Que : 413. Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions given below it :

When I first visited Gandhi in 1942 at his Ashram in Sevagram, in central India, he said, "I will tell you how it happened that I decided to urge the departure of the British, it was in 1917.

He had gone to the December 1916 annual convention of the Indian National Congress party in Lucknow. There were 2,301 delegates and many visitors. During the proceedings, Gandhi recounted, "a peasant came up to me looking like any other peasant in India, poor and emaciated, and said, 'I am Rajkumar Shukla. I am from Champaran and I want you to come to my district' !" Gandhi had never heard of the place. It was in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, near the kingdom of Nepal.

Questions :

(i) Who came to meet Gandhiji ?

(a) Raj Mishra

(b) Raj Kumar Shukla

(c) Ram Narayan Shukla

(d) Ram Lakhan Mishra

 

(ii) Gandhiji had gone to the annual convention of Indian National Congress party in ______.

(a) 1917

(b) 1915

(c) 1916

(d) 1918

 

(iii) Where is Champaran situated ?

(a) In the foothills of the towering Himalayas.

(b) Near China

(c) Near Sri Lanka

(d) In the foothills of Aravali

 

(iv) Gandhiji had never heard of Champaran. [True/False]

Answer : True

(v) How many delegates were there in annual convention of Indian National Congress ?

(a) 2201

(b) 2102

(c) 2305

(d) 2301