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This section includes 44 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Indigo knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
For how long did Gandhi remain in Champaran? |
| A. | seven weeks |
| B. | three months |
| C. | one and a half year |
| D. | seven months |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
The representative of the planters offered to refund percent to the peasants |
| A. | |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
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» B. Kasturba and the eldest son of Gandhi | |
| 4. |
Health conditions in Champaran |
| A. | miserable |
| B. | tolerable |
| C. | under control |
| D. | fairly good |
| Answer» B. tolerable | |
| 5. |
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» C. in the northeast of Orissa | |
| 6. |
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» B. as Rajendra Prasad was not at home | |
| 7. |
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» D. the secretary was very helpful | |
| 8. |
How did Gandhi behave with the officials outside the court? |
| A. | demonstrated his power |
| B. | was firm and resolute |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
After Tirhut, where did Gandhi go? |
| A. | Lucknow |
| B. | Motihari |
| C. | Cawnpore |
| D. | Ahmedabad |
| Answer» C. Cawnpore | |
| 10. |
Who were ready to follow Gandhi into jail? |
| A. | peasants |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» C. C. | |
| 11. |
The magistrate asked Gandhi to furnish bail for __ minutes |
| A. | 30 |
| B. | 60 |
| C. | 90 |
| D. | 120 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Gandhi was summoned by ___ the Lt. Governor |
| A. | Sir Edward Gait |
| B. | Sir Henry Gait |
| C. | Sir Richard Andrews |
| D. | Sir Freer Andrews |
| Answer» B. Sir Henry Gait | |
| 13. |
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» B. double the amount | |
| 14. |
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» B. he set out to meet the secretary of British Landlords Association | |
| 15. |
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» B. It became famous | |
| 16. |
When did Gandhiji go to Lucknow? |
| A. | December 1917 |
| B. | October 1916 |
| C. | February 1917 |
| D. | December 1916 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
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» E. | |
| 18. |
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» E. | |
| 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» C. Ramkumar Shukla | |
| 20. |
What was the condition of the peasants in Champaran? |
| A. | Very happy |
| B. | Independent |
| C. | Very rich |
| D. | Terror stricken and oppressed |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
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» B. By hiring lawyers for them | |
| 22. |
How much did Indigo planters offer to pay? |
| A. | 30% |
| B. | 10% |
| C. | 25% |
| D. | 40% |
| Answer» D. 40% | |
| 23. |
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» B. To have information about lawyers | |
| 24. |
Who was Raj Kumar Shukla? |
| A. | A lawyer |
| B. | A government official |
| C. | A politician |
| D. | A poor peasant |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
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» E. | |
| 26. |
Why is Champaran famous? |
| A. | For fighting |
| B. | For Indigo |
| C. | Because Gandhiji visited |
| D. | For the first Satyagrah movement in 1917 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Where was Champaran? |
| A. | In Lucknow |
| B. | In Delhi |
| C. | In Uttar Pradesh |
| D. | A district of Bihar in British India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
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» E. | |
| 29. |
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» E. | |
| 30. |
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» D. a new settlement | |
| 31. |
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» D. None | |
| 32. |
Who received Gandhi at the Muzaffarpur station? |
| A. | Shukla |
| B. | J.B Kriplani |
| C. | Rajendra Prasad |
| D. | Nehru |
| Answer» C. Rajendra Prasad | |
| 33. |
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» B. Calcutta, Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarnagar | |
| 34. |
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» C. Zakir Hussain | |
| 35. |
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» E. | |
| 36. |
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» E. | |
| 37. |
Whom did Gandhiji send a telegram to ? |
| A. | Sir Edmund |
| B. | British Government |
| C. | Peasants |
| D. | Prof. J.B Kriplani |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
When did the author serve in the British army? |
| A. | 1918 1920 |
| B. | 1909 1910 |
| C. | 1912-1913 |
| D. | 1900-1902 |
| Answer» B. 1909 1910 | |
| 39. |
Who is the author of Indigo? |
| A. | Louis Fischer |
| B. | Leo Tolstoy |
| C. | Mark Twain |
| D. | Charles Dickens |
| Answer» B. Leo Tolstoy | |
| 40. |
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» D. None | |
| 41. |
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» B. To get popularity | |
| 42. |
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» D. None | |
| 43. |
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» D. 10% refund as repayment | |
| 44. |
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» E. | |