Indigo MCQs Mock Test of 12th Class Flamingo

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Q1- Where was the author of the chapter Indigo born?

A) in Philadelphia.

B) In Yugoslavia

C) In Scotland

D) None

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Q2. How were the Health conditions in Champaran ?

(a) miserable

(b) tolerable

(c) under control

(d) fairly good

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Q3- Which University was the author of the chapter Indigo a member of?

A) Harvard University

B) Princeton University

C) University of Columbia

D) Oxford University

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Q4. Who were the volunteers to work with Gandhi Ji 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

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Q5- What message did the chapter Indigo conveye?

A) Efficient lawyers

B) Speak aloud

C) Wise and courageous leadership can resolve any problem.

D) None

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Q6. How much percent did the representative of the planters offer to refund to the farmers of Champaran?

(a) 5

(b) 10

(c) 20

(d) 25

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Q7- What quality of Gandhi Ji is signified in the fight in Champaran?

A) The power of effective leadership

B) The power of lawyers

C) The power of farmers

D) The power of money

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Q8. What was the duration Gandhi remained in Champaran?

(a) seven weeks

(b) three months

(c) one and a half year

(d) seven months

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Q9- How did Gandhi consider 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

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Q 10. How much 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

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Q11. Gandhi was summoned by ___ the

(a) The Lt. Governor Sir Edward Gait

(b) Sir Henry Gait

(c) Sir Richard Andrews

(d) Sir Freer Andrews

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Q12. Who became ready to follow Gandhi into the prison?

(a) peasants

(b) lawyers

(c) Shukla

(d) J.B. Kriplani

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Q13. For how much time did the magistrate ask Gandhi to furnish bail?

(a) 30

(b) 60

(c) 90

(d) 120

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Q14. How was the behavior of Gandhi with the officials outside the court?

(a) demonstrated his power

(b) was firm and resolute

(c) he said that he would disobey the order

(d) cooperated with them

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Question 15. 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

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Q16. Where did Gandhi go after Tirhut?

(a) Lucknow

(b) Motihari

(c) Cawnpore

(d) Ahmedabad

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Q17. What happened when Gandhi went to the secretary of British landlord’s association?

(a) the secretary tried to bully him

(b) the secretary told him to leave Tirhut

(c) he said that they could not give any information to an outsider

(d) the secretary was very helpful

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Q18. Why did they not permit Gandhi to draw water from the 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

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Q19. Where is Champaran 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

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Q20. What did the British landlords want to take from the peasants when the synthetic indigo was developed?

(a) indigo as rent

(b) 15% of produce

(c) money as compensation

(d) a new settlement

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Q21. Name the places visited by Gandhi between the 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

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Q22. At the Muzaffarpur station, ………….. received Gandhi i?

(a) Shukla

(b) J.B Kriplani

(c) Rajendra Prasad

(d) Nehru

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Q23. Shukla led Gandhi to the house of a lawyer. What was his name?

(a) J.B Kriplani

(b) Rajendra Prasad

(c) Zakir Hussain

(d) Mahadev Desai

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Q24. What was the full name of Shukla, the peasant from Champaran?

(a) J.B Shukla

(b) Rajkumar Shukla

(c) Ramkumar Shukla

(d) Roopkumar Shukla

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Q25. Gandhiji went to Lucknow in……………?

(a) December 1917

(b) October 1916

(c) February 1917

(d) December 1916

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Q26. Gandhiji stayed 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

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Q27. Define the condition of the farmers in Champaran?

(a) Very happy

(b) Independent

(c) Very rich

(d) Terror stricken and oppressed

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Q28. What was the attitude of the Indians towards advocates in Champaran?

(a) Very welcoming

(b) Very courageous

(c) Pleasing

(d) Very fearful and indifferent

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Q29. Why did Gandhi ji think 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

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Q30- Why was the government baffled?

A) Because of lawyer’s power

B) Because of farmers

C) Because of sharecroppers

D) Due to the success of Satyagrah movement

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Q31. Who was Sir Edmund in the chapter Indigo?

(a) A British lawyer

(b) A british Businessman

(c) A British Politician

(d) An Administrator in Indian Civil Services

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Q32. Why did the British officials want the Indian 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

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Q33. Where was Champaran?

(a) In Lucknow

(b) In Delhi

(c) In Uttar Pradesh

(d) A district of Bihar in British India

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Q34. Why is Champaran famous?

(a) For fighting

(b) For Indigo

(c) Because Gandhiji visited

(d) For the first Satyagrah movement in 1917

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Q35. Why did Raj Kumar Shukla go to Lucknow at 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

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Q 36. Who was Raj Kumar Shukla?

(a) A lawyer

(b) A government official

(c) A politician

(d) A poor peasant of Champaran

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Q37. Why did Gandhiji decide to go to Muzaffarpur?

(a) To get details of the sharecroppers and sharecropping system 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

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Q38. How did Gandhiji help farmers 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

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Q39. How much did big Indigo planters offer to pay?

(a) 30%

(b) 10%

(c) 25%

(d) 40%

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Q40. How much did 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

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Q41. Why did Motihari go 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

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Q42. Why did Gandhi Ji decide to fight in Champaran?

(a) To secure justice for the oppressed

(b) To get popularity

(c) To show power

(d) To boast of his intelligence

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Q43. The chapter Indigo is a part of the book …………….?

(a) Men and Politics

(b) Life of Lenin

(c) The Life of Mahatma Gandhi.

(d) None

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Q44. When did the author of the chapter Indigo serve in the British army?

(a) 1918 – 1920

(b) 1909 – 1910

(d) 1900-1902

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Q 45. Name the author of the chapter Indigo?

(a) Louis Fischer

(b) Leo Tolstoy

(c) Mark Twain

(d) Charles Dickens

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Q46. Whom did Gandhiji send a telegram to ?

(a) Sir Edmund

(b) British Governmentx

(c) Peasants

(d) Prof. J.B Kriplani

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Q47. The purpose of the advocates of home rule was …………..?

(a) To get money

(b) To be popular

(c) To instigate the people

(d) To encourage people to participate in the freedom movement

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Q48. How did Kasturba Gandhi help Gandhiji?

(a) By speaking to the people

(b) By walking with him

(c) By moving here and there

(d) By teaching women Ashram rules and cleanliness

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Q49. 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

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