1. According to Bipan Chandra, people's resistance took which three broad forms?
2. Consider the following statements regarding urban movements before 1857:
(I) The 1810 agitation in Benares was against a house tax.
(II) The 1814 Surat riots were against the salt duty.
(III) The 1816 rising in Bareilly was against police tax and municipal taxes.
Which of the above is/are correct?
3. The Sanyasi Revolt (1763-1800) was partly triggered by the disastrous famine of which year?
4. Consider the following statements regarding the Sanyasi Revolt:
(I) It is sometimes referred to as the Fakir Rebellion due to equal participation of Hindus and Muslims.
(II) Debi Chaudhurani's participation recognises women's role in early resistance.
(III) It was ultimately subdued by Warren Hastings.
Which of the above is/are correct?
5. The novel Anandamath, based on the Sanyasi Revolt, was written by which author?
6. The English took hold of Midnapore in which year, before the introduction of a new land revenue system there in 1772?
7. Who were the important leaders of the revolt in Midnapore and Dhalbhum?
8. The Moamarias, whose revolt weakened the Ahom kingdom, followed the teachings of which figure?
9. The Moamarias made which place their headquarters?
10. In the 1781 civil uprising in Gorakhpur, Basti and Bahraich, who was the English izaradar whose oppression sparked the revolt?
11. The Raja of Vizianagaram died fighting the English at which battle in 1794?
12. Dhundia Wagh, who revolted in Bednur, was converted to Islam and imprisoned by which ruler before his release upon the fall of Seringapatam?
13. Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja, also known as Kerala Simham, was the de facto head of which region?
14. In November 1805, Pazhassi Raja died in a gun-fight at which location?
15. The 1799 Civil Rebellion in Awadh, known as the Massacre of Benares, involved Wazir Ali Khan killing which British resident?
16. Wazir Ali Khan was extradited from Jaipur on the condition that he would not be subjected to what?
17. Which zamindar of Gumsur in Ganjam district openly rebelled in 1800 after refusing to pay revenues in 1797?
18. Consider the following statements regarding the Ganjam and Gumsur uprisings:
(I) Dhananjaya Bhanj forced his father Strikara to leave the estate in 1807-08.
(II) Dhananjaya rose in rebellion a second time in 1835 when British forces occupied Gumsur and Kolaida.
(III) Doora Bisayi was arrested in February 1837, ending the resistance.
Which of the above is/are correct?
19. Who was appointed with full discretionary powers to deal with the second phase of the Ganjam-Gumsur revolt?
20. Bhukhan Singh, who led the 1800 uprising in Palamau, was the chief of which community?
21. The 1781 arrangement that caused resentment among the poligars of South India involved the Nawab of Arcot handing management of Tinneveli and the Carnatic Provinces to whom?
22. Veerapandiya Kattabomman, the poligar of Panjalankurichi, was captured after betrayal by which ruler?
23. Consider the following statements regarding the Poligars' Revolt:
(I) Kattabomman was hanged after his capture in the Pudukottai forests.
(II) The second phase began in February 1801 when poligars imprisoned at Palamcotta escaped.
(III) The rebels, led by Oomathurai, joined the rebellion of the 'Marudus' led by Marathu Pandian.
Which of the above is/are correct?
24. In the 1803-05 phase of the Poligars' Revolt in North Arcot, the poligars rebelled after being deprived of their right to collect what?
25. The 1809 rebellion of the Jats of Haryana was centred at which town, where they fortified themselves?
26. Diwan Velu Thampi's revolt in Travancore arose after Travancore agreed to a subsidiary alliance in 1805 under which Governor-General?
27. Velu Thampi's call to arms against the British, delivered at a public gathering, became known as what?
28. Consider the following statements regarding Velu Thampi's Revolt:
(I) Velu Thampi was assisted by Nair troops.
(II) The Maharaja of Travancore fully supported the rebellion throughout.
