Indigo MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Chapter 5 with Answers

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Q1. What amount of repayment did the big planters think Gandhi would demand?

(i) repayment in full
(ii) double the amount
(iii) fifty percent of the amount
(iv) no payment, just an apology

(i) repayment in full


Q2. hich University was the author a member of?

(i) Harvard University
(ii) Princeton University
(iii) University of Columbia
(iv) Oxford University

(ii) Princeton University


Q3. For how long did Gandhi remain in Champaran?

(i) seven weeks
(ii) three months
(iii) one and a half year
(iv) seven months

(iv) seven months


Q4. The representative of the planters offered to refund____ percent to the peasants

(i) 5
(ii) 10
(iii) 20
(iv) 25

(iv) 25


Q5. When did the author serve in the British army?

(i) 1918 – 1920
(ii) 1909 – 1910
(iii) 1912-1913
(iv) 1900-1902

(i) 1918 – 1920


Q6. Who volunteered to work in Champaran?

(i) two disciples of Gandhi and their wives
(ii) Kasturba and the eldest son of Gandhi
(iii) Mahadev Desai and his wife
(iv) Narhari Prasad and his wife

(i) two disciples of Gandhi and their wives


Q7. Who volunteered to work in Champaran?

(i) two disciples of Gandhi and their wives
(ii) Kasturba and the eldest son of Gandhi
(iii) Mahadev Desai and his wife
(iv) Narhari Prasad and his wife

(i) two disciples of Gandhi and their wives


Q8. Indigo is an excerpt from which book of the author?

(i)Men and Politics
(ii) life of Lenin
(iii) The Life of Mahatma Gandhi.
(iv) None

(iii) The Life of Mahatma Gandhi.


Q9. Health conditions in Champaran

(i) miserable
(ii) tolerable
(iii) under control
(iv) fairly good

(i) miserable


Q10. What does Gandhi’s fight in Champaran signify?

(i) The power of effective leadership
(ii) The power of lawyers
(iii) The power of farmers
(iv) The power of money

(i) The power of effective leadership


Q11. Who were ready to follow Gandhi into jail?

(i) peasants
(ii) lawyers
(iii) Shukla
(iv) J.B. Kriplani

(ii) lawyers


Q12. What was the condition of the Sharecroppers?

(i)were forced to give 10% of land for Indigo plantation
(ii) were forced to give 20% of land for Indigo plantation
(iii) were forced to give 15% of land for Indigo plantation
(iv) were forced to give 5% of land for Indigo plantation

(iii) were forced to give 15% of land for Indigo plantation


Q13. How did Gandhi behave with the officials outside the court?

(i) demonstrated his power
(ii) was firm and resolute
(iii) he said that he would disobey the order
(iv) cooperated with them

(iv) cooperated with them


Q14. What problems were faced by the Champaran Indigo sharecroppers?

(i) poverty
(ii) were forced to grow Indigo
(iii) unable to raise voice
(iv) illiteracy

(ii) were forced to grow Indigo


Q15. Why did Gandhi start out on the back of an elephant?

(i) a peasant had been maltreated in a village nearby
(ii) he set out to meet the secretary of British Landlords Association
(iii) he set out to meet British official commissioner
(iv) he was summoned by Sir Edward Gait, the Lt. Governor

(i) a peasant had been maltreated in a village nearby


Q16. Where is Champaran district situated?

(i) in the south-west of Orissa
(ii) in the foothills of the Himalayas in Bihar
(iii) in the northeast of Orissa
(iv) in the south of Bihar

(ii) in the foothills of the Himalayas in Bihar


Q17. hy did Mr. Shukla meet Gandhiji?

(i) to seek his guidance for his own upliftment
(ii) to get ideas to be famous
(iii) to learn the art of speaking
(iv) to seek his help for the poor sharecroppers

(iv) to seek his help for the poor sharecroppers


Q18. After Tirhut, where did Gandhi go?

(i) Lucknow
(ii) Motihari
(iii) Cawnpore
(iv) Ahmedabad

(ii) Motihari


Q19. Shukla led Gandhi to the house of a lawyer who later became the President of India. He was

(i) J.B Kriplani
(ii) Rajendra Prasad
(iii) Zakir Hussain
(iv) Mahadev Desai

(ii) Rajendra Prasad


Q20. Why was Gandhi not permitted to draw water from Rajendra Prasad’s well?

(i) the servant thought Gandhi was another peasant
(ii) as Rajendra Prasad was not at home
(iii) Gandhi looked like a vagabond
(iv) Gandhi was a Harijan

(i) the servant thought Gandhi was another peasant


Q21. Why did the British want the peasant to pay compensation?

(i) because they freed them
(ii) because they got orders from the British headquarters
(iii) because of15% of landholding and entire Indigo harvest
(iv) 15% of landholding and entire Indigo harvest

(iv) 15% of landholding and entire Indigo harvest


Q22. What were the places visited by Gandhi between his first meeting with Shukla and his arrival at Champaran?

(i) Cawnpore, Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Patna, Muzaffarpur
(ii) Calcutta, Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarnagar
(iii) Cawnpore, Ahmedabad, Gaya, Calcutta, Patna, Muzaffarpur
(iv) Cawnpore, Ahmedabad, Patna and Muzaffarnagar

(i) Cawnpore, Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Patna, Muzaffarpur


Q23. Why was Gandhi not permitted to draw water from Rajendra Prasad’s well?

(i) the servant thought Gandhi was another peasant
(ii) as Rajendra Prasad was not at home
(iii) Gandhi looked like a vagabond
(iv) Gandhi was a Harijan

(i) the servant thought Gandhi was another peasant


Q24. Who received Gandhi at the Muzaffarpur station?

(i) Shukla
(ii) J.B Kriplani
(iii) Rajendra Prasad
(iv) Nehru

(ii) J.B Kriplani


Q25. Gandhi was summoned by _ the Lt. Governor

(i) Sir Edward Gait
(ii) Sir Henry Gait
(iii) Sir Richard Andrews
(iv) Sir Freer Andrews

(i) Sir Edward Gait


Q26. Where was Sir Edmund posted?

(i) In East India
(ii) In Purvanchal
(iii) In Uttarpradesh
(iv) at Bihar & Orissa Province in Bengal Presidency of British India

(iv) at Bihar & Orissa Province in Bengal Presidency of British India


Q27. When did Gandhiji go to Lucknow?

(i) December 1917
(ii) October 1916
(iii) February 1917
(iv) December 1916

(iv) December 1916


Q28. How did Gandhi behave with the officials outside the court?

(i) demonstrated his power
(ii) was firm and resolute
(iii) he said that he would disobey the order
(iv) cooperated with them

(iv) cooperated with them


Q29. Where did Gandhiji stay for two days?

(i) At a peasant’s house
(ii) At a lawyer’s house
(iii) In a guest house
(iv) At Prof. Malkani’s house

(iv) At Prof. Malkani’s house


Q30. What was the condition of the peasants in Champaran?

(i) Very happy
(ii) Independent
(iii) Very rich
(iv) Terror stricken and oppressed

(iv) Terror stricken and oppressed


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