Practice questions on Tribal & Peasant Revolts from Modern Indian History.
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Q1. In February 1931, Jadonang was arrested and jailed in which place?
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Answer: B
He was arrested on 19 February 1931 and held in Silchar Jail. He was later taken to Imphal.
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Q2. Which hill on the Banswara-Sunth border was the scene of the 1913 massacre of Govind Guru’s followers?
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Answer: A
Govind Guru’s followers made a defensive camp at Mangarh. British and state troops attacked it on 17 November 1913.
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Q3. Whom did Govind Guru take as his guru, in whose honour he changed his name from Vinda?
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Answer: A
He became a disciple of the monk Rajgiri. In his honour Vinda took the name Govindgiri.
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Q4. Who was Govind Guru’s chief lieutenant, captured with him at Mangarh?
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Answer: C
Punja Dhirji, also called Punja Pargi, was captured with him. He was later sent to the Andaman Cellular Jail.
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Q5. Which Bhil state did Govind Guru dream of founding in the hills of Sunth and Banswara?
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Answer: C
He taught that Bhils were rightful owners of the land. He pictured a Bhil Raj in the Sunth and Banswara hills.
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Q6. Which historian called the Mulshi Satyagraha the first recorded organised struggle against displacement from an irrigation project?
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Answer: B
Ghanshyam Shah made this assessment. The farmers resisted the loss of their land to the Mulshi dam.
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Q7. What did Collector Augustus Cleveland offer some Paharia chiefs in the Rajmahal Hills?
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Answer: A
Cleveland offered stipends to some chiefs and raised a hill force. The aim was to win cooperation, not to grant independence.
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Q8. What do colonial records say about how Augustus Cleveland died in January 1784?
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Answer: A
Records say Cleveland died on a voyage on 13 January 1784. The popular arrow story is not confirmed by these records.
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Q9. Which historian has questioned whether Tilka Manjhi appears in early colonial records?
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Answer: B
Verma argues the Tilka biography appears in books from 1970 onward. Absence from old files does not erase local memory, but it calls for care.
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Q10. Budhu Bhagat, a leader of the Kol uprising, belonged to which tribal community?
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Answer: A
Budhu Bhagat was an Oraon farmer from Silagai village near Ranchi. Munda, Ho and Bhumij people also joined the Kol uprising.
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Q11. Which village near Ranchi was the base of Budhu Bhagat?
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Answer: D
Silagai in Ranchi district was his home village. British troops attacked it on 13 February 1832.
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Q12. Which later Chota Nagpur revolt of 1899-1900 was led by Birsa Munda?
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Answer: C
Birsa Munda led the Ulgulan, or Great Tumult, in 1899-1900. It came decades after the Kol uprising of 1831-32.
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Q13. Which association of landless farmers and labourers did Ali Musliyar form in 1920?
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Answer: A
The Kudiyan Sangham protested against landlords who held British-backed rights over land and evictions. It shows the farm grievances behind the 1921 rebellion.
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Q14. The 1871-72 Lushai Expedition was sent partly to rescue captives. Which six-year-old girl taken in a raid on Assam was among them?
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Answer: C
Mary Winchester was carried off in a raid into Assam. Freeing her and other captives was a main aim of the expedition.
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Q15. In February 1892 the chief Lalbura refused a British demand for forced labour. How many workers were demanded, according to Reid’s colonial history?
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Answer: B
Reid records a demand for 100 labourers, which Lalbura refused. Fighting spread across the eastern hills soon after.
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Q16. Which two British generals commanded the columns of the 1871-72 Lushai Expedition?
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Answer: B
General Brownlow and General Bourchier led the two columns. Earlier expeditions under Lister in 1849-50 and Nuttall in 1869 had failed to settle the frontier.
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Q17. Which new territory did the British carve out after the Santhal Uprising was crushed?
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Answer: A
The British created the Santhal Paraganas district after the revolt. It gave the Santhals more autonomy and safeguards.
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Q18. What did the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act of 1876 formalise?
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Answer: C
The Act formalised the ban on land transfer from Santhals to non-Santhals. It still shapes land rights in the region.
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