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Resistance and Rebellion Class 10 WBBSE MCQ Questions
Multiple Choice Questions (Tick off the correct ones)
Question 1.
The first attempt of the British colonists to establish control over forests was made by :
a. Forest Act of 1864
b. First Charter Act of 1855
c. Forest Act of 1865
d. Forest Act of 1878
Answer:
b First Charter Act of 1855
Question 2.
The Forest Act of 1878 divided Indian forests into which of the following categories?
a. Two categories
b. Three categories
c. Four categories
d Five categories
Answer:
b. Three categories
Question 3.
Which of the following suffered most as a consequence of the Forest Act?
a. Villagers
b. Agriculturists
c. Jhum cultivators
d. Wood-cutters
Answer:
c. Jhum cultivators
Question 4.
Which of the following is not applicable to the protests of the tribals against the forest laws?
a. Uprising
b. Insurgence
c. Mutiny
d. Rebellion
Answer:
d. Rebellion
Question 5.
Of the following which paved the way for settlement of land revenue on a permanent basis?
a. Gudem revolt
b. Chuar rebellion
C. Rangpur rebellion
d. Santhal rebellion
Answer:
c. Rangpur rebellion
Question 6.
Which of the following ultimately led the Chuars to burst out in rebellion?
a. Oppressions of the British rulers
b. Provision of the sun-set laws
c. Conversion of paikan into rent paying land
d. Levy of high land-revenue
Answer:
c. Conversion of paikan into rent paying land
Question 7.
Bheels of which of the following areas burst out in rebellion ?
a. Maharashtra
b. State of Dhar
c. Khandesh
d. Gujarat
Answer:
b State of Dhar
Question 8.
Under which of the following leader did the Santhals raise the banner of rebellion?
a. Dursut
b. Chil Naik
c. Hiria
d. Kanu
Answer:
d. Kanu
Question 9.
Of the following those who lent support to the rebel Santhals were :
a. Adivasis
b Local people
C. Chamars
d Carpenters
Answer:
c. Chamars
Question 10.
Of the following who was the leader of the rebel ryots of Rangpur?
a. Debi Singh
b. Dirjinarain
c Kanu
d. Sidhu
Answer:
b Dirjinarain
Question 11.
Of the following who was the Ijaradar against whom the ryots of Rangpur had a number of grievances?
a. Debi Singh
b. Durjan Singh
c. Dirjinarain
d. Madara Mahato
Answer:
a. Debi Singh
Question 12.
Of the following which section of people burst out in rebellion after the British occupied Khandesh ?
a. Chuar
b. Santhal
c. Kol
d. Bheel
Answer:
d Bheel
Question 13.
Of the following which was the area where the Kol tribals settled?
a. Khandesh
b. Chotonagpur
c. Santhal Parganas
d. Bankura
Answer:
b. Chotonagpur
Question 14.
The Bheel leader who was apprehended by the British was :
a. Durjan Singh
b. Bhalla Singh
c. Nadir Singh
d None of the above
Answer:
c. Nadir Singh
Question 15.
The Kol rebellion was occasioned by which of the following ?
a. Oppression of the British
b. Oppression of the local zamindars
c. Oppression of the money-lenders
d. Agrarian discontent
Answer:
d. Agrarian discontent
Question 16.
One of the leaders of the Kol rebels was :
a. Kanu
b. Bhundu Bhakat
c. Majnu Shah
d. Birsa Munda
Answer:
b. Bhundu Bhakat
Question 17.
The ultimate goal or objective of the rebel Santhals was :
a. To get rid of the moneylenders
b. To take possession of their habitat
c. To drive out the British officials
d. To bring an end to the British rule
Answer:
d. To bring an end to the British rule
Question 18.
In his youth Birsa Munda earned reputation first as a :
a. Preacher
b. Prophet
c. ‘Healer’
d. Leader
Answer:
c. ‘Healer’
Question 19.
Of the following what was stated to be the goal of the Mundari movement?
a. Uprooting of the Police stations
b. Independent mundaraj
c. To drive out the British from the area
d. To bring back golden age
Answer:
b. Independent mundaraj
Question 20.
