Ans: C

Exp:

The Moplah Uprisings took place around 1836-1854 in the Malabar region of Kerala. The Moplahs revolted against a hike in revenue demand and a reduction in field size. Around Twenty-two unsuccessful rebellions took place between 1836 and 1854.

Statement 1 is incorrect: The Narkelberia Uprising is associated with Muslim tenants in West Bengal revolting against landlords, predominantly Hindu, who imposed a beard tax on the Faraizis. These revolts were widely regarded as the first armed peasant insurrection against the British. However, it quickly took on a religious overtone. The uprising eventually fused with the Wahabi movement.

Statement 2 is incorrect: The Ulgulan was one of the most significant tribal uprisings in the period 1860-1920. It was related to the Munda tribal uprising (not Moplah Uprisings). The rebellion, which began as a religious movement, gathered political force to fight against the introduction of feudal, zamindari tenures, and exploitation by money-lenders and forest contractors.

Ans: A

Exp:

Pair 1  is incorrect: Faraizi Revolt took place around the period of 1838-57. It took place in the Faridpur region of Eastern Bengal.  The Faraizis advocated radical religious, social, and political changes and also aimed at expelling the English intruders from Bengal. The sect also supported the cause of the tenants against the zamindars. 

Pair 2 is incorrect: Narkelberia Uprising took place in 1831 in the 24 Parganas, Bengal. Titu Mir inspired Muslim tenants in West Bengal against Hindu landlords for imposing the beard-tax on the Faraizis and British indigo planters. 

Pair 3 is correct: Moplah Uprisings took place around 1836-1854 in the Malabar region of Kerala against hike in revenue demand and reduction in their field size. Around Twenty-two unsuccessful rebellions took place between 1836 and 1854. The Moplah Uprisings also took place in 1920. It was an armed revolt by Mappila Muslims of Kerala in the 19th and early 20th centuries against the British and the Hindu landlords in the Malabar region(Northern Kerala).

Ans: A

Exp

Statement 1 is correct: Bishnu Biswas and Digambar Biswas, both from Bengal’s Nadia area, spearheaded the Indigo Revolt. Later, peasant leaders from other districts of Bengal joined them.

Statement 2 is incorrect: The Bengali intelligentsia played a significant role by supporting the peasants’ cause through newspaper campaigns, organisation of mass meetings, preparing memoranda on peasants’ grievances and supporting them in legal battles.

Statement 3 is incorrect: Vallabhbhai Patel was given the title of “Sardar” during the Bardoli Satyagraha ( not Indigo revolts ) in February 1926.

Ans: D

Exp:

Statement 1 is incorrect: The Pabna Peasant Uprising was a resistance movement in the Yusufshahi Pargana. The predominant form of the Pabna Agrarian Revolt was legal resistance, with very little violence. Funds were raised by ryots to fight the court cases.

Statement 2 is incorrect: Pabna Agrarian Revolt led to the passing of the Bengal Tenancy Act in 1885. Whereas, the Deccan Uprisings of 1875 was suppressed by the Government, and as a conciliatory measure, the Deccan Agriculturists Relief Act was passed in 1879. 

Ans: A

Exp:  Lajpat Rai was among the first in India to link capitalism with imperialism and emphasise the cruciality of the working class in fighting this combination. He said on 7th  November, 1920: “India… has… been bled by the forces of organised capital and is today lying prostrate at its feet. Militarism and Imperialism are the twin-children of capitalism; they are one in three and three in one. Their shadow, their fruit and their bark are all poisonous. It is only lately that an antidote has been discovered, and that antidote is organised labour.”

Another Statement by Lala Lajpat Rai- “We are often told that in order to successfully compete with Manchester and Japan, capital in India should be allowed a high rate of profit, and cheap labour is a necessity for that purpose . . .”. 

Source: India’s struggle for independence by Bipan Chandra.

Chapter 17-The Indian Working Class And The National Movement.