I. Gandhi protested against the
delay. He read a statement pleading guilty. He was involved, he told the court,
in a “conflict of duties” – on the one hand, not to set a bad example as a
lawbreaker; on the other hand, to render the “humanitarian and national
service” for which he had come. He disregarded the order to leave, “not for
want of respect for lawful authority, but in obedience to the higher law of our
being, the voice of conscience”. He asked the penalty due.
1. The
cause of the ‘delay’ can be attributed to the fact that-
a)
The administration was not interested in the
case.
b)
The administration had more important matters.
c)
The administration was worried about the crowd.
d)
None of the above statements is correct.
2. According
to the above extract, he said he was guilty because
a)
he had set a bad example.
b)
he had broken the law of the land.
c)
he had upheld the higher laws of humanity.
d)
Both a) and b) are correct options.
3. The
conflict according to the extract lies between:
a)
Gandhi’s breaking the law and insulting the
government.
b)
Gandhi’s breaking the law and upholding the
higher laws of humanity.
c) Gandhi ‘disregarding the order to leave’ and
rendering humanitarian service.
d)
Both b) and c) are correct.
4. State
which of the following is the correct relationship between the statements given
below.
i.
He had ‘set a bad example as a lawbreaker’.
ii.
‘He asked the penalty due’.
a)
Option i. is an opinion and option ii. is the
theme.
b)
Option i. is the effect and option ii. is unrelated.
c)
Option i. is the consequence and option ii. is
the effect.
d)
Option i. is the cause and option ii. is the
effect.
II. This settlement was adopted unanimously by
the commission. Gandhi explained that the amount of the refund was less
important than the fact that the landlords had been obliged to surrender part
of the money and, with it, part of their prestige. Therefore, as far as the
peasants were concerned, the planters had behaved as lords above the law. Now
the peasants saw that he had rights and defenders. He learned courage.
1.
The ‘settlement’ as per the extract refers to-
a)
The agreement between the peasants and the
Administration to return the extorted amount.
b)
The agreement between the peasants and landlords
to return the extorted amount.
c)
The agreement between the planters and the
landlords to continue tilling the land.
d)
None of the above options is correct.
2.
State whether the following statement is TRUE or
FALSE.
The final refund amount was fixed at 50 %.
3.
Fill in the blank with the correct reason.
The amount of the refund was less important than the
fact that the landlords had to________.
4.
The impact of the settlement on the peasants is
best summarised in the following:
a)
The peasants learned an important lesson in
courage.
b)
The peasants learned that civil cases should be
avoided at all costs.
c)
The peasants learned that the landlords were not
above the law.
III. But Champaran did not begin
as an act of defiance. It grew out of an attempt to alleviate the distress of
large numbers of poor peasants. This was the typical Gandhi pattern - his
politics were intertwined with the practical, day-to-day problems of the
millions. His was not a loyalty to abstractions; it was a loyalty to living,
human beings.
1. The claim that the Champaran episode grew out of Gandhi’s attempt to address the problems of
a large number of poor peasants
suggests that he was
a)
a grassroot level social worker.
b)
a grassroot level politician.
c)
a changemaker.
d)
All of the above options are correct.
2.
The word, ‘abstractions’ refers to
a)
abstract art.
b)
vague ideas.
c)
abstruse Philosophy.
d)
Both b) and c) are correct.
3. The distress of the poor peasants, addressed by Gandhi was caused by the following series of
factors
a) Extortion by the landlords, lack of medical
facilities, improper hygiene, illiteracy
b) Extortion by the landlords, lack of employment, lack
of civic amenities, illiteracy
c) Extortion by the landlords, lack of buyers for
Indigo, lack of civic amenities, illiteracy
d) Extortion by the landlords, lack of business
opportunities, lack of hospitals
4.
State whether the following statement is TRUE or
FALSE-
Gandhi was obsessed with abstract philosophy at the cost of being unaware of the problems of
the common man.
IV. They thought he would demand
repayment in full of the money they had illegally and deceitfully extorted from
the sharecroppers. He asked only 50 per cent. “There he seemed adamant,” writes
Reverend J.Z. Hodge, a British missionary in Champaran who observed the entire
episode at close range. “Thinking probably that he would not give way, the
representative of the planters offered to refund to the extent of 25 per cent,
and to his amazement Mr. Gandhi took him as his word, thus breaking the
deadlock.”
1.
The ‘extorted’ amount refers to
a) The money that the planters had taken from the
peasants in lieu of the Indigo harvest.
b) The advance rent the planters had taken from the
peasants in cash.
c) The cash that the planters had taken from the
peasants.
d) Both a) and b) are correct options.
2.
They had taken the payment illegally and
deceitfully because
a) the peasants were not aware the development of
synthetic Indigo in Germany.
b) the peasants were not aware that the price of natural Indigo would crash because of the
above development.
c) the amount they had taken from the peasants was as per the existing market rate of Indigo
and not as per the projected rate as
and when synthetic Indigo would enter the market.
d) All of the above statements are correct.
3.
The correct reason why Gandhi asked for a refund
of only 25 per cent was because
a) the landlords were stingy and had spent all their
money.
b) he knew that the landlords would deliberately
enter into a deadlock over the amount.
c) he was aware about the tactics of the landlords which was to get into a bargain.
d) he was in cahoots with the landlords
e) both b) and c) are correct options.
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