Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements PYQs

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1. Prelims 2026Q19Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

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

   aThe 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.bThe Eka Movement was provided leadership by the taluqdars of Awadh, whereas the Bardoli Satyagraha was a movement of the landless labourers.cThe Bardoli Satyagraha was a campaign against the enhancement of land revenue, while the Eka Movement was a protest against excessive extraction of rents.dThe Eka Movement was located in the Varanasi and Mirzapur districts of the present-day U.P., while the Bardoli Satyagraha took place in Saurashtra.
2. Prelims 2020Q35Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

   With reference to the history of India, “Ulgulan” or the Great Tumult is the description of which of the following events ?

   aThe Revolt of 1857bThe Mappila Rebellion of 1921cThe Indigo Revolt of 1859 – 60dBirsa Munda’s Revolt of 1899 – 1900
3. Prelims 2018Q51Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

   After the Santhal Uprising subsided, what was/were the measure/measures taken by the colonial government ?

   1.The territories called ‘Santhal Paraganas’ were created.

   2.It became illegal for a Santhal to transfer land to a non-Santhal.

   Select the correct answer using the code given below :

   a1 onlyb2 onlycBoth 1 and 2dNeither 1 nor 2
4. Prelims 2018Q70Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

   Who among the following were the founders of the "Hind Mazdoor Sabha" established in 1948 ?

   aB. Krishna Pillai, E.M.S. Namboodiripad and K.C. GeorgebJayaprakash Narayan, Deen Dayal Upadhyay and M.N. RoycC.P. Ramaswamy Iyer, K. Kamaraj and Veeresalingam PantuludAshok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujam and G.G. Mehta
5. Prelims 2017Q15Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

   The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for

   athe participation of workers in the management of industries.barbitrary powers to the management to quell industrial disputes.can intervention by the British Court in the event of a trade dispute.da system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.
6. Prelims 2017Q24Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

   Consider the following statements :

   1.The Factories Act, 1881 was passed with a view to fix the wages of industrial workers and to allow the workers to form trade unions.

   2.N.M. Lokhande was a pioneer in organizing the labour movement in British India.

   Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

   a1 onlyb2 onlycBoth 1 and 2dNeither 1 nor 2
7. Prelims 2013Q20Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

   The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for

   athe reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-thirdbthe grant of ownership of land to peasants as they were the actual cultivators of the landcthe uprooting of Zamindari system and the end of serfdomdwriting off all peasant debts
8. Prelims 2011Q55Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

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

   aIntroduction of a new system of land revenue and taxation of tribal productsbInfluence of foreign religious missionaries in tribal areascRise of a large number of money lenders, traders and revenue farmers as middlemen in tribal areasdThe complete disruption of the old agrarian order of the tribal communities
9. Prelims 2009Q59Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

   Who of the following founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?

   aMahatma GandhibSardar Vallabhbhai PatelcN. M. JoshidJ. B. Kripalani
10. Prelims 2007Q100Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

    Which one of the following was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?

    aUdayagiribRapurcPochampallidVenkatagiri
11. Prelims 2006Q132Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

    Which one of the following revolts was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel Anand Math?

    aBhil uprisingbRangpur and Dinapur uprisingcBishnupur and Birbhum rebelliondSanyasi rebellion
12. Prelims 2005Q56Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

    Who among the following was not associated with the formation of U.P. Kisan Sabha in February 1918?

    aIndra Narain DwivedibGauri Shankar MisracJawaharlal NehrudMadan Mohan Malviya
13. Prelims 2003Q90Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

    During the colonial period in India, what was the purpose of the Whitley Commission?

    aTo review the fitness of India for further political reformsbTo report on the existing conditions of labour and to make recommendationscTo draw up a plan for financial reforms for IndiadTo develop a comprehensive scheme for Civil Services in India
14. Prelims 2002Q144Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

    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.

    aBoth A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of AbBoth A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of AcA is true but R is falsedA is false but R is true
15. Prelims 1999Q93Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

    Consider the following events:

    I.Indigo Revolt

    II.Santhal Rebellion

    III.Deccan Riot

    IV.Mutiny of the Sepoys The correct chronological sequence of these events is:

    aIV, II, I, IIIbIV, II, III, IcII, IV, III, IdII, IV, I, III
16. Prelims 1997Q79Peasant, Tribal & Working Class Movements

    Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:

    List I

    I.Moplah revolt

    II.Pabna revolt

    III.Eka Movement

    IV.Birsa Munda revolt

    List II

    A) Kerala

    B) Bihar

    C) Bengal

    D) Awadh

    aI-A, II-C, III-D, IV-BbI-B, II-C, III-D, IV-AcI-A, II-B, III-C, IV-DdI-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B