How did rural peasants' demands differ from the demands of national leaders in the Non-Cooperation Movement?

Correct answer: Peasants wanted relief from local exploitation and revenue burdens

The governing concept is the differing strands within a mass national movement. National leaders mainly demanded an end to colonial rule through non-cooperation, while rural peasants connected the movement with immediate local problems such as high revenue, rent, landlord oppression, and forced labour. Thus option A is correct. The other choices either reverse the peasants’ position or describe aims unrelated to their rural grievances.