Q30. Assertion (A): Civil rebellions began as British rule was established in Bengal and Bihar; from 1763–1856 there were more than forty major rebellions, and the Sanyasi rebellion was first. Reason (R): These rebellions were substantial collectively but local in spread and isolated from one another. Choose the correct answer.
[EMRS PGT History, 16 December 2023]
(A) A is true and R is false
(B) A is false and R is true
(C) Both A and R are true, and R explains A
(D) Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A
Answer: (C) Both A and R are true, and R explains A
Explanation: The period before 1857 witnessed repeated local resistance to Company rule, involving dispossessed elites, cultivators and religious groups. The Sanyasi disturbances were early examples. Because the rebellions remained regionally fragmented, their combined scale did not produce a coordinated nationwide movement.
Q29. Which revolt is mentioned in Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s novel Anandamath?
[Bihar Teacher TRE 2.0 TGT (English), 8 December 2023]
(A) Sannyasi
(B) Pagalpanthi
(C) Indigo
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
Answer: (A) Sannyasi
Explanation: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay used the Sannyasi, or Sanyasi–Fakir, rebellion as the backdrop to Anandamath. The uprising involved religious ascetics and other distressed people in Bengal. The novel, published in 1882, helped popularise the historical episode in nationalist cultural memory.
Q28. There were widespread risings against the British in the 1820s. Which one of the following did NOT revolt in the 1820s?
[Bihar STET PGT Computer Science, 12 September 2023, Shift 1]
(A) Santhals
(B) Ahoms
(C) Pagal Panthis
(D) Ramosi
Answer: (A) Santhals
Explanation: The Santhal rebellion occurred in 1855–56, well after the 1820s. The Ahom, Pagalpanthi and Ramosi movements all experienced anti-colonial mobilisation in the early nineteenth century. The Ramosi unrest was associated with western Maharashtra and changes following the decline of Peshwa rule.
Q27. Which revolt is mentioned in Anandamath of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay?
[Bihar Senior Secondary Teacher (Chemistry), 26 August 2023, Shift 2]
(A) Sannyasi
(B) Santhal
(C) Indigo
(D) More than one of the above
(E) None of the above
Answer: (A) Sannyasi
Explanation: The novel Anandamath portrays a fictionalised struggle related to the Sanyasi rebellion in eighteenth-century Bengal. It was published by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1882. The backdrop combines famine, political unrest and the actions of ascetics opposing colonial oppression.
Q26. Moplahs, or Muslim peasants, created a powerful anti-zamindar movement in:
[SSC CGL Tier I, 19 July 2023, Shift 1]
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Bengal
(C) Kerala
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (C) Kerala
Explanation: Mappila or Moplah cultivators in Kerala’s Malabar region resisted the pressures of landlordism and British-backed agrarian arrangements. Their discontent produced recurring outbreaks in the nineteenth century. The major 1921 rebellion further reflected Khilafat-era politics and growing anti-colonial sentiment.
Q25. When was Alluri Sitarama Raju arrested, ending a two-year armed tribal struggle?
[SSC CHSL 2022 Tier I, held 21 March 2023, Shift 3]
(A) May 1924
(B) January 1921
(C) April 1919
(D) December 1929
Answer: (A) May 1924
Explanation: Alluri Sitarama Raju was captured and killed by the British in May 1924, ending the main phase of the Rampa uprising. Since August 1922, he had organised tribal guerrilla resistance in the Godavari hills against forest restrictions and colonial coercion.
Q24. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote which novel to immortalise the Sanyasi Rebellion?
[JKSSB Sub-Inspector, 17 December 2022, Shift 1]
(A) Durgeshnandini
(B) Vande Mataram
(C) Kapalkundala
(D) Anand Math
Answer: (D) Anand Math
Explanation: Anand Math is Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s historical novel set against the Sanyasi rebellion. It appeared in 1882 and included Vande Mataram as a patriotic hymn. The novel helped transform a regional episode of resistance into a widely recognised nationalist literary symbol.
Q23. In which of the following states did the Moplah Rebellion take place?
[SSC JE Civil, 15 November 2022, Shift 1]
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Kerala
(C) Odisha
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: (B) Kerala
Explanation: The Moplah rebellion occurred in the Malabar region of Kerala in 1921. Mappila farmers had long complained of insecure land tenure and landlord exploitation. Their revolt also reflected political mobilisation linked with the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation movements.
Q22. Who among the following organised an armed rebellion against the British Raj in 1879 in Maharashtra?
[SSC CPO Tier I, 9 November 2022, Shift 2]
(A) Vasudev Balwant Phadke
(B) Birsa Munda
(C) Buddhu Bhagat
(D) Tikendrajit Singh
Answer: (A) Vasudev Balwant Phadke
Explanation: Vasudev Balwant Phadke organised armed resistance in Maharashtra in 1879, recruiting Ramosi fighters and others. Famine, peasant distress and colonial revenue policies contributed to his revolt. His Ramosi force is distinct from the earlier Ramosi disturbances associated with Chittur Singh in 1822.
Q21. When was Veerapandiya Kattabomman hanged?
[Madras High Court Recruitment, 16 October 2022]
(A) 16 October 1799
(B) 2 November 1800
(C) 15 August 1789
(D) 20 March 1798
Answer: (A) 16 October 1799
Explanation: Veerapandiya Kattabomman, the palaiyakkarar chief of Panchalankurichi, challenged East India Company demands. After defeat and capture, he was executed at Kayathar on 16 October 1799. His resistance became an important part of the first Polygar War in southern India.
