who received Gandhi at the Muzaffarpur station?
(a) Shukla (b) J.B Kriplani (c) Rajendra Prasad (d) Nehru
Answer
Answer: (b) J.B Kriplani
Question 18.
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
Answer: (b) Rajendra Prasad
Question 19.
What was the full name of the peasant from Champaran?
(a) J.B Shukla (b) Rajkumar Shukla
(c) Ramkumar Shukla (d) Roopkumar Shukla
Answer
Answer: (b) Rajkumar Shukla
Question 20.
When did Gandhiji go to Lucknow?
(a) December 1917 (b) October 1916 (c) February 1917 (d) December 1916
Answer
Answer: (d) December 1916
Question 21.
Where did Gandhiji stay for two days?
(a) At a peasant’s house (b) At a lawyer’s house (c) In a guest house
(d) At Prof. Malkani’s house
Answer
Answer: (d) At Prof. Malkani’s house
Question 22.
What was the condition of the peasants in Champaran?
(a) Very happy (b) Independent (c) Very rich
(d) Terror stricken and oppressed
Answer
Answer: (d) Terror stricken and oppressed
Question 23.
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
Answer: (d) Very fearful and indifferent
Question 24.
Why did Gandhi consider the Champaran episode a turning point?
(a) Its voice spread far and wide (b) It became famous
(c) The British were scared
(d) To protest the courts’ order to postpone the trial
Answer
Answer: (a) Its voice spread far and wide
Question 25.
What was the statement that Gandhiji read pleading himself guilty?
(a) That he was a law breaker
(b) That he wanted to command respect
(c) He was not a law breaker and came to render humanitarian and national service (d) None
Answer
Answer: (c) He was not a law breaker and came to render humanitarian and national service
Question 26.
Who was Sir Edmund in the lesson Indigo?
(a) A British lawyer (b) A british Businessman (c) A British Politician
(d) An Administrator in Indian Civil Services
Answer
Answer: (d) An Administrator in Indian Civil Services
Question 27.
Why did the British want the peasant to pay compensation?
(a) Because they freed them
(b) Because they got orders from the British headquarters (c) Because they were leaving India
(d) They gave 15% of landholding and entire Indigo harvest
Answer
Answer: (d) They gave 15% of landholding and entire Indigo harvest
Question 28.
Where was Champaran?
(a) In Lucknow (b) In Delhi
(c) In Uttar Pradesh
(d) A district of Bihar in British India
Answer
Answer: (d) A district of Bihar in British India
Question 29.
Why is Champaran famous?
(a) For fighting (b) For Indigo
(c) Because Gandhiji visited
(d) For the first Satyagrah movement in 1917
Answer
Answer: (d) For the first Satyagrah movement in 1917
Question 30.
Why did Raj Kumar Shukla come to Lucknow at Annual Congress party session?
(a) To be rich (b) To be famous
(c) To fight and get money
(d) To complain against injustice of landlord system in Bihar
Answer
Answer: (d) To complain against injustice of landlord system in Bihar
Question 31.
Who was Raj Kumar Shukla?
(a) A lawyer
(b) A government official (c) A politician
(d) A poor peasant
Answer
Answer: (d) A poor peasant
Question 32.
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
Answer: (a) To have detailed information of the sharecroppers of Champaran
Question 33.
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
Answer: (a) By fighting and securing justice for them
Question 34.
How much did Indigo planters offer to pay?
(a) 30%
(b) 10%
(c) 25%
(d) 40%
Answer
Answer: (c) 25%
Question 35.
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
Answer: (c) 50% refund as repayment
Question 36.
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
Question 37.
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
Answer: (a) To secure justice for the oppressed
Question 38.
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
Answer: (c) The Life of Mahatma Gandhi.
Question 39.
When did the author serve in the British army?
(a) 1918 – 1920 (b) 1909 – 1910 (c) 1912-1913 (d) 1900-1902
Answer
Answer: (a) 1918 – 1920
Question 40.
Who is the author of Indigo?
(a) Louis Fischer (b) Leo Tolstoy (c) Mark Twain (d) Charles Dickens
Answer
Answer: (a) Louis Fischer
Question 41.
Why was the government baffled?
(a) Because of lawyer’s power (b) Because of farmers
(c) Because of sharecroppers
(d) Because of the success of Satyagrah movement by peasants
Answer
Answer: (d) Because of the success of Satyagrah movement by peasants
Question 42.
Whom did Gandhiji send a telegram to ? (a) Sir Edmund
(b) British Government (c) Peasants
(d) Prof. J.B Kriplani
Answer
Answer: (d) Prof. J.B Kriplani
Question 43.
What was the purpose of the advocates of home rule?
(a) To get money (b) To be popular
(c) To instigate the people
(d) To encourage people to participate in the freedom movement
Answer
Answer: (d) To encourage people to participate in the freedom movement
Question 44.
How did Kasturba help Gandhiji?
(a) By speaking to the people (b) By walking with him (c) By moving here and there
(d) By teaching Ashram rules and cleanliness
Answer
Answer: (d) By teaching Ashram rules and cleanliness
Question 45.
Why did Gandhiji protest at Motihari court house?
(a) To be famous (b) To show his power (c) To humiliate the British
(d) To protest the court’s order to postpone the trial
