Question

7. Read the extract given below and answer the
following questions:-
Then the two of them boarded a train for the city of
patna in Bihar. There Shukla led him to the house of a
lawyer named Rajendra Prasad who later became
president of the Congress party and India.
1. Who are 'them' here?
2.Where are they going?
3.Who was the Rajendra Prasad?
4.Was Rajendra Prasad available at home?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Who are 'them' here?

• Here 'two'(number) of them are mentioned here.

2.Where are they going?

• They are going to patna in Bihar

3.Who was the Rajendra Prasad?

• The Rajendra prasad was a lawyer.

4.Was Rajendra Prasad available at home?

Answer 2

Answer:

1. 'Them' here refers to Mahatma Gandhi and Raj Kumar Shukla

2. They are going to Champaran. On the way they stopped at Patna and Muzzafarpur also to gather some important information.

3. Rajendra Prasad was a famous lawyer in Patna; later he became  President of the Congress party.

4. No, Rajendra Prasad was not available at home; he had gone out of the town.

Explanation:

This chapter is from the chapter Indigo authored by Louis Fischer. This chapter is about famous Champaran episode in which Gandhi helped the sharecroppers to fight against the injustice and exploitation of British landlords.