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.
Q50. Which of the following was/were a centre of the Sanyasi Movement in Bihar?
[Bihar Police SI, 21 January 2026, Shift 1 (memory-based)]
(A) Tirhut
(B) Saran
(C) Purnia
(D) More than one of the above
Answer: (D) More than one of the above
Explanation: The Fakir–Sanyasi disturbances extended beyond Bengal into parts of neighbouring Bihar, including areas identified in the question such as Tirhut, Saran and Purnia. Religious itinerants, peasants and other groups resisted colonial revenue demands and disruptions to customary economic and religious activities.
Q49. In which region of India did the Moplah Rebellion (1921) take place?
[Delhi Police Constable (Executive), 6 January 2026, Shift 2]
(A) Bengal
(B) Punjab
(C) Malabar
(D) Awadh
Answer: (C) Malabar
Explanation: The principal 1921 Moplah uprising took place in Malabar, then part of the Madras Presidency and now in Kerala. Agrarian grievances involving landlords and tenants combined with anti-colonial mobilisation. The rebellion escalated into widespread violence and was eventually suppressed by British forces.
Q48. Arrange the following movements in order of occurrence: A. Moplah Rebellion; B. Naxalbari movement; C. Indigo Rebellion; D. Tebhaga movement.
[UGC NET Sociology Paper II, 2 January 2026, Shift 2]
(A) A, B, C, D
(B) D, C, A, B
(C) C, A, D, B
(D) C, D, A, B
Answer: (C) C, A, D, B
Explanation: The Indigo revolt began in 1859–60, followed by the Moplah rebellion in 1921. The Tebhaga movement arose in 1946–47, and Naxalbari in 1967. Arranging these historical movements from earliest to latest produces C, A, D, B.
Q47. Consider the following: 1. Deccan Revolt; 2. Santhal Rebellion; 3. Kherwar Movement; 4. Rampa Rebellion. What is the correct chronological order, starting with the earliest?
[UPSC EPFO EO/AO, 30 November 2025]
(A) 1-2-3-4
(B) 4-3-2-1
(C) 2-3-1-4
(D) 1-3-2-4
Answer: (C) 2-3-1-4
Explanation: The Santhal uprising occurred in 1855–56, the Kherwar movement developed during the 1870s, and the Deccan riots occurred in 1875. The Rampa rebellion led by Alluri Sitarama Raju followed in 1922–24. Thus, the prescribed chronological sequence is 2-3-1-4.
Q46. In which of the following regions did the Sanyasi and Fakir Rebellion start?
[OSSSC CRE Preliminary Examination, 8 November 2025, Shift 2]
(A) Kerala
(B) West Bengal
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (B) West Bengal
Explanation: The Sanyasi–Fakir uprising emerged in the Bengal region during the second half of the eighteenth century, particularly in territory now including West Bengal and Bangladesh. Economic hardship, movement restrictions and oppressive Company revenue practices contributed to repeated clashes with colonial authorities.
Q45. Who among the following leaders led the Rampa Rebellion?
[OSSSC CRE Preliminary Examination, 26 October 2025, Shift 3]
(A) Pritilata Waddedar
(B) Alluri Sitarama Raju
(C) Hemu Kalani
(D) Khudiram Bose
Answer: (B) Alluri Sitarama Raju
Explanation: Alluri Sitarama Raju became the best-known leader of the Manyam or Rampa rebellion between 1922 and 1924. Tribal communities in the Eastern Ghats opposed restrictions on shifting cultivation and access to forests. His forces pursued guerrilla operations against colonial police stations.
Q44. Alluri Sitarama Raju led the Rampa Rebellion in the 1920s, mobilising tribal communities against British rule. He primarily operated in which modern-day Indian state?
[SSC CGL, 26 September 2025, Shift 2]
(A) Odisha
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Chhattisgarh
Answer: (C) Andhra Pradesh
Explanation: Raju operated chiefly in the Godavari Agency and neighbouring hills of present-day Andhra Pradesh. British forest regulations limited the traditional use of woodland and shifting cultivation. The rebel movement sought to oppose coercive colonial control and restore access to customary livelihoods.
Q43. Assertion (A): Alluri Sitarama Raju led the Rampa Rebellion against the British. Reason (R): He protested against forest laws that restricted tribal access to resources.
