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Question 01
Consider the following pairs: 1. — Pabna agrarian unrest 2. — Eka movement 3. — Kherwar movement 4. — Kuka movement How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
1. Option A: Only one
2. Option B: Only two
3. Option C: Only three
4. Option D: All four
Answer and explanation
Answer: C. Only three
**Pair 1 is correctly matched.** **Ishan Chandra Roy** led the Pabna ryots with **Shambhu Pal** and **Khoodi Mollah**. **Pair 2 is correctly matched.** **Madari Pasi** led the **Eka** movement of Awadh in **1921–22**. **Pair 3 is correctly matched.** **Bhagirath Manjhi** led the **Kherwar** movement among the Santhals. **Pair 4 is not correctly matched.** **Jatra Bhagat** led the **Tana Bhagat** movement of the Oraons; the Kukas were led by **Ram Singh**.
Question 02
The Chotanagpur Tenancy Act of 1908, passed after the Munda Ulgulan, recognised
1. Option A: the tinkathia system
2. Option B: the mahalwari settlement
3. Option C: the khuntkatti rights of the Mundas
4. Option D: the Permanent Settlement of zamindars
Answer and explanation
Answer: C. the khuntkatti rights of the Mundas
**Why C is correct.** The **Chotanagpur Tenancy Act, 1908** recognised **khuntkatti** — joint holding of land by the founding Munda lineages. **Why A is incorrect.** **Tinkathia** was the Champaran indigo obligation. **Why B is incorrect.** Mahalwari was a revenue settlement of north-western India. **Why D is incorrect.** The Act **restricted**, not confirmed, outsiders' and landlords' claims.
Question 03
Consider the following statements: Statement-I: Statement-I: The Pabna agrarian movement relied mainly on legal methods. Statement-II: Statement-II: Pabna lay in the eastern part of the Bengal Presidency. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
1. Option A: Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II explains Statement-I
2. Option B: Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
3. Option C: Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
4. Option D: Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct
Answer and explanation
Answer: B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
**Statement-I is correct.** Ryots used **rent strikes** and **litigation** rather than armed revolt. **Statement-II is correct.** **Pabna** lay in **east Bengal**, in the Bengal Presidency. Both are true, but the district's location does not explain why its ryots chose legal methods.
Question 04
The Floud Commission, whose recommendation on the sharecroppers' share later became a peasant demand in Bengal, was
1. Option A: the Bengal Land Revenue Commission of 1940
2. Option B: the Royal Commission on Agriculture of 1928
3. Option C: the Indigo Commission of 1860
4. Option D: the Indian Famine Commission of 1880
Answer and explanation
Answer: A. the Bengal Land Revenue Commission of 1940
**Why A is correct.** The **Floud Commission** was the **Bengal Land Revenue Commission** (report 1940), chaired by **Sir Francis Floud**. **Why B is incorrect.** That was the **Linlithgow** Commission. **Why C is incorrect.** That enquired into the **indigo** system eighty years earlier. **Why D is incorrect.** That was the **Strachey** Commission on famine relief.
Question 05
Consider the following statements: Statement-I: Statement-I: The Pabna ryots declared that they wished to be ryots of the Queen and of her only. Statement-II: Statement-II: The ryots accepted British sovereignty and directed their struggle against the zamindars. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
1. Option A: Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II explains Statement-I
2. Option B: Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
3. Option C: Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
4. Option D: Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct
Answer and explanation
Answer: A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II explains Statement-I
**Statement-I is correct.** The ryots sought to deal directly with the **Crown**, bypassing the **zamindars**. **Statement-II is correct.** Their quarrel was with the **zamindar**; they treated the colonial state as a possible **protector**. Accepting the Crown while rejecting the zamindar is exactly what the slogan expresses — Statement-II explains Statement-I.

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