(III) Velu Thampi killed himself to avoid capture.
Which of the above is/are correct?
29. Bundelkhand was conquered by the British during which conflict?
30. Who was the killadar (fort commander) of Ajaygarh fort, whose resistance was the first major challenge in Bundelkhand?
31. To control the Bundela chiefs' resistance, the British adopted a policy of binding them down through a series of contractual obligations called what?
32. In the Parlakimedi Outbreak, Colonel Peach defeated Narayan Deo in 1768 and proclaimed which person as zamindar?
33. Who was appointed commissioner in 1832 to pacify the continuing resistance in Parlakimedi?
34. Under the 1816 treaty, power in Kutch was vested in Maharaja Bharamal II, but in 1819 he raised which foreign troops with the intention of removing the British?
35. What emboldened the chieftains of Kutch to rise in revolt and demand the restoration of Bharamal II?
36. The 1816 Rising at Bareilly was immediately caused by the imposition of what?
37. During the Bareilly uprising in April 1816, the insurgents murdered the son of which judge of the provincial court?
38. Dayaram, a talukdar who resisted at Hathras in 1817, held a strong base in a fort considered a "second" version of which other famous fort?
39. Bhagwant Singh, Raja of Mursan, was another noted rebel associated with the Hathras uprising who submitted to the government rather than dismantle what?
40. The Paiks of Odisha were a traditional landed militia who enjoyed rent-free land tenures in return for what?
41. Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar, leader of the Paika Rebellion, had been the military chief of the forces of which raja?
42. Consider the following statements regarding the Paika Rebellion:
(I) It was sparked by the arrival of a body of Khonds from Gumsur into Khurda territory in March 1817.
(II) Priests at the Puri temple who sheltered Jagabandhu were caught and hanged.
(III) Jagabandhu surrendered under negotiated terms in 1825.
Which of the above is/are correct?
43. The Waghera Rising (1818-20) was carried out by chiefs of which region against exactions supported by the Gaekwad of Baroda?
44. The British had pledged to withdraw from Assam after which war, a broken pledge that sparked the 1828 Ahom Revolt?
45. Who was made king by the rebels near Jorhat during the Ahom Revolt of 1828?
46. The 1844 Surat Salt Agitation arose after the government raised the salt duty from 50 paise to how much?
47. In 1848, the Surat population resisted a government measure to introduce what?
48. The Gadkaris, a hereditary military class who revolted after their garrisons were disbanded post-1844, were based in which state?
49. The Savantvadi revolt of 1838 was triggered specifically by what action of the British?
50. The Wahabi Movement in India was founded by Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly, who was inspired by Abdul Wahab and which other figure?
51. The Wahabis chose which location in the north-western tribal belt as a base for operations?
52. After the incorporation of Punjab into Company dominion in 1849, against which power did the Wahabis' jihad shift its sole target?
53. The Kuka Movement was founded in 1840 in western Punjab by which leader?
54. In 1872, which Kuka Movement leader was deported to Rangoon?
55. Consider the following statements regarding the Kuka Movement's tenets:
(I) It advocated abolition of caste discrimination among Sikhs.
(II) It encouraged wearing hand-woven clothes and boycott of English education.
(III) On the political side, it aimed to remove the British and restore Sikh rule over Punjab.
Which of the above is/are correct?
56. Mir Nithar Ali, popularly known as Titu Mir, inspired Muslim tenants in West Bengal to rise against landlords who had imposed which tax?
57. The Narkelberia Uprising, led by Titu Mir, is often considered what in the context of anti-British resistance?
58. The Pagal Panthi movement mainly consisted of which two tribes of the Mymensingh district?
59. The Pagal Panthis, from 1825 to 1835, refused to pay rent above a certain limit under the leadership of Karam Shah's son, who was known as whom?
