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1. Who is the author of Indigo?
Louis Fischer
Leo Tolstoy
Mark Twain
Charles Dickens

2. Where was the author born?
in Philadelphia.
In Yugoslavia
In Scotland
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3. When did the author serve in the British army?
1918 - 1920
1909 - 1910
1912-1913
1900-1902

4. Which University was the author a member of?
Harvard University
Princeton University
University of Columbia
Oxford University

5.  Indigo is an excerpt from which book of the author?
Men and Politics
Life of Lenin
The Life of Mahatma Gandhi.
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6. What is the message conveyed in the lesson Indigo?
Efficient lawyers
Speak aloud
Wise and courageous leadership can resolve any problem.
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7. Why did M.K. Gandhi fight in Champaran?
To secure justice for the oppressed
To get popularity
To show power
To boast of his intelligence

8. What does Gandhi's fight in Champaran signify?
The power of effective leadership
The power of lawyers
The power of farmers
The power of money

9. Why was Motihari back with peasants?
Because of people's rights
Because of the oppression of the British
Because their champion was in trouble
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10. How did Gandhi address the actions of  the people of Motihari ?
 As liberation from the fear of the British
By calling them courageous
By chiding the lawyers
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11. What was Gandhiji's demand from the British landlords?
30% refund as repayment
40% refund as repayment
50% refund as repayment
10% refund as repayment

12. How much did Gandhi ji ask the Indigo planters to pay to the farmers?
20%
40%
30%
 50%

13. How much  did Indigo planters offer to pay?
30%
10%
25%
40%

14. What was the condition of the  Sharecroppers?
Were forced to give 10% of land for Indigo plantation
Were forced to give 20% of land for Indigo plantation
Were forced to give 15% of land for Indigo plantation
Were forced to give 5% of land for Indigo plantation

15. How did Gandhiji help peasants of Champaran?
By fighting and securing justice for them
 By hiring lawyers for them
By educating them
By teaching them cleanliness

16. What problems were faced by the Champaran Indigo sharecroppers?
Poverty
Were forced to grow Indigo
Unable to raise voice
Illiteracy

17. Why did Gandhiji decide to go to Muzaffarpur?
To have detailed information of the sharecroppers of Champaran
To have information about lawyers
To know different capacities of the people
To have a personal bond with the people

18. Who briefed Gandhiji at Muzaffarpur?
Government officers
Politicians
Farmers
Lawyers

19. Who was Raj Kumar Shukla?
A lawyer
A government official
 A politician
A poor peasant

20. Where was the annual congress party session held?
At Varanasi
At Mumbai
At Bangalore
At Lucknow

21. Why did Raj Kumar Shukla come to Lucknow at Annual Congress party session?
To be rich
To be famous
To fight and get money
To complain against injustice of landlord system in Bihar

22.  Why did Mr. Shukla meet Gandhiji?
to seek his guidance for his own upliftment
to get ideas to be famous
to learn the art of speaking
to seek his help for the poor sharecroppers

23. Why is Champaran famous?
For fighting
For Indigo
Because Gandhiji visited
For the first Satyagrah movement in 1917

24. Why was Satyagrah Movement launched in Champaran?
For Gandhiji's upliftment
For raising funds
For getting business
For the upliftment of the farmers

25. Where was Champaran?
In Lucknow
In Delhi
In Uttar Pradesh
A district of Bihar in British India

26. What did the peasants pay the British landlords?
10% of landholding and 15% of harvest
20% of landholding and 15% of harvest
10% of landholding and 25% of harvest
15% of landholding and entire Indigo harvest

27. Why did the British want the peasant to pay compensation?
Because they freed them
Because they got orders from the British headquarters
Because they were leaving India
They gave 15% of landholding and entire Indigo harvest

28.  Why did Gandhiji agree to  the planter's offer of 25% refund to the farmers?
Because of money
 Because of fear of loss
Because of fear of power
Because more than money, prestige of farmers was important

29. Who was Sir Edmund in the lesson Indigo?
A British lawyer
 A british Businessman
 A British Politician
An Administrator in Indian Civil Services

30. Where was Sir Edmund posted?
In East India
In Purvanchal
 In Uttarpradesh
At  Bihar & Orissa Province in Bengal Presidency of British India

31. What was the statement that Gandhiji read pleading himself guilty?
That he was a law breaker
That he wanted to command respect
He was not a law breaker and came to render humanitarian and national service
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32. Why did Gandhiji protest at Motihari court house?
To be famous
To show his power
To humiliate the British
To protest the court's order to postpone the trial

33. Why did Gandhi consider the Champaran episode a turning point?
Its voice spread far and wide
It became famous
The British were scared
To protest the courts' order to postpone the trial

34. How did Kasturba help Gandhiji?
By speaking to the people
 By walking with him
By moving here and there
By teaching Ashram rules and cleanliness

35.  What was the attitude of the  average Indian in smaller localities towards advocates of home rule?
Very welcoming
Very courageous
Pleasing
 Very fearful and indifferent

36. What was the purpose of the advocates of home rule?
To get money
To be popular
To instigate the people
To encourage people to participate in the freedom movement

37. What was the condition of the peasants in Champaran?
Very happy
Independent
Very rich
Terror stricken and oppressed

38. Whom did Gandhiji send a telegram to ?
Sir Edmund
British Government
Peasants
Prof. J.B Kriplani

39. Where did Gandhiji stay for two days?
At a peasant's house
At a lawyer's house
In a guest house
At Prof. Malkani's house

40. Why was the government baffled?
Because of lawyer's power
Because of farmers
Because of sharecroppers
Because of the success of Satyagrah movement by peasants