Peasant & Tribal Movements in Countryside

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1. Q1.Baba Ramchandra, a key leader of the Awadh peasant movement, had earlier worked in Fiji as a(n):

   • A.Indentured labourer✓ सही उत्तर
   • B.Government clerk
   • C.Army officer
   • D.Schoolteacher

   व्याख्या: Baba Ramchandra had been an indentured labourer in Fiji before returning and leading the Awadh peasant movement.

2. Q2.The Awadh peasant movement was directed primarily against:

   • A.Talukdars and landlords demanding high rents and forced labour✓ सही उत्तर
   • B.The British Indian Army
   • C.Foreign textile importers
   • D.Salt tax officials

   व्याख्या: Peasants in Awadh protested against oppressive talukdars who demanded high rents and unpaid labour.

3. Q3."Begar," a central grievance of the Awadh peasant movement, refers to:

   • A.Forced, unpaid labour on landlords' farms✓ सही उत्तर
   • B.A form of land tax
   • C.A type of indentured emigration
   • D.A council election boycott

   व्याख्या: Begar was the practice of forcing peasants to work without payment on landlords' land.

4. Q4.The Oudh Kisan Sabha, set up in June 1920, was headed by Baba Ramchandra along with:

   • A.Jawaharlal Nehru✓ सही उत्तर
   • B.Mahatma Gandhi
   • C.Subhas Chandra Bose
   • D.C.R. Das

   व्याख्या: Jawaharlal Nehru worked with Baba Ramchandra in organising the Oudh Kisan Sabha.

5. Q5."Nai-dhobi bandh," a tactic used by village panchayats during the Awadh peasant movement, meant:

   • A.Depriving oppressive landlords of the services of barbers and washermen✓ सही उत्तर
   • B.A boycott of foreign cloth
   • C.A strike by railway workers
   • D.A ban on salt production

   व्याख्या: Panchayats organised a social boycott, denying oppressive landlords barber and washerman services.

6. Q6.The Gudem Hills rebellion of the early 1920s in Andhra Pradesh was primarily triggered by:

   • A.Colonial restrictions on shifting cultivation and access to forest produce✓ सही उत्तर
   • B.The imposition of the Rowlatt Act
   • C.The Khilafat issue
   • D.The Jallianwala Bagh massacre

   व्याख्या: Hill people rebelled against colonial forest laws that closed off areas needed for grazing, fuelwood, and shifting cultivation.

7. Q7.Alluri Sitarama Raju, leader of the Gudem Hills revolt, differed from Gandhi's approach in that he:

   • A.Believed India could be liberated only through force, not non-violence✓ सही उत्तर
   • B.Rejected the idea of swaraj entirely
   • C.Opposed the wearing of khadi
   • D.Supported British colonial forest policy

   व्याख्या: Raju admired aspects of the nationalist movement but believed armed force, not non-violence, would win freedom.

8. Q8.Despite this ideological difference with Gandhi, Alluri Sitarama Raju's movement showed nationalist influence by:

   • A.Persuading followers to wear khadi and give up drinking✓ सही उत्तर
   • B.Adopting the provisions of the Rowlatt Act
   • C.Allying directly with the Khilafat Committee
   • D.Supporting the council elections

   व्याख्या: Raju drew on nationalist symbols like khadi even while pursuing an armed guerrilla strategy.

9. Q9.What ultimately happened to Alluri Sitarama Raju, and what was his lasting legacy?

   • A.He was captured and executed in 1924, later becoming a folk hero✓ सही उत्तर
   • B.He was elected to the Imperial Legislative Council
   • C.He joined the Indian National Army
   • D.He negotiated a peace treaty with the British

   व्याख्या: Raju was captured and executed by the British in 1924 and became a folk hero in the region.

10. Q10.The Gudem Hills movement is best described as:

    • A.A militant guerrilla movement distinct from the Gandhian non-violent model✓ सही उत्तर
    • B.A purely Gandhian Satyagraha
    • C.An urban middle-class protest
    • D.A movement confined to legislative reform

    व्याख्या: Unlike Gandhian Satyagraha, the Gudem Hills rebellion relied on armed guerrilla warfare.