20. Who was the first General Secretary of the All India Kisan Congress?
[SSC CGL Tier I, 17 August 2021, Shift 2 (2020 cycle)]
- (A) Acharya Narendra Dev
- (B) N. G. Ranga
- (C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- (D) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
Answer: (B) N. G. Ranga
Explanation: N. G. Ranga was the first general secretary of the All India Kisan Congress, established at Lucknow in 1936 and later known as All India Kisan Sabha. Sahajanand Saraswati was its first president. The organisation sought to unify demands of peasants across India.
19. In which year did the revolt in the countryside of the Bombay Deccan occur?
[SSC CGL Tier I, 16 August 2021, Shift 3 (2020 cycle)]
- (A) 1875
- (B) 1790
- (C) 1905
- (D) 1890
Answer: (A) 1875
Explanation: In 1875, indebted cultivators in the Bombay Deccan attacked moneylenders’ property and debt records. The rebellion began near Supa in Poona district. It exposed how revenue demands, credit dependence and rising interest could destabilise rural society.
18. During which satyagraha did Vallabhbhai Patel gain the title “Sardar”?
[RRB NTPC CBT-I, 4 March 2021, Shift 1]
- (A) Champaran
- (B) Ahmedabad mill strike
- (C) Kheda
- (D) Bardoli
Answer: (D) Bardoli
Explanation: The title Sardar became associated with Patel after his leadership in the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928. The local farmers challenged a higher revenue assessment using disciplined non-payment. Patel’s organisation of the movement helped turn a local protest into a national symbol.
17. The Moplah Rebellion took place between which 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 major Moplah or Mappila uprising erupted in Malabar in 1921 and continued into 1922. Its origins involved agrarian grievances, tenancy insecurity, anti-colonial sentiment and the contemporary Khilafat–Non-Cooperation context. It was an important episode in the wider history of peasant unrest.
16. Who drew Gandhi’s attention to the plight of indigo peasants in Champaran?
[BPSC 66th Combined Competitive Examination, 2020]
- (A) Rajendra Prasad
- (B) Anugrah Narayan Sinha
- (C) Acharya Kripalani
- (D) Raj Kumar Shukla
- (E) None of the above / more than one of the above
Answer: (D) Raj Kumar Shukla
Explanation: Raj Kumar Shukla persisted in inviting Gandhi to Champaran after meeting him during the 1916 Lucknow Congress. His efforts brought national attention to the sufferings of indigo cultivators and helped initiate Gandhi’s agrarian intervention in 1917.
15. Which was Gandhi’s first satyagraha in India using civil disobedience?
[BPSC 66th Combined Competitive Examination, 2020]
- (A) Champaran
- (B) Kheda
- (C) Ahmedabad
- (D) Rowlatt Satyagraha
- (E) None of the above / more than one of the above
Answer: (A) Champaran
Explanation: The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was Gandhi’s first major application of civil disobedience in India. It addressed coercive indigo cultivation and farmer grievances in Bihar. Kheda and Ahmedabad followed in 1918, while the Rowlatt agitation arose in 1919.
14. Match movements with regions: (a) Bardoli, (b) Moplah, (c) Telangana peasant revolt, (d) Tebhaga; (i) Malabar, (ii) Andhra Pradesh, (iii) Bengal, (iv) Gujarat.
[UGC NET Sociology, Paper II, 5 December 2019, Shift 2]
- (A) a–i, b–iii, c–iv, d–ii
- (B) a–ii, b–iii, c–iv, d–i
- (C) a–i, b–ii, c–iii, d–iv
- (D) a–iv, b–i, c–ii, d–iii
Answer: (D) a–iv, b–i, c–ii, d–iii
Explanation: Bardoli was in Gujarat, Moplah agitation in Malabar, Telangana in the Telugu-speaking Hyderabad region and Tebhaga in Bengal. Pairing the movements to their distinctive regional settings gives a–iv, b–i, c–ii and d–iii.
13. Match: A. Champaran, B. Rowlatt, C. Kheda, D. Bardoli with i. 1928, ii. 1917, iii. 1919, iv. 1918.
[RPSC Second Grade Teacher, GK Group A, 17 February 2019]
- (A) A–ii, B–iv, C–iii, D–i
- (B) A–ii, B–iii, C–iv, D–i
- (C) A–i, B–iii, C–ii, D–iv
- (D) A–iv, B–ii, C–iii, D–i
Answer: (B) A–ii, B–iii, C–iv, D–i
Explanation: Champaran’s indigo protest occurred in 1917; Kheda’s peasant satyagraha followed in 1918. The Rowlatt agitation took place in 1919, while Bardoli’s land-revenue resistance arose in 1928. Thus the correct match is A–ii, B–iii, C–iv, D–i.
12. Where was the first session of All India Kisan Sabha held under Sahajanand Saraswati’s presidentship?
[MPSC State Service Mains, General Studies I, 2019]
- (A) Lucknow
- (B) Kanpur
- (C) Kolhapur
- (D) Poona
Answer: (A) Lucknow
Explanation: Lucknow hosted the first national session of All India Kisan Sabha in April 1936. Sahajanand Saraswati presided, while N. G. Ranga worked as an important organiser. The Sabha represented farmers’ demands for better tenancy rights and relief from oppressive agricultural arrangements.
11. Who led the 1937 peasant satyagraha in the Daundi-Lohara Zamindari?
[CGPSC Civil Service, Paper I, 2019]
- (A) Narsingh Prasad Agrawal
- (B) Sarayu Prasad Agrawal
- (C) Wali Muhammad
- (D) Wasudeo Deshmukh
Answer: (A) Narsingh Prasad Agrawal
Explanation: Narsingh Prasad Agrawal led the Daundi-Lohara peasant agitation in 1937 in the present-day Balod region of Chhattisgarh. Farmers challenged zamindari grievances through satyagraha. This regional episode illustrates the wider reach of organised rural protest beyond the best-known national movements.
