Chapter-5: Indigo

 

4. What does Gandhi’s fight in Champaran signify?

• The power of effective leadership
• The power of lawyers
• The power of farmers
• The power of money

Answer

The power of effective leadership

5. Who briefed Gandhiji at Muzaffarpur?

• Government officers
• Politicians
• Farmers
• Lawyers

6. What was Gandhiji’s demand from the British landlords?

• 30% refund as repayment
• 40% refund as repayment
• 50% refund as repayment
• 10% refund as repayment

Answer

50% refund as repayment

7.Who volunteered to work in Champaran?

•  two disciples of Gandhi and their wives
•  Kasturba and the eldest son of Gandhi
• Mahadev Desai and his wife
•  Narhari Prasad and his wife

Answer

two disciples of Gandhi and their wives

8. Which University was the author a member of?

• Harvard University
• Princeton University
• University of Columbia
• Oxford University

Answer

Princeton University

9. For how long did Gandhi remain in Champaran?

• seven weeks
• three months
• one and a half year
• seven months

10. Indigo is an excerpt from which book of the author?

• Men and Politics
• Life of Lenin
• The Life of Mahatma Gandhi
• None

Answer

The Life of Mahatma Gandhi

11. What was the purpose of the advocates of home rule?

•  To get money
•  To be popular
• To instigate the people
•  To encourage people to participate in the freedom movement

Answer

To encourage people to participate in the freedom movement

12. Why did Gandhiji protest at Motihari court house?

• To be famous
• To show his power
• To humiliate the British
• To protest the court’s order to postpone the trial

Answer

To protest the court’s order to postpone the trial

13. How did Kasturba help Gandhiji?

• By speaking to the people
• By walking with him
•  By moving here and there
• By teaching Ashram rules and cleanliness

Answer

By teaching Ashram rules and cleanliness

14. Whom did Gandhiji send a telegram to ?

• Sir Edmund
•  British Government
•  Peasants
•  Prof. J.B Kriplani

Answer

Prof. J.B Kriplani

15. Why was the government baffled?

•  Because of lawyer’s power
•  Because of farmers
•  Because of sharecroppers
•  Because of the success of Satyagrah movement by peasants

Answer

Because of the success of Satyagrah movement by peasants

16. When did the author serve in the British army?

•  1918 – 1920
•  1909 – 1910
•  1912-1913
•  1900-1902

17. Why did M.K. Gandhi fight in Champaran?

•  To secure justice for the oppressed
•  To get popularity
•  To show power
•  To boast of his intelligence

Answer

To secure justice for the oppressed

18. Why was Motihari back with peasants?

• Because of people’s rights
•  Because of the oppression of the British
•  Because their champion was in trouble
•  None

Answer

Because their champion was in trouble

19. How much did Indigo planters offer to pay?

20. How did Gandhiji help peasants of Champaran?

•  By fighting and securing justice for them
•  By hiring lawyers for them
• By educating them
•  By teaching them cleanliness

Answer

By fighting and securing justice for them