50. The All-India Kisan Sabha was founded in Lucknow in April _____ with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati as its president.
[SSC MTS, 23 October 2024, Shift 3]
- (A) 1936
- (B) 1934
- (C) 1935
- (D) 1937
Answer: (A) 1936
Explanation: The All India Kisan Sabha was established in April 1936 at Lucknow. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati served as founding president, while N. G. Ranga became general secretary. It sought wider representation for peasants confronting zamindari exploitation, tenancy insecurity and agricultural debt.
49. Which of the following events took place in 1928?
[SSC MTS, 17 October 2024, Shift 2]
- (A) Kakori Incident
- (B) Bardoli Satyagraha
- (C) Dandi March
- (D) Kheda Satyagraha
Answer: (B) Bardoli Satyagraha
Explanation: Bardoli Satyagraha unfolded in 1928. For comparison, the Kakori train action occurred in 1925, Kheda Satyagraha in 1918 and the Dandi Salt March in 1930. Bardoli specifically involved peasant resistance to a higher land-revenue assessment.
48. Indigo Rebellion took place in which region?
[WBCS 2023 Mains History Paper III, held 18 August 2024]
- (A) Bengal
- (B) Andhra Pradesh
- (C) Maharashtra
- (D) Kerala
Answer: (A) Bengal
Explanation: The Indigo Revolt occurred chiefly in Bengal during 1859–60, with significant agitation in districts such as Nadia and Jessore. Cultivators refused exploitative contracts with European planters, and the contemporary press publicised their sufferings. An official Indigo Commission followed in 1860.
47. Which of the following was a peasant movement?
[Bihar TRE 3.0, Political Science, 22 July 2024]
- (A) Kheda Movement
- (B) Telangana Movement
- (C) Tebhaga Movement
- (D) More than one of the above
- (E) None of the above
Answer: (D) More than one of the above
Explanation: All three named struggles involved peasant claims. Kheda challenged revenue collection in 1918; Tebhaga demanded a larger crop share for Bengal bargadars in 1946–47; and the Telangana armed peasant struggle opposed feudal exploitation in Hyderabad State.
46. All India Kisan Sabha was founded in 1936 at the INC _____ Session as All India Kisan Congress.
[SSC Selection Post, Matriculation, 26 June 2024, Shift 1]
- (A) Lucknow
- (B) Agra
- (C) Bombay
- (D) Delhi
Answer: (A) Lucknow
Explanation: The 1936 Congress session at Lucknow coincided with the establishment of an all-India peasant organisation initially styled All India Kisan Congress. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati and N. G. Ranga were key leaders, helping coordinate demands across provinces.
45. When did the Indigo Revolt of Bengal take place?
[SSC JE Civil, 6 June 2024, Shift 3]
- (A) 1857 CE
- (B) 1852 CE
- (C) 1855 CE
- (D) 1859 CE
Answer: (D) 1859 CE
Explanation: The Indigo Revolt began in Bengal in 1859 and continued into 1860. Peasants refused to grow indigo for exploitative European planters. The colonial government subsequently appointed the Indigo Commission to investigate grievances and the coercive plantation system.
44. Where did the Tebhaga Movement take place between 1946 and 1947?
[SSC GD Constable, memory-based, 6 March 2024, Shift 1]
- (A) Manipur
- (B) Maharashtra
- (C) Bengal
- (D) Karnataka
Answer: (C) Bengal
Explanation: Tebhaga was a sharecroppers’ agitation in Bengal during 1946–47, strongly supported by Kisan Sabha organisers. Bargadars demanded two-thirds of the harvest, leaving one-third to the jotedars rather than the customary half, and sought greater control over crop storage.
43. Who led the famous Satyagraha of Bardoli?
[Delhi Police Constable (Executive), 1 December 2023, Shift 1]
- (A) Vithalbhai Patel
- (B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- (C) Rajendra Prasad
- (D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: (B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Explanation: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel directed the Bardoli peasant struggle in Gujarat in 1928. Farmers resisted an enhanced land-tax demand, often facing property seizures. Their coordinated non-violent campaign won relief and highlighted the political strength of organised rural communities.
42. The peasants of Champaran were legally bound to grow indigo on what proportion of their land?
[Odisha Police SI, Paper II, 26 November 2023]
- (A) 1/40
- (B) 3/20
- (C) 4/40
- (D) 5/30
Answer: (B) 3/20
Explanation: The tinkathia system compelled cultivators in Champaran to plant indigo on three of every twenty kathas. The compulsory crop interfered with food production and locked peasants into unequal planter contracts. These grievances were central to Gandhi’s 1917 Champaran Satyagraha.
41. The Bardoli Satyagraha led by Vallabhbhai Patel in 1928 was directed against what?
[Maharashtra Forest Guard, 8 August 2023, Shift 1]
- (A) Increase in land revenue
- (B) Increase in export revenue
- (C) Increase in salt tax
- (D) Increase in import duty
Answer: (A) Increase in land revenue
Explanation: The central issue at Bardoli was a disputed increase in the land-revenue assessment. Under Patel’s leadership, cultivators refused payment and maintained a peaceful campaign. Negotiation and investigation led to concessions and cemented Bardoli’s place in Indian agrarian history.
