Read the following passage and answer the given questions. 5 It was the year 1919. Mahatma Gandhi’s name had become well known throughout India, but not all the people had seen him in person. One day, Gandhiji was going by train to Motihari in the Champaran district of Bihar, accompanied by some other Congress leaders. He was lying at ease on a bench in a third class compartment. At a wayside station, a peasant entered Gandhiji’s compartment, finding it less crowded than others. He was going to Motihari to see Gandhiji. As soon as he got in, he pushed Gandhiji’s feet away, saying, ‘Sir,please get up. How dare you stretch your legs on the bench when the train is so overcrowded?”.Little did he realize that he was talking to the very person whose ‘darshan’ he wanted to have. Gandhiji sat up, and the simple farmer sat down without knowing who the person next to him was. The train reached Motihari. A big crowd had gathered at the station to welcome Gandhiji. The peasant recognized Gandhiji and he was ashamed of his misbehavior. Questions - 1. Who went to Motihari with Gandhiji? 2. Why did the peasant get into Gandhiji’s compartment? 3. What was the peasant’s attitude towards Gandhiji? 4. Why did the peasant feel ashamed of his misbehavior? 5. What happened when the train rea
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1. Gandhiji was going by train to Motihari in the Champaran district of Bihar, accompanied by some other Congress leaders.
2.peasant entered Gandhiji’s compartment, finding it less crowded than others.
3. he got in the compartment and he pushed Gandhiji’s feet away, saying, ‘Sir, please get up. How dare you stretch your legs on the bench when the train is so
4.The peasant recognized Gandhiji and he was ashamed of his misbehavior
5.The train reached Motihari. A big crowd had gathered at the station to welcome Gandhiji.
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1) Congress leaders
2) Peasant entered Gandhiji's compartment because he found it less crowded than others
3)As soon as he got in, he pushed Gandhiji’s feet away, saying, ‘Sir,please get up. How dare you stretch your legs on the bench when the train is so overcrowded?”.Little did he realize that he was talking to the very person whose ‘darshan’ he wanted to have.
The peasant recognized Gandhiji and he was ashamed of his misbehavior.
4) Because he misbehaved with that person in the compartment,to whom he was going to meet in champaran.
5) When train reached,A big crowd had gathered at the station to welcome Gandhiji.