522-PEASANT MOVEMENTS AND CIVIL UPRISINGS IN BRITISH INDIA

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following News papers made vigorous denunciation of the indigo planters and supported the cause of cultivators during indigo revolt?

• Indian opinion

• Common wheel

• Hindoo patriot

• Juganthar

·    In 1853, Harish Chandra Mukherjee was the editor of the English weekly newspaper "Hindoo Patriot."

·     It was a nationalist publication that was instrumental in exposing Bengal's indigo planters' oppression.​

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Multiple Choice

2. Consider the following statements:

1.  Rangpur rebellion led by small landholder Gomdhar Konwar.

2. Rangpur rebellion uncovered the evils like the Ijaradari scheme of peasant exploitation.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• 1 only

• 2 only

• Both 1 and 2

• Neither 1 nor 2

​·    The Rangpur uprising exposed the weaknesses in the Ijaradari system. Despite the fact that the rebellion was put down, the government implemented some agricultural reforms.

·     This uprising brought Hindus and Muslims together.

·    Oppressed by the revenue farmer, Devi Singh, the peasants of Rangpur district rose up in revolt, led by a small landholder named Dhiraj Narayan.

Multiple Choice

3. The demand for the tebhaga peasant movement in Bengal was for

• the Introduction of new famine code.

• the reduction of the share of landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third

• abolition of Zamindari system

• None of the above

Tebhaga movement

·    The Tebhaga movement was a militant campaign launched in Bengal by the Kisan Sabha in 1946-47.

·    The share croppers of the Bengal region led the Tebhaga movement against the oppressive jotedars.

·     Sharecropping peasants were required to give half of their harvest to landowners at the time. The Tebhaga (sharing by thirds) movement demanded that the share given to landlords be reduced to one-third.

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Multiple Choice

4. Consider the following pairs:

 Revolt-states

1. Moplah revolt: Kerala

2. Pabna revolt: Bihar

3. Eka movement:  Andhra Pradesh

4. Birsa Munda revolt:  Jharkhand

Which of the pair given above is/are correct?

• 1 and 2

• 2 and 3

• 1 and 4

• All of the above

Revolt - States

Pabna revolt-Bengal

Eka movement-Uttar Pradesh​

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Multiple Choice

5. Consider the following statements:

1. The Rangpur uprising took place in the Rangpur district of Bengal in 1783.

2. It is called the first tough peasant rebellion against the rule of the east India Company

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• 1 only

• 2 only

• Both 1 and 2

• Neither 1 nor 2

Rangpur uprising-1783

·    The Rangpur Dhing (rebellion) erupted in the district of Rangpur, Bengal in 1783.

·    It was a protest by peasants and Zamindars against the government's exorbitant revenue demands.

·    Oppressed by revenue farmer Devi Singh, the peasants of Rangpur district rose up under the leadership of Dhiraj Narayan, a small land holder.

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Multiple Choice

6. What was the immediate cause of sanyasi rebellion?

• The British government's prohibition on people visiting holy sites.

• Introduction of permanent settlement system

• Exploitation of the poor peasantry by the landlords.

• None of the above

Sanyasi rebellion (1776 – 1777)

 ·    The British government's prohibition on people visiting holy sites was the immediate cause of the rebellion. A large number of dispossessed small Zamindars, disbanded soldiers, and rural poor join joined in this rebellian

·    They attacked the Company's factories and treasuries, as well as fighting the Company's forces.

·    Leaders: Majnum Shah, Chirag Ali, Musa Shah, Bhawani Pathak and Debi Chaudhurani​

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Multiple Choice

7. Who started the Kisan Sabha movements in Bihar to mobilise peasant grievances against the Zamindari attacks on their occupancy rights?

• Potty sriramalu

• W.C . Banerjee

• Swami Shahajanand Saraswathi

• Lala Lajpat Rai

·     Under the leadership of Shahajanand Saraswathi, the Kisan Sabha movement began in Bihar.

·       Its goal was to mobilise peasant grievances against zamindari attacks on their right to occupy the land.

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Multiple Choice

8. Who was the leader of the Bijolia Movement?

• Baba Ramachandra

• Vijay Singh Pathik

• Chota Ramchander

• Dev Narain Dwidey

The Bijolia movement(1897-1915)

·    The Bijolia movement was a peasant movement against excessive land revenue exactions in the Bijolia jagir of the former Mewar state (in present-day Rajasthan, India). It is the longest peasant movement  in the Indian history​

Multiple Choice

9. Which play written by Dinabandu mitra exposes the exploitation of plantation workers in Bengal?

• Kamala Kamini

• Neel darpan

• Lilavati

• Sadhabar Ekadasi

·     In 1860, the famous writer Dinabandu Mitra was writing the play Neel Darpan, which was about the plight of indigo farmers.

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Multiple Choice

10. Who was the founder of Pagal Panthi movement?

• Karam Shah

• Ram Narayan chaudari

• Hanuman Singh

• Vijay Singh pathick

·    Karam Shah founded the Pagal Panthi, a semi-religious group made up primarily of Hajong and Garo tribes.