[SSC CGL, 25 September 2025, Shift 1]
(A) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true, but R is false
(D) A is false, but R is true
Answer: (A) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
Explanation: Both statements are correct, and the reason explains the assertion. Forest restrictions undermined tribal subsistence practices in the Godavari hills. Raju channelled these grievances into armed resistance during 1922–24, combining local support with guerrilla attacks on British posts.
Q42. Which of the following freedom fighters led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922 against forest laws?
[RRB NTPC Undergraduate CBT-1, 19 August 2025, Shift 2]
(A) Ashfaqullah Khan
(B) Alluri Sitarama Raju
(C) Jatindra Nath Das
(D) Surya Sen
Answer: (B) Alluri Sitarama Raju
Explanation: Alluri Sitarama Raju led the armed rebellion in the hill areas of the Godavari Agency. Colonial forest regulation threatened customary tribal practices, including podu or shifting cultivation. His followers attacked police outposts and seized weapons before British forces suppressed the movement in 1924.
Q41. The association of Devi Chaudhurani and Bhawani Pathak with the Fakir–Sanyasi rebellion in India indicates which of the following?
[RRB NTPC Undergraduate CBT-1, 8 August 2025, Shift 3]
(A) These rebellions were purely religious in nature
(B) There was participation of all religions and genders in this rebellion
(C) In Bengal, only tribal groups led such resistance
(D) The movement was dominated by the upper-caste elite
Answer: (B) There was participation of all religions and genders in this rebellion
Explanation: The Fakir–Sanyasi resistance brought together Hindu ascetics, Muslim fakirs and sections of the rural population. Traditions associated with Devi Chaudhurani and Bhawani Pathak also reflect participation beyond one religious community or gender. Its causes included economic hardship, not merely religious disagreement.
Q40. The Kundara Proclamation, which openly called for taking up arms against the British, is associated with which freedom fighter?
[RRB NTPC Undergraduate CBT-1, 7 August 2025, Shift 3]
(A) Velu Thampi
(B) Wazir Ali Khan
(C) Gajapatiraju
(D) Kattabomman Nayakan
Answer: (A) Velu Thampi
Explanation: Velu Thampi Dalawa, the Dewan of Travancore, issued the Kundara Proclamation in January 1809. It urged resistance against growing East India Company interference and financial demands. The proclamation became a defining episode of his uprising against British political influence in Travancore.
Q39. The Moplah Uprising of 1921, against British rule and landlords, took place in which location?
[RRB NTPC Undergraduate CBT-1, 24 June 2025, Shift 2]
(A) Kerala
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Bengal
(D) Bombay
Answer: (A) Kerala
Explanation: The Moplah uprising broke out among Mappila communities of Malabar in present-day Kerala. Longstanding grievances about tenancy and landlord power intersected with the Non-Cooperation–Khilafat climate in 1921. The violent course of the rebellion caused major suffering across local communities.
Q38. Which of the following can be considered an immediate cause of the Sanyasi Rebellion?
[RRB NTPC Graduate CBT-1, 24 June 2025, Shift 1]
(A) Implementation of the Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act of 1908
(B) Development of a broad sense of Indian nationalism
(C) British occupation of Madras and new landlord laws there
(D) Restrictions imposed by the British upon pilgrims visiting holy places among both Hindus and Muslims
Answer: (D) Restrictions imposed by the British upon pilgrims visiting holy places among both Hindus and Muslims
Explanation: Company restrictions affected itinerant Hindu sanyasis and Muslim fakirs who traditionally visited shrines and collected contributions. Combined with harsh revenues and the Bengal famine, interference with pilgrimage and customary livelihood intensified resistance in the late eighteenth century.
Q37. Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
[RRB NTPC Graduate CBT-1, 13 June 2025, Shift 2]
(A) Ramosi Rebellion — Maharashtra
(B) Lushai Revolt — Assam
(C) Heraka Movement — West Bengal
(D) Kol Rebellion — Jharkhand
Answer: (C) Heraka Movement — West Bengal
Explanation: The Heraka movement arose among Naga communities rather than in West Bengal. The other pairs are consistent with their historical regions: Ramosi resistance in Maharashtra, Lushai uprisings in the northeast and Kol rebellion in Chotanagpur. Thus, the Heraka–West Bengal pairing is incorrect.
Q36. The Poligars rebelled against the British in which Presidency when the British tried to take away their military and land rights?
