Read the short passage and answer the questions that follow. Rajkumar Shukla led Gandhi to the house of a Patna lawyer named Rajendra Prasad. The servants knew Shukla as a poor yeoman who pestered their master to help the indigo sharecroppers. They let him stay on the grounds with his companion Gandhi, whom they took to be another peasant. But Gandhi was not permitted to draw water from the well lest some drops from his bucket pollute the entire source; for how did they know that he was not an untouchable? Adapted from Louis Fischer, 'The Life of Mahatma Gandhi'. Q1. Why did the servants think Gandhi was a peasant?
AHe arrived with Shukla, a known poor yeoman, and looked similar to him
BHe carried a rich man's bag
CHe spoke a foreign language
DHe was dressed in fine clothes
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. He arrived with Shukla, a known poor yeoman, and looked similar to him
Gandhi's arrival with Shukla and his unassuming appearance led the servants to lump them together. The passage makes the misperception explicit.
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