·     After fighting the Zamindars and the British for oppressive taxes and laws, he captured Sherpur in 1825.

·     The government enacted a fair arrangement to protect the peasants, but the movement was violently suppressed.

Multiple Choice

11. Which of the following movement happened earliest?

• Tebhaga movement

• Kuka movement

• Bardoli Satyagraha

• Eka movement

·    Kuka movement 1854-72

·    Tebhaga movement-1946

·    Bardoli satyagraha-1927

·    Eka movement-1921-22​

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Multiple Choice

12. Consider the following pairs:

Revolt/movement   - leader

1. Kuka movement- Guru Ram Singh.

2. Faraizy movement- Haji Shariatullah 

3. Indigo revolt- Digambar Biswas 

Select the correct pair using the code given below

• 1 and 2

• 2 and 3

• 1, 2 and 3

• 1 and 3

Multiple Choice

13. Consider the following statements:

1. The Eka movement was a peaceful protest that began primarily in Bihar.

2. The main demand for the movement was for the rent to be reduced, which was said to be 50% higher than the recorded rent at the time.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• 1 only

• 2 only

• Both 1 and 2

• Neither 1 nor 2

Eka movement (1921)

·     The Eka Movement, also known as the Unity Movement, was a peasant movement that emerged in Hardoi in  1921.

·    The Eka movement was a type of peaceful protest that began primarily in the region of Awadh, which is now the North-Eastern portion of Uttar Pradesh.

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Multiple Choice

14. Who was the leader of Eka movement?

• Titu Mir

• Madari Pasi

• Birsa Munda

• Dadu Mian

·    Eka Madari Pasi (born 1860) was a militant peasant leader in India who founded the Eka Movement.

·    The Eka Movement, also known as the Unity Movement, was a peasant movement that emerged in Hardoi, Bahraich, and Sitapur at the end of 1921.

·     It was founded by Congress and the Khilafat movement and was later led by Madari Pasi.​

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Multiple Choice

15. Consider the following statements:

1.The Narkelberia uprising is widely regarded as the first armed peasant insurgency against the British.

2. It was led by Titu Mir

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• 1 only

• 2 only

• Both 1 and 2

• Neither 1 nor 2

The Narkelberia uprising(1782-1831)

 

• Mir Nithar Ali, also known as Titu Mir, inspired Muslim tenants in West Bengal to rise up against landlords, primarily Hindus, who imposed a beard tax on the Faraizis and British indigo planters.​

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Multiple Choice

16. Consider the following statements:

1. The Pabna revolt was a peasant resistance movement against the zamindars.

2. It was supported by R.C Dutt and S.C. Banerjee.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

• 1 only

• 2 only

• Both 1 and 2

• Neither 1 nor 2

Pabna Peasant Uprising (1873–76)

·    It was a peasant resistance movement in Pabna, Bengal, against the land lords in the Yusufshahi Pargana (now the Sirajganj District, Bangladesh).

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Multiple Choice

17. Who was the leader of Pabna Revolt?

• Majnum shah

• Devi chaudari

• Ishan Chandra Roy

• Sidhu

·    The Peasant Uprising of Pabna began in 1873.

·    It lasted until 1876, when it was abolished.

·     It was primarily against Bengal's land lords.

·     The leader of the uprising was Ishan Chandra Roy.

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Multiple Choice

18. Which of the following revolts is associated with the play 'Neel darpan’?

• Indigo Revolts

• Sanyasi revolt

• Munda revolt

• None of the above

Indigo revolt

·    Neel Darpan was a Bengali play written by Dinabandu Mitra in 1858–1859.

·    The play was crucial to the Nilbidraha, or Indigo Revolt, in Bengal in February–March 1859, when farmers refused to sow indigo in their fields as a protest against the British Raj's exploitative farming practices.

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Multiple Choice

19. In which of the following states did the Paika Rebellion break out against the East India Company in 1817?

• Andhra Pradesh

• Odisha

• Uttarpradesh

• Punjab

Paika Rebellion 1817

 

·    The Paika Bidroha, also known as the Paika Rebellion.

·     In 1817, there was an armed rebellion in India against Company rule.

·    An armed rebellion against Company rule occurred in India in 1817.

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Multiple Choice

20. The Tebhaga movement associated with which of the following states?

• Orissa

• West Bengal

• Bihar

• Uttarpradesh

Tebhaga Movement

·    The Tebhaga Movement was a Bengali peasant movement.  In 1946, the Bengal region's sharecroppers revolted against the oppressive Jotedars.

·    The All India Kisan Sabha, the Communist Party of India's peasant wing, was in charge of the movement.

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Multiple Choice

21. The first session of all India Kisan Sabha held in

• Faizapur

• Lucknow

• Bhakna

• Gaya

·    All of India Kisan Sabha is the Communist Party of India's peasant or farmers' wing, an important peasant movement founded in 1936 by Sahajanand Saraswati.

·    Lucknow hosted the first session of the All India Kisan Sabha.

