NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English Chapter 5: Indigo (Flamingo)
NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English Chapter 5: Indigo (Flamingo)
Flamingo-indigo (Louis Fischer)
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Question and answers important in cbse and state board exams
Q.1. Why is Rajkumar Shukla described as being 'resolute'?
Ans. Rajkumar Shukra had come to the Congress session to complain about the injustice of landlord system in Bihar and to take Gandhiji to Champaran. He met Gandhiji who couldn't give him any appointment at that time because he had to visit Kanpur and many other places of India. But he remained patiently with Gandhiji for weeks until he obtained a fix date So, He is described as a resolute
Q. 2 Why do you think the servants thought Gandhiji to be another peasant?
Ans- The servants know Rajkumar Sholds as a poor peasant who often troubled their master, Rajendra
Prasad who helped Indigo sharecroppers Gandhiji came there along with Rajkumar Shukla. So, they took Gandhiji to be another peasant.
Q.3 List the places that Gandhiji visited between his first meeting with Shukla and his arrival at Champaran.
Ans- Gandhiyi first met Shukla at Lucknow. Then he was in Kanpur and other parts of India, He returned to be ashram near Ahmedabad Later he visited Kolkata, Patna and Muzaffarpur before arriving at Champaran
Q. 4 What did the peasant pay British Landlords as rent? What did the British now want instead and why? What would be the impact of synthesis indigo on the prices of natural indigo?
Ans- The pensant used to pay the entire indigo harvest to the British Landlord as rent. Soon the landford Icarnt that Germany had development synthesis indigo. Now they wanteal the sharecroppers to pay compensations as they released them from the fifteen percent arrangement The synthesis indigo would have an adverse impact on the prices of the natural indige because the synthesis indigo was far cheaper than the natural indigo
Q. 5 Why did Gandhi agree to a settlement of 25 per sent refund to the farmers?
Ans- Gandhiji agree to settlement of 251% refund to the farmcer because he wanted to break the law on percentage of refund between landlords and periants. For him the amount of refund was not important. The important thing was landlords had been obliged to surrender part of the money as well as their prestige gave a moril victory to the farmers.
Q. 6 How did the episode change the plight of the peasants?
Ans- The episode of 25% referred to the farmers between the landlords and the peasants was a lig event. Till now the landlords had behaved as lords the law. But now they had realised that they had ther limitations. The pessant saw that they had their rights and defenders Their change increased
Q. 7 Why do you think Gandhiji considered the Champaran episode to be a turning point in his life?
Ans-Champaran episode to be a turning post in Mahatma Gandhi's life
The Champaran epsode to help the Indian independence. Gandhiji took up a figlu for the sharecroppers agaunat the landlords Rajkumar Shukla who told him about the injustice suffered by the sharecroppers took Gandhiji to Champaran
Gandhiji assessed the situation and understood that the landlords were forving the sharecroppers to die plant 15% of their holding with indigo and then give up the entire harvest to than as tent
Since Germany had come up with the concept of synthesis Indigo, the price of the natural indigo fell The landlords posed the share croppers to pay compensation
Gandhiji fought against this injustice by telling the court that it was a conflict of duties and he had come to serve the peasants. In the end, he won his case against the cruel landlords and made them pay 25% of the money back to the sharecroppers
Conclusion: This movement emboldened the peasants and they get to know their rights. He made the British realize that Indians nos fave the counige to oppose injousce. This episode gave a clear direction to launch the freedom struggle. Thus, it was a turning point in Mahatma Gandhis life
Q.8 How was Gandhi abile is influence lawyers! Give instances
Ans-Gandhiyi influenced the lawyers through his earnestness and convictum.
(1) First, he chided them for charging a heavy fee from peasant to fight their cases.
(1) Second, when lawyers thought of returning hack to their places i case Candhiji got arrusted. Grandluji made them realise that it would be very sad and imprudent on their part to tot to do anything for their own people when a stranger was ready to go jail for them.
Lawyers realsed their moral dury and decided to follow Gandhiji in prison in case he got arrested He evoked a sense of belonging and duty in the lawyers for the people of their arcu. He did thus by giving them an example of his own selfness service for them
Q. 9 How do we know that ordinary people too contributed to the freedom movement?
Ans- Professor JB. Kriplani recieved Gandhijl at Muzaffarpur railway station at midnight. He had a large body of students with him. Sharecroppers from Champaran came on foot and by conveyance to see Gandhiji
Muzaffarpar lnwyers too called on him. A vast multitude greeted Gandhiji when he reached Motihari railway station.
Thousands of people demonstrated around the court room. This shows that ordinary people too contributed to the freedom movement
NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English Chapter 5: Indigo (Flamingo)
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