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Gujarat Board (GSEB) - STD 12 Commerce - ENGLISH (GSEB - English Medium). 69 questions in this chapter.

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Q 1Read passage & select appropriate answer.[5M]5 Marks

Gandhi protested against the delay. He read a statement pleading guilty. He was involved, he told the court, in a “conflict of duties” – on the one hand, not to set a bad example as a lawbreaker; on the other hand, to render the “humanitarian and national service” for which he had come.He disregarded the order to leave, “not for want of respect for lawful authority, but in obedience to the higher law of our being, the voice of conscience”. He asked the penalty due. The magistrate announced that he would pronounce sentence after a two-hour recess and asked Gandhi to furnish bail for those 120 minutes. Gandhi refused. The judge released him without bail. When the court reconvened, the judge said he would not deliver the judgment for several days. Meanwhile, he allowed Gandhi to remain at liberty.
Q.1. What was Gandhiji involved in?
A. Lawbreaking with the indigo farmers.
B. Rendering humanitarian and national service.
C. Ignoring his duties.
D. Not setting a bad example as a lawbreaker.
Q.2. One of these sentences is false :
A. Gandhiji protested against the delay.
B. He set a bad example as a lawbreaker.
C. He did not want to follow the voice of conscience.
D. He did not obey the order to leave.
Q.3. What do the words ‘the higher law of our being’ mean?
A. Law of his superior. B. What his conscience dictates.
C. Law of court. D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Q.4. Gandhiji was free from the sentence ………………. .
A. for those 120 minutes. B. till the judgment comes for several days.
C. till he gets bail. D. till the court reconvened.
Q.5. Why did Gandhi refuse to furnish bail when the magistrate asked him to do so during his trial?
A. He wanted to prolong the legal process.
B. He couldn't afford to pay the bail amount.
C. He believed in the higher law of conscience.
D. He wanted to test the magistrate's patience.

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Q 2Read passage & select appropriate answer.[5M]5 Marks

Health conditions were miserable. Gandhi got a doctor to volunteer his services for six months. Three medicines were available – castor oil, quinine and sulphur ointment. Anybody who showed a coated tongue was given a dose of castor oil; anybody with malaria fever received quinine plus castor oil; anybody with skin eruptions received ointment plus castor oil.Gandhi noticed the filthy state of women’s clothes. He asked Kasturbai to talk to them about it. One woman took Kasturbai into her hut and said, “Look, there is no box or cupboard here for clothes. The sari I am wearing is the only one I have.” During his long stay in Champaran, Gandhi kept a long-distance watch on the ashram. He sent regular instructions by mail and asked for financial accounts. Once he wrote to the residents that it was time to fill in the old latrine trenches and dig new ones otherwise the old ones would begin to smell bad.
Q.1. Castor oil was given to the patient who …
A. was suffering from Malaria.
B. had some gastric problem.
C. had some skin problem.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Q.2. The clothes of the women in Champaran kept filthy because ……………………. .
A. they were illiterate.
B. they did not have the sense of cleanliness.
C. they had only one sari to wear.
D. they had no time to wash the clothes.
Q.3. One of the following sentences is not true: During his long stay in Champaran, Gandhiji ………………….. .
A. lived in the Ashram.
B. kept on travelling all through region.
C. sent regular instructions to Ashram by mail.
D. kept on demanding financial accounts.
Q.4. At the Ashram, new latrine trenches were to be made because …………………………… .
A. old latrine trenches were overflowing.
B. old latrine trenches would start smelling bad.
C. old latrine trenches were not in enough number.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’.
Q.5. What steps did Gandhi take to address the health conditions in Champaran?
A. He brought in a team of doctors and nurses.
B. He provided a variety of medicines, including castor oil, quinine, and sulphur ointment.
C. He initiated a campaign to improve sanitation and hygiene.
D. He organized a series of health awareness lectures.

