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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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1. A. Lawbreaking with the indigo farmers.

2. C. He did not want to follow the voice of conscience.

3. B. What his conscience dictates

4. B. till the judgment comes for several days.

5. C.He believed in the higher law of conscience.

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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 :
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A. The beach in California B. His father’s pressure on him
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A. Those that he had been in the surf with his father in California.
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C. Those stories that he had heard from his friends.
D. All of these three
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