Q20. Moplah Rebellion took place in:
[Allahabad High Court Review Officer, 10 December 2021, Shift 2]
(A) 1919
(B) 1920
(C) 1921
(D) 1922
Answer: (C) 1921
Explanation: The major Moplah or Malabar rebellion began in August 1921. Mappila peasants faced agrarian grievances involving landlords and colonial administration. The movement intensified in the wider Khilafat–Non-Cooperation atmosphere, then developed into violent conflict followed by severe British suppression.
Q19. Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
[Haryana Civil Services GS Paper I, 12 September 2021]
(A) Ramosi Uprising — Chittur Singh, 1822
(B) Santhal Rebellion — Birsa Munda, 1899
(C) Rangpur Uprising — Dirjinarain, 1783
(D) Kol Uprising — Buddhu Bhagat, 1831
Answer: (B) Santhal Rebellion — Birsa Munda, 1899
Explanation: Birsa Munda led the Ulgulan movement of 1899–1900, not the Santhal rebellion. The Santhal uprising of 1855–56 was associated with Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu. The Ramosi pairing is accurate: Chittur Singh is connected with resistance in Maharashtra beginning in 1822.
Q18. Who was the hero of Rampa Rebellion of 1922–24?
[WBCS Prelims, 22 August 2021]
(A) Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu
(B) Tiruppa Kumaran
(C) Puli Thevan
(D) Alluri Sitha Rama Raju
Answer: (D) Alluri Sitha Rama Raju
Explanation: Alluri Sitarama Raju became a revered figure in the Godavari Agency tribal revolt of 1922–24. His leadership united groups angered by colonial forest restrictions and forced labour. The guerrilla campaign challenged British police before Raju’s death in 1924.
Q17. The Moplah Rebellion took place between the years:
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 6 April 2021, Shift 1]
(A) 1914–1915
(B) 1921–1922
(C) 1923–1924
(D) 1917–1919
Answer: (B) 1921–1922
Explanation: The major Malabar rebellion began in 1921 and continued into 1922. It combined peasant grievances against exploitative tenancy arrangements with anti-British sentiment in the Khilafat–Non-Cooperation period. The movement took place among Mappila communities of present-day Kerala.
Q16. When did the Kundara Proclamation take place?
[Kerala PSC Tenth-Level Preliminary, 13 March 2021, Phase 4]
(A) 8 May 1812
(B) 16 December 1806
(C) 31 October 1807
(D) 11 January 1809
Answer: (D) 11 January 1809
Explanation: The examination identifies 11 January 1809 as the date of the Kundara Proclamation. Velu Thampi, Dewan of Travancore, used the proclamation to call for resistance to British interference. It became a celebrated statement of the anti-Company uprising in the princely state.
Q15. Which statements about the Sanyasi and Faqir disturbances are correct? 1. Warren Hastings faced persistent disturbances in Bengal and Bihar. 2. Armed bands included Shaivite Naga Sanyasis. 3. Majnu Shah led bands into Bengal from 1771.
[UPSC CDS General Knowledge, 7 February 2021]
(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 3 only
(D) 1 and 3 only
Answer: (B) 1, 2 and 3
Explanation: All three statements reflect features of the resistance. Armed Sanyasi groups and Muslim fakirs challenged Company authorities in Bengal and neighbouring areas. Majnu Shah was a prominent leader, while disturbances persisted during Warren Hastings’s administration amid economic and religious grievances.
Q14. The Moplah Rebellion took place between the years:
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 28 December 2020, Shift 2]
(A) 1917–1919
(B) 1923–1924
(C) 1921–1922
(D) 1914–1915
Answer: (C) 1921–1922
Explanation: The 1921–22 uprising centred on Malabar in modern Kerala. Muslim Mappila cultivators resisted colonial authority and local landlord structures amid agrarian and political tensions. The same region had witnessed repeated smaller Mappila outbreaks in the nineteenth century.
Q13. Which of the following rebellions has been described by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel Anandamath?
[Delhi Police Constable, 11 December 2020, Shift 3]
(A) Santhal Rebellion
(B) Kol Rebellion
(C) Ramosi Rebellion
(D) Sanyasi Rebellion
Answer: (D) Sanyasi Rebellion
Explanation: The Sanyasi rebellion supplied the historical background for Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Anandamath. Ascetics and fakirs joined resistance to East India Company policies in Bengal. Published in 1882, the novel connected these disturbances to later ideas of patriotic struggle.
Q12. The Moplah Movement took place in:
[Karnataka Police Sub-Inspector, 19 January 2020, Paper II]
(A) Kerala
(B) Western Uttar Pradesh
(C) Bengal
(D) Bombay Presidency
Answer: (A) Kerala
Explanation: The Moplah movement was centred in the Malabar district, now in Kerala. Its participants included Muslim tenant cultivators angered by landlord practices and colonial intervention. Recurrent agrarian tensions culminated in the much larger Malabar rebellion of 1921.
Q11. Which of the following revolutionaries led the Ramosi farmers’ army in Maharashtra?
[RPF Constable 2018 recruitment, held 20 January 2019, Shift 3]
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) M. G. Ranade
(C) Vasudev Balwant Phadke
(D) V. D. Savarkar
Answer: (C) Vasudev Balwant Phadke
Explanation: Vasudev Balwant Phadke assembled a force including Ramosi fighters while mounting armed resistance in Maharashtra during 1879. His campaign reflected rural distress and hostility to colonial administration. It was a later episode than the early Ramosi revolt led by Chittur Singh.
