1.

Health conditions in Champaran (c) the secretary said that they could not give any information to
(a) miserable an outsider
(b) tolerable (d) the secretary was very helpful
(c) under control 13.Why was Gandhi not permitted to draw water from
(d) fairly good Rajendra Prasad’s well?
2.Who volunteered to work in Champaran? (a) the servant thought Gandhi was another peasant
(a) two disciples of Gandhi and their wives (b) as Rajendra Prasad was not at home
(b) Kasturba and the eldest son of Gandhi (c) Gandhi looked like a vagabond
(c) Mahadev Desai and his wife (d) Gandhi was a Harijan
(d) Narhari Prasad and his wife 14.Where is Champaran district situated?
3.The representative of the planters offered to refund—– (a) in the south-west of Orissa
percent to the peasants (b) in the foothills of the Himalayas in Bihar
(a) 5 (c) in the northeast of Orissa
(b) 10 (d) in the south of Bihar
(c) 20 15.What did the British landlords and from the peasants after
(d) 25 synthetic indigo was developed?
4.For how long did Gandhi remain in Champaran? (a) indigo as rent
(a) seven weeks (b) 15% of produce
(b) three months (c) money as compensation
(c) one and a half year (d) a new settlement
(d) seven months 16.What were the places visited by Gandhi between his first
5.What amount of repayment did the big planters think meeting with Shukla and his arrival at Champaran?
Gandhi would demand? (a) Cawnpore, Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Patna, Muzaffarpur
(a) repayment in full (b) Calcutta, Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarnagar
(b) double the amount (c) Cawnpore, Ahmedabad, Gaya, Calcutta, Patna, Muzaffarpur
(c) fifty percent of the amount (d) Cawnpore, Ahmedabad, Patna and Muzaffarnagar
(d) no payment, just an apology 17.Who received Gandhi at the Muzaffarpur station?
6.Gandhi was summoned by ___ the Lt. Governor (a) Shukla
(a) Sir Edward Gait (b) J.B Kriplani
(b) Sir Henry Gait (c) Rajendra Prasad
(c) Sir Richard Andrews (d) Nehru
(d) Sir Freer Andrews 18.Shukla led Gandhi to the house of a lawyer who later
7.Who were ready to follow Gandhi into jail? became the President of India. He was
(a) peasants (a) J.B Kriplani
(b) lawyers (b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) Shukla (c) Zakir Hussain
(d) J.B. Kriplani (d) Mahadev Desai
8.The magistrate asked Gandhi to furnish bail for __ minutes 19.What was the full name of the peasant from Champaran?
(a) 30 (a) J.B Shukla
(b) 60 (b) Rajkumar Shukla
(c) 90 (c) Ramkumar Shukla
(d) 120 (d) Roopkumar Shukla
9.How did Gandhi behave with the officials outside the court? 20.When did Gandhiji go to Lucknow?
(a) demonstrated his power (a) December 1917
(b) was firm and resolute (b) October 1916
(c) he said that he would disobey the order (c) February 1917
(d) cooperated with them (d) December 1916
10.Why did Gandhi start out on the back of an elephant? 21.Where did Gandhiji stay for two days?
(a) a peasant had been maltreated in a village nearby (a) At a peasant’s house
(b) he set out to meet the secretary of British Landlords (b) At a lawyer’s house
Association (c) In a guest house
(c) he set out to meet British official commissioner (d) At Prof. Malkani’s house
(d) he was summoned by Sir Edward Gait, the Lt. Governor 22.What was the condition of the peasants in Champaran?
11.After Tirhut, where did Gandhi go? (a) Very happy
(a) Lucknow (b) Independent
(b) Motihari (c) Very rich
(c) Cawnpore (d) Terror stricken and oppressed
(d) Ahmedabad 23.What was the attitude of the average Indian in smaller
12.What happened when Gandhi visited the secretary of localities towards advocates of home rule?
