Indigo Objective Questions – Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 5

In this post we have given the Objective Questions of Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 5 Indigo (by Louis Fischer). These are useful for students preparing for their Class 12 board exams.

इस पोस्ट में कक्षा 12 अंग्रेज़ी (Flamingo) के पाठ 5 Indigo के वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रश्न (MCQ) दिए गए हैं। यह उन सभी विद्यार्थियों के लिए उपयोगी है जो इस वर्ष कक्षा 12 की बोर्ड परीक्षा देने वाले हैं।

Objective Questions

1. At the Congress session in which city did Rajkumar Shukla first meet Gandhi?
   1. Patna
   2. Lucknow
   3. Calcutta
   4. Motihari
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (B) Lucknow

2. How many delegates attended the Lucknow Congress session at which Shukla met Gandhi?
   1. 1,301
   2. 3,301
   3. 10,000
   4. 2,301
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (D) 2,301

3. Where was Shukla waiting when Gandhi arrived for the meeting he had fixed?
   1. Sitting on his haunches at the agreed spot in Calcutta
   2. At the gate of Gandhi’s ashram
   3. At the Congress office in Patna
   4. Outside a railway station in Lucknow
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (A) Sitting on his haunches at the agreed spot in Calcutta

4. Whom did Gandhi send a telegram to before going to Muzzafarpur?
   1. Rajendra Prasad
   2. Charles Freer Andrews
   3. Professor J.B. Kripalani
   4. Sir Edward Gait
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (C) Professor J.B. Kripalani

5. What share of their land did the Champaran tenants have to plant with indigo?
   1. 10 per cent
   2. 25 per cent
   3. 50 per cent
   4. 15 per cent
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (D) 15 per cent

6. What was Gandhi doing when the police superintendent’s messenger caught up with him and ordered him back?
   1. Meeting the commissioner of Tirhut
   2. Going on an elephant to see a peasant who had been ill-treated
   3. Addressing a public meeting
   4. Boarding a train for Patna
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (B) Going on an elephant to see a peasant who had been ill-treated

7. Assertion (A): Thousands of peasants gathered around the Motihari court on the morning of Gandhi’s trial. Reason (R): They knew all about Gandhi’s struggle in South Africa and had come to honour it.
   1. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
   2. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
   3. A is false, but R is true
   4. A is true, but R is false
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (D) A is true, but R is false

8. Assertion (A): Gandhi accepted a 25 per cent refund though he had asked for 50 per cent. Reason (R): For Gandhi, the landlords’ having to give up part of their money and prestige mattered more than the exact amount.
   1. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
   2. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
   3. A is true, but R is false
   4. A is false, but R is true
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (A) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

9. Match the people with their roles: (1) Rajkumar Shukla (2) Rajendra Prasad (3) Sir Edward Gait (4) Charles Freer Andrews — (i) Lieutenant-Governor who set up the inquiry commission (ii) English pacifist and follower of Gandhi (iii) illiterate but resolute sharecropper (iv) lawyer who later became President of India
   1. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-iv
   2. 1-ii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-iii
   3. 1-iii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-ii
   4. 1-iv, 2-iii, 3-ii, 4-i
   उत्तर देखें

   उत्तर: (C) 1-iii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-ii

10. Match each event with its cause: (1) Peasants wanted their compensation money back (2) Lawyers decided to go to jail with Gandhi (3) The case against Gandhi was dropped (4) Gandhi accepted the 25 per cent offer — (i) the Lieutenant-Governor ordered it (ii) news of synthetic indigo reached them after they had signed (iii) the landlords’ loss of money and prestige mattered more than the amount (iv) going home would have been shameful desertion
    1. 1-iii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-ii
    2. 1-iv, 2-i, 3-ii, 4-iii
    3. 1-i, 2-ii, 3-iv, 4-iii
    4. 1-ii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-iii
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (D) 1-ii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-iii

11. Statement I: Rajkumar Shukla was a rich landlord of Champaran. Statement II: Gandhi had never heard of Champaran before Shukla approached him. Which is correct?
    1. Both I and II are true
    2. I is false, II is true
    3. I is true, II is false
    4. Both I and II are false
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (B) I is false, II is true

12. Statement I: Gandhi first demanded a full 100 per cent refund from the planters. Statement II: The planters’ representative offered 25 per cent, thinking Gandhi would not give way. Which is correct?
    1. I is true, II is false
    2. Both I and II are true
    3. Both I and II are false
    4. I is false, II is true
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (D) I is false, II is true

13. Statement I: Gandhi welcomed the idea of Andrews staying on to help in Champaran. Statement II: Rajendra Prasad said that Gandhi taught the lawyers a lesson in self-reliance. Which is correct?
    1. I is false, II is true
    2. I is true, II is false
    3. Both I and II are false
    4. Both I and II are true
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (A) I is false, II is true

14. Put these events in the correct order: (1) The planters agree in principle to refund the peasants (2) The 25 per cent settlement is adopted unanimously (3) Gandhi has four interviews with the Lieutenant-Governor (4) An official commission of inquiry is appointed
    1. 1, 3, 4, 2
    2. 3, 1, 4, 2
    3. 3, 4, 1, 2
    4. 4, 3, 1, 2
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (C) 3, 4, 1, 2

15. Rajkumar Shukla is described as illiterate but ______.
    1. wealthy
    2. aggressive
    3. educated
    4. resolute
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (D) resolute

16. In court, Gandhi said he was involved in a “______ of duties”.
    1. conflict
    2. chain
    3. burden
    4. series
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (A) conflict

17. Which of these is the odd one out?
    1. Brij Kishor Babu
    2. Rajendra Prasad
    3. Sir Edward Gait
    4. Maulana Mazharul Huq
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (C) Sir Edward Gait

18. After the official inquiry collected a mountain of evidence, what did the planters agree to do?
    1. Appeal to the Viceroy
    2. Make refunds to the peasants, in principle
    3. Sell their estates at once
    4. Raise the indigo quota
    उत्तर देखें

    उत्तर: (B) Make refunds to the peasants, in principle