[RRB NTPC Graduate CBT-1, 6 June 2025, Shift 3]
(A) Madras Presidency
(B) Agra Presidency
(C) Bombay Presidency
(D) Bengal Presidency
Answer: (A) Madras Presidency
Explanation: Poligars were southern military chieftains who controlled palayams and exercised local fiscal authority. They resisted Company attempts to remove their armed power and land-revenue privileges in the Madras Presidency. These conflicts included the Polygar wars around the turn of the nineteenth century.
Q35. Arrange the following revolts in chronological order: 1. Pabna; 2. Indigo; 3. Kuka; 4. Sanyasi.
[UPPSC PCS Prelims 2025, General Studies Paper I]
(A) 4, 2, 3, 1
(B) 3, 4, 2, 1
(C) 3, 4, 1, 2
(D) 4, 3, 2, 1
Answer: (A) 4, 2, 3, 1
Explanation: The Sanyasi rebellion began in the eighteenth century, followed by the Indigo revolt of 1859–60. The Kuka movement gained prominence before the Pabna agrarian agitation of 1873–76. Accordingly, their earliest-to-latest order is Sanyasi, Indigo, Kuka, Pabna.
Q34. The Moplah Rebellion of 1921 took place in which of the following regions?
[RRB JE CBT-1, 16 December 2024, Shift 3]
(A) Assam
(B) Kerala
(C) Punjab
(D) Bengal
Answer: (B) Kerala
Explanation: The 1921 Mappila or Moplah rebellion occurred in Malabar, a region now within Kerala. Rural tensions arose from landholding arrangements, high rents and insecure tenancies. Khilafat-era political mobilisation gave the movement a wider context, while colonial suppression followed intense violence.
Q33. The Moplah Uprising, an organised opposition of Muslim cultivators, occurred in which modern state of India?
[SSC MTS, 14 October 2024, Shift 1]
(A) Punjab
(B) Kerala
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Bihar
Answer: (B) Kerala
Explanation: Moplahs, also called Mappilas, were predominantly Muslim communities of Malabar in Kerala. Many cultivators protested against exploitative tenurial relations and British policies. In 1921 these grievances fed into the wider Malabar uprising amid Non-Cooperation and Khilafat activities.
Q32. Whose original name was Kumarasamy Nayak?
[TNPSC Group II, 14 September 2024]
(A) Kattabomman
(B) Oomaithurai
(C) Dheeran Chinnamalai
(D) Marudhu Pandiyar
Answer: (B) Oomaithurai
Explanation: Oomaithurai, also known as Kumarasamy Nayak, was the brother of Veerapandiya Kattabomman of Panchalankurichi. He continued resistance during the Polygar wars and became associated with the southern coalition against Company expansion. His role illustrates the military character of early Tamil resistance.
Q31. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote Anand Math based on which of the following rebellions or revolts?
[SSC CHSL Tier I, 5 July 2024, Shift 1]
(A) Paika Rebellion
(B) Kuki Revolt
(C) Sanyasi Rebellion
(D) Mappila Rebellion
Answer: (C) Sanyasi Rebellion
Explanation: Anand Math draws its setting from the Sanyasi rebellion in eighteenth-century Bengal. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay published the novel in 1882, and its patriotic song Vande Mataram later became closely associated with Indian nationalism. The plot is a fictional interpretation of historical unrest.
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.
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.
Q10. Who among the following did NOT rebel against the British East India Company’s control over them?
[BPSC 64th CCE Preliminary, 16 December 2018]
(A) Raja of Vizianagaram
(B) Nizam of Hyderabad
(C) Polygar of Tamil Nadu
(D) Dewan Velu Thampi of Travancore
(E) None of the above / More than one of the above
Answer: (B) Nizam of Hyderabad
Explanation: The Nizam of Hyderabad maintained a subsidiary relationship with the East India Company rather than launching the rebellions represented by the other choices. Tamil Poligars resisted the Company, while Velu Thampi led an uprising in Travancore and Vizianagaram also experienced opposition.
Q9. From which Indian princely state did Velu Thampi Dalawa hail, known for revolting against the British?
[RRB Group D, 18 September 2018, Shift 1]
(A) Chola Kingdom
(B) Mysore Kingdom
(C) Vijayanagaram
(D) Travancore
Answer: (D) Travancore
Explanation: Velu Thampi was the Dalawa, or Dewan, of the princely state of Travancore in present-day Kerala. He opposed East India Company interference and issued the Kundara Proclamation of 1809. His uprising forms part of the pre-1857 civil resistance movements.
