Differing Strands within the Movement

Correct answer: A. Their freedom to move and leave work was restricted

Step 1: This law controlled the movement of plantation workers. Step 2: Workers could not easily leave plantations and return home. Step 3: Connect this law with the lack of labour freedom.

Correct answer: A. The meaning of swaraj could change according to the condition of each group

Step 1: Plantation workers connected swaraj with their freedom and return home. Step 2: This shows that swaraj did not mean the same thing to everyone. Step 3: Write the diverse meanings of swaraj with examples.

Correct answer: A. To see them in the context of their local problems and hopes

Step 1: Different groups had different problems. Step 2: To understand their participation we must look at their life conditions. Step 3: Include local context in your answer.

Correct answer: A. It became a wider mass movement

Step 1: These groups represented a large part of society. Step 2: Their participation spread the movement to villages forests and labour areas. Step 3: Understand the reach of the national movement through mass participation.

Correct answer: A. Peasants saw swaraj as hope of freedom from local exploitation

Step 1: In Awadh exploitation was experienced locally. Step 2: Peasants saw national swaraj as hope of relief from local suffering. Step 3: Clearly write the link between local and national levels.

Correct answer: A. Local leadership connects people’s language and suffering with the movement

Step 1: Baba Ramchandra was linked with peasant problems. Step 2: He connected peasant suffering with organised movement. Step 3: Treat local leadership as a bridge between people’s issues and organisation.

Correct answer: A. Because the leadership wanted to keep the movement non-violent and disciplined

Step 1: National leadership wanted to keep the wider movement under control. Step 2: Violent or militant incidents could affect the direction of the movement. Step 3: Link leadership concern with non-violence and discipline.

Correct answer: A. Forest control forced labour and threat to livelihood

Step 1: Tribals of Gudem depended on forests. Step 2: Forest restrictions and forced labour made their life difficult. Step 3: Remember the causes of the Gudem movement as multi-causal.

Correct answer: A. Both connected their local sufferings with the larger national struggle

Step 1: Awadh issues were linked with rent and forced labour. Step 2: Gudem issues were linked with forest rights and control. Step 3: The similarity was that both local struggles joined the national movement.

Correct answer: A. The understanding of swaraj was linked with the needs of social groups

Step 1: Rent was a major daily problem for peasants. Step 2: Therefore they understood swaraj as relief from their suffering. Step 3: Link the meaning of swaraj with the needs of the group.

Correct answer: A. The national movement was connecting with personal and collective suffering

Step 1: Plantation workers’ problem was linked with personal life. Step 2: The hope of swaraj connected their suffering with the national movement. Step 3: Understand the movement’s reach through human experiences.

Correct answer: A. It was a broad movement formed by many social experiences

Step 1: This subtopic includes peasants tribals and workers. Step 2: Their experiences were different but they joined the national movement. Step 3: In conclusion write both diversity and wider reach.

Correct answer: A. Because forced labour took away wages and hurt dignity

Step 1: Forced labour meant working without wages. Step 2: It affected both the income and dignity of peasants. Step 3: Understand forced labour as both economic loss and social humiliation.

Correct answer: A. Nai-Dhobi bandh

Step 1: Nai-Dhobi bandh involved village service communities. Step 2: It shows that the movement used local social relations. Step 3: Study the social structure carefully in rural movements.

Correct answer: A. Government control increased and traditional rights weakened

Step 1: Forest laws strengthened government control over forests. Step 2: This reduced the old use rights of tribals. Step 3: Connect forest laws with the relation between state and rights.

Correct answer: A. As hope of freedom from control and return home

Step 1: When a national message reaches people it can take a local meaning. Step 2: Workers saw it as hope of freedom from restrictions. Step 3: Remember local meanings of national messages through examples.

Correct answer: A. They were also linked with dignity security and social justice

Step 1: Rent was an economic burden but forced labour and eviction also brought social humiliation. Step 2: So peasant demands were linked with security and dignity. Step 3: Write both economic and social aspects in answers.

Correct answer: A. Peasant demands expanded the movement but leadership also wanted discipline

Step 1: Peasant participation spread the movement in rural areas. Step 2: At the same time leadership wanted to keep it controlled and non-violent. Step 3: A balanced answer mentions both expansion and discipline.

Correct answer: A. He gave both symbol and direction to tribal discontent

Step 1: Discontent already existed in tribal society. Step 2: Raju gave it an organised and inspiring form. Step 3: Understand a leader’s importance as giving direction not just as a name.

Correct answer: A. Because peasants tribals and workers had different needs

Step 1: Peasants wanted relief from rent and forced labour. Step 2: Tribals linked swaraj with forest rights and workers with returning home. Step 3: Remember different meanings of swaraj through examples.

Correct answer: A. They carried local demands to national politics in an organised way

Step 1: Organisations give people a common platform. Step 2: Kisan Sabha gave organised voice to peasant problems. Step 3: Understand organisations as a bridge between people and politics.

Correct answer: A. Because they were linked with rights to life and resistance to colonial control

Step 1: Tribal movements were linked with deep problems of life. Step 2: Forest laws and control affected their traditional rights. Step 3: Understand a movement through causes not just incidents.

Correct answer: A. Peasants saw hope of land security in political change

Step 1: Eviction could separate peasants from land. Step 2: By joining the national movement peasants began to hope for security. Step 3: Understand the relation between land and politics from the peasant view.

Correct answer: A. Both affected tribal livelihood and freedom

Step 1: Forest rights were the base of tribal life. Step 2: Forced labour hurt their freedom and dignity of labour. Step 3: See the causes of Gudem not separately but as connected issues.

Correct answer: A. Workers’ freedom of movement and choice was limited

Step 1: Plantation workers were bound by strict rules. Step 2: It was difficult for them to leave plantations without permission. Step 3: Connect the labour system with control and lack of freedom.