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Multiple Choice

22. Which of the following statements about the sanyasi and fakir disturbances/rebellion are correct?

1. Governor- General Warren Hastings faced the persistent sanyasi and fakir disturbance in Bengal and Bihar.

2. A number of shivite naga sanyasis organised themselves into armed bands.

3. Majnu shah, who led bands in to Bengal from 1771, was their prominent leader.

Select the correct answer using the code given below

• 1 and 2

• 1, 2 and 3

• 1 and 3

• 2 and 3

·    Majnu shah organised and led the Faqir-Sanyasi Resistance movement.

·     The Sanyasi Revolt or uprising engulfed Bengal (including modern-day Bangladesh), Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh from 1763 onwards.

Multiple Choice

23. Who were the leaders of indigo revolt?

• Bhagat Jawaharmal and Ram Singh.

• Majnum shah and Chirag Ali

• Digambar Biswas and Bishnu Biswas

• Sindhu and Kanhu

Indigo revolt

·      The leaders of the 1859 rebellion against the planters in Bengal were Digambar Biswas and Bishnu Biswas.

·    This movement includes people from all walks of life, including farmers, missionaries, Bengal intellectuals, and Muslims.

·    The Bengali intelligentsia, Muslims, and missionaries supported the Indigo revolt.

·     Hindus and Muslims joined hands against their oppressors in this revolt.

Multiple Choice

24. Who was the leader of the Ahom uprising?

• Bhagat Jawahar Mal

• Gomdhar Konwar

• Madari Pasi

• None of the above

Ahom revolt

 

·     Following the First Anglo-Burmese War, Ahom's Revolt erupted in Assam. The rebellion was in response to the British Empire's annexation of territories in 1828.

·    Gomdhar Konwar was the movement's leader, and the British military put down the uprising.

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Multiple Choice

25. Consider the following statements:

1. The Deccan peasant uprising arose in response to the corruption of Marwari and Guajarati moneylenders.

2. The uprising later received support from Poona Sarvajanik Sabha

Which of the statements given above is not correct?

• 1 only

• 2 only

• Both 1 and 2

• Neither 1 nor 2

Deccan Peasants Uprising (1875):

·     This was a protest against the corruption of Marwari and Gujarati money lenders.

·     It began as a social protest against money lenders by peasants in Maharashtra's Poona and Ahmednagar districts, but quickly escalated into an armed peasant rebellion.

Multiple Choice

26. The bardoli Satyagraha led by

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Vallabhbhai  Patel

• Dr. Rajendraprasad

• None of the above

The Bardoli Satyagraha,

·     The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928 was a movement led by Sardar Vallabhai Patel on behalf of the farmers of Bardoli against unjust tax increases.

·     Vallabhbhai Patel eventually led the movement, and its success helped pave the way for Patel to rise to prominence as one of the independence movement's most prominent leaders.

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Multiple Choice

27. Kundara Proclamation’ is associated with which of the following revolt?

• Kutch rebellion

• Poligar revolt

• Veluthambi Dalawa revolt

• Kuka rebellion

Veluthampi revolt (1807-1809

·    In the early 18th century, Velu Thampi, the Dalawa (modern-day equivalent of Prime Minister) of the Kingdom of Travancore, led an insurgency against the British East India Company.

·     In January 1809, Velu Thampi Dalawa issued a proclamation known as the Kundara Proclamation.

·     It was a rallying cry to the people to rise up against the British and overthrow them. His rallying cry elicited a massive response.

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Multiple Choice

28. Which one of the following revolts was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chattergee in his Novel Anand Math?

• Bhil uprising

• Rangpur and Dinpur Uprising

• Bhishanpur and Birbhum Rebellion

• Sanyasi rebellion

·    Anand Math, a novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, was published in 1882. The national anthem of India, Vande Mataram, was first published in this novel.

·    This novel was inspired by the Sanyasi Rebellion, which took place in the late 1700s and was made famous by Bankim Chandra in this novel.

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Multiple Choice

29. Consider the following statements:

1. The Ramosi Uprising was a peasant uprising in response to the British government's failure to take anti-famine measures.

2. The Ramosi uprising was led by Mir Nithar Ali.

 Which of the following statements given above is/are correct

• 1 only

• 2 only

• Both 1 and 2

• Neither 1 nor 2

Ramosi Uprising

·    The Ramosi Uprising (1877-1887; Maharashtra) was a peasant uprising against British failure to implement anti-famine measures.

·    It was led Vasudev Balwant Phadke

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Multiple Choice

30. During the reign of which of the following Governors-General of India did the Ghumsur uprising take place?

• Lord Rippon

• Charles Metcalfe

• Warren Hastings

• Lord Rippon

Ghumsur uprising

·     Ghumsur is a town in Odisha's Ganjam district.

·     The first Ghumsur uprising occurred in 1797, and the second occurred in 1835, both during the reign of Charles Metcalfe.

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​09.02.2023

Quiz Code : 523

NCERT Class 7 - chapter 10- Geography- Life In Deserts