Differing Strands within the Movement

Correct answer: A. Experience of strict control and distance from home

Step 1: Plantation workers lived far away under difficult rules. Step 2: So they saw swaraj as hope of returning home and becoming free. Step 3: Connect workers’ idea of swaraj with their life condition.

Correct answer: B. Freedom to move and leave plantations

Step 1: This law controlled the movement of workers. Step 2: Workers could not leave plantations and go home without permission. Step 3: Remember it through the lack of labour freedom.

Correct answer: B. The national message reached different groups with different meanings

Step 1: Plantation workers understood swaraj as freedom from restrictions. Step 2: This shows national ideas changed according to local experiences. Step 3: Understand diversity in the movement through examples.

Correct answer: B. Because they saw solutions to their local problems in the movement

Step 1: Peasants tribals and workers lived in different conditions. Step 2: They saw their own hopes in the national movement. Step 3: Link participation with local problems and national hope.

Correct answer: A. Because it clarifies the social diversity of the movement

Step 1: Swaraj was not only a political word. Step 2: Different groups linked it with their suffering and hopes. Step 3: While explaining swaraj give examples of peasants tribals and workers.

Correct answer: A. They connected peasants to the movement through local issues

Step 1: A large part of India lived in villages. Step 2: With peasant issues joining in the national movement reached villages. Step 3: Write the rural base as the strength of a mass movement.

Correct answer: A. Labour exploitation of peasants

Step 1: Forced labour meant work without wages. Step 2: Peasants saw it as exploitation of their labour. Step 3: Understand forced labour as both economic and social injustice.

Correct answer: A. As a conflict over rural power and exploitation

Step 1: Talukdars were powerful groups in villages. Step 2: Peasants opposed their economic and social pressure. Step 3: Understand it through power relations in rural society.

Correct answer: A. Both linked local injustice with the wider national struggle

Step 1: In Awadh the issues were rent forced labour and eviction. Step 2: In Gudem the issues were forest rights and forced labour. Step 3: In both local suffering connected with the national movement.

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

Step 1: Peasants were troubled by land and rent issues. Step 2: Plantation workers were troubled by strict control and distance from home. Step 3: In comparison mention the different situations of groups.

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

Step 1: National leadership cared about the direction of the wider movement. Step 2: Militant incidents could increase repression and affect the movement’s image. Step 3: Link leadership concern with discipline and non-violence.

Correct answer: A. Because it connected people by understanding their language and problems

Step 1: Local leaders knew people’s lives closely. Step 2: They could connect the movement’s message with local language and issues. Step 3: Remember examples like Baba Ramchandra and Raju.

Correct answer: A. Because it included forest rights labour exploitation and resistance to colonial control

Step 1: Forests were the base of tribal livelihood. Step 2: Forced labour and government control made the movement deeper. Step 3: Write the Gudem movement with wider causes.

Correct answer: A. Freedom of movement and control over one’s life

Step 1: The movement of plantation workers was controlled. Step 2: Returning home became a symbol of freedom from restrictions. Step 3: Link workers’ demand with human freedom.

Correct answer: A. Because it affected daily needs and traditional rights

Step 1: Tribals obtained many essential things from forests. Step 2: Government control weakened their old rights. Step 3: Remember forest laws by connecting them with daily life.

Correct answer: A. Because rent forced labour and eviction affected dignity along with income

Step 1: Rent was a burden on peasant income. Step 2: Forced labour and eviction also affected dignity and security. Step 3: Write economic and social aspects together in peasant demands.

Correct answer: A. Because peasants tribals and plantation workers also joined with their problems

Step 1: The national movement gradually became a mass movement. Step 2: Groups linked with villages forests and plantations also joined. Step 3: Understand the movement’s reach through diverse participation.

Correct answer: A. Peasants used rural social relations as a tool of struggle

Step 1: In villages peasants and service communities were connected. Step 2: Actions like Nai-Dhobi bandh made these relations a strength of protest. Step 3: Understand social boycott through rural politics.

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

Step 1: Nationalism is not formed only by speeches. Step 2: Peasants tribals and workers add their experiences. Step 3: In answers present nationalism as a multi-layered public experience.

Correct answer: A. Forests were the base of tribal life culture and livelihood

Step 1: Tribal society was connected with forests in many ways. Step 2: Restrictions on forests affected their whole life. Step 3: Treat forests not just as economic resources but as a base of life.

Correct answer: A. Workers’ free movement was controlled

Step 1: Plantation workers were bound by strict rules. Step 2: Their freedom to move and return home was limited. Step 3: Connect the labour system with control and inequality.

Correct answer: A. They turned it into collective and organised demands

Step 1: A single peasant’s complaint could remain limited. Step 2: Organisation gave such complaints collective strength. Step 3: Link the role of organisations with people’s voice.

Correct answer: A. Combining different demands into a wider disciplined movement

Step 1: Different groups had different expectations. Step 2: Leadership had to connect these demands with the national goal. Step 3: Understand the challenge of discipline along with diversity.

Correct answer: A. Swaraj had become linked with everyday suffering of common people

Step 1: Awadh peasants wanted relief from rent and forced labour. Step 2: Assam workers wanted freedom to return home. Step 3: Understand swaraj as a hope in common people’s lives.

Correct answer: A. It showed that anti-colonial resistance existed even in distant tribal regions

Step 1: Gudem is an example of a tribal region. Step 2: Its struggle shows the wider reach of the national movement. Step 3: While writing national importance mention both region and issue.