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Peasant, Tribal & Labour Movements

15 questions in Modern History.

Asked in 2026, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1995

2026 · Q19Modern HistoryPeasant, Tribal & Labour Movementsmoderate

Which one of the following statements about the Eka Movement and Bardoli Satyagraha is correct ?

  1. (a)The Eka Movement was throughout supported and organized by the Congress while Bardoli Satyagraha was initially independent of Congress influence and was only in the last stages supported by the Congress.
  2. (b)The Eka Movement was provided leadership by the taluqdars of Awadh, whereas the Bardoli Satyagraha was a movement of the landless labourers.
  3. (c)The Bardoli Satyagraha was a campaign against the enhancement of land revenue, while the Eka Movement was a protest against excessive extraction of rents.
  4. (d)The Eka Movement was located in the Varanasi and Mirzapur districts of the present-day U.P., while the Bardoli Satyagraha took place in Saurashtra.
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Official answer(c) The Bardoli Satyagraha was a campaign against the enhancement of land revenue, while the Eka Movement was a protest against excessive extraction of rents.

2013 · Q20Modern HistoryPeasant, Tribal & Labour Movementsmoderate

The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for

  1. (a)the reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third
  2. (b)the grant of ownership of land to peasants as they were the actual cultivators of the land
  3. (c)the uprooting of Zamindari system and the end of serfdom
  4. (d)writing off all peasant debts
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Official answer(a) the reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third

2011 · Q55Modern HistoryPeasant, Tribal & Labour Movementsmoderate

Which amongst the following provided a common factor for tribal insurrection in India in the 19th century ?

  1. (a)Introduction of a new system of land revenue and taxation of tribal products
  2. (b)Influence of foreign religious missionaries in tribal areas
  3. (c)Rise of a large number of money lenders, traders and revenue farmers as middlemen in tribal areas
  4. (d)The complete disruption of the old agrarian order of the tribal communities
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Official answer(d) The complete disruption of the old agrarian order of the tribal communities

2002 · Q144Modern HistoryPeasant, Tribal & Labour Movementsdifficult

Assertion (A): The effect of labour participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge of the early 1930s was weak. Reason (R): The labour leaders considered the ideology of Indian National Congress as bourgeois and reactionary.

  1. (a)Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. (b)Both A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of A
  3. (c)A is true but R is false
  4. (d)A is false but R is true
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Official answer(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A