The leader of the Sannyasi rebel was :
a. Bhawani Pathak
b. Majnu Shah
c. Dirjinarain
d. Debi Singh
Answer:
a. Bhawani Pathak
Question 21.
Of the following the rebellion that broke out prior to the Revolt of 1857 was :
a. Kol Rebellion
b. Santhal Rebellion
c. Munda Rebellion
d. Pabna Revolt
Answer:
b. Santhal Rebellion
Question 22.
Of the following rebels who made an attack upon the English officers?
a. The Fakirs of Barisal
b. The Garos of Pagal-Panthi sect
c. The Sannyasis of Burdwan
d. The Santals of Chotonagpur
Answer:
c. The Sannyasis of Burdwan
Question 23.
Of the following who founded the Pagal-Panthi sect ?
a. Majnu Shah
b. Karam Shah
C. Dirjinarain
d. Debi Singh
Answer:
b. Karam Shah
Question 24.
After the death of Karam Shah the leadership of the Garos of the Pagal-Panthi sect was taken over by :
a. Tipu
b. Majnu Shah
c. Dirjinarain
d. Debi Singh
Answer:
a. Tipu
Question 25.
The real cause of discontent of the Garos of the Pagal-Panthi sect was :
a. Oppressions of the British soldiers
b. Oppressions of the local zamindar
c. Oppressions of the thikadars
d. Tax levied became unbearable
Answer:
d. Tax levied became unbearable
Question 26.
Of the following who was the founder of the Wahabi Movement?
a. Haji Shariatullah
b. Syed Ahmed Barelvi
c. Abdul Wahab of Najd
d. Mir Nisar Ali
Answer:
c. Abdul Wahab of Najd
Question 27.
Of the following who carried the Wahabi Movement to Bengal ?
a. Haji Shariatullah
b. Syed Ahmed Barelvi
c. Abdul Wahab of Najd
d. Mir Nisar Ali
Answer:
d. Mir Nisar Ali
Question 28.
Of the following who built the fortress with bamboo and mud?
a. Haji Shariatullah
b. Syed Ahmed Barelvi
c. Abdul Wahab of Najd
d. Titumir
Answer:
d. Titumir
Question 29.
The real founder the the Wahabi Movement in India was :
a. Haji Shariatullah
b. Syed Ahmed Barelvi
c. Abdul Wahab of Najd
d. Mir Nisar Ali
Answer:
b. Syed Ahmed Barelvi
Question 30.
In which of the following years did the Barasat Rebellion break out ?
a. 1827
b. 1830
c. 1831
d. 1835
Answer:
c. 1831
Question 31.
In which of the following places did the Indigo Rebellion break out first?
a. Pura
b. Nadia
c. Barasat
d. Chaugacha
Answer:
d. Chaugacha
Question 32.
The foremost of the leaders of the Indigo Rebellion of Bengal was :
a. Ramratan Mallick
b. Mahesh Chandra Chattopadhyay
c. Digambar Biswas
d. Harish Chandra Mukhopadhyay
Answer:
c. Digambar Biswas
Question 33.
Outside Bengal the centre of the Indigo Rebellion was :
a. Rajgir
b. Champaran
c. Nadia
d. Darbhanga
Answer:
b. Champaran
Question 34.
Of the following peasants’ revolt the one that broke out due to enhancement of rent by the zamindars was :
a. Santhal Rebellion
b. Indigo Rebellion
c. Wahabi Movement
d. Pabna Revolt
Answer:
d. Pabna Revolt
Tick off True or False
1. The Forest Charter of 1855 made the teak wood government property.
Answer: True
2. The Forest Acts meant immense hardship to the urban people.
Answer: False
3. The Forest laws adversely affected the jhum cultivators.
Answer: True
4. The tribals protested against the Forest Acts by taking by illegally violating the provisions of the law.
Answer: True
5. An ‘uprising’ may be described as a protest against authority in a non-violent manner.
Answer: False
6. Revolution brings about fundamental changes.
Answer: True
7. Rangpur Revolt was basically a protest of the zamindars against the imposition of high rate of revenue by the colonial government.
