Q60. The Mappila Uprisings of the 19th century occurred mainly in which region of India?
[RRB JE CBT-2 (Civil), 2 July 2026]
(A) Malabar region of Kerala
(B) Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu
(C) Sunderbans region of West Bengal
(D) Konkan region of Maharashtra
Answer: (A) Malabar region of Kerala
Explanation: The Mappila Muslim peasantry lived mainly in Malabar, now in Kerala. Nineteenth-century outbreaks arose from tenancy insecurity, rising rents and disputes with jenmi landlords under colonial land arrangements. These earlier disturbances should be distinguished from the major Malabar uprising of 1921.
Q59. The leader of the Rampa Revolt (1922–24) in Andhra Pradesh was:
[RRB NTPC Undergraduate CBT-1, 15 June 2026, Shift 3]
(A) Durgawati Devi
(B) Ram Chandra Reddy
(C) Chittu Pandey
(D) Alluri Seetharama Raju
Answer: (D) Alluri Seetharama Raju
Explanation: Alluri Sitarama Raju mobilised tribal communities in the Godavari Agency against colonial forest restrictions and coercive practices. Beginning in 1922, his followers used guerrilla methods and raided police stations for weapons. The British suppressed the uprising and killed Raju in 1924.
Q58. Which socio-economic condition contributed to the prolonged Mappila uprisings?
[RRB NTPC Undergraduate CBT-1, 13 June 2026, Shift 2]
(A) Harsh land laws and landlord oppression in the Malabar region
(B) Disruption of caravan trade routes linking Mysore and Malabar
(C) Enforcement of new fishing bans affecting coastal settlements
(D) Taxation of pepper exports restricting maritime activities
Answer: (A) Harsh land laws and landlord oppression in the Malabar region
Explanation: Mappila cultivators faced insecure tenancies, high rents and evictions under arrangements favouring jenmi landlords. These disputes repeatedly caused agrarian resistance in Malabar during the nineteenth century. The larger 1921 rebellion also developed political and religious dimensions amid the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation movements.
Q57. Arrange the following incidents of farmers’ revolts chronologically from earliest to latest: 1. Peasant Revolt in Barasat; 2. Sanyasi Revolt; 3. Peasant Revolt of Rangpur; 4. Pagalpanthi Revolt.
[Bihar Police SI Mains, 17 May 2026 (memory-based), General Studies]
(A) 3, 4, 1, 2
(B) 2, 3, 1, 4
(C) 2, 3, 4, 1
(D) 4, 1, 2, 3
Answer: (C) 2, 3, 4, 1
Explanation: The Sanyasi resistance began in the eighteenth century, followed by the Rangpur uprising in 1783. Pagalpanthi mobilisation gathered strength in the early nineteenth century, while Titu Mir’s Barasat rebellion culminated in 1831. This sequence establishes the order 2, 3, 4, 1.
Q56. In which Indian state did the Moplah Rebellion of 1921–22 take place?
[DSSSB MTS, 8 May 2026, Shift 1]
(A) Goa
(B) Karnataka
(C) Kerala
(D) Maharashtra
Answer: (C) Kerala
Explanation: The 1921 Moplah, or Malabar, rebellion occurred in the Malabar region of present-day Kerala. Mappila tenants challenged British authority and exploitative agrarian relations. The uprising was influenced by Khilafat and Non-Cooperation politics and subsequently involved serious communal violence and colonial repression.
Q55. Which factor most directly contributed to the emergence of the Sanyasi–Fakir rebellion in Bengal?
[RRB NTPC Undergraduate CBT-1, 7 May 2026, Shift 1]
(A) Stable land rights allowed peasants to negotiate with revenue contractors
(B) Expansion of irrigated farming reduced dependence on religious leaders
(C) Increased protection from British officials improved rural living conditions
(D) Forced taxation and famine pushed dispossessed peasants into rebel groups
Answer: (D) Forced taxation and famine pushed dispossessed peasants into rebel groups
Explanation: Company revenue demands, economic dislocation and the Bengal famine of 1770 increased distress. Restrictions on the customary movement and collections of religious ascetics added to grievances. Armed Sanyasi and Fakir bands drew support from impoverished peasants and other groups facing colonial disruption.
Q54. The Poligar Rebellion took place in which part of India?
[RRB NTPC Graduate CBT-1, 27 March 2026, Shift 2]
(A) Bengal
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Punjab
Answer: (B) Tamil Nadu
Explanation: The Polygar or Palaiyakkarar wars occurred in the Tamil country, particularly around Tirunelveli, Sivaganga and neighbouring districts. Local military chiefs resisted the East India Company’s attempts to control their territories, revenue and armed retainers during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Q53. Which of the following is INCORRECT about the Rampa Rebellion?
[RRB NTPC Graduate CBT-1, 18 March 2026, Shift 2]
(A) It took place in present-day Maharashtra
(B) It was led by Alluri Sitarama Raju
(C) It involved the use of guerrilla warfare tactics
(D) It was against forest laws and moneylenders
Answer: (A) It took place in present-day Maharashtra
Explanation: The Rampa rebellion unfolded in the Godavari Agency hill tracts of present-day Andhra Pradesh, not Maharashtra. Alluri Sitarama Raju organised guerrilla resistance from 1922 to 1924. Colonial forest controls, forced labour and exploitation helped mobilise the tribal participants against British authority.
Q52. The Ramosi Revolt was led by which tribal leader in 1822 against the British?
[RRB Technician Grade III, 9 March 2026, Shift 1]
(A) Chittur Singh
(B) Veer Surendra Sai
(C) Bakshi Jagabandhu
(D) Kittur Chennamma
Answer: (A) Chittur Singh
Explanation: Chittur Singh is associated with the early Ramosi rising of 1822 in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra. After the collapse of Peshwa power, many Ramosis lost their traditional employment and status. Economic displacement and resentment of British administration encouraged armed resistance.
Q51. Who is the author of the book Anandamath, which is based on the Sanyasi Revolt?
[SSC MTS 2025 examination, held 5 February 2026, Shift 1]
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Answer: (B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Explanation: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay published Anandamath in 1882, using the late-eighteenth-century Sanyasi rebellion as its historical setting. The novel contains the song Vande Mataram, which later became an important nationalist symbol. The work is literary fiction rather than a documentary account.