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• Introduction 

Prepare for your CBSE Class 12 History exam with this focused set of MCQs on “Peasants’ Voices and Resistance Movements — Key MCQs,” aligned strictly with the NCERT syllabus. This practice pack covers major rural uprisings, agrarian grievances, and the socio-political contexts that shaped peasant mobilization during colonial India. You’ll encounter questions on the Indigo Revolt, Champaran Satyagraha, Deccan Riots, Tebhaga, the Eka Movement and other regional protests — each designed to test factual recall and analytical links between colonial policy and peasant response. Every question includes a concise explanation to help you learn while you practise. Use these MCQs for timed revision, chapter-wise reinforcement, and to build exam-ready accuracy. Ideal for last-minute revision or systematic study, this resource helps you connect land revenue systems, forced cultivation, indebtedness and forest laws with the forms of resistance peasants adopted. Attempt these questions to identify weak topics, improve speed, and sharpen answers for CBSE board-style evaluation.

• Sample MCQs (with answers & concise explanations)

Q1. The Indigo Revolt (1859–60) in Bengal was primarily a protest against:
a) High railway fares
b) Forced indigo cultivation and exploitative planter contracts
c) Forest reservation policies
d) Permanent Settlement of 1793
Answer: b) Forced indigo cultivation and exploitative planter contracts.
Explanation: Planters coerced peasants into indigo with unfair terms and low returns; the revolt exposed rural exploitation and tenant distress under forced plantation systems.

Q2. The Champaran Satyagraha (1917) is historically significant because it:
a) Abolished the Ryotwari system nationwide
b) Marked the use of non-violent mass agitation to raise peasant grievances (led by Gandhi)
c) Was a movement against railway construction
d) Introduced permanent land redistribution
Answer: b) Marked the use of non-violent mass agitation to raise peasant grievances (led by Gandhi).
Explanation: Gandhi’s Champaran campaign mobilized peasants against oppressive indigo planters, combining grassroots fact-finding with non-violent protest and administrative inquiry.

Q3. Which demand was central to the Tebhaga movement in Bengal?
a) Abolition of rail tax
b) Sharecroppers retaining two-thirds (tebhaga) of the harvest and reducing landlord’s share
c) Expansion of indigo cultivation
d) Permanent Settlement reinstatement
Answer: b) Sharecroppers retaining two-thirds (tebhaga) of the harvest and reducing landlord’s share.
Explanation: Tebhaga argued that sharecroppers deserved a larger share of crop produce; it highlighted sharecroppers’ economic vulnerability and tenant rights.

Q4. The Deccan Riots (1875) were mainly sparked by:
a) Forced military conscription
b) Peasant anger against moneylenders, indebtedness and unfair lending practices
c) Import of cheap British wheat only
d) Abolition of traditional village panchayats
Answer: b) Peasant anger against moneylenders, indebtedness and unfair lending practices.
Explanation: Heavy debt burdens and predatory loans provoked violent rioting and organized protest against moneylenders in parts of the Deccan.

Q5. Which tactic was commonly used by peasant movements to press demands?
a) Filing international lawsuits only
b) Non-payment of revenue, petitions, boycotts and local resistance
c) Ignoring local authorities completely
d) Forcing immediate large-scale industrialisation
Answer: b) Non-payment of revenue, petitions, boycotts and local resistance.
Explanation: Peasant strategies combined legal petitions, economic non-cooperation (e.g., refusal to pay rents/taxes), and sometimes direct action to challenge landlords and colonial officials.