Answer: False
8. Debi Singh, the revenue-collector of Rangpur, forced the ryots to pay land-revenue at an increased rate.
Answer: True
9. The protest of the tribals against the Forest Acts may be termed as ‘revolution’.
Answer: False
10. Rangpur Revolt basically was a protest of the peasants of Rangpur against the oppressions of the zamindar.
Answer: False
11. The ryots of Rangpur were forced to raise the banner of rebellion as the petitions sent to the district authorities for redressal of their grievances received no attention.
Answer: True
12. The tribal community of India as distinguished from the peasantry were not really peasants.
Answer: False
13. The Chuars were the tribals living in the territorial limits of south-west Bankura, north-west Medinipur.
Answer: True
14. As the Chuars were basically peasants they did not align themselves with Durjan Singh who was a zamindar.
Answer: False
15. The Chuars acted as the private army or paik of the zamindars and as such enjoyed rent-free land, i.e. paikan.
Answer: True
16. The Bheels of Khandesh resorted to plunder and loot of rich landholders in their vicinity.
Answer: True
17. Of the insurgent Bheel leaders mention may be made of Durjan Singh.
Answer: False
18. The Kol tribesmen grew restive over the increasing encroachment on tribal territories by the non-tribals like Jats and moneylenders.
Answer: False
19. In 1832 there were clashes between the British armed forces and the Kol rebels.
Answer: True
20. In their fight against the British soldiers the Kol tribesmen were joined by other tribesmen like Oraon, Ho and others.
Answer: True
21. Being unable to get justice through the law courts the Santhals took up arms against the British and their agents.
Answer: True
22. In Santali language the term hool means rebellion as such the Santhal rebellion is also known as Santhal Hool.
Answer: True
23. The Santhal Hool spread like wildfire before the British surrendered to the Santhals after a month-long battle.
Answer: False
24. The Santhal rebellion was the first organized resistance of the kind against the feudal oppressors.
Answer: True
25. Birsa the ‘healer’, the miracle-worker and preacher grew into a prophet.
Answer: True
26. The ancient system of forced labour was known as beth-begari among the tribals.
Answer: False
27. In the first stage of his career Birsa, as a preacher, predicted the coming of a golden age.
Answer: True
28. The Ulghulan or great revolt of the Mundas began when Birsa called upon his fellowmen to ‘rise, drive out or slay all the foreignets’.
Answer: True
29. The main centres of the Santhal Hool were Tamar, Tepa gand Khuti of the Ranchi district (in present Jharkhand)
Answer: True
30. Legal rights on land that the Mundas derived through the fool was an important outcome.
Answer: True
31. The characterisíic feature of the Mundari movement lies in the fact that the ideal of an independent Mundaraj set forth by Birsa was basically anti-British.
Answer: True
32. As a consequence of the Mundari movement the colonial British government in India was compelled to intratyce certain economic reforms.
Answer: False
33. The rebel sannyasis were led by Bhawani Pathak.
Answer: True
34. The leader of The rebellious fakirs was Dirji Shah
Answer: False
35. The Sannyasi and Fakir rebellions proceeded along two phases, namely, before and after the Bengal Famine
Answer: True
36. The British rulers imposed ban on the movement of the Sannyasis and Fakirs.
Answer: True
37. Breakdown of the economy of Bengal that led to the economic distress provoked the Sannyasis and Fakirs to burst out in rebellion.
Answer: True
38. The Pagal-Panthi religious sect was founded by a mendicant named Majnu Shah.
Answer: False
39. The Garos of the Pagal-Panthi sect burst out in rebellion against the oppressions of the zamindar of Sherpur.
Answer: True
40. The founder of the Ferazi community in Bengal was Haji Shariatullah.
Answer: True
41. The founder of the Wahabi Movement zas Muhammad Abdul Wahab of Najd (of Arabia).
Answer:
True
42. A believer in the Wahabi ideal Titumir directed his energies in organizing the peasants of Bengal against the oppressions of the zamindars, moneylenders and other agents of the British.