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Q 3Read passage & select appropriate answer.[5M]5 Marks
In everything Gandhi did, moreover, he tried to mould a new free Indian who could stand on his own feet and thus make India free. Early in the Champaran action, Charles Freer Andrews, the English pacifist who had become a devoted follower of the Mahatma, came to bid Gandhi farewell before going on a tour of duty to the Fiji Islands. Gandhi’s lawyer friends thought it would be a good idea for Andrews to stay in Champaran and help them.Andrews was willing if Gandhi agreed. But Gandhi was vehemently opposed. He said, “You think that in this unequal fight it would be helpful if we have an Englishman on our side. This shows the weakness of your heart. The cause is just and you must rely upon yourselves to win the battle. You should not seek a prop in Mr Andrews because he happens to be an Englishman”. “He had read our minds correctly,” Rajendra Prasad comments, “and we had no reply… Gandhi in this way taught us a lesson in self-reliance”. Self-reliance, Indian independence and help to sharecroppers were all bound together.
Q.1. In his efforts to make India free, Gandhiji tried to …………………… .
A. do everything. B. shape a new free Indian.
C. make each individual independent. D. None of these three
Q.2. Gandhiji’s lawyer friends wanted Andrews ………………………. .
A. to stay in Champaran and help them. B. to bid Gandhi farewell.
C. to go to the Fiji Islands. D. oppose Gandhiji.
Q.3. Gandhiji did not want Andrews to stay back and help them because ……………….. .
A. he was an Englishman.
B. Gandhiji believed that they should not seek support from other than Indian.
C. Mr Andrews was not a reliable. man.
D. Both A’ and ‘B’
Q.4. The word in the passage which means ‘strongly’ is :
A. ‘mould’. B. ‘vehemently’. C. ‘self-reliance’. D. ‘sharecroppers’.
Q.5. Why did Mahatma Gandhi oppose the idea of having Charles Freer Andrews stay in Champaran to help with the cause?
A. Gandhi didn't want any Englishmen involved in the cause.
B. He believed that the cause should rely on Indian efforts.
C. Andrews was not supportive of the Champaran action.
D. Gandhi considered Andrews as a potential hindrance.
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Q 4Choose From The Given Options. {Unit}(4M)4 Marks
In everything Gandhi did, moreover, he tried to mould a new free Indian who could stand on his own feet and thus make India free. Early in the Champaran action, Charles Freer Andrews, the English pacifist who had become a devoted follower of the Mahatma, came to bid Gandhi farewell before going on a tour of duty to the Fiji Islands. Gandhi’s lawyer friends thought it would be a good idea for Andrews to stay in Champaran and help them.

Andrews was willing if Gandhi agreed. But Gandhi was vehemently opposed. He said, “You think that in this unequal fight it would be helpful if we have an Englishman on our side. This shows the weakness of your heart. The cause is just and you must rely upon yourselves to win the battle. You should not seek a prop in Mr Andrews because he happens to be an Englishman”. “He had read our minds correctly,” Rajendra Prasad comments, “and we had no reply… Gandhi in this way taught us a lesson in self-reliance”. Self-reliance, Indian independence and help to sharecroppers were all bound together.
Questions:
Q.1. In his efforts to make India free, Gandhiji tried to …………………… .
A. do everything. B. shape a new free Indian.
C. make each individual independent. D. None of these three

Q.2. Gandhiji’s lawyer friends wanted Andrews ………………………. .
A. to stay in Champaran and help them. B. to bid Gandhi farewell.
C. to go to the Fiji Islands. D. oppose Gandhiji.

Q.3. Gandhiji did not want Andrews to stay back and help them because ……………….. .
A. he was an Englishman.
B. Gandhiji believed that they should not seek support from other than Indian.
C. Mr Andrews was not a reliable. man.
D. Both A’ and ‘B’

Q.4. The word in the passage which means ‘strongly’ is :
A. ‘mould’. B. ‘vehemently’. C. ‘self-reliance’. D. ‘sharecroppers’.



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Q 5Choose From The Given Options. {Unit}(4M)4 Marks
Health conditions were miserable. Gandhi got a doctor to volunteer his services for six months. Three medicines were available – castor oil, quinine and sulphur ointment. Anybody who showed a coated tongue was given a dose of castor oil; anybody with malaria fever received quinine plus castor oil; anybody with skin eruptions received ointment plus castor oil.

