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Event Tebhaga Movement
Asked 3 times across 2 UPSC exams over 2 years (2013–2015), peaking in 2013.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 2 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2013
- Recurs across 2 years (2013–2015)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2013 → CAPF 2015
How the concept evolved
Largely a pre-2016 idea — watch for a comeback.
Related concepts
Ideas UPSC tests alongside this one — keep exploring.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CAPF2015
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists
| List I (Movement) | List II (Mass base/Following) |
|---|
| A. Bardoli Satyagraha | 1. Bargadars |
| B. Tebhaga | 2. Kaliparaj |
| C. Satyasodhak Samaj | 3. Mundas |
| D. Ulgulan | 4. Kunbi peasantry |
Codes:
- A A-2 B-4 C-1 D-3
- B A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3 ✓
- C A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2
- D A-3 B-1 C-4 D-2
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE2013
The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for
- A the reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third ✓
- B the grant of ownership of land to peasants as they were the actual cultivators of the land
- C the uprooting of Zamindari system and the end of serfdom
- D writing off all peasant debts
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE
The demand for the Tabhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for
- A The reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third ✓
- B The grant of ownership of land to peasants as they were actual cultivators of the land
- C The uprooting of Zamindari system and the end of serfdom
- D Writing off all peasant debts
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
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