1. Read the given passage carefully.
1. After Gandhiji's fight for justice for peasants bore fruits in the Champaran district of Bihar, he did not
just content himself with that but wanted to do something about. The cultural and social backwardness of
the villagers there. He appealed for teachers. Primary schools were opened in six villages. Kasturba
taught the ashram rules on personal cleanliness and community sanitation. 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.
2. 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
saree I am wearing is the only one I have."
3. Gandhi remained in Champaran for an initial period of seven months and then again for several shorter
visits. The visit undertaken casually on the request of an illiterate peasant in the expectation that it would
last a few days, occupied almost a year of Gandhi's life. 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.
4. The Champaran episode was a turning-point in Gandhi's life. "What I did," he explained, "was a very
ordinary thing. I declared that the British could not order me about in my own country." In everything
Gandhi did, he tried to mould a new free Indian who could stand on his own feet and thus make India
free.
1.1 Attempt the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read.
A. Choose the correct option.
(a) The meaning of the word 'community sanitation' (para 1) refers to matters of...............
(i) public health
(iii)rural health
(ii) individual health
(iv)specialised health
(b) the term "turning-point" means
(i) opposite
(iii)forgotten
(ii) twisted
(iv)crossroads
B. write 'True' of 'False' against the given statement.
(a) Kasturba taught the rules of ashram cleanliness to the villagers of Champaran.
(b) Gandhiji sent regular instructions by mail to the villagers of Champaran. 1
C. Fill in the blanks with words/ phrases from the passage.
(a) Gandhiji got a doctor to ........................ his services for six month.
(b) In everything that Gandhiji did he tried to.................... a new free Indian.
(c) The remedy for a coated tongue was.............
D. Find the word from the passage which means the same as 'formally'.
Answers
Answer:
a. public health
b. twisted
c. true
d. true
e. volunteer
f. modal
g......
h.......
Explanation:
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The given passage about Mahatma Gandhi's time in Champaran is detailed . The answer to the questions is given below:
1.1 a) The word community sanitation refers to matters of (i)Public health.
Gandhiji wanted to do something about the villagers' cultural and social backwardness. He made an appeal for teachers. Six villages had primary schools. Kasturba instructed the ashram on personal hygiene and community sanitation.
b) The term turning point means : (i) opposite
The turning point was In Gandhiji's life when he decided not to heed what the British told him and wanted a free India.
B.
a. True:
Kasturba taught the Champaran village people about the ashram's cleanliness and its rules.
b. True:
Gandhiji wrote letters regularly to the village people of Champaran.
C.
(a) Gandhiji got a doctor to ........volunteer ............... his services for six months.
(b) In everything that Gandhiji did he tried to.....mould .............. a new free Indian.
(c) The remedy for a coated tongue was a dose of castor oil
D. The word from the passage that has the same meaning as "formally " is Casually.
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