Gandhi noticed the filthy state of women’s clothes. He asked Kasturbai to talk to them about it. One woman took Kasturbai into her hut and said, “Look, there is no box or cupboard here for clothes. The sari I am wearing is the only one I have.” During his long stay in Champaran, Gandhi kept a long-distance watch on the ashram. He sent regular instructions by mail and asked for financial accounts. Once he wrote to the residents that it was time to fill in the old latrine trenches and dig new ones otherwise the old ones would begin to smell bad.
Questions :
Q.1. Castor oil was given to the patient who …
A. was suffering from Malaria.
B. had some gastric problem.
C. had some skin problem.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Q.2. The clothes of the women in Champaran kept filthy because ……………………. .
A. they were illiterate.
B. they did not have the sense of cleanliness.
C. they had only one sari to wear.
D. they had no time to wash the clothes.

Q.3. One of the following sentences is not true: During his long stay in Champaran, Gandhiji ………………….. .
A. lived in the Ashram.
B. kept on travelling all through region.
C. sent regular instructions to Ashram by mail.
D. kept on demanding financial accounts.

Q.4. At the Ashram, new latrine trenches were to be made because …………………………… .
A. old latrine trenches were overflowing.
B. old latrine trenches would start smelling bad.
C. old latrine trenches were not in enough number.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’.


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Q 6Choose From The Given Options. {Unit}(4M)4 Marks
Gandhi protested against the delay. He read a statement pleading guilty. He was involved, he told the court, in a “conflict of duties” – on the one hand, not to set a bad example as a lawbreaker; on the other hand, to render the “humanitarian and national service” for which he had come.

He disregarded the order to leave, “not for want of respect for lawful authority, but in obedience to the higher law of our being, the voice of conscience”. He asked the penalty due. The magistrate announced that he would pronounce sentence after a two-hour recess and asked Gandhi to furnish bail for those 120 minutes. Gandhi refused. The judge released him without bail. When the court reconvened, the judge said he would not deliver the judgment for several days. Meanwhile, he allowed Gandhi to remain at liberty.
Questions :
Q.1. What was Gandhiji involved in?
A. Lawbreaking with the indigo farmers.
B. Rendering humanitarian and national service.
C. Ignoring his duties.
D. Not setting a bad example as a lawbreaker.

Q.2. One of these sentences is false :
A. Gandhiji protested against the delay.
B. He set a bad example as a lawbreaker.
C. He did not want to follow the voice of conscience.
D. He did not obey the order to leave.

Q.3. What do the words ‘the higher law of our being’ mean?
A. Law of his superior. B. What his conscience dictates.
C. Law of court. D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Q.4. Gandhiji was free from the sentence ………………. .
A. for those 120 minutes. B. till the judgment comes for several days.
C. till he gets bail. D. till the court reconvened.


