50. Bindrai Manki was a prominent participant in which Chotanagpur tribal insurrection?
[DSSSB Primary Teacher, 10 April 2026, Shift 1]
A. Kol Insurrection
B. Munda Uprising of 1899
C. Santhal Rebellion
D. Rangpur Peasant Revolt
Answer: (A) Kol Insurrection
Explanation: Bindrai Manki is associated with the Kol Uprising of 1831–32 in the Singhbhum-Chotanagpur belt. Tribal headmen and cultivators opposed the encroachment of outsiders and the disruption of inherited rights under the expanding colonial administration.
49. In which region did the Kol Uprising opposing British intervention occur?
[RRB Technician Grade I, 13 March 2026]
A. Mysore
B. Awadh
C. Chotanagpur
D. Coastal Bengal
Answer: (C) Chotanagpur
Explanation: The Kol uprising broke out in the Chotanagpur region during 1831–32. Groups including Kols, Mundas, Oraons and Hos resented the loss of customary land rights, exploitative outsiders and changes to administration imposed under Company rule.
48. Which pair of leaders played a leading role in the Santhal Rebellion of 1855–56?
[RRB Technician Grade III, 9 March 2026, Shift 3]
A. Birsa Munda and Raghunath Murmu
B. Lalu Prasad and Sidhu
C. Sidhu Murmu and Kanhu Murmu
D. Tilka Manjhi and Sidhu
Answer: (C) Sidhu Murmu and Kanhu Murmu
Explanation: Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu mobilised the Santhals against colonial authorities, zamindars and moneylenders. Chand and Bhairav also participated in leadership. The rebellion began in 1855 and became a landmark episode of organised tribal resistance.
47. Which Santhal leader headed a rebellion against colonial rule?
[Delhi Police Constable (Executive), 29 December 2025, Shift 3]
A. Tantia Tope
B. Birsa Munda
C. Sidhu Murmu
D. Mangal Pandey
Answer: (C) Sidhu Murmu
Explanation: Sidhu Murmu, with Kanhu and other relatives, led the Santhal Hul beginning in 1855. The movement sought to end the domination of British officials and oppressive moneylending and landlord interests that had undermined Santhal agriculture and autonomy.
46. Which statement describes Rani Gaidinliu correctly?
[Delhi Police Constable (Executive), 23 December 2025, Shift 2]
A. She led a Naga tribal revolt against British rule
B. She organised the Assam Salt Satyagraha
C. She founded the Azad Hind Fauj
D. She launched the Quit India Movement in Nagaland
Answer: (A) She led a Naga tribal revolt against British rule
Explanation: Rani Gaidinliu was a Naga religious and political leader associated with the Heraka movement. Following Jadonang’s execution, she expanded resistance to British authority. The colonial government arrested her in 1932, when she was still a teenager.
45. Rani Gaidinliu, remembered for anti-colonial tribal resistance, belonged to which present-day state?
[MP Police Constable, 13 December 2025, Shift 1]
A. Gujarat
B. Maharashtra
C. Assam
D. Manipur
Answer: (D) Manipur
Explanation: Gaidinliu was born in Nungkao, in present-day Manipur, in 1915. Associated with the Zeliangrong Naga community, she joined Jadonang’s Heraka movement and subsequently resisted British authority in the Naga Hills and adjacent regions.
44. What was an important significance of Birsa Munda’s Ulgulan Movement?
[SSC CPO, 9 December 2025, Shift 1]
A. Its principal aim was missionary conversion
B. It created a Munda state under the Crown
C. It defended tribal land rights against outsiders
D. It concerned religion alone, without colonial implications
Answer: (C) It defended tribal land rights against outsiders
Explanation: The Ulgulan challenged the disruption of traditional Munda landholding, particularly the khuntkatti system. Birsa’s followers protested interference by dikus, including landlords and moneylenders, and demanded protection for their economic and customary rights.
43. Which sequence places the Santhal Rebellion, Kherwar Movement, Deccan Revolt and Rampa Rebellion in chronological order?
[UPSC EPFO EO/AO, 30 November 2025]
A. Deccan–Santhal–Kherwar–Rampa
B. Rampa–Kherwar–Santhal–Deccan
C. Santhal–Kherwar–Deccan–Rampa
D. Deccan–Kherwar–Santhal–Rampa
Answer: (C) Santhal–Kherwar–Deccan–Rampa
Explanation: The Santhal Hul dates to 1855–56, followed by the Kherwar religious-reform movement in the 1870s. The Deccan agrarian disturbances occurred in 1875, and the well-known Rampa uprising under Alluri Sitarama Raju followed in 1922–24.
42. In what year was Rani Gaidinliu arrested by the colonial authorities?
[OSSSC CRE Preliminary Examination, 31 October 2025, Shift 3]
A. 1932
B. 1919
C. 1911
D. 1923
Answer: (A) 1932
Explanation: British officials arrested Gaidinliu in 1932 during the repression of anti-colonial Naga resistance. She had continued the Heraka-led campaign following Jadonang’s execution in 1931 and remained imprisoned until India’s independence in 1947.
41. In which region was Rani Gaidinliu especially associated with Naga resistance to British rule?
[SSC CGL, 26 September 2025, Shift 3]
A. Arunachal Pradesh (Naga Hills)
B. Meghalaya (Khasi Hills)
C. Manipur (Naga Hills)
D. Mizoram (Lushai Hills)
Answer: (C) Manipur (Naga Hills)
Explanation: Rani Gaidinliu came from Manipur’s Zeliangrong Naga community and organised resistance across parts of the Naga Hills. Heraka combined efforts to preserve traditional beliefs with opposition to colonial political control.