Q8. Which of the following movements was headed by Sitaram Raju?
[SSC CHSL, 22 March 2018, Shift 3]
(A) Kuka Movement
(B) Rampa Movement
(C) Pabna Agitation
(D) Bardoli Satyagraha
Answer: (B) Rampa Movement
Explanation: Alluri Sitarama Raju headed the Rampa movement in the Godavari Agency hills between 1922 and 1924. Tribal participants opposed forest restrictions, forced labour and exploitation. The rebellion used guerrilla tactics and assaults on police stations to obtain weapons.
Q7. Arrange the following movements in ascending chronological order: 1. Moplah Rebellion; 2. Bardoli Satyagraha; 3. Champaran Satyagraha; 4. Salt Satyagraha.
[UPSC NDA General Ability Test, 10 September 2017]
(A) 1-3-4-2
(B) 3-1-2-4
(C) 2-3-1-4
(D) 4-2-1-3
Answer: (B) 3-1-2-4
Explanation: Champaran Satyagraha occurred in 1917, followed by the Moplah rebellion in 1921. Bardoli Satyagraha took place in 1928, while the Salt Satyagraha began in 1930. Hence the correct chronological order is 3-1-2-4.
Q6. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
[UPPSC Civil Services Prelims 2017, Paper I]
(A) Pabna Revolt — 1873
(B) Deccan Kisan Revolt — 1875
(C) Sanyasi Revolt — 1894
(D) Kol Uprising — 1832
Answer: (C) Sanyasi Revolt — 1894
Explanation: The Sanyasi uprising began in the eighteenth century and is commonly dated from the 1760s, not 1894. The other pairs refer to the Pabna movement from 1873, Deccan riots of 1875 and Kol uprising of 1831–32.
Q5. Dewan Velu Thampi’s rebellion against the British took place in the Indian state of:
[WBCS Prelims 2017]
(A) Awadh
(B) Kashmir
(C) Travancore
(D) Mysore
Answer: (C) Travancore
Explanation: Velu Thampi served as the Dewan of Travancore, where he organised resistance to expanding British political interference and financial demands. The Kundara Proclamation in 1809 rallied people against the East India Company. Travancore lies principally in present-day Kerala.
Q4. Where did the Moplah Rebellion take place in 1921?
[OSSC Block Social Security Officer, 2017]
(A) Andhra Coast
(B) Coromandel Coast
(C) Konkan Coast
(D) Malabar Coast
Answer: (D) Malabar Coast
Explanation: The 1921 Moplah uprising took place along the Malabar Coast in what is now Kerala. Mappila tenant cultivators protested agrarian exploitation and British authority. The movement also intersected with Khilafat politics, before intensifying into violence and repression.
Q3. The Moplah Rebellion of 1921 broke out in:
[WBCS Prelims 2016]
(A) Assam
(B) Kerala
(C) Punjab
(D) Bengal
Answer: (B) Kerala
Explanation: The rebellion began in the Malabar region of Kerala in 1921. Mappila Muslim cultivators had long struggled over rent and tenancy conditions. The revolt occurred in a politically charged atmosphere associated with the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation movements.
Q2. The architect of the Rampa Rebellion was:
[TSPSC Assistant Executive Engineer, 2015, Paper I]
(A) Bhagya Reddy Verma
(B) Mallu Dora
(C) Alluri Seeta Rama Raju
(D) Veeraiah Dora
Answer: (C) Alluri Seeta Rama Raju
Explanation: Alluri Sitarama Raju was the leading organiser of the 1922–24 Rampa rebellion in the Godavari hill tracts. The uprising opposed the British forest regime and restrictions on tribal livelihoods. His leadership combined local mobilisation with armed guerrilla tactics.
Q1. Which British commander captured the Poligar of Panchalankurichi, Virapandya Kattabomman, and hanged him?
[TNPSC Group I Prelims 2014]
(A) Lieutenant Maclean
(B) Major Bannerman
(C) Colonel Agnew
(D) Colonel Macaulay
Answer: (B) Major Bannerman
Explanation: Major Bannerman commanded British operations against Veerapandiya Kattabomman in the first Polygar War. Kattabomman, chief of Panchalankurichi, was captured with assistance from local rivals and executed at Kayathar in October 1799. His defiance symbolises early anti-Company resistance in Tamil Nadu.