12th Eng ch-5 INDIGO Extracts Fully Solved

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Ch-5 Indigo by Louis Fischer 

Extract Based Questions

        

Directions: Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

Extract 1. 

When I first visited Gandhi in 1942 at his Ashram in Sevagram, in central India, he said, "I will tell you how it happened that I decided to urge the departure of the British. It was in 1917"

(a) Who is 'l' in the first line?

(b) Name the lesson.

(i) Indigo

(ii) On the Face of It

(iii) The Rattrap

(iv) Deep Water

(c) The author of the given extract is:

(i) Mahatma Gandhi

(ii) Louis Fischer

(iii) Susan Hill

(iv) John Updike

(d) Find a synonym for the word 'exit' from the above lines.

(e) ............ I decided to urge. Here 'l' is…….

(f) When did the narrator first meet Gandhi?

Extract -2

They thought, amongst themselves, that Gandhi was totally a stranger, and yet he was prepared to go to prison for the sake of the peasants; if they, on the other hand, being not only residents of the adjoining districts but also those who claimed to have served these peasants, should go home, it would be shameful desertion.

(a) Which word is the antonym of 'familiar' in the extract?

(b) 'They' did not include:

(i) Brij Kishor

(ii) Maulana Mazharul Huq

(iii) Jawaharlal Nehru

(iv) Rajendra Prasad

(c) Choose the synonym of 'desertion'.

(i) Approval

(ii) Assistance

(iii) Abandonment

(iv) Aid

(d) Whom does 'they' refer to?

(e) From where did 'they' arrive?

(f) Find a word from the extract which means 'nearby.

Extract -3

…..the next morning he started out on the back of an elephant. He had not proceeded far when the police superintendent's messenger overtook him and ordered him to return to town in his carriage.

(a) Why did 'he' start out?

(b) How did 'he' react to the messenger?

(i) He opposed

(ii) He complied

(iii) He chided him

(iv) None of these

(c) Choose the antonym of 'proceeded'.

(i) Retreated

(ii) Led

(iii) Progressed

(iv) Marched

(d) The messenger drove Gandhi home and………

(e) Who started on the back of the elephant?

(f) Who overtook him?

Extract 4

The officials felt powerless without Gandhi's cooperation. He helped them regulate the crowd. He was polite and friendly. He was giving them concrete proof that their might, hitherto dreaded and unquestioned, could be challenged by Indians. The government was baffled.

(a) Find a word from the extract which means 'confused'.

(b) Choose the antonym of 'cooperation'.

(i) Assistance (ii) Aid

(iii) Hindrance (iv) Service

(c) What does 'regulated' mean here?

(i) Punish (ii) Control

(iii) Gather (iv) Disperse

(d) 'Them' stands for

(e) Whom does 'he' refer to?

(f) Where did the incident take place?

Extract -5

Gandhi remained in Champaran for an initial uninterrupted period of seven months and then again for several shorter visits. The visit, undertaken casually on the entreaty of an unlettered peasant in the expectation that it would last a few days, occupied almost a year of Gandhi's life.

(a) Find an antonym, from the extract, for 'highly educated person'.

(b) Choose the synonym of 'initial.

(i) Introductory (ii) Following

(iii) Subordinate (iv) Final

(c) Who is the author?

(i) William Douglas (ii) A.R. Barton

(iii) Louis Fischer (iv) Anees Jung

(d) Who is referred to as an 'unlettered peasant' in the extract?

(e) How long did Gandhi initially stay in Champaran?

(f) 'Entreaty' means

Extract -6

Sharecroppers from Champaran began arriving on foot and by conveyance to see their champion Muzzafarpur lawyers called on Gandhi to brief him, they frequently represented peasant groups in court, they told him about their cases and reported the size of their fee.

(a) Who is 'their champion'?

(i) Rajkumar Shukla (ii) Gandhi

(iii) A British official (iv) Rajendra Prasad

(b) Why did Muzzafarpur lawyers call on Gandhi?

(c) How did Gandhi react after knowing the size of the lawyers' fee?

(i) Gandhi appreciated the lawyers

(ii) Gandhi thanked the lawyers

(iii) Gandhi chided the lawyers

(iv) None of the above

(d) A word from the extract which means 'transport' is

(e) Give an antonym of 'frequently.