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Q 7Choose From The Given Options. {Unit}(4M)4 Marks
Gandhi protested against the delay. He read a statement pleading guilty. He was involved, he told the court, in a 'conflict of duties'- on the one hand, not to set a bad example as a lawbreaker; on the the other hand, to render the "humanitarian and national service" for which he had come. He disregarded the order to leave, “not for want of respect for lawful authority, but in obedience to the higher law of our being, the voice of conscience." He asked the penalty due.
Questions
Q.1. What was the conflict of duties for Gandhiji?
A. He wanted to only do what was humanitarian and of national service. B. He wanted to obey the law on one hand and on the other he wanted to do humanitarian and national service. C. He was unaware of the laws of Champaran and he didn't want any violence. D. He didn't like delay and didn't want to plead guilty.
Q.2. Why did Gandhi ask for the penalty due? A. Some farmers were left to pay the taxes. B. He had to pay the fees of the farmer. C. He had forgotten to keep a lawyer. D. He was going to stay and disobey the British order.
Q.3. The adjective form of ‘example’ is ..................
A. exemplary B. examplery C. examples D. explantory
Q.4. Who has penned the passage?
A. Louis Fischer B. J Z Hodge C. Charles Andrews D. Edward Gait
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Q 8Choose From The Given Options. {Unit}(4M)4 Marks
Morning found the town of Motihari black with peasants. They did not know Gandhi's record in South Africa. They had merely heard that a Mahatma who wanted to help them was in trouble with, the authorities. Their spontaneous demonstration, in thousands, around the courthouse was the beginning of their liberation from fear of the British. The officials felt powerless without Gandhi's co-operation. He helped them regulate the crowd. He was polite and friendly. He was giving them concrete proof that their might, hitherto dreaded and unquestioned, could be challenged by Indians.
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Q.1. The peasants flocked to the courthouse of Motihari because they................ A. heard that a Mahatma who wanted to help them was in trouble B. wanted to meet the Mahatma who had fought for common people in South Africa C. were unsure what the authorities would do to their leader D. didn't trust the British officials with the Mahatma
Q.2. What favour did Gandhi do for the British? A. He gave them concrete proofs of injustice. B. He challenged them. C. He helped them to regulate the crowds. D. He told them that the Indian were dreaded and unquestioned.
Q.3. Which word from the passage means 'unplanned'?
A. dreaded B. spontaneous C. powerless D. challenged
Q.4. What did Gandhi inform the British about their power? A. Their power had come to an end. B. Their power could remain unquestioned. C. They could show dread to the Indians. D. Their power could be challenged by the Indians.
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Q 9Fill in the blanks with approprite option.[5M]5 Marks
Health conditions were _________ .Gandhi got a doctor to _________ his services for six months. _________ medicines were available—castor oil, quinine and sulphur _________ . Anybody who showed a _________ tongue was given a _________ of castor oil; anybody with _________ fever received quinine plus castor oil; anybody with skin _________ received ointment _________ castor oil. Gandhi noticed the _________ state of women’s clothes.
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Q 10Fill in the blanks with approprite option.[5M]5 Marks
(refund, agreed, prestige, evidence, entire, amazement, deceitfully, repayment, adamant, evidence)
The ________ inquiry assembled a crushing mountain of ______ against the big planters, and when they saw this they ________, in principle, to make refunds to the peasants. ‘But how much must we pay?” they asked Gandhi. They thought he would demand _________ in full of the money which they had illegally and ________extorted from the sharecroppers. He asked only 50 per cent. “Therehe seemed _________,“ writes Reverend J. Z. Hodge, a British missionary in Champaran who observed the ________ episode at close range. “Thinking probably that he would not give way, the representative of the planters offered to refund to the extent of 25 per cent, and to his _________ Mr. Gandhi took him at his word, thus breaking the deadlock.” This settlement was adopted unanimously by the commission. Gandhi explained that the amount of the ________ was less important than the fact that the landlords had been oblied to surrender part of the money and, withit, part of their ________
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Q 11Fill in the blanks with approprite option.[5M]5 Marks
(delay, furnish, desertion, humanitarian, pronounce, prison, in obedience, at liberty, guilty, several) Gandhi protested against the _______. He read a statement pleading ________. He was involved, he told the court, in a “conflict of duties” - on the one hand, not to set a bad example as a lawbreaker; on the other hand, to render the “_______ and national service” for which he had come. He disregarded the order to leave, “not for want of respect for lawful authority, but _______ to the higher law of our being, the voice of conscience”. He asked the penalty due.The magistrate announced that he would _______ sentence after a two-hour recess and asked Gandhi to ______ bail for those 120 minutes. Gandhi refused. The judge released him without bail. When the court reconvened, the judge said he would not deliver the judgment for _______ days. Meanwhile he allowed Gandhi to remain _______. What about the injustice to the sharecroppers, Gandhi demanded? The lawyers withdrew to consult. Rajendra Prasad has recorded the upshot of their consultations - “They thought, amongst themselves, that Gandhi was totally a stranger, and yet he was prepared to go to _______ for the sake of the peasants; if they, on the other hand, being not only residents of the adjoining districts but also those who claimed to have served these peasants, should go home, itwould be shameful _______”
