Differing Strands within the Movement

Correct answer: A. It widened the mass base but made it difficult to manage different demands

Step 1: Local issues brought more people into the movement. Step 2: But keeping different demands in one direction was difficult for leadership. Step 3: Write both opportunity and challenge in a balanced way.

Correct answer: A. It connected nationalism with villages and the lives of common people

Step 1: Peasants were part of India’s large rural population. Step 2: Their participation took the movement to common people. Step 3: Give special importance to the role of peasants in mass politics.

Correct answer: A. Forest rights forced labour and tribal resistance

Step 1: The Gudem movement had several connected causes. Step 2: Forest rights forced labour and tribal resistance together formed its base. Step 3: Include more than one cause in a complete answer.

Correct answer: A. Peasants wanted relief from rent while workers wanted freedom to return home

Step 1: Awadh peasants faced rent forced labour and eviction. Step 2: Plantation workers faced movement restrictions and distance from home. Step 3: In comparison write the different needs of groups.

Correct answer: A. Swaraj became a hope for local justice along with political freedom

Step 1: Different groups linked their problems with swaraj. Step 2: Thus swaraj meant not only change of rule but also justice in life. Step 3: Write swaraj as a wider social hope.

Correct answer: A. They made the message simple and effective for rural peasants

Step 1: Folk language was easily understood in rural society. Step 2: Religious symbols and familiar language took the message to more people. Step 3: Remember the style of communication in a movement.

Correct answer: A. Increasing control over daily needs

Step 1: Tribals used forests for fuel fruits grazing and other needs. Step 2: Forest laws restricted these needs. Step 3: Understand tribal discontent through daily life.

Correct answer: A. Because their participation shows the social reach of the movement

Step 1: Plantation workers represent a suffering labour group. Step 2: Their participation shows that the movement reached different social groups. Step 3: Write social reach with examples.

Correct answer: A. Together they show the full picture of peasant exploitation

Step 1: Rent was an economic burden. Step 2: Forced labour and eviction increased insecurity of labour and land. Step 3: Understand exploitation in the Awadh peasant movement in many forms.

Correct answer: A. Its message reached distant and different social areas

Step 1: Gudem is an example of a tribal area. Step 2: Assam plantation workers are an example of a labour area. Step 3: Use both to understand the wider spread of the movement.

Correct answer: A. Because peasants hoped swaraj would bring relief from that pressure

Step 1: Landlord pressure was a major problem in peasant life. Step 2: In the hope of swaraj peasants saw relief from local exploitation. Step 3: Connect peasants’ swaraj with daily suffering.

Correct answer: A. Understanding a large movement from many viewpoints

Step 1: Large movements are made by many people and causes. Step 2: Studying different strands helps us understand peasant tribal and worker viewpoints. Step 3: Multiple viewpoints help in history exams.

Correct answer: A. Different groups joined the national movement with their own experiences and demands

Step 1: This part shows participation of many social groups. Step 2: Each group connected swaraj with its own need. Step 3: In conclusion write diversity participation and local demands together.

Correct answer: A. Awadh peasants Gudem tribals and Assam plantation workers

Step 1: To show diversity we need examples from different social groups. Step 2: Peasants tribals and plantation workers show three different experiences. Step 3: In answers write each example with its group and issue.

Correct answer: B. High rent forced labour and fear of eviction

Step 1: Peasants in Awadh were under pressure from landlords and talukdars. Step 2: High rent forced labour and eviction made their life insecure. Step 3: In exams connect peasant movements with land and livelihood.

Correct answer: A. He gave an organised voice to local peasant suffering

Step 1: Peasants in different villages were troubled by their problems. Step 2: Baba Ramchandra connected these problems with collective action. Step 3: Understand leadership through people’s real needs.

Correct answer: B. It created social pressure on landlords

Step 1: Nai-Dhobi bandh involved service communities. Step 2: Stopping their services created pressure on oppressive landlords. Step 3: Remember it as collective action in rural society.

Correct answer: A. It connected rural peasants in an organised way

Step 1: The Kisan Sabha gave peasants a common platform. Step 2: It helped village issues connect with the national movement. Step 3: Remember organisations as tools for spreading mass movements.

Correct answer: A. Because it threatened their food income and dignity too

Step 1: A peasant’s life depended on land. Step 2: Losing land also meant losing livelihood and dignity. Step 3: Write eviction as a major insecurity in peasant life.

Correct answer: A. Relief from landlord exploitation

Step 1: Peasants in Awadh suffered from rent forced labour and eviction. Step 2: For them swaraj meant hope of relief from these injustices. Step 3: Understand swaraj according to the needs of each group.

Correct answer: B. Forest rights livelihood and opposition to forced labour

Step 1: Tribals in Gudem depended on forests. Step 2: Forest laws and forced labour affected their livelihood and freedom. Step 3: Understand the Gudem movement through connected causes.

Correct answer: A. They limited traditional tribal use of forests

Step 1: Tribals used forests for fuel grazing and forest produce. Step 2: Forest laws restricted these traditional uses. Step 3: Treat forest laws as a direct cause affecting tribal life.

Correct answer: A. Raju took inspiration from swaraj but the struggle became more militant

Step 1: Raju was influenced by Gandhi’s ideas. Step 2: Yet in Gudem the method was more militant and different from Gandhi’s non-violence. Step 3: Clearly separate inspiration from method.

Correct answer: B. Regaining their old rights over forests

Step 1: Tribal life was deeply connected with forests. Step 2: For them swaraj became linked with forest rights and freedom of use. Step 3: Link swaraj with each group’s own situation.

Correct answer: A. It was linked with tribal labour freedom and dignity

Step 1: Forced labour means making people work against their will. Step 2: Tribals saw it as pressure on dignity and freedom. Step 3: In the Gudem movement remember labour exploitation along with forest rights.