Differing Strands within the Movement

Correct answer: A. Making people work without wages

Step 1: Forced labour means making someone work without wages. Step 2: Peasants in Awadh were troubled by this unfair practice. Step 3: Learning key terms makes history questions easier.

Correct answer: A. Social boycott

Step 1: In the Nai-Dhobi bandh service groups were asked to stop serving oppressive landlords. Step 2: This was an action of social boycott. Step 3: Remember it as a collective pressure method of peasants.

Correct answer: A. To organise peasants

Step 1: The Oudh Kisan Sabha was formed to raise peasant issues collectively. Step 2: Its aim was to organise peasants and strengthen their voice. Step 3: Identify an organisation’s aim from the group it represents.

Correct answer: A. Hill region of Andhra Pradesh

Step 1: The Gudem Hills were linked with the Andhra region of South India. Step 2: Tribal people there protested against forest laws. Step 3: Remember place and community together to avoid confusion.

Correct answer: A. They disturbed traditional life

Step 1: Tribal life depended on traditional use of forests. Step 2: Colonial forest laws restricted this system and made life difficult. Step 3: Remember forest laws as control and restriction.

Correct answer: A. Tribals of the Gudem Hills

Step 1: Alluri Sitarama Raju was linked with the Gudem Hills. Step 2: He led the tribal movement there. Step 3: Study leaders with their regions as pairs.

Correct answer: A. Assam

Step 1: The plantation worker context is linked with tea plantations in Assam. Step 2: They joined the movement because of strict rules and the desire to return home. Step 3: Remember Assam with plantation workers.

Correct answer: A. Both wanted relief from injustices affecting their lives

Step 1: Peasant problems were linked with rent and forced labour. Step 2: Tribal problems were linked with forest rights but both wanted relief from injustice. Step 3: While finding similarities focus on the basic cause.

Correct answer: A. It created collective pressure

Step 1: A single peasant could be weak. Step 2: Collective boycott created social pressure on landlords. Step 3: Understand the power of unity in movements.

Correct answer: A. It brought more people into the movement

Step 1: Common people join movements through problems they face in daily life. Step 2: Local issues helped the movement spread to villages and labour areas. Step 3: Write local participation as important for the success of the national movement.

Correct answer: A. Struggle against their economic and social suffering

Step 1: Peasants were troubled by hardships in daily life. Step 2: They saw the movement as a voice against rent forced labour and oppression. Step 3: Link peasant participation with economic and social suffering.

Correct answer: A. Because their life was deeply connected with forests

Step 1: Tribals depended on forests for food fuel grazing and forest produce. Step 2: More control over forests affected their daily life. Step 3: Always remember the link between forests and tribal livelihood.

Correct answer: A. Freedom of movement and return home

Step 1: Plantation workers were restricted from leaving plantations. Step 2: Their idea of swaraj was linked with going home and moving freely. Step 3: Connect their demand with personal freedom.

Correct answer: A. Their problems and life conditions were different

Step 1: Peasants tribals and workers had different social conditions. Step 2: So they understood swaraj according to their own needs. Step 3: Always link the meaning of swaraj with the group’s problem.

Correct answer: A. It helped the message reach ordinary peasants easily

Step 1: In rural society folk language and religious references were easily understood. Step 2: This made it easier to organise peasants. Step 3: Connect the language of communication with the success of a movement.

Correct answer: A. They organised peasants and raised local issues

Step 1: Peasant sabhas gave villagers a common platform. Step 2: Raising local issues helped the national movement spread in rural society. Step 3: Remember organisations as tools for spreading movements.

Correct answer: A. Forests were the main basis of the struggle

Step 1: Tribal life and culture were connected with forests. Step 2: When restrictions were imposed on forests forest rights became the basis of struggle. Step 3: Keep forests at the centre while studying tribal movements.

Correct answer: A. Participation was driven by the needs of different groups

Step 1: Popular participation was not uniform. Step 2: Different groups joined the movement based on their own needs and hopes. Step 3: In such questions focus on diversity and local context.

Correct answer: A. Because it was linked to their livelihood and dignity

Step 1: Landlord pressure affected the daily life of peasants. Step 2: Rent forced labour and humiliation were linked to their economic and social life. Step 3: Connect peasant opposition with real life problems.

Correct answer: A. People linked opposition to colonial rule with their local demands

Step 1: The message of non-cooperation reached different areas in different forms. Step 2: In Gudem tribals connected it with forest rights and local demands. Step 3: It is important to understand the local form of national ideas.

Correct answer: A. Because they wanted freedom from controlled life

Step 1: Plantation workers often lived far away in difficult conditions. Step 2: Returning home meant hope of freedom and connection with family. Step 3: Understand their demand from a human point of view.

Correct answer: A. Landlords and talukdars

Step 1: Peasant demands in Awadh were linked with rent and forced labour. Step 2: These demands clashed with the interests of landlords and talukdars. Step 3: In any conflict identify both sides clearly.

Correct answer: A. Nationalism is shaped by many social experiences

Step 1: Nationalism is not formed only by leaders’ speeches. Step 2: Groups like peasants tribals and workers add their experiences. Step 3: See nationalism as a process shaped by many levels of society.

Correct answer: A. Common people feel the movement belongs to them

Step 1: When a movement raises real problems people connect with it. Step 2: Local demands bring the movement closer to common people. Step 3: Always value local connection in mass movements.

Correct answer: A. Forest rights and livelihood

Step 1: Tribal life depended on forests. Step 2: Restrictions on forest rights directly attacked their livelihood. Step 3: In answers on tribal movements always mention forest rights.