(f) Name the lesson from which the above extract has been taken.

Extract 7

2. "A peasant came up to me looking like any other peasant in India, poor and emaciated and said, 'I am Rajkumar Shukla. I am from Champaran, and I want you to come to my district!"

(a) Whom does 'me' in the first line refer to?

(i) Rajkumar Shukla (ii) Gandhi

(iii) Louis Fischer (iv) Rajendra Prasad

(b) Why did the peasant come to 'me'?

(c) Rajkumar Shukla was:

(i) tall and stout (ii) weak and short

(iii) poor and weak (iv) None of these

(d) The synonym for the word 'farmer' from the given extract is .....

(e) When did the above incident happen?

(f) Where did the above incident happen?

Extract 8

He had gone to the December 1916 annual convention of the Indian National Congress party in Lucknow. There were 2,301 delegates and many visitors. During the proceedings, Gandhi recounted, "a peasant came up to me looking like any other peasant in India, poor and emaciated, and said, 'I am Rajkumar Shukla. I am from Champaran, and I want you to come to my district'!" Gandhi had never heard of the place. It was in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, near the kingdom of Nepal.

a. What was the full name of the peasant from Champaran?

(i) J.B Shukla (ii) Rajkumar Shukla

(iii) Ramkumar Shukla (iv) Roopkumar Shukla

b. Who persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to take up the case of Indigo sharecroppers, in the chapter 'Indigo'?

(i) Rajkumar Rao (ii) Raj Kundra

(iii) Raj Kapoor (iv) Rajkumar Shukla

c.When did Gandhi go to Lucknow?

(i) December 1917 (ii) October 1916

(iii) February 1917 (iv) December 1916

d.Why did Gandhi go to Lucknow in December 1916?

e.. There were..…...delegates to attend the

convention.

(i) 2,301(ii) 3,504 (iii) 7,004(iv) none of these

f. Gandhiji observed a………. during the proceedings

(i) lawyer(ii) doctor (iii) office

(iv) peasant

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Extract 1 

Answers

(a) Louis Fischer is 'l' in the first line.

(b) (i) Indigo

(c) (ii) Louis Fischer

(d) A synonym for the word 'exit' from the above lines is 'departure'.

(e) Mahatma Gandhi

(f)1942

Extract -2

Answers

(a) Stranger

(b) (iii) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) (iii) Abandonment

(d) 'They' refers to the lawyers.

(e) They arrived from Bihar.

(f) Adjoining

Extract -3

Answers

(a) 'He' started out to see a peasant who had been maltreated.

(b) (ii) He complied

(c) (i) Retreated

(d) served him with an official notice

(e) Gandhi started on the back of the elephant.

(f) A messenger of the police superintendent overtook him.

Extract 4.

Answers

(a) Baffled (b) (iii) Hindrance

(c) (ii) Controlled 

(d) the British officials

(e) 'He' refers to Mahatma Gandhi.

(f) The incident took place in a court in Motihari.

Extract -5

Answers

(a) Unlettered (b) (i) Introductory

(c) (iii) Louis Fischer

(d) Rajkumar Shukla is referred to as an 'unlettered peasant' in the extract.

(e) Gandhi initially stayed in Champaran for seven months.

(f) an earnest or humble request

Extract -6

Answers

(a) (ii) Gandhi

(b) To inform about the peasant's cases and fee charged from them.

(c) (iii) Gandhi chided the lawyers

(d) conveyance

(e) An antonym of 'frequently' is rarely.

(f) The above extract has been taken from the lesson 'Indigo

Extract 7

Answers

(a) (ii) Gandhi

(b) Because he wanted him to come to his district.

(c) (iii) poor and weak

(d) peasant

(e) The above incident happened in December 1916.

(f) The above incident happened in Lucknow.

Extract 8

Ans.

a. (ii) Rajkumar Shukla

b.(iv) Rajkumar Shukla

c. (iv) December 1916

d.Gandhiji went to Lucknow to attend the annual convention of the Indian National Congress.

e. (i) 2,301

f. (iv) peasant