TextBook Solutions for Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 5 Indigo

Strike out what is not true in the following:

(a) Rajkumar Shukla was:

(i) a share-cropper (ii) a politician

(iii) delegate (iv) a landlord

Rajkumar Shukla was:

(i) poor, (ii) physically strong

Why is Rajkumar Shukla described as being ‘resolute’?

Why do you think the servants thought Gandhi to be another peasant?

List the places that Gandhi visited between his first meeting with Shukla and his arrival at Champaran.

What did the peasants pay the British landlords as rent? What did the British now want instead and why? What would be the impact of synthetic indigo on the prices of natural indigo?

The events in this part of the text illustrate Gandhi’s method of working. Can you identify some instances of this method and link them to his ideas of satyagraha and non-violence?

Why did Gandhi agree to a settlement of 25 per cent refund to the farmers?

How did the episode change the plight of the peasants?

Why do you think Gandhi considered the Champaran episode to be a turning-point in his life?