Answer: True
43. The Ferazi movement was unsuccessful 2.5 they had no political training.
Answer: True
44. The real name of the Wahabi Movement was Tariqah-iMuhammad.
Answer: False
45. The Wahabi Movement initiated by Syed Ahmed Barelvi was designed to revive the ways of the Prophet.
Answer: True
46. Syed Ahmed Barelvi, through the Wahabi Movement, wanted to convert the country to an ‘unholy land’
Answer: False
47. The Battle of Balakot was fought between the Wahabis and the Sikhs of Punjab.
Answer: True
48. The Indigo Revolt of Bengal broke out at a time prior to the Revolt of 1857
Answer: False
49. Peasants were evicted from villages with a view to augmenting the indigo plantation area.
Answer: True
50. Foremost among the leaders of the Indigo Revolt were Digambar Biswas and Bishnu Charan Biswas.
Answer: True
51. The Bengali middle class intelligentsia did not support the rebellious Santhals, but lend support to the indigo rebels.
Answer: True
52. Harish Chandra Mukhopadhyay as an editor of the Hindu Patriot had no hesitation in making public the grievances of the indigo cultivators.
Answer: True
53. The Tenancy Act of 1859 did not allow occupancy right to the peasants but allowed zamindars the right to increase rent at their sweet-will.
Answer: True
54. In the Pabna Revolt leadership came from the rich peasants, jotedars, village headmen and others.
Answer: True
Fill in the gaps by choosing the correct words
1. The most concrete outcome of colonialism related to global control of _____
Answer: Resources
2. The Forest Acts meant hardship to the _____
Answer: Villagers
3. A rebellion may be defined as a violent uprising of the _____ for a change even to a system of government.
Answer: Masses
4. The Rangpur Revolt was basically a protest of the peasants of Rangpur against the oppressions of the _____
Answer: Ijaradar
5. The rebel Chuars threw their lot with Durjan Singh who was a dispossessed _____
Answer: Zamindar
6. The British Government with a view to bringing an end to the anarchical condition created by the Bheels _____ Khandesh.
Answer: Occupied
7. In 1831 the _____ tribesmen of Chotonagpur burst out in rebellion.
Answer: Kol
8. The Kol insurrection started in 1831 when the farm of two ________ thikadars was plundered and burnt.
Answer: Sikh
9. The term ________ may be well applied to the Santhal Hool.
Answer: Rebellion
10. An important feature of the Santhal Hool was the support the Santhals received from the ________ and such others.
Answer: Doms
11. The Mundas very much resented the breakdown of their ________ system under the British rule.
Answer: Agrarian
12. Birsa Munda’s reputation in his youth as a ________ earned him popularity.
Answer: Healer
13. Within a short time after the Munda Rebellion the peasants of rulers ________ were successful to wrest similar rights from the foreign
Answer: Bihar
14. The discontent of the _____ against the British rulers remained smouldering in their hearts for many years following the Ulghulan.
Answer: Mundas
15. The Sannyasis and Fakirs were very much a part of the Indian _________
Answer: Society
16. ________ was the leader of the rebellious Fakirs.
Answer: Majnu Shah
17. The ________ of the Sannyasis and Fakirs was due to their economic distress.
Answer: Insurgency
18. It was a mendicant named ________ who founded the religious sect named Pagal-Panthis.
Answer: Karam Shah
19. Wahabi Movement of Bengal began with the rising in ________
Answer: Barasat
20. The Wahabi Movement was founded in ________
Answer: Arabia
21. The oppressive ________ were the targets of the insurgent Wahabis.
Answer: Zamindars
22. According to Syed Ahmed Barelvi, under the British rule India had become a ________
Answer: Unholy land
23. Apart from Bengal the other centre of indigo cultivation was ________
Answer: Bihar
24. The English translation of the drama Neel Darpan was actually done by ________
Answer: Michael Madhusudan Datta
25. It was for the first time that the Bengali ________ came out in the open to support the oppressed indigo cultivators.
Answer: Middle class
26. The Tenancy Act of 1859 did not allow ________ right to the peasants, while the zamindars were allowed to enhance rent freely.
