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CBSE Question Bank

CLASS: XII SUBJECT: ENGLISH (301)
FLAMINGO (PROSE)
5. INDIGO
1. Why did Gandhiji agree to the planters’ offer of a 25% refund to the farmers? 2
(2011)
2. How were Shukla and Gandhiji received in Rajendra Prasad’s house? (2012, 2
2015)
3. Why did Gandhiji accept 25 percent compensation? (2012, 2015, 2016) 2
4. While at Champaran how did Gandhiji keep a long distance watch on his ashram? 2
(2012)
5. “The battle of Champaran is won.” When and why did Gandhiji exclaim this? 2
(2012)
6. Why did Gandhiji feel that taking the Champaran case to the court was useless? 2
(2014)
7. What made the Lieutenant Governor drop the case against Gandhiji? (2014) 2
8. How did the Champaran peasants react when they heard that a Mahatma had 2
come to help them? (2014)
9. How did Rajkumar Shukla establish that he was resolute? (2015) 2
10. What were the terms of the indigo contract between the British landlords and the 2
Indian peasants? (2015)
11. Why was Gandhiji opposed to C.F. Andrews helping him in Champaran? (2016) 2
12. Though the sharecroppers of Champaran received only one-fourth of the
compensation, how can the Champaran struggle still be termed a huge success 2
and victory? (2018)
13. Why do you think Gandhiji considered the Champaran episode to be a turning 2
point in his life? (2019)
14. Why do you think Gandhiji considered the Champaran episode to be a turning - 5
point in his life? (2011, 2012)
15. How did Gandhiji use satyagraha and non-violence at Champaran to achieve his 5
goal? (2011)
16. Give an account of Gandhiji’s efforts to secure justice for the poor Indigo 5
sharecroppers of Champaran. (2012)
17. Why did Rajkumar Shukla invite Gandhiji to Champaran? How did Gandhiji solve 5
the problem of the indigo farmers? (2012)
18. Why did Gandhiji agree to a settlement of 25 per cent refund to the farmers? How 5
did it influence the peasant-landlord relationship in Champaran? (2013)
19. Exploitation is a universal phenomenon. The poor indigo farmers were exploited 5
by the British landlords to which Gandhiji objected. Even after our independence,
we find the exploitation of unorganized labour: What values do we learn from
Gandhiji’s campaign to counter the present-day problems of exploitation? (2013)
20. Why is the Champaran episode considered to be the beginning of the Indian 5
struggle for Independence? (2014)
21. Gandhiji’s was not a loyalty to abstractions; it was a loyalty to living human beings. 5
Why did Gandhiji continue his stay in Champaran even after indigo sharecropping
disappeared? (2014)
22. Describe how, according to Louis Fischer, Gandhiji succeeded in his Champaran 5
campaign? (2014)
23. How did a visit to Champaran become a turning point in Gandhi’s life? How does 5
this show Gandhi’s love and concern for the common people of India? (2015)
24. What did Gandhiji do to remove the cultural and social backwardness in the 5
Champaran villages? (2015)
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to Champaran become a turning point in Gandhi’s life? How does 5
this show Gandhi’s love and concern for the com¬mon people of India? (2015)
26. Gandhiji had great love for the poor. What did he do for the indigo farmers of 5
Champaran? (2016)
27. Gandhiji, Father of our nation, is a great leader whose values have been admired 5
by one and all. Describe at least three characteristics of Gandhiji you get to know