British landlord’s association? (a) Very welcoming
(a) the secretary proceeded to bully him (b) Very courageous
(b) the secretary advised him forthwith to leave Tirhut (c) Pleasing
(d) Very fearful and indifferent (c) 25%
24.Why did Gandhi consider the Champaran episode a (d) 40%
turning point? 35.What was Gandhiji’s demand from the British landlords?
(a) Its voice spread far and wide (a) 30% refund as repayment
(b) It became famous (b) 40% refund as repayment
(c) The British were scared (c) 50% refund as repayment
(d) To protest the courts’ order to postpone the trial (d) 10% refund as repayment
25.What was the statement that Gandhiji read pleading 36.Why was Motihari back with peasants?
himself guilty? (a) Because of people’s rights
(a) That he was a law breaker (b) Because of the oppression of the British
(b) That he wanted to command respect (c) Because their champion was in trouble
(c) He was not a law breaker and came to render humanitarian (d) None
and national service 37.Why did M.K. Gandhi fight in Champaran?
(d) None (a) To secure justice for the oppressed
26.Who was Sir Edmund in the lesson Indigo? (b) To get popularity
(a) A British lawyer (c) To show power
(b) A british Businessman (d) To boast of his intelligence
(c) A British Politician 38.Indigo is an excerpt from which book of the author?
(d) An Administrator in Indian Civil Services (a) Men and Politics
27.Why did the British want the peasant to pay (b) Life of Lenin
compensation? (c) The Life of Mahatma Gandhi.
(a) Because they freed them (d) None
(b) Because they got orders from the British headquarters 39.When did the author serve in the British army?
(c) Because they were leaving India (a) 1918 – 1920
(d) They gave 15% of landholding and entire Indigo harvest (b) 1909 – 1910
28.Where was Champaran? (c) 1912-1913
(a) In Lucknow (d) 1900-1902
(b) In Delhi 40.Who is the author of Indigo?
(c) In Uttar Pradesh (a) Louis Fischer
(d) A district of Bihar in British India (b) Leo Tolstoy
29.Why is Champaran famous? (c) Mark Twain
(a) For fighting (d) Charles Dickens
(b) For Indigo 41.Why was the government baffled?
(c) Because Gandhiji visited (a) Because of lawyer’s power
(d) For the first Satyagrah movement in 1917 (b) Because of farmers
30.Why did Raj Kumar Shukla come to Lucknow at Annual (c) Because of sharecroppers
Congress party session? (d) Because of the success of Satyagrah movement by peasants
(a) To be rich 42.Whom did Gandhiji send a telegram to ?
(b) To be famous (a) Sir Edmund
(c) To fight and get money (b) British Government
(d) To complain against injustice of landlord system in Bihar (c) Peasants
31.Who was Raj Kumar Shukla? (d) Prof. J.B Kriplani
(a) A lawyer 43.What was the purpose of the advocates of home rule?
(b) A government official (a) To get money
(c) A politician (b) To be popular
(d) A poor peasant (c) To instigate the people
32.Why did Gandhiji decide to go to Muzaffarpur? (d) To encourage people to participate in the freedom movement
(a) To have detailed information of the sharecroppers of 44.How did Kasturba help Gandhiji?
Champaran (a) By speaking to the people
(b) To have information about lawyers (b) By walking with him
(c) To know different capacities of the people (c) By moving here and there
(d) To have a personal bond with the people (d) By teaching Ashram rules and cleanliness
33.How did Gandhiji help peasants of Champaran? 45.Why did Gandhiji protest at Motihari court house?
(a) By fighting and securing justice for them (a) To be famous
(b) By hiring lawyers for them (b) To show his power
(c) By educating them (c) To humiliate the British
(d) By teaching them cleanliness (d) To protest the court’s order to postpone the trial
34.How much did Indigo planters offer to pay?
(a) 30%
(b) 10%
(c) 25%
(d) 40%