Answer: Occupancy
Statement and Assertion
Question 1.
Statement : The Forest Acts meant hardship for all the classes of people associated with forest.
Assertion :
(a) The tribal women were disturbed as they were unable to cook food using fuel-wod collected from forests.
(b) The tribals petitioned to the government to repeal the Forest Acts.
(c) The villagers continued their activities by breaking the law.
(d) A major revolt was organized by the tribesmen of Gudem and Rampa.
Answer:
(a) The tribal women were disturbed as they were unable to cook food using fuel-wod collected from forests.
Question 2.
Statement : The Rangpur Rebellion was basically a protest of the peasants against the oppressions of the ijaradar.
Assertion :
(a) The petitions sent by the ryots being of no avail they took recourse to agitation:
(b) The Rangpur Rebellion paved the way for the settlement of landrevenue on a permanent basis.
(c) Debi Singh, the ijaradar, forced the ryots to pay land-revenue at an increased rate.
(d) The ryots assembled together and declared Dirjinarain as their leader.
Answer:
(c) Debi Singh, the ijaradar, forced the ryots to pay landrevenue at an increased rate.
Question 3.
Statement : The rebellious Chuars aligned themselves with zamindar in their struggle against the British Government in India.
Assertion :
(a) The Chuars acted as the private army of the local zamindars.
(b) The British Government forcibly converted the paikan into rent paying land.
(c) The paikan was rent-free land.
(d) Durjan Singh, the ijaradar, assembled a body of 2000 Chuars who set fire to the market-place and raided the countryside of Bankura and Medinipur.
Answer:
(d) Durjan Singh, the ijaradar, assembled a body of 2000 Chuars who set fire to the market-place and raided the countryside of Bankura and Medinipur.
Question 4.
Statement : The peaceful life of the Santals was disturbed by the foreign rulers as also their agents.
Assertion :
(a) Redress of their grievances being of no avail the Santals raised the banner of rebellion.
(b) The rebellion of the Santals, in their language was called the ‘Santal Hool’.
(c) The Santal rebels took up arms against the oppressors and set the goal of independence driving out the alien rulers as also their agents from the area.
(d) The Santal Hool had an anti-British character.
Answer:
(c) The Santal rebels took up arms against the oppressors and set the goal of independence driving out the alien rulers as also their agents from the area.
Question 5.
Statement : Revolt of the Pagal-Panthi religious sect is an example how the peasants burst into rebellion against the oppressions of the zamindars.
Assertion :
(a) Pagal-Panthi was a religious sect founded by a mendicant,Karam Shah.
(b) Karam Shah’s doctrine found popularity with the Garo hill tribes.
(c) The tax-hike made by the zamindar of Sherpur caused discontent among the Pagal-Panthi Garos.
(d) Revolt of the Pagal-Panthis yielded result as under instructions from the British Government the zamindar was compelled to withdraw the increased amount of land-revenue.
Answer:
(d) Revolt of the Pagal-Panthis yielded result, for, under instructions from the British Government the zamindar was compelled to withdraw the increased amount of land-revenue.
Question 6.
Statement : In the name of religion Dudumiyan declared that tie Zamindars had no right to levy tax on the cultivators, tenants or pensantis.
Assertion :
(a) The Ferazi Movement remained confined to a mere religious reform movement.
(b) Zamindars increased oppression on the peasants who had Ferazi leanings.
(c) The Ferazi Movement was basically an agrarian movement.
(d) The movement began as a religious one, later on it was strengthened by the participation of the peasant masses.
Answer:
(d) The movement began as a religious one, later on it was strengthened by the participation of the peasant masses.
Question 7.
Statement : The Indigo Revolt may be regarded as an important chapter in the history of organized political movement in India.
Assertion :
(a) The peasants were unwilling to cultivate indigo as they did not get the wage equal to their labour.
(b) The Indigo Revolt is important because for the first time considerable interest and support was shown by the Bengali middle class to the cause of the indigo cultivators.
(c) The powerful European indigo planters forced the peasants to grow indigo.
