Class – 12th
Subject – English
Day – Monday
Date – 21/09/2020
Topic – Very Short Type
Q-Ans. of ‘Indigo’
5. Indigo (Louis Fischer)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1.
Who is the writer
of the lesson ‘Indigo’?
Ans.
Louis Fisher
2.
Who was Louis
Fisher?
Ans.
An American writer and friend of Gandhiji
3.
Where is
Gandhiji’s ashram situated?
Ans.
In Sevagram
4.
When was the
annual convention of the Congress party held?
Ans.
In 1916
5.
What was the name
of the peasant?
Ans.
Rajkumar Shukla
6. Where did the Dec
1916 annual convention of the Indian National Congress take place?
Ans.
In Lucknow
7.
Who was Rajkumar
Shukla?
Ans.
A poor and an illiterate peasant
8.
Where was Shukla
waiting for Gandhiji?
Ans.
Kolkata
9.
Where did
Rajkumar Shukla belong to?
Ans.
To Champaran
10. Which place had Gandhiji never heard?
Ans.
Of Champaran
11. Where did Gandhiji and Shukla board a train for?
Ans.
For Patna
12. Where did Gandhiji decide to go first?
Ans.
To Muzzafarpur
13. When did Gandhiji’s train arrive there?
Ans.
At midnight
14. Where did Gandhiji go from Tirhut?
Ans.
To Motihari
15. Which status did Motihari have in Champaran?
Ans.
The capital of Champaran
16. How is the morning of Motihari town described?
Ans.
Black with peasants
17. Who had Gandhiji informed telegraphically?
Ans.
J.B. Kripalani
18. Who were waiting at the station with Kriplaniji?
Ans.
College students
19. What was the chief commercial crop of Champaran?
Ans.
Indigo
20. How much of the land was planted with the commercial
crop?
Ans.
15 per cent of the land
21. How much did the planters offer to refund?
Ans.
Only 25 per cent
22. Who was J.Z. Hodge?
Ans.
British missionary
23. Who was both the President of the Congress Party and
of India?
Ans.
Rajendra Prasad
24. How was Gandhiji’s behaviour towards the officials?
Ans.
Co-operative, polite and friendly
25. Where did Gandhiji stay in Muzzafarpur ?
Ans.
at Prof. Malkani’s house
26. Which country had developed the synthetic Indigo?
Ans.
Germany