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
Correct Answer
(i) repayment in full
Q2. Which University was the author a member of?
(i) Harvard University
(ii) Princeton University
(iii) University of Columbia
(iv) Oxford University
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(iv) seven months
Q4. The representative of the planters offered to refund____ percent to the peasants
(i) 5
(ii) 10
(iii) 20
(iv) 25
Correct Answer
(iv) 25
Q5. When did the author serve in the British army?
(i) 1918 – 1920
(ii) 1909 – 1910
(iii) 1912-1913
(iv) 1900-1902
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(iii) The Life of Mahatma Gandhi.
Q9. Health conditions in Champaran
(i) miserable
(ii) tolerable
(iii) under control
(iv) fairly good
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(iv) to seek his help for the poor sharecroppers
Q18. After Tirhut, where did Gandhi go?
(i) Lucknow
(ii) Motihari
(iii) Cawnpore
(iv) Ahmedabad
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(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
Correct Answer
(iv) Terror stricken and oppressed