Indigo: Question and Answer
Page 47 Q1. Strike out what is not true in the following. a) Rajkumar Shukla was a sharecropper a politician a delegate a landlord ✅ Answer: Rajkumar Shukla was a sharecropper . Q2. Why is Rajkumar Shukla described as being ‘resolute’? Answer: Rajkumar Shukla is described as ‘resolute’ because he was determined to take Gandhi to Champaran. Despite Gandhi’s busy schedule, Shukla followed him everywhere and did not give up until Gandhi agreed. His determination brought national attention to the plight of indigo farmers. Q3. Why do you think the servants thought Gandhi to be another peasant? Answer: Gandhi wore simple clothes like the common people and came with a poor peasant, Rajkumar Shukla. His modest appearance and lack of pomp led the servants at Rajendra Prasad’s house to mistake him for another poor villager or peasant. ЁЯФ╣ Page 49 Q1. List the places that Gandhi visited between his first meeting with Shukla and his arrival at Champaran. Answer: Between his ...