Social Science
Differing Strands within the Movement
Practice questions
If an answer describes only Gandhi and Congress while leaving out peasants, tribals, and workers, why would it be incomplete?What does the process of linking local injustice with national swaraj in the Awadh peasant movement show most clearly?What deeper understanding comes from placing rent forced labour and eviction together in Awadh peasants’ demands?Which is the most analytical description of Baba Ramchandra’s role?Why can the Oudh Kisan Sabha be considered a bridge between local and national politics?Which political capacity of rural society is shown by the example of Nai-Dhobi bandh?How can the relation between the peasant movement and national leadership in Awadh be understood in the most balanced way?How does the fear of eviction in the Awadh peasant movement become a question of social justice?Which need of the movement was fulfilled by using religious symbols and folk language in Awadh?Why is it not enough to call the Gudem Hills movement only a reaction to forest laws?Why can forest laws be called a question of power relations in tribal society?Why did the importance of forests for tribals go beyond the economic level?How should Alluri Sitarama Raju’s leadership be understood in relation to national inspiration and local method?Which approach is most mature for understanding the armed tendency in the Gudem movement?Why was forced labour as important as forest rights in the Gudem movement?What was the most concrete meaning of swaraj for tribals?Plantation workers’ understanding of swaraj in Assam clashed with which colonial control?Why is the Inland Emigration Act called an example of labour unfreedom?How does the plantation workers’ attempt to return home reveal the local meaning of the national movement?What deeper indication is given by the incident of Assam plantation workers being stranded?