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Indigo- 2 - Free MCQ Practice Test with solutions, Class 12 English


MCQ Practice Test & Solutions: Test: Indigo- 2 (15 Questions)

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  • - Format: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
  • - Duration: 15 minutes
  • - Number of Questions: 15

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Test: Indigo- 2 - Question 1
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Where was the author born?

Detailed Solution: Question 1

Louis Fischer (1896-1970) was born in Philadelphia in 1896. He served as a volunteer in the British Army between 1918-1920.

Test: Indigo- 2 - Question 2
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Indigo is an excerpt from which book of the author?

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Indigo is about how Mahatma Gandhi struggled for the underprivileged peasants of Champaran. They were the sharecroppers with the British planters. The peasants use to live a wretched life and were under an agreement to grow Indigo. Thus, Gandhi decided to fight against injustice.

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Test: Indigo- 2 - Question 3
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What does Gandhi's fight in Champaran signify?

Detailed Solution: Question 3

A hundred years ago on April 10, 1917, Mohandas K Gandhi arrived in the district of Champaran in North Bihar. This was a major victory for the peasants, and a significant triumph for Gandhi himself, since it established his credibility as a leader within India (as distinct from South Africa).

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What was Gandhiji's demand from the British landlords?

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Gandhiji demanded 50% refund from the British landlords in the form of repayment of money which the landlords had illegally and deceitfully extorted from the poor sharecroppers.

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What was the condition of the Sharecroppers?

Detailed Solution: Question 5

Sharecroppers were in a miserable condition when Gandhi arrived at Champaran. They were supposed to grow indigo on 15% of their land and give it as rent to the landlords.

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Why did Gandhiji decide to go to Muzaffarpur?

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Gandhi wanted to obtain more complete information about conditions than Shukla was capable of imparting. Muzaffarpur lawyers, who frequently represented peasant groups in courts, brief Gandhi about their cases.

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Where was the annual congress party session held?

Detailed Solution: Question 7

Gandhiji went to Lucknow in December 1916 to attend the annual convention of the Indian National Congress Party.

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Why is Champaran famous?

Detailed Solution: Question 8

Mahatma Gandhi's first Satyagraha was experimented on the soil of Motihari in the then Champaran district and, thus, Champaran has been the starting point of India's independence movement launched by Gandhi.

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What did the peasants pay the British landlords?

Detailed Solution: Question 9

The peasants planted 15 per cent of their holdings with indigo. The entire indigo harvest was to be paid as rent to the landlords. In the meanwhile, the British landlords, learnt that Germany had developed synthetic indigo.

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Who was Sir Edward in the lesson Indigo?

Detailed Solution: Question 10

Sir Edward was an Administrator in Indian Civil Services.

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Why did Gandhiji protest at Motihari court house?

Detailed Solution: Question 11

Gandhi reached Motihari, then the district headquarters of undivided Champaran, with Rajkumar Shukla on April 15, 1917. In a brief statement, he said he has come to Champaran on invitation from farmers, who had urged that they were not being treated fairly by British indigo planters,” Choudhary said.

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What was the attitude of the average Indian in smaller localities towards advocates of home rule?

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The average Indians in smaller localities were scared to show sympathy for the advocates of home-rule due to the fear and control instilled by British. They were not courageous enough to say or act anything against these rulers as they were afraid of the dire consequences of helping the advocates of home rule.

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Whom did Gandhiji send a telegram to?

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He sent a telegram to Professor J.B. Kripalani who received them at the station with a large body of students. Gandhi stayed there for two days in the home of professor Malkani, a government teacher.

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What was the statement that Gandhiji read pleading himself guilty?

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He read a statement pleading himself guilty and asked the penalty due. He was not willing to get a bad example of law breaker. He worked according to the voice of his conscience. He told that he had come to render the humanitarian and national service.

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How did Kasturba help Gandhiji?

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Gandhiji viewed the social, economic and cultural backwardness of the area. He appointed volunteers to teach the villagers. Kasturba taught the Ashram rules and personal cleanliness and community sanitation. A doctor volunteered his services for six months to improve the health conditions of the people.

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