60. The Faraizi sect was founded by Haji Shariat-Allah of which town in Eastern Bengal?
61. The Faraizi disturbances, led at one point by Dadu Mian, continued from 1838 until which year?
62. Twenty-two Moplah rebellions took place in Malabar between which years?
63. After the 1857 revolt, in Avadh, land was restored to which class, who were also given revenue and other powers?
64. Consider the following statements regarding the causative factors of tribal revolts:
(I) Land settlements by the British disrupted the joint ownership tradition among tribals.
(II) The government curbed shifting cultivation and restricted timber use and grazing in reserved forests.
(III) Christian missionary activity in tribal regions was generally welcomed by the tribals as a positive influence.
Which of the above is/are correct?
65. Which characteristic distinguished the frontier tribal revolts of the north-east from the mainland tribal revolts?
66. The Pahariyas' Rebellion of 1778 forced the British to declare the Raj Mahal Hills area as what kind of territory?
67. The Chuar Uprising was concentrated among tribesmen of the Jungle Mahal of Midnapore and which other district?
68. The most significant Chuar uprising, in 1798, was led by Durjan Singh, the dispossessed zamindar of which place?
69. The Kol Mutiny of 1831 was triggered by large-scale transfers of Kol land to outsiders, and was led by whom?
**Batch 8: Ho/Munda, Santhal, Khond, Koya, Bhil, Koli, Ramosi Revolts**
70. The Ho tribals revolted against the occupation of which region, organised by the Raja of Parahat?
71. In 1831, the Ho tribals were joined by the Mundas to protest against the newly introduced revenue policy and the entry of which outsiders into their region?
72. The Ulgulan uprising of 1899-1900, one of the most significant tribal uprisings of its period, was led by whom?
73. The Santhal Rebellion (1855-56) was led by two brothers who proclaimed an end to Company rule and declared the area between Bhagalpur and Rajmahal autonomous. Who were they?
74. The Khond Uprisings (1837-1856) were led by a young raja opposing the suppression of human sacrifice and new taxes. Who was he?
75. The Koya Revolts of the eastern Godavari tract, which recurred through the nineteenth century, saw a rebellion in 1879-80 led by whom?
76. The Bhils, who controlled mountain passes in the Western Ghats, first revolted against Company rule during which years?
77. Which reformer helped the Bhils of south Rajasthan organise themselves to fight for a Bhil Raj by 1913?
78. The Ramosis rose in rebellion under Chittur Singh in 1822 after losing their means of livelihood following the annexation of which territories?
79. The Ramosi disturbances of 1839 erupted specifically over the deposition and banishment of which raja?
80. The East India Company's plan to build a road linking the Brahmaputra Valley with Sylhet triggered the Khasi Uprising, organised under which leader?
81. The Singphos Rebellion of 1839 in Assam resulted in the death of what?
82. Consider the following pairs of pre-1857 north-east frontier tribal movements and their regions:
(I) Ahoms' Revolt (1828-33) – Assam
(II) Khasis' Revolt (1830s) – hilly region between Jaintia and Garo Hills
(III) Singphos' Rebellion (1830s) – Assam
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
83. The Vellore Mutiny of 1806, one of the earliest sepoy mutinies, arose from British interference in the sepoys' social and religious practices, most immediately over the replacement of the turban with what?
84. In 1824, sepoys at Barrackpore rose in revolt when ordered to cross the sea to fight in which war, since crossing the sea meant loss of caste?
85. Consider the following statements regarding causes of pre-1857 sepoy discontent:
(I) Sepoys faced discrimination in payment and promotions.
(II) The government refused to pay foreign service allowance while sepoys fought in remote regions.
(III) High-caste Hindu sepoys had religious objections to Lord Canning's General Service Enlistment Act (1856).
Which of the above is/are correct?
86. The semi-feudal leadership of civil uprisings was generally characterised as what in outlook?
87. What is identified as a key weakness common to the pre-1857 people's uprisings, distinguishing them from a unified national movement?
