Indigo Class 12 MCQ Questions with Answers English Chapter 5

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MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 5 Indigo with Answers

Question 1.
What lesson did Gandhi teach by opposing Andrew’s stay in Champaran? equals
(a) British could not be trusted
(b) self-reliance
(c) civil disobedience
(d) a fight should always be amongst

Answer

Answer: (b) self-reliance


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Question 2.
Kasturba taught rules of ___
(a) basic learning
(b) mathematics
(c) personal cleanliness
(d) civil disobedience were

Answer

Answer: (c) personal cleanliness

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Question 3.
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 contented himself with large political and economic solutions

Answer

Answer: (a) to remove the cultural and social backwardness


Question 4.
Gandhi asked the big planters for __ percent refund to the peasants.
(a) 10
(b) 25
(c) 50
(d) 65

Answer

Answer: (c) 50


Question 5.
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

Answer: (b) an official commission of inquiry was appointed


Question 6.
How many times did Gandhi meet the Lt. Governor?
(a) four times
(b) six times
(c) eight times
(d) ten times

Answer

Answer: (a) four times


Question 7.
How many peasants deposed?
(a) about a hundred
(b) about a thousand
(c) about ten thousand
(d) about hundred thousand

Answer

Answer: (c) about ten thousand


Question 8.
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

Answer: (a) had been dropped


Question 9.
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

Answer: (a) the people gathered in large numbers


Question 10.
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

Answer: (b) an official notice


Question 11.
Who accompanied Gandhi to the Capital of Champaran9
(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) Shukla
(c) several lawyers
(d) crowd of peasants

Answer

Answer: (c) several lawyers


Question 12.
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

Answer: (a) to leave Tirhut


Question 13.
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

Answer: (b) he tried to get the facts


Question 14.
What did the peasants of Champaran grow?
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Cotton
(d) Indigo

Answer

Answer: (d) Indigo


Question 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

Answer: (a) prices of natural indigo would go down


Question 16.
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

Answer: (b) Indigo


Question 17.
Gandhi __ the lawyers for collecting big fees from the sharecroppers
(a) condoned
(b) rebuffed
(c) chided
(d) admired

Answer

Answer: (c) chided


Question 18.
Gandhi decided to ___ to obtain complete information about the go first to conditions
of Champaran
(a) Patna
(b) Calcutta
(c) Muzaffarpur
(d) Lucknow

Answer

Answer: (c) Muzaffarpur


Question 19.
In 1917, Gandhi and Shukla boarded a train in Calcutta for __
(a) Patna
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Cawnpore
(d) Champaran

Answer

Answer: (a) Patna


Question 20.
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

Answer: (a) to attend the annual convention of the INC


Question 21.
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 22.
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 23.
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 24.
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 25.
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

Answer

Answer: (d) To protest the court’s order to postpone the trial


Question 26.
Where was Sir Edmund posted?
(a) In East India
(b) In Purvanchal
(c) In Uttarpradesh
(d) At Bihar & Orissa Province in Bengal Presidency of British India

Answer

Answer: (d) At Bihar & Orissa Province in Bengal Presidency of British India


Question 27.
Why did Gandhiji agree to the planter’s offer of 25% refund to the farmers?
(a) Because of money
(b) Because of fear of loss
(c) Because of fear of power
(d) Because more than money, prestige of farmers was important

Answer

Answer: (d) Because more than money, prestige of farmers was important


Question 28.
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

Answer: (d) 15% of landholding and entire Indigo harvest


Question 29.
Why was Satyagrah Movement launched in Champaran?
(a) For Gandhiji’s upliftment
(b) For raising funds
(c) For getting business
(d) For the upliftment of the farmers

Answer

Answer: (d) For the upliftment of the farmers


Question 30.
Why did Mr. Shukla meet Gandhiji?
(a) to seek his guidance for his own upliftment
(b) to get ideas to be famous
(c) to learn the art of speaking
(d) to seek his help for the poor sharecroppers

Answer

Answer: (d) to seek his help for the poor sharecroppers


Question 31.
Where was the annual congress party session held?
(a) At Varanasi
(b) At Mumbai
(c) At Bangalore
(d) At Lucknow

Answer

Answer: (d) At Lucknow


Question 32.
Who briefed Gandhiji at Muzaffarpur?
(a) Government officers
(b) Politicians
(c) Farmers
(d) Lawyers

Answer

Answer: (d) Lawyers


Question 33.
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

Answer: (b) Were forced to grow Indigo


Question 34.
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

Answer: (c) Were forced to give 15% of land for Indigo plantation


Question 35.
How much did Gandhi ji ask the Indigo planters to pay to the farmers?
(a)20%
(b) 40%
(c) 30%
(d) 50%

Answer

Answer: (d) 50%


Question 36.
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

Answer: (a) As liberation from the fear of the British


Question 37.
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

Answer: (a) The power of effective leadership


Question 38.
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

Answer: (c) Wise and courageous leadership can resolve any problem.

Question 39.
Which University was the author a member of?
(a) Harvard University
(b) Princeton University
(c) University of Columbia
(d) Oxford University

Answer

Answer: (b) Princeton University


Question 40.
Where was the author born?
(a) in Philadelphia.
(b) In Yugoslavia
(c) In Scotland
(d) None

Answer

Answer: (a) in Philadelphia.


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