(d) The indigo planters did not hesitate to convert the best food-growing area into indigo cultivation resulting in decline in food production.
Answer:
(b) The Indigo Revolt is important because for the first time considerable interest and support was shown by the Bengall middle class to the cause of the indigo cultivators.
Match List I with List II
Question 1.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) The Bengali periodical that gave (a) The Forest Acts meant hardship to the villagers across the country. |
(i) Neel Darpan (i) Rangpur Revolt |
| (b) Protest of the tribesmen against the penetration of state in forest. | (ii) Sufferings of the Jhum cultivators |
| (c) Reaction of the adivasi against the Forest laws. | (iii) Gudem and Rampa |
| (d) Revolt against the oppressions of the jjaradar. | (iv) Uprising |
Answer:
(a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
Question 2.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) The Rangpur Revolt of the peasants was against an Ijaradar | (i) Dirjinarain |
| (b) Leadership of the rebel peasants of Rangpur | (ii) Debi Singh |
| (c) Rebelious Chuars aligned them with zamindar | (iii) Chuar Rebellion |
| (d) Take-over of the paikan land by the colonial government | (iv) Duijan Singh |
Answer:
(a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)
Question 3.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) A section of the backward and warlike community of Central India | (i) Chil Naik |
| (b) Leder of the Bheel Revolt | (ii) Bheel |
| (c) In 1832 the Bheels burst out in rebellion | (iii) Colonial rulers and their agents |
| (d) Exploitation of the Kol tribesmen of Chotonagpur | (iv) State of Dhar |
Answer:
(a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)
Question 4.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) Beginning of the Kol insurrection | (i) Rebellion |
| (b) Leadership of the Kol rebels | (ii) Hos, Oraons, etc. |
| (c) Some other tribesmen supported the Kol rebels | (iii) Plunder the farm of two Sikh thikadars |
| (d) The Santa! Hool | (iv) Buddhu Bhagat, Joa Bhagat, etc. |
Answer:
(a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
Question 5.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) The traditional socio-economic foundation of the tribals was shattered | (i) Beth-begari |
| (b) The medieval system prevalent tribals under the British amongst the | (ii) ‘neighbours’ |
| (c) Munda Movement | (iii) Mundaraj |
| (d) Birsa’s objective | (iv) 1858 |
Answer:
(a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)
Question 6.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) Ban on the movement | (i) A religious sect |
| (b) Objectives of the Sannayasis and Fakirs prior to the Bengal Femine | (ii) Sannayasis and Fakirs |
| (c) Pagal-Panthis | (iii) Loot of property |
| (d) Leader of the Pagal-Panthis | (iv) Tipu |
Answer:
(a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
Question 7.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) Wahabi Movement of Bengal | (i) Zamindars |
| (b) Origin of the Wahabi Movement | (ii) Barasat |
| (c) Titumir | (iii) Arabia |
| (d) Target of the Wahabi insurgents | (iv) Banser Kella |
Answer:
(a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
Question 8.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) Ferazi, a kindered brotherhood | (i) Wahabis and the Sikhs |
| (b) Unsuccessful Feraji Movement | (ii) Syed Ahmed Barelvi |
| (c) Wahabi Movement in India | (iii) Lack of political training |
| (d) Battle of Balakot | (iv) Haji Shariatullah |
Answer:
(a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
Question 9.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) The Indigo Rebellion in Bengal | (i) 1859 |
| (b) Indigo cultivators were reduced to a state of slavery | (ii) Digambar Biswas |
| (c) The Indigo Rebellion breaks ou | (iii) Chaugacha |
| (d) A leader of the Indigo Rebellion | (iv) The European indigo planters |
Answer:
(a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
Question 10.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) An eye-witness account of popular struggle for publication in Hindu Patriot | (i) Neel Darpan |
| (b) A popular drama projecting oppressions on the indigo cultivators | (ii) Sisir Kumar Ghosh |
| (c) Passive resistance by the Indigo cultivators | (iii) Pabna Revolt |
| (d) A Hindu-Muslim joint struggle against the zamindars | (iv) Forerunner of the operation Movement |
Answer:
(a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)