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Q 12Fill in the blanks with approprite option.[5M]5 Marks
(investigations, elephant, commissioner, notice, bully, disobey, instead, carriage, multitude, maltreated)
Next, Gandhi called on the British official of ________ the Tirhut division in which the Champaran districtlay. “The commissioner,” Gandhi reports, “proceeded to ______ me and advised me forthwith to leave Tirhut.” Gandhi did not leave, ________he proceeded to Motihari, the capital of Champaran. Several lawyers accompanied him. At the railway station, a vast ________ greeted Gandhi. He went to a house and, using it as headquarters, continued his ________ A report came in that a peasant had been ________in a nearby village. Gandhi decided to go and see; the next morning he started out on the back of an________. He had not proceeded far when the police superintendent’s messenger overtook him and ordered him to return to town in his _______. Gandhi complied. The messenger drove Gandhi home where he served him with an official _______ to quit Champaran immediately. Gandhi signed a receipt for the notice and wrote on it that he would ________ the order. In consequence, Gandhi received a summons to appear in court the next day.
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Q 13Fill in the blanks with approprite option.[5M]5 Marks
(arable, indigo, quickly, size, surrender, sharecroppers, advent, law, crushed, conveyance)
The news of Gandhi’s ______ and of the nature offlis mission spread _________ through Muzzafarpur and to Champàran. Sharecroppers from Champaran began arriving on foot and by __________ to see their champion. Muzzafarpur lawyerscalled on Gandhi to brief him; they frequently represented peasant groups in court; they told him about their cases and reported the _____ of their fee. 3andhi chided the lawyers for collecting big fee from the ________. He said, “I have come to the conclusion that we should stop going to ________ courts. Taking such cases to the courts does little good. Where the peasants are so ________and fear-stricken, law courts are useless. The real relieffor them is to be free from fear.” Most of the _______ land in the Champ aran district was divided into large estates owned by Englishmen and worked by Indian tenants. The chief commercial crop was _________. The landlords compelled all tenants to plant three twentieths or 15 per cent of their holdings with indigo and _________ the entire indigo harvest as rent.
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Q 14Fill In The Blanks With Appropriate Option4 Marks
[undertaken, occupied, entreaty, evidence, assembled, refunds, agreed, expectation]The visit, (a)...................... casually on the (b)................. of an unlettered peasant in the (c) ............. that It would last a few days, (d)............. almost a year of Gandhi's life. The official inquiry (e) .....................a crushing mountain of (f) ........................ against the big planters, and when they saw this they (g)................. , in principle, to make (h) ........................ to the peasants.
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Q 15Fill In The Blanks With Appropriate Option4 Marks
[modern, province, several, received, informing, triumphed, dropped, communication](a) ..................days later. Gandhi (b)............... a written (c) ...............from the magistrate (d)................. him that the Lieutenant-Governor of the (e)...................... had ordered the case to be (f) ............. Civil Disobedience had (g)................. , the first time in (h)................... India.
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Q 16Fill In The Blanks With Appropriate Option4 Marks
[challenged, regulate, polite, dreaded, concrete, powerless, cooperation, officials]The (a)........... felt (b) ................ without Gandhi's (c)................ He helped them (d) ................ the crowd. He was (e) ................ and friendly. He was giving them (f).............. proof that their might, hitherto (g) .................. and unquestioned, could be (h)................. by Indians.
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Q 17Fill In The Blanks With Appropriate Option4 Marks
[never, followed, returned, appointment, committed, near, side, accompanied]Gandhi told Shukla he had an (a) ............... in Cawnpore and was also (b) ................. to go to other parts of India. Shukla (c) ................ him everywhere. Then Gandhi (d)................ to his ashram (e) .................Ahemdabad Shukla (f) him to the ashram. For weeks he (g)............ left Gandhi's (h) ....................
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Q 23Rectify The Errors.4 Marks
ErrorCorrection
Q.1.The officials felt powerless with Gandhi’s cooperation.
Q.2. He helped them .regulating the crowd.
Q.3. He was polite and friendly. He was given them concrete proof that their might, hitherto
Q.4. dreadful and unquestioned, could be challenged by Indians.
   

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Q 24Rectify The Errors.4 Marks
ErrorCorrection
Q.1. This settlement adopted unanimously by the commission.
Q.2. Gandhi explained if the amount of the refund was less
Q.3. important then the fact that
Q.4. the landlords had obliged to surrender part of the money.
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Q 25Punctuate The Following Passage.2 Marks
Next Gandhi called on the British official! commissioner of the tight division in which the Champaran district lay the commissioner Gandhi reports proceeded to bully me and advised me forthwith to leave that.
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