Question

Under an ancient arrangement, the Champaran peasants were sharecroppers. Rajkumar Shukla was one of

them. He was illiterate but resolute. He had come to the congress session to complain about the injustice of the

landlord system in Bihar and somebody had probably said, "Speak to Gandhi,"

What does 'ancient arrangement' refer to?

(i) Working as slaves of British landlords (ii) Share-cropping on a certain portion of land as tenants

(iii) Growing crops on Land and selling them in the market to get profits

(iv) None of the above

(c) What does 'resolute' mean?

(i) Being determined to do something (ii) Being of the-strong character

(iii) Obstinate (iv) None of the above ​

Answer 1

Answer:

by calling the sharecropping arrengement as an ancient arrengement the writer wants to highlight that it was an old arrengement that did not suit the present times .hence it needed to be changes

Answer 2

The ancient arrangement refers to the share-cropping system wherein a certain portion of land was given to tenants (ii).

• In this system, landlords set exorbitant rates that the tenants had to abide by, leading to a loss of revenue for the tenants. It was a system unfit for modern times and was notoriously in favour of the people who owned the land

The meaning of the term 'resolute' is being determined to do something (i)

• Resolute individuals such as Mr. Rajkumar Shukla are necessary to spurn the wheels of change forward. Their will and determination is what lead to social and societal change

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