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Swaraj in Plantations
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Q1.For plantation workers in Assam, "freedom" during the Non-Cooperation Movement primarily meant:
- A.The right to move freely and retain links with their home villages✓ Correct Answer
- B.The right to vote in council elections
- C.Higher wages guaranteed by law
- D.Ownership of the tea gardens
Explanation: Plantation workers understood swaraj chiefly as freedom of movement and reconnecting with their villages.
Q2.The Inland Emigration Act of 1859 restricted plantation workers in Assam by:
- A.Preventing them from leaving tea gardens without permission✓ Correct Answer
- B.Granting them free land
- C.Guaranteeing an eight-hour work day
- D.Allowing unrestricted travel
Explanation: Under this Act, plantation workers needed permission to leave the tea gardens, which was rarely granted.
Q3.When plantation workers in Assam heard about the Non-Cooperation Movement, many of them believed that:
- A."Gandhi Raj" was coming and they would be given land in their own villages✓ Correct Answer
- B.They would be granted British citizenship
- C.Plantation wages would be abolished entirely
- D.The plantations would be nationalised immediately
Explanation: Workers interpreted the movement in their own terms, believing Gandhi Raj would restore their village land.
Q4.Plantation workers who left the tea gardens during the Non-Cooperation Movement were unable to reach their villages mainly because:
- A.They were stranded by a railway and steamer strike and caught by the police✓ Correct Answer
- B.The government provided free transport elsewhere
- C.They voluntarily decided to return
- D.Village leaders refused to admit them
Explanation: A railway and steamer strike stranded the workers, who were then caught and beaten by the police.
Q5.The Chauri Chaura incident of February 1922 involved:
- A.A crowd setting fire to a police station, killing the policemen inside✓ Correct Answer
- B.A massacre of civilians by British troops
- C.A peaceful hartal with no violence
- D.A negotiation between Gandhi and Lord Irwin
Explanation: An angry crowd clashed with police and set fire to a police station in Chauri Chaura, killing those inside.
Q6.Following the Chauri Chaura incident, Mahatma Gandhi:
- A.Called off the Non-Cooperation Movement✓ Correct Answer
- B.Declared full civil disobedience
- C.Launched the Salt March
- D.Resigned from the Indian National Congress
Explanation: Gandhi withdrew the Non-Cooperation Movement, believing it was turning violent.
Q7.Gandhi's decision after Chauri Chaura reflected his belief that:
- A.Satyagrahis needed proper training in non-violence before further mass struggles✓ Correct Answer
- B.Violence was acceptable in extreme situations
- C.The movement should be handed over to revolutionary groups
- D.Non-Cooperation had already achieved all its goals
Explanation: Gandhi felt satyagrahis needed better preparation in non-violent discipline before resuming mass action.
Q8.The plantation workers' interpretation of "swaraj" as freedom to leave the tea gardens illustrates:
- A.How different social groups gave their own meanings to the concept of swaraj✓ Correct Answer
- B.That plantation workers rejected the idea of swaraj entirely
- C.That swaraj had a single, uniform meaning for all Indians
- D.That plantation workers were uninvolved in the national movement
Explanation: The episode shows that swaraj was interpreted differently depending on people's own experiences and needs.
Q9.Which Act specifically curtailed the freedom of movement of Assam's plantation workers before the Non-Cooperation Movement?
- A.The Inland Emigration Act of 1859✓ Correct Answer
- B.The Rowlatt Act of 1919
- C.The Vernacular Press Act of 1878
- D.The Government of India Act of 1919
Explanation: The Inland Emigration Act of 1859 required plantation workers to obtain permission before leaving the tea gardens.
Q10.The Chauri Chaura incident took place in the year:
- A.1922✓ Correct Answer
- B.1919
- C.1930
- D.1942
Explanation: The Chauri Chaura incident occurred in February 1922, prompting Gandhi to suspend the